The Home Dressmaker 
Method in Work. —One nf our young 
friends is studying dressmaking at a 
famous New York technical school. One 
idea new to her was the way (lie sleeves 
were put in ;i dress. They were Jilt<‘d 
and made, (hen left (o the very last. The 
dress was completed, the hem hasted, but 
not sewn, and nil the fastenings put on. 
Then the sleeves were bn*ted in, the dress 
put on. and every hook, button or snap 
fastener adjusted. This gave an oppor¬ 
tunity to see that sleeves and hem were 
just right. Very often ail annoying 
wrinkle results from a Iritiing defect in 
green, blue or heliotrope, with a white 
dot. and with the front panel of white, 
(his would be very pretty and comfortable 
'll the hot weather, and would be becom¬ 
ing to many women who fear that they 
are too plump to wear thin Summer 
dresses, and make themselves still warmer 
by dark materials. The hat shown is a 
sports panama with embroidered edge. 
A Skirt and Coat. —in the second 
picture, the figure at the left shows a 
sports coat and skirt. The coat is a box 
shape, the material being while flannel. 
A novel touch is given by an applied 
pleat that goes down the front on each 
'idr, forming a loose loop below the edge. 
The pleat has a little inset pocket, but 
shows no other trimming. The edge of 
the coat sleeves and collar are finished 
with narrow black and white silk braid. 
The high choker collar fastens with ivory 
buttons. One sees such coats made of 
linen, both plain and figured; one very 
gorgeous model was orange linen hand- 
blocked with cretonne figures in black. 
The skirt shown was a plain one of blue 
and white striped flannel. Ii is notice¬ 
able that a great many new sports skirts, 
especially those imported from England, 
are not pleated, blit are plain gored 
model*. The bat worn by this figure was 
white felt, trimmed all around with bine 
and orange feathers, put on like a flat 
wreath. 
The Usefut, Cotton Crepe.- —The 
figure in the renter gave us a very useful 
idea for making over an old dress, for it 
used two materials very acceptably. It 
consisted of plain brown cotton crepe, 
made up of printed cotton crepe shaded 
in brown, green and fawn. The yoke and 
kimono sleeves, cut all in one, had a 
plastron of the figured goods brought up 
in both front and back, the same material 
forming the upper part of the skirt. 
Rows of French kuots outlined the top of 
the plastron, and finished neck, sleeves 
and bottom of the skirt. The narrow 
girdle was tipped with beads. There is 
very little to this dress, but as shown it 
was extremely pretty, and perhaps this 
idea will help some home dressmaker who 
is, even now, wondering how she enu 
combine her materials to good effect. 
The shady hat shown is burnt straw of 
Coarse weave, faced with Georgette of the 
same color, and trimmed witli black fruit. 
Litti.e Roy Br.UE. —The small hoy 
shown wears a little blue, linen suit, the 
material being quite heavy. The blouse 
is trimmed with peasant embroidery—-a 
broad band around the hem, and narrow 
bands at the cuffs. It is just a straight 
blouse with a short opening in front and 
turn-over collar with a black tie. The 
little “shorts" do not quite reach the 
knees, heavy woolen stockings and thick- 
soled sandals completing the costume. It 
was very pretty, anti also sensible. 
> 'Ut 
< 7«t ‘Instruction 
m^st . 
Ten Minutes With the Gulbransen 
and I Was Enthusiastic” 
Check mill Butted Hwiss 
“I thought—as many people do — that a 
player-piano was simply a mechanical instru¬ 
ment that ground out tunes— much as a machine 
turns out boltsI 
“But after the salesman had me sit down and 
play the Gulbransen. I changed my idea. I 
found the Gulbransen a finished musical instru¬ 
ment —a tremendous advance over the player- 
pianos I had known in years past. 
"I became enthusiastic. I wanted it for 
my home. 
“Now that I have it I am more pleased than 
ever. Between business and social duties I 
never had much time for music. But in a few 
evenings Gulbransen Instruction Rolls taught 
me to play— well. In fact, better than my 
wife, who has taken lessons for years, 
“I bring out every shade of expression I 
desire—I do everything the piariac of ability 
does—without the tedious finger work.” 
setting in u -sleeve, and often a hem that 
seemed just, right before the final fas¬ 
tenings dips? or lifts when everything is 
finished. It is a great mistake, too. to 
slight the fastenings. Unevenness in put¬ 
ting on. or too wide spacing, show care¬ 
less work, and spoil the finish of the 
garment. 
