Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 143, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1913 — SMART WITHOUT FUSS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SMART WITHOUT FUSS

NEW FROCKS FOR LITTLE GIRLS SLIP ON LIKE COATS. No Cause to Complain of Lack of Variety in Children’s Dresses This Season —Simplicity the Watchword. Certainly no one will have cause to complain of any lack of variety in children’s frocks this season. They are as original and show as much individuality as those designed for their.

elders. There is no restriction as to material, and, as to design, both the coat dress and the long waisted effects are about equally popular. Frills and fluffy ruffles do, not seem to belong .to the children of nowadays, the smartness of their frocks being attained through good lines and simplicity, though not necessarily, severely. An effective design for a small girt is here sketched. A telling point in its favor is that it slips on like a coat, buttons down one side and is belted in loosely with a soft crushed sash, which, in its treatment, forms the feature of the frock. White eponge or ratine is used, cut in one piece from neck to hem. The opening down the left side is curved from under the collar, andT has the lower corners rounded off, leaving a very short notch in the skirt. The sleeves are long and easy fitting, set into propped armholes under a corded seam. Blue or ton colored ratine may be used for the round turned back collar and cuffs, with the buttons along the side opening to match, or it may be left all white. A nine-inch width of messaline will be better and softer than ribbon for the sash, which is tied loosely about the waist with one end run through the eyelet in front and knotted under the opening.

Frock and Sash for a Small Girl.