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May 18, 1918 
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It’s the Borax with the soap that does the work. 
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^loDELS ILLU.STRATED. —The garments 
illustrated in this department are all mod¬ 
els .seen in high-class New York shops, or 
dressmaking establishments, and we have 
no patterns for them, as this is not a 
jiart of our pattern service. Most of these 
garments, hn'» ^ver, can be made by pat¬ 
terns that are procurable by any woman 
sufficiently expert to adapt them, and 
they give ideas in trimming and general 
style that are more original than ordi¬ 
nary pattern.s. Patterns alone do not tell 
what up-to-date women are wearing; it is 
the little touche.s, often inexpensive, that 
give style to a garment. Many 
excellent women, in their con¬ 
tempt for the follies and frivoli¬ 
ties of fashion, go too far in 
the other direction, and .seem to 
think that farm women ought 
not to be interest(*d in new 
clothes. (Hood sense in dress is 
always a matter of individual 
choice, but Ave can see no rea.son 
why birm women should not 
make the best of themselves in 
every way, including their 
clothes. 
SXT.MMER Styi.es. —Many of 
the nuKlel gowns noted are not 
at all elaborate. Take, for ex- 
ami)le, the figured voile shown 
at the left in the first picture. 
This was a white voile having 
coin dots figured in I’ersian 
))uttern of mixed colors, with a 
small blue ring between. The 
waist was a plain surplice 
model, brought over to fasten at 
the side with thr«'e blue satin 
bTittons. 'J'he open front was 
filled in with a shirred tucker 
of white net, and there was a 
white organdie collar edged with 
a narrow pleating. The edges 
of the waist were all finished 
with a narrow white organdie 
pleating, which went around the 
waist line and down the front, 
as well as edging the culTs at 
top and bottom. As will be 
noted, there is no girdle, but the 
wai.st, like most of the surplice 
type, shows slight folds at the 
lower edge. The skirt is quite 
scant, as every fashionable skirt 
aiipears now, but is straight and gathered 
at the top. It looks as though the skirt 
had a panier-like drapery, but this is 
merely applied trimming, the pleating 
being arranged flat on the skirt in this 
form. The pleating is arranged in the 
back as it is in the front, there being 
four of these panels of trimming. At the 
■bottom was a deep .simulated liem bor¬ 
dered with the white pleating at top and 
bottom. It will be seen that this dress 
is very simple, easily made from an or¬ 
dinary iiatteru of gathered skirt and sur¬ 
plice waist, but the arrangement of the 
little jileating gives distinction. This 
Would be a very pretty model in dark 
As will be noted, the foundation was 
white material, a plain gathered skirt and 
plain waist. Four straight breadths of the 
figured materialweredrapexl over this skirt, 
two in front and two in back ; they were 
gathered at the wai.st and hung straight 
to the edge, where the ends were caught 
t ^ether and .slightly draped up. Bre- 
telles over the shoulder carried out the 
line of these draperies, the front of the 
Avaist being filled in with a gathered 
tucker. These gathered tuckers, forming 
a square neck opening, are very much 
worn, and usually very becoming. The 
(loirns of Sci'f/e, Dimiitj and Oi'f/andie 
foulard or voile for an older woman. 
D-aik blue, gray or black foulard with 
white <-oin dots and little pleatings of 
black satin would be very attractive, or 
dark voile made up in the .same way. 
Dark gray voile would be very cool¬ 
looking and becoming. The narrow satin 
pleatings for trimming may be purchased 
at the ruehing department of any large 
shoi) ready-made. 
White and Figuhep Voile. —The gown 
at the I'ight in the same picture was a 
combination of white and figured chilTon, 
but it is a good model for chiffon voile, 
and suggests a good way to combine a 
solid color with figured material, which 
would work to advantage in making over. 
Models in ’White and Figured Voile 
white sleeves are finished with figured 
cuffs, and there is a white organdie collar 
\vlth a hemstitched edge. The folded 
girdle is tied in a buttei-fly how at the 
back. This dress would be very pretty 
in solid taupe or beige, combined with 
a figured material showing the .solid color 
mingled with blue or brown. 
Blue Cloth. —In the second illustra¬ 
tion, the figure at the left shows dark 
bhie French serge made up in tailored 
style. The plain waist buttons down the 
side with black horn buttons; there is 
no collar, hut the round neck is bound 
with rose-colored silk, and the plain, loose 
.sleeves, slightly flaring at the wrist, are 
also bound with rose- 
colored silk. The skirt, 
with the prevailing nar¬ 
row outline, is accordion 
pleated. The tunic over 
it does not go around the 
skirt, but consists of a 
panel falling loose at each 
side. 'I'his panel is bound 
and also lined with rose- 
color. which shows very 
prettily when the loose 
panel flies open. The 
broad girdle only extends 
across the front; it is of 
the rose-colored material, 
mnbroidered in black. A 
narrow girdle of the blue 
cloth is crossed in front 
over this, and falls in 
long, strap-like ends at 
the hack. This is a very 
popular model ; accordion- 
pleated skirt.s seem to 
have returned to favor, 
and the contra.sting lining 
of the panels is very ef¬ 
fective. The hat is a 
close Tiussiau to<iue of 
black straw. 
Check Dimity. — The 
central figure will appeal 
to the girl who wants 
.something dainty and 
summery. The material 
is pink and white check 
dimity, this favorite of 
past year.s having re- 
. i turned to popularity 
M again. There is a narrow 
V plain skirt, with a gath¬ 
ered tunic over it. This 
tunic is trimmed with 
three narrow gathered 
frills of white organdie, bound at top 
and bottom with solid pink lawn. These 
frills are gathered with a beading, just in¬ 
side the bound edge. The plain waist 
had a double collar of white organdie, 
coming down shawl-shaped in front, hut 
forming a sailor collar at the back. The 
double collar, upper and lower portion, 
was bound with the solid pink, and there 
was a plain tucker bound acro.ss the top 
with pink, filling in the V in front. The 
elbow sleeves had bound frills a little 
above the edge ; the folded sash of white 
organdie was tied in a large bow in the 
back. Sashes of law’ii or organdie are 
often used with fine cotton frocks. The 
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