Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 204, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1918 — FROCK FOR A GIRL [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FROCK FOR A GIRL

May Be Developed in Georgette in Any Desired Shade. Same Design Might Be Used for Wash Dress, Using Printed and Plain Voile or Silk Gingham. The smart little frock shown In sketch, designed for a young girl, may be developed in georgette in any preferred shade with bandings of embroidered or plain satin. Small wooden