Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 305, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1917 — WATCH THE LITTLE THINGS [ARTICLE]

WATCH THE LITTLE THINGS

Wise Mothers Keep Eye on Remnant Counter and Utilize Leftovers for Little Girls’ Dresses. The little girl of the family may be charmingly outfitted at a trifling cost if thought and Industry go into the task. Few people are so foolish as to underestimate the importance of appearance, and the woman who dresses well with a comparatively small outlay of money in her turn, has been properly dressed as a child by a mother who took interest in her small daughter’s clothes. The wise mother will keep an eye on the remnant counter, and on odds and ends left over from the apparel of grown-up members of the family. With a clever combination of fabrics, or a deft touch of handwork here and there, she will give originality and individuality to dresses for the little girl. A complete season’s outfit should never be arranged.at one time. A new dress now and then means more to a child than it does to an adult, so that to some extent the juvenile wardrobe should be arranged piecemeal.