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Another Blue Serge. —In the first 
picture the dress at the left is the ever- 
popular blue serge, but the style is one 
admirably suited for heavy wash goods,’ 
such as linen, ramie-finished cotton, or 
Japanese crepe. The narrow skirt has 
nine rows of pin tucks about an inch 
apart at the kuees. This is a trimming 
now much in vogue, and very attractive. 
At both back and front a panel was .simu¬ 
lated by the seam, this panel apparently 
continuing on the waist, and trimmed its 
full length with bone buttons. The waist 
had side forms and sleeves cut all in one, 
kimono fashion, the straight panel ex¬ 
tending across front and back, making a 
square neck. The buttons were useo as 
trimming in both front and back, the 
sleeves, which 
flared slightly at 
cuff, being trim¬ 
med with but¬ 
tons also. The 
skirt of this 
dress was very 
narrow, and in 
cotton material 
i* would be wise 
to give a little 
more width. The 
girdle was loop¬ 
ed at the hack, 
with long ends. 
The hat was a 
plain tricor 
turned up 
front of heavy 
b 1 a c k straw, 
trimmed with a 
shaded quill. 
White Linen. 
—The figure at 
the right shows 
a gown of oys¬ 
ter white linen 
trimmed very ef¬ 
fectively w i t h 
cross-stitch. The 
straight, narrow 
skirt is gather¬ 
ed at. the top, 
and trimmed as 
shown with nine 
bands of simple 
cross-stitch in 
bright gree n. 
The plain waist, 
fastened invisi¬ 
bly on shoulder 
and under arm. had tour rows of cross- 
stitch all around; the collar, which ex¬ 
tended to form looped ends in front, 
had three rows of embroidery across 
it. at each side. The three-quarter 
sleeves had turnback cuffs with two 
short rows of cross-stitch on the upper 
side. The folded girdle was looped at 
the back, with sash ends. This dress is, 
as seen, very simple, but very smart, 
and it can be carried out in many at¬ 
tractive combinations. For a young 
woman just beginning to lighten mourn¬ 
ing it would be very attractive in black 
linen with white cross-stitch, or white 
trimmed with black. Marine blue trim¬ 
med with rose or yellow, or natural linen 
with brown would be charming. The hat 
figured is a large mushroom shape of 
s li i n y black 
straw faced 
with pale pink 
Georgette, trim¬ 
med with rose 
and blue fruit. 
For a girl in 
mourning such 
a hat is attrac¬ 
tive in black 
straw faced 
with w bite, 
trimmed w i t h 
black and white 
fruit or wheat. , 
White silk fruit A 
with black fo¬ 
liage sounds ab¬ 
surd. and yet it 
makes a hand¬ 
some trimming. 
J u V E N I L E 
G I N C. II A M.— 
The little girl 
at the left, in 
the second pic¬ 
ture, shows a 
plain little ging¬ 
ham, no differ¬ 
ent in the dress 
itself from many 
others, but given 
its pretty pique 
kilt-pleated; t he 
lar, cut as shown, crossed 
and buttoned at each side 
Blue Serge mid Y\'hite Linen With < Ye x-divh 
The yoke and panel is cut all in one 
piece, the straight under-arm pieces being 
kilt-pleated. At the head of these pleats, 
around the plain round neck, and edging 
the elbow sleeves were bands of yellow 
embroidery, merely a coarse outline de¬ 
sign worked directly on ihe material; Such 
a frock is practical and comfortable, and 
also-, smart. The blue would be very at¬ 
tractive with rose-colored embroidery. 
Blce Crepe. —The third dress shown 
is of marine blue Japanese crepe. The 
straight skirt was gathered, except in 
front, where, for the short distance be¬ 
tween the tabs of the waist, it was 
gauged, with three rows of black silk 
feather-stitching over it; The peasant 
waist was perfectly plain and sleeveless. 
a n d extended 
below the short 
waist line both 
in back and 
front. There was 
a row of black 
silk feather- 
st itching a round 
t h e armholes, 
the square neck, 
and the edge of 
the tabs; the 
back was closed 
with flat but- 
tons. The 
sleeved guimpe 
worn with this 
was of 
white 
with a 
of white 
e nn broidery 
around the neck 
and turnback 
Cuffs. The early 
models of chil¬ 
dren’s fashions 
show the plain 
pique guimpe 
much in favor. 
Ideas i n 
T RIMM I N G . 
Buttons a r e 
in high favor, 
iul long rows 
appear here, 
there and every¬ 
where. Some¬ 
times a one-piece 
dress s h o w s 
them all the 
the back, from 
there is a row 
side, giving a 
Many skirts 
way 
neck 
(linghain, l inen and •Jnpancse Crepe 
a touch of novelty by 
collar. The skirt is 
plain waist has a col- 
in the front 
to the belt. 
A buttonhole in a tab under the collar at 
the back is attached to the top button 
closing the waist, thus preventing the 
collar from riding up. If desired, the 
pique cuffs could be attached by snap 
fasteners. With several sets of cuffs and 
collars, a dark gingham—say one of the 
pretty blue and green checks-—would be 
kept fresh and serviceable. The same 
style would be pretty in dark woolen 
goods. The hat is a little cloche of 
folded silk. 
A One-piece Frock. —The little dress 
in the center was marine blue linen, cut 
just the same in back and front, but but¬ 
toned straight down the center of the 
back with flat blue buttons. This enabled 
it to be opened out flat for ironing, a 
helpful thing with the under-arm pleats. 
down the center of 
to hem ; sometimes 
all the way down each 
panel effect in the center 
are made with a tuck or hem all the way 
down the middle of the back; sometimes 
this has buttons all the way. and some¬ 
times there is a row of six to 12 at the 
bottom only. Two-piece skirts with 
seams at the sides often have a row of 
buttons near the hem on each seam. 
Another style of skirt trimming is the 
use of horizontal rows of stitching in a 
contrasting color, all the way up, at 
regular intervals. Some examples seen 
were of midnight blue serge, stitched in 
this way with oyster gray, French blue, 
or gold. Another style of trimming seen 
on blue serge is black silk embroidery 
mingled with a 
little touch of 
silver. Such 
dresses often 
have a sash of 
b 1 a c k inoirG : 
this is newer 
than the long- 
popular satin. 
Beads are still 
freely used in 
trimming Geor¬ 
gette and simi- 
1 a r materials, 
but embroidery, 
braid and but¬ 
tons are favored 
with serge. 
B o n e buttons 
lead ; fancy but¬ 
tons are little 
used. A plain 
readymade dress 
p urclias e d 
through a mail¬ 
order house may 
be wonderfully 
improved, if one 
has time and 
skill, by adding 
a little touch of 
trimming. Mich as wool or silk embroid¬ 
ery. on sleeves or collar. It gives the 
quality of a more expensive garment, 
and the wearer may then feel that she 
will not meet the exact duplicate of her 
gown whenever she goes to town. It is 
the little touches of hand work that add 
.so much to the expense of a ready-made 
garment. 
Many of the wash dresses for girls 
from 12 to l(i show a coatee with a loose 
belt, a style always flattering to an un¬ 
formed figure, and a little more dressy 
than a middy blouse. Some of these 
coatees show a vest of white. Ramie 
linen is a favorite material for such 
dresses, but we also see them made of 
gingham, chambray, Devonshire cloth, 
and a new cotton material called Peter 
Pan. Devonshire cloth looks much like 
linen, and comes in pretty shades of 
maize, tan, pink and blue. English prints 
in small old-fashioned patterns are shown 
among fashionable cottons. 
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