It wore the full dress of the old Colonial days--powdered hair, baggy coat skirts, lace ruffles, and a sword.
My lady, in grey brocade, with a twist oflace through her white hair, was standing erect with crossed arms, looking with satisfaction at Doreen and Shane.
Miss Dallas sat at the window; the lace curtain waved about her; she nodded and smiled as he walked up the path.
Sharley looked well, waiting there in the calico and lace upon the doorstep.
A delicate perfume stirred as she stirred, and she wore a creamy lace about her throat and wrists.
Mrs. Force wore a navy-blue silk, with some fine laceon her neck and wrists, and no jewelry.
Miss Grandiere was dressed in a rich, black silk, with a white lace fichu and white lace cuffs, and her black hair was plaited and wound into a roll at the top of her head and fastened with a very high back comb.
She wore a black silk dress, with finelace ruffles at the throat and wrists; a pearl brooch and a very heavy gold watch chain.
Miss Sibby wore a plain black silk and a book-muslin cap, with a full lace border and white satin bows and strings.
The theater was warm, and Violet unwound from her neck a lacescarf which she had been wearing.
I remember hearing a rustling as of silk, and I think there was some white lace about the neck and hair.
There, stout and grizzled, his walrus mustache bristling with surprise, in all the distinction of gold lace and orders, stood Baron Arnim.
Miss Darrow started from her chair, the crimson rushing to her cheeks, and stood drawing the lace across her shoulders.
All such victims of personal vanity were liable to be ordered to appear before the court; for any person whose estate was less than a thousand dollars was "forbidden to wear gold or silver lace, or any lace above two shillings a yard.
A mass of lace ruffles adorned the wrists and flowed over the hands.
I'll have to wash your face and hands and neck and then you can wear the cross-bar muslin with the lace yoke.
Simply made, with a square neck and a touch of ivory colored lace in the form of a vestee and at the bottom of the sleeves, it was the most becoming dress Rosemary had ever had.
These luxuries were in keeping with the beautiful linen on the beds, made by the old woman, and the wonderful white curtains in front of the windows, also woven by the housewife, who had likewise crocheted the lace that bordered them.
Each woman had brought a coverlet--a sort of white bedspread, and a small linen and lace chemise.
A pair of silk stockings, a scarf she never had worn, a lace petticoat, pink silk for a waist.
A mahogany door with a crystal knob opened into the bedroom, where there was a polished floor, and more rugs, and a gay rosy wall paper, and a great bed with a lace cover.
Tie a close net of coarse bobbinet lace or tarlatan about it to prevent breaking or bruising; put into boiling water salted, and cook until tender.
Stir all together long and well; put into a clean cask, leaving out the bung, and covering the whole with a bit of lace or mosquito net.
Pull out the edges of the lace until almost dry; then press for two days between the leaves of a heavy book.
Begin at the bottom and wind the lace about it, basting fast at both edges, even the minutest point, to the linen.
Squeeze the tumbled rusty lace through this four times, then rinse in a cup of hot water in which a black kid glove has been boiled.
When quite dry, clip the basting-threads, and use the lace without ironing.
The lace appeared to put quite a new idea into their heads.
Hooks may also be placed on windows or shutters, and the Lace being hung on them will produce the same effect: a greater safeguard against midnight intruders has never been discovered.
Did you notice how the lace was brushed in and all that work about the throat--especially the shadow tones?
Allie wore an expensive black lace dress, sleeveless and sufficiently low of neck to display her charms.
It comes hard to stand up in a class along with a bunch of children and make mistakes and have a little boy in a lace collar and spring heels snap his fingers and sing out in a sweet soprano, 'Oh, tee-cher!
Real lace through and through--and the cradle of a regular little prince!
It was hardly her mother's fault that the lace had been left to her; it seemed even doubtful whether she should be expected to mould her life upon the lines of lace; but this seemed an unsafe point to suggest.
It was a pretty gown, made half-low, with full elbow-sleeves, and heavy old lace in the neck.
Lace was one of her few passions, and she could not see it, or even hear of it, unmoved.
That is very beautiful lace on your dress, Aunt Emily!
Your grandfather,--I should say your great-uncle, bought this lace for me in Brussels.
That afternoon three cheerful-looking Italians strolled about Black Hawk, looking at everything, and with them was a dark, stout woman who wore a long gold watch-chain about her neck and carried a black lace parasol.
Old Mrs. Shimerda knit yards and yards oflace for her underclothes.
A very pleasant impression those rooms made, with the old great lady in her high-backed chair, clad in flowing black satin and with a white lace that framed a face as fresh as the apple blossom without.
She also sported a yellow bonnet with bunches of wax grapes and—last touch of elegance—dependent from its brim, a lace veil embroidered also with grapes, a cluster of which completely covered one eye and part of her cheek.
Burns wore white knee-breeches, military boots, a splendid waistcoat with lace ruffles, and carried a cocked hat.
For the purpose of thinking, a simple but very effective costume may be devised by throwing over the kimono itself a thin lace shawl, with a fichu carried high above the waistline and terminating in a plain insertion.
A bit of old lace thrown over the housekeeper's head is at once serviceable and becoming and will help to keep the dust out of his brain while thinking what to eat for breakfast.
These rows are of broader lace than the rows placed on either side of the front of the pardessus.
Pardessus of silk or satin, trimmed in an elegant manner, with lace of the same color, three rows of which encircle the lower part, and two rows the half long sleeves.
Sleeves full and demi-long, with broad lace ruffles.
There was usually a faint light in the apartments of Monsieur le Capitaine, and I thought of him in his gold lace and dignity, poring over a French novel, or cursing the light winds.
I am, as you know, a smuggler; and I must send this lace on shore.
Jack has a very heavy venture this time--all the laceis his own speculation, and if he gets it in safe, he will clear some thousands of pounds.
A narrow black belt confined it at the waist, a collar of rich lace and a brooch of gold at the throat.
The house door stood open, but all the green jalousies were closed, and not a breath of air stirred the lace curtains hanging motionless before the windows.
She used to give me many a dress and bit o' lace or ribbon.
She cut up gladly her own velvets for that purpose, and Martha considered the clear-starching of his lace collars and ruffles one of her most important duties.
She went from room to room re-arranging the lace curtains, and placing every chair and couch in its prettiest position.
Lace and crochet come out of the cabin, the yarn from the wool of the 'mountainy' sheep, carded and spun at home, is feeding the latest type of hosiery knitting machine and the hereditary handloom.
