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 THE

MADELINE

WRAPPER.

BY EMILY H. MAY.

THIS comfortable and elegant wrapper can , be made of either silk, delaine, or any other material which is most convenient. The trimming is composed of silk, quilted with white in diamonds. The silk should be of a contrasting color with the dress, such as a crimson or blue trimming on a dress of gray. For mourning, a black delaine, with a trimming of black silk quilted in white, is very beautiful. The wrapper should be confined at the waist by a cord and tassel.

front, is cut the straight way of the material ; C C represents the seam at the back, and is the only seam in the wrapper, except the shoulder seam, which is made by joining A A and B B, this forms the shoulder and makes also the armhole. The wrapper should be lined. The trimming is to be shaped as seen in the design and then quilted, fitting it to the wrapper and finishing at the top with a large silk cord. Bind the bottom with worsted braid. The pocket pieces, Cut out the wrapper by the diagram, which cuffs for sleeves, and the collar are finished in is exactly one-half of the wrapper. D D, the the same manner. 253