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The Home Dressmaker 
Changes in Style. —The most marked 
difference in style now noted is the longer, 
narrow skirt, with a tendency to draw in 
at the lower edge, giving an entirely dif¬ 
ferent outline. Excessively short skirts 
are already out of date, and though we 
still see many of them, they are not up 
to date in style. Walking and sports 
dresses will no doubt remain comfortably 
short, but all other costumes contin'ue to 
grow longer. These skirts _ are either 
straight and very narrow, with a tunic, 
real or simulated, or else draping that 
makes the skirt wider at the hips than 
the hem. Some of the one-piece dresses 
of jersey cloth are as straight and narrow 
as the costumes of the middle ages, and 
there is no suggestion of a pinched-in 
waist line. 
CniLnREN’s Fashions.— 
In the first illustration, the 
little frock at the left was 
pink and white checked voile, 
but the same model would 
be very desirable for check 
lawn or gingham. It is a 
perfectly plain straight 
dress, without any seam at 
the waist. Down the front 
a panel is let in, cut on the 
bias. This panel is gath¬ 
ered in at the waist with a 
band of smocking. A sash 
of white organdie is attached 
at each side of the smock¬ 
ing, and tied in the back, 
drawing in the fullness 
slightly, but not tight. White 
organdie sashes are a fea¬ 
ture on many Summer 
frocks, both for juveniles 
and adults. The frock has 
two bias pockets, smocked 
across the top, and the elbow 
sleeves are also drawn in by 
smocking; there is a round 
collar of white organdie. 
This is a very simple frock, 
but the organdie sash and 
smocking give it .style. The 
colored band at the top of the 
socks must match the frock. 
A .Tuvenile Jacket Suit. —The model 
at the right is plain and sensible, but 
very smart; it is pink linen, with white 
))i(iue binding. The plain skirt is high- 
waisted, buttoning to a plain pleated 
white guimpe; it has two set-in pockets 
with slanting openings, bound with white 
jiique, and the bottom of the skirt is 
Itound also. The little pony jacket is 
straight and loose, i)erfectly plain, and 
bound all around with the pi(pie. The 
fronts of the jacket meet, but do not lap ; 
there is a row of white pearl buttons 
down one side, and of bound button¬ 
holes down the other. The round Eton 
collar has a tie of black waxed ribbon 
in the front; the plain sleeves flare 
slightly, and are finished with three pearl 
buttons. This is another .simi)le dress 
with a look of style. The hat worn with 
it has a brim of burnt straw faced with 
hemstitching and similar work. This 
model would also be desirable in thin 
cotton material of dull black for mourning 
wear. The little turban worn is a mili¬ 
tary shape of braid, trimmed with a 
curved quill. 
Check Voile. —The central figure dis¬ 
plays a model of pink and white check 
voile. The straight gathered skirt has two 
spaced ruffles cut on the bias. The plain 
waist has a bias vestee with invisible side 
closing. There are two collars of white 
organdie bound with the check material: 
one a rounded shawl collar coming down 
at the sides of the vest, the other a round 
bib collar at the front, extending toward 
the back. The folded girdle and frills 
finishing the elbow sleeves are bias. 
Crepe de Chine Chech VoUe and Printed Crepe 
ture. 
blue 
The 
with 
three 
l)ink Oeorgette; the sugar-loaf crown is 
of ribhon. laid on spirally, the same color 
as the straw, with a band of black velvet 
and a cluster of pink silk fruit for trim¬ 
ming. The socks are solid pink. 
A Tunic Dress. —In the second pic- 
the model at the left shows dark 
crepe de chine, very Simply made, 
narrow skirt has a tunic trimmed 
three clusters of horizontal tucks, 
tucks in a cluster. A handkerchief 
collar of the material was edged by a 
narrow pleating of the same, and tied 
in a loo.se knot in front. A short peplum 
is edged with a pleating, also the turned- 
back cuffs. In place of a belt is a nar¬ 
row black grosgrain ribbon, tied in a 
flat bow with long ends, a little at one 
side. This would be an attractive model 
in dark-colored voile, or in colored or¬ 
gandie. The little pleatings might be of 
silk, or of the same material; such pleat- 
iugs are made very cheaply by firms doing 
Pinh Cheek Voile and Pink Linen 
I’RiNTEO Crepe. —The third model, at 
the right, is of printed Georgette crepe, 
dull old rose with a shadow design of 
gray and black. This skirt shows the 
tendency to narrowness at the foot, conv- 
bined with ankle length. The straight 
skirt is brought together on a slant in 
front, leaving a long V' at the top, while 
the fullness is pleated in i)anier fashion 
at the hips. The seam down the front 
shows, below the V, a row of small old 
rose satin buttons, the material filling 
the V showing a little at the bottom, 
where the closing raises the edge of the 
skirt a trifle. The plain waist has a 
vestee with a side closing, the top of the 
vestee having a row of smocking. The 
white oi’gandie collar, coming down on 
each side of the vestee, is trimmed at 
the sides with a row of old ro.se satin 
buttons. The long sleeves are bell-shaped. 
slashed to form a tight cuff 
fastened with buttons, this being 
a i)oi)ular shape of sleeve. The 
folded girdle is of black .satin. 
The hat worn with it has a hrim 
of Georgette crei)e and a sugar- 
loaf crown of silk folds, a maline 
veil twisted around it, and 
brought like a scarf around the 
neck. I.ong veils of illusion or 
maline are <iuite often seen 
worn in this way, and form a 
pretty and picturesque fashion ; 
sometimes they are brought 
across the lower i)art of the 
face, like a harem veil. Float¬ 
ing veils form part of the trim¬ 
ming on a good many Summer 
hats. 
Ulouses a.nd Skirts.— 
Sleeveless sport blou.ses are 
made of wide wale pitpie in 
w'hite and colors, with contrast¬ 
ing shawl collar, cuffs and belt. 
The shape is simply that of a 
loose, sleeveless coat, open in 
front. Worn over a white waist 
and skirt this is a pretty and 
inexpensive garment for country 
wear. There are many styles in 
these sleeveless coats, and they 
are made in velvet, satin, cor¬ 
duroy, and a variety of other 
materials. The efforts to con¬ 
serve wool will naturally bring 
more sweater substitutes into 
vogue for women’s wear, and this will 
increase the use of fabric rather than 
knitted goods. Among the new styles of 
knitted sweaters are some heautiful gar¬ 
ments made of line silk tape. These are 
expen.sive ; the material costs about ,$1.85 
a ball, and the finished sweaters, ready¬ 
made. cost around ,$80. Sleeveless sweat¬ 
ers of mercerized thread in slip-on style 
are pretty and useful, and quite inex¬ 
pensive. 
Mourning Dresses. —Some of the 
prettiest Summer dresses for mourning 
wear are made of black China silk. One 
attractive .style had a skirt with plain 
panel back and front, and tucked sides; 
another had tucks all around the skirt. 
Both w^ere trimmed with self-covered but¬ 
tons. Another pretty style had a long 
tucked tunic. Collars of white organdie 
or Georgette crepe are seen on most 
mourning dresses. 
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