Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 161, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1913 — FROCKS FOR SUMMER [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FROCKS FOR SUMMER

CLEVER SHOPPER CAN FIND GOOD BARGAINS NOW. I ■ ■— Reception Dress of Crepe de Chine Combined With Chantilly Lace Makes Charming Costume— Smart Designs in Cotton. The woman who ha§ been slow about securing her summer outfit has a tempting array of bargains to choose from now, and the clever shopper may find in the tumbling prices compensation for loss of the choice novelties. The most exquisite of the season’s laces, embroideries and other trimmings were picked up early in the season and the same is true of dress material, hats, robe patterns, but there are enough lovely things left to satisfy even a fastidious woman and many of these lovely things are being offered at prices far below those asked two months ago. The coat and skirt street costumes, usually the earliest Items of the spring wardrobe are conspicuous among the sale bargains. One may be still in

need of fluffy summer frocks and willing to pay good prices for them; but save iu exceptional cases, the woman who is willing to pay well for her trotting frocks was long ago supplied with All such costumes needed for the season. Attractive Afternoon Gpwns. If the street frocks left upon the importer’s hands are to be sold now they must be sold by virtue of striking reductions in price, and values really remarkable may be found by the shopper who Is willing to make the rounds. The same house showed attractive evening and afternoon wraps, reception and visiting gowns and lingerie gowns and blouses all marked at a figure far below the original price. There was a stylish reception dress

of crepe ae chine combined with chan. tilly lace. lace formed the overbodice with peplum at back and bottom of the skirt There was also • charming little -afternoon frock of green charmeuse trimmed with chiffon embroidered, with jet beads. Smart Designs in Cotton Materials. At another shop there were bargains to be had In two good looking but more simple frocks of cotton materials. One was a crepe in a delicate shade of pink. It was trimmed with border bands of the material finely tucked. The skirt front was cut away at the bottom in pointed shape showing an underskirt of fiale cream batiste and lace. The V at the neck was also filled in with batiste and lace. The sailor collar was hand embroidered. A narrow black and white patent leather belt completed this dainty costume. The other frock was of plain white eponge and basket weave. The jacket and lower part of the skirt were of the coarse basket weave material edged with heavily embroidered scallops. There were also scallop edged revers, hand embroidered. The girdle was of a deep bluish purple silk. MARY DEAN.

Crepe de Chine and Chantilly Lace.