Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 142, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1917 — SMOCKING IS USED [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SMOCKING IS USED

Strongly Favored as Trimming for Children’s Frocks. Use of Bloomers Matching Press Approved for Girls From Four to Eight Years Old. Smocking is the trimming favored above all others in development of simple serviceable little frocks for sketch owes its distinction entirely to the use of smocking, which trims the pockets and confines the fullness of the little frock below the yoke, so that an empire-waisted dress rather than a mere yoked model is the result. The dress buttons In the center back. The yoke cuts straight across the back, omitting the elongated 6r panel effect featured in front. To make this frock for a four or six year old girl two and a quarter yards of material 36 Inches wide will be required. In fashioning these serviceable little tub frocks the use of little bloomers matching the dress is strongly approved. This does away with the need of petticoats, which are an abomination to the average sturdy youngster. Colored bloomers, a pair to match every tub frock, will be found well worth while for the girl of four to eight years, says the Washington Star. The average girl child of more than eight years old would be Inclined to scorn bloomers and prefer rather the dainty, frilled little .white petticoats, and under four years of age boys and girls are frequently dressed very much alike, rompers, except for overgrown children, being found extremely desirable summer garments for play and Utility wear. Colored linens, galatea, chambray, etc., are fabrics employed in the development of summer garments for the 4 yougsters, and this year the checked

ginghams are favored for both young and old. Some of the smartest tub frocks noted for adult members of the family are made of Scotch plaid or other gingham checks, with sheer .collars of write organdie.

Smocked Frock for Four-Year-Old.