Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 193, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1910 — Dress Up-to-Date. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Dress Up-to-Date.

A GIRL’S WARDROBE ALWAYS NEEDS SOME ADDITIONS i IN MIDSUMMER. Dame Fashion Decrees That the Children Shall Not Be Too Elaborately Dressed in Hot Weather—White Frocks. A growing girl’s wardrobe always seeds some additions in midsummer time, for the hot weather, if nothing else, demands a change of style and material. The mammas have to look up seasonable effects for these supplementary dresses, which fast-

(rowing, some special occasion or for(etfulness at the beginning of summer has made necessary, will do well to consider the last trend of fashion. This is for collarless bodies, elbow sleeves and either the daintiest of wash materials, or else summer silks of a childlike simplicity. “Thou shalt not be too fine," Is Dame Fashion’s first commandment in hot weather to the child, however well placed. White frocks are In her dearest favor, or else she prescribes colors of a flower delicacy and such dainty trimmings as

would be suitable, on a smaller scale, for dolls. The bebe or poupee—doll and baby—styles now distinguish all the best garments In every depart, ment, worn by well-dressed little girls. In both wash materials and summer silks there are now fabulous bargains to be found in the shops, some of these in the very newest textures, whether shown in remnants or in the piece. French percales in a soft, fine weave have dropped to the low price of 15 cents a yard; sllk-warp dotted chiffons—likewise a cotton material are going at 25 cents; swiss ponginette—which is an English fabric much used for the little Imported frocks —also sells for 25 cents. This is 45 inches wide, so a very small quantity would be needed for the simple little frock. Polka-dot handkerchief muslin sometimes with delicate flower sprays over the dotting—which is a delightfully cool fabric, is 18 cents a yard, and there are silk and cotton crapes of French manufacture—which may be made most attractive with ribbon trimmings, priced 28 cents the yard. These are in every color of the rainbow, and they may be trimmed with white lace or have the ribbon garniture match. Indeed there is no excuse for mlssf not having a fine little hot weather frock if her mother can sew, for ail the models are simple to an astonishing degree, and with a little taste a very small expenditure will turn out the right thing. The dress shown in the Illustration, which has a Gibson bodice with Dutch neck and a skirt in box plaits. Is here made of a blue and white percale, with a little white linen treated to simple hand embroidery on the bodice. All-over Hamburg embroidery, however, could very well be used here, or the waist trimming could be made in a plain color. , For a girl of ten 6% yards, 27 Inches wide would be required, and since very fine little percales may be had for 12% cents, and really beautiful Insertion for 15, it Can be ~seen how cheap the dress would be. A heavy linen or a silk with some body would likewise respond to this treatment, lace or a contrasting silk trimming the latter texture and Hamburg embroidery the former.