W* RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1045 
Yellow and Blue. —In the first pic¬ 
ture the simple little girl’s frock was 
given novelty by its color and its trim¬ 
ming. It was bright sulphur yellow or¬ 
gandie, trimmed with little frills of old 
blue—a very fashionable combination this 
season. The collar came down with 
square corners on each side of the front, 
the space across the front being filled in 
with four little blue ruffles. Collar, cuffs 
and sash were all bordered with ruffles, 
and the skirt had a ruffle standing up at 
the top of the hem. We do not have a 
pattern just like this, but the little frock 
9707. shown last week, could be used for 
this, and a handy woman could put a 
collar on withoutmuch trouble. Some of 
the pretty styles seen in children’s dresses 
are blue linen or ebambray. trimmed with 
yellow, or yellow with blue bands. We 
also see blue trimmed with stiff embroid¬ 
ered flowers in wool, in combinations of 
yellow and reddish violet. 
The Popular Overskirt. —The dress 
shown at the right was dark blue taffeta, 
a plain two-piece skirt, having two 
Yellow Organdie and a Xocel Taffeta 
flounces corded at the top put on in a 
point back and front, higher at the sides. 
We do not have a pattern, but any two- 
piece skirt may be used, and it is not 
difficult to measure at front, back and 
sides to place the flounces. The little 
waist, which fastened invisibly down the 
shoulder and under the arm. was cut off 
like an Eton jacket all around, just above 
the waist line; the elbow sleeves had turn¬ 
back cuffs anti these and the round collar 
were of white organdie, edged with pieot 
trimming. A folded girdle of red silk 
fastened at the side with a bunch of cher¬ 
ries. This girdle showed all around un¬ 
der the little jacket. Various forms of 
the Eton are very popular, this waist be¬ 
ing a novel style. This would be a pretty 
model in voile. We saw one chiffon 
voile, dark blue with a shadowy pattern 
of American Beauty roses, made .some¬ 
what after this style; the girdle of 
American Beauty taffeta extended up like 
a camisole without shoulder straps, being 
edged at the top with narrow gold ribbon. 
Black and White. —In the second 
group the dress at the left shows the use 
made of white batiste or organdie with 
dark silk. In this case the skirt had a 
tunic, open in front, trimmed with nar¬ 
row ruffles having pinked-out edges. In 
front the tunic was filled in with an 
apron of white organdie, embroidered in 
curving lines, edged with narrow lace 
frills. The plain waist was cut down 
quite low in front, and filled in with a 
tucker of organdie and lace, a deep, round 
collar outlining the neck. The short 
sleeves had little undersleeves of organdie 
and lace, and the deep folded girdle was 
fastened at one side. The blouse with 
panel tunic, 9G92. shown in the May 8 
issue, could be used for this with some 
alterations, or one of the redingotes that 
have been pictured. One can often com¬ 
bine different patterns, using ' different 
bidice, with skirt or tunic, to get the effect 
desired. We see the organdie tunics used 
on two-tiered skirts, the upper tier being 
ot white or ecru organdie, edged with a 
deep hem of the silk. Perhaps it is the 
high price of cotton goods that is putting 
them in competition with silk. Short 
sleeves are extremely popular, and this is 
an expensive fashion, calling as it does for 
hmg gloves. With the. first mild days one 
sees everywhere short-sleeved serge and 
taffeta dresses, very often worn on the 
streets without gloves. The wearers are 
apparently quite satisfied with their smart 
gowns, and do not realize that bare hands 
and arms. and. above all. elbows, more or 
less grimed with street dust and soot, are 
unlovely to look upon. 
Simplicity in Voile. — The dress 
shown in the center is a line voile in seal 
brown. The skirt was plainly gathered 
at the waist, and then trimmed at the 
bottom with vertical cords running up 
to knee length. These cords were sim¬ 
ply run in like tucks, all around the skirt 
at. intervals, thus narrowing the skirt a 
trifle, and giving it a favored outline. The 
''aist was a plain kimono blouse, with 
short sleeves, but it was given a novel 
touch, by a row of silk hemstitching 
finishing the neck and sleeves, through 
which a narrow gold ribbon was run. 
