For the bottom of a white cotton or gingham underskirt without a flounce or a dust ruffle, the following finishes may be used: a plain hem, a shaped hem or facing, tucks and a hem, scalloped finishing braid, a hem and rickrack trimming, a hem and heavy lace edge, hand scalloping.

For the bottom of a silk or sateen underskirt without a flounce or a dust ruffle, the following finishes may be used: a plain hem, a shaped hem or facing, tucks and a hem, hand scalloping.

For a flannel underskirt without a flounce or a dust ruffle, a featherstitched hem or hand scalloping may be used.

An underskirt with a flounce should have the flounce set on the skirt with beading or a tuck or a felled seam.

A white cotton underskirt with a straight gathered flounce may be finished with an insertion and hem, a scalloped hem with featherstitching, a shaped facing, insertion and edge, rows of lace edge sewed together, tucks and a hem, embroidery flouncing, tucks and embroidery edging, hand scalloping, a net flounce with bias bands of gingham.

A white cotton underskirt with a circular flounce may be finished with a plain circular flounce finished at the bottom with lace edge and insertion, or with sections or panels joined with insertion or entre-deux, scalloped or straight at the bottom.

A silk or sateen underskirt with a straight gathered flounce may be finished with a plain hem, tucks and a hem, a scalloped hem or facing, hand scalloping, or an accordion- or knife-plaited flounce with a hem.

A silk or sateen underskirt with a bias flounce may be finished with a bias strip which is finished with a hem, with one bias ruffle sewed to another, or with one bias ruffle trimmed with several small ruffles or puffings.

An underskirt may be finished with both a flounce and a dust ruffle. A dust ruffle 3 or 4 inches wide may be used on a white cotton skirt or a silk or sateen skirt; or if desired, the bottom of the skirt may be finished with a hem instead of a dust ruffle. The dust ruffle may be finished at the bottom with a narrow hem or with rickrack or finishing braid, and the bottom of the flounce finished to correspond with it.