Summer Fashions.— With the first 
week in January come the gay garments 
for wear at Palm Reach and other South¬ 
ern - resorts. The New York shops are 
full of models in Linen, voile, swiss and 
other cottons. We who stay at home 
may look at these displays with interest, 
and without envy, for they give us a 
chance to plan our Summer dresses at a 
time when all the stores offer bargains in 
wash goods. The first illustration shows 
two of these Southern models. At the 
left is a dress of voile, white with a red 
corded check. It is a plain one-piece 
pattern of the slip-oil style with short 
kimono sleeves. 1 >"wn each side of the 
skirt the seam stands out in a flat pleat, 
wider at the top. where it ends in a 
slant, and narrower at the bottom. It 
stands out like a fin, and is defined by a 
close row of smooth white china buttons 
about the size of a quarter. The buttons 
are not sewn through, but on a shank. 
The bodice was as usual long-waisted, 
and was evidently shirred underneath 
with elastic, so it could he slipped on 
easily. An odd girdle was made of the 
white china buttons, close together on a 
narrow foundation. The sleeves were 
close-fitting, and both they and the neck 
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Pastoral Parson 
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armchairs, with handy salt boxes, filled 
with sawdust, littering the floor. This 
old fellow started in on a book kindly 
loaned him by the storekeeper along 
About Thanksgiving time lie would of¬ 
ten put it dmvn for awhile to read the 
paper or do on errand. When he did he 
always put in a match to mark the plaee. 
So the boys got In the habit of putting 
the match back, sometimes a litrle ways 
back, then a good way back. lie read 
away on the book till about sugaring 
time, when they asked him how he liked 
it; “Well, well,” he drawled. "‘I suppose 
it's a great book, but somehow it does 
have the goldarnest sameness to it of any 
book I ever saw!” 
Stilt. Further. —The Parson heard of 
another store that went still further and 
pltt up a tennis court uearby for the use 
of the young people and city boarders 
that happened about. Before that he had 
a croquet set for the use of any who de¬ 
sired—right by the store. The Parson 
himself played many a game of tennis 
"tie Summer up home on a court right 
in front of a store, and remembers seeing 
the onlookers sit round on the store steps 
and eat ice cream cones and drink soda. 
U O x fide NCR. — A bo v o all. the store¬ 
keeper must have the absolute confidence 
of the community. Tf he is in it just for 
the money, with no thought of*the com¬ 
munity interest, ho will not succeed any 
more than a minister will succeed if that 
is wliat be cares about. One man pro¬ 
vided a free bull above bis store for the 
use of all kinds of meetings for the 
people around about. He did not lose 
anything by it. Perhaps it is just 
as well that the auto makes it pos¬ 
sible for a farmer to go to the city, for 
so must the country store clean up its 
stock and put in better styles, make win¬ 
dow displays and bargain off goods be¬ 
fore they are worthless. Let him take 
heart and always remember the tremen¬ 
dous advantage he bas in that as a rule 
lie has no local competition the field is 
his to make of it what he will. 
The Week-end.—S o after all the 
country store has, us a rule, no rent to 
pay. low tax rate, no immediate compe¬ 
tition and small clerk expense, as gener¬ 
ally hi* family lives in the same building, 
all nf which he probably appreciates as 
much as the dog appreciated the fact that 
be had a broken tail. He really had a 
tremendous advantage if he did but know 
ii. for while every dog has his day, he 
lmd his weak end besides. 
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were finished with red and white em¬ 
broidered edging. It will be seen that 
this was a very simple dress, but it is a 
smart model, and a becoming one It 
would be equally attractive in gingham. 
The hat shown is a white felt sports 
shape trimmed with a red satin ooearde. 
A Kuiati stion i on Dutted Swiss.— 
The second model in the same picture 
was, in the original, pale blue crepe de 
chine dotted all over with crystal beads, 
with a front of white Georgette. It is, 
however, a very desirable model for 
dotted swiss. with (lie front of white or¬ 
gandie or line batiste. It is a style that 
would be especially becoming to a rather 
short plump figure, as the straight panel 
front gives long lines. The dress was a 
plain straight one-piece style with short 
sleeves, drawn in with a narrow girdle. 
The tie. loosely kuotted at the neck, was 
the plain white material, and had an at¬ 
tractive youthful look; there were also 
turn-back white cull’s. This dress has a 
look of comfort as well as style. In gray, 
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