This blouse was fastened down the front, 
the upper part invisibly, the lower part 
overlapping and buttoned. The plainness 
of this style made it very attractive. 
Flower Pot Pockets.— The little gill’s 
dress at the right is very plain, and of¬ 
fers nothing new except the trimming of 
the pockets, which would be a delight to 
any small wearer. The dress was willow- 
green English print, with collar, cuffs, 
belt and pockets of green chambray. The 
flat patch pockets sloped like a flower pot. 
and rising from them were groups of 
flowers embroidered in wool, flat upon the 
skirt. The flowers were stiff and con¬ 
ventional, pink, blue and pale yellow, 
with dark green foliage. The effect was 
very quaint, and pretty. Collar, cuffs and 
belt were finished on the edges with but¬ 
tonholing in pink wool. We have seen a 
number of children’s dresses of English 
print in close mixed patterns like old- 
fashioned calico, but with softer and 
more artistic coloring; however, this ma¬ 
terial is not cheap. English sateen is 
another handsome cotton material that 
makes up beautifully in children’s dresses. 
Notes and Novelties. —Among cotton 
frocks we see some batiste elaborately 
beaded. Cotton is so expensive that it 
seems to be taking the place of silk. 
Overskirts and tunics are in high favor, 
and we see many that are deeper in front 
than back, giving a pointed apron effect. 
One pretty voile dress had a plain basque 
bodice and a double pointed tunic, side 
pleated. 
Pleated jabots are favored in blouses 
and dresses—a style that is very kind to 
a thin figure. 
“Harem” effects are seen in many 
skirts, some being gathered in to an ab¬ 
surd degree, others are merely rolled at 
the foot instead of having a flat hem. 
Such skirts are usually made with a lin¬ 
ing of Brussels net, which is attached by 
u seam at the hem and then brought into 
the belt at top. This net is also used as 
waist lining. There is such a demand for 
it that some of the shops talk scarcity, 
and the place has gone up. 
Charmeusette is a fine imported cotton 
material with a lustrous satin finish, used 
for dainty underwear. Many of the high- 
class stores are now featuring underwear 
of fine cottons as more fashionable than 
silk, thus vindicating the taste of con¬ 
servative women. 
The very sheer Georgette and chiffon 
blouses call for a silk slip bodice, and 
many women who dislike the prevailing 
undress find it difficult to buy readymade 
camisoles to satisfy them. The average 
bandeau or camisole is merely a belt with 
ribbon shoulder straps, but the best shops 
always carry real bodices iu crepe de chine 
or wash satin, or China silk, both white 
and flesh. One pretty model in crepe de 
chine of good quality, priced at $2.45, 
had little shoulder-cap sleeves, so that 
there was a little covering under the arm 
as well as on the shoulder. This was 
trimmed with hemstitching and fine, nar¬ 
row Valenciennes. Another very prac¬ 
tical model was a surplice slip at $2.95. 
This was wash satin, trimmed with hem¬ 
stitching. It was very simple in make, 
being crossed over surplice fashion in both 
front and back, and also crossed instead 
of seamed under the arms, the waist line 
being finished with elastic run through a 
casing. The special advantage of the 
Apron Front Corded Skirt and Flowerpot 
Pockets 
surplice slip bodice is that the straps of 
the uudervest do not show, and the under 
arm, as well as the V front and back, 
may be brought to any height desired. It 
is possible to use a small dress shield 
with either of the slip bodices described, 
u convenience many women appreciate. 
In cutting a skirt by any of the present 
patterns, be sure that it is wide enough. 
Most skirt patterns are very narrow, and 
one may not. realize until the material 
is cut that it is not a comfortable fit, 
either at top or bottom. 
In making over a plain, full skirt of 
thin material, one may bring it up to date 
by giving a slight “harem” effect at the 
bottom. It may be shortened a little by 
polling the hem under and gathering 
slightly, so as to give a little puff at the 
hem. A great many skirts are made iu 
this way, uuj tlie style is kindly to mak¬ 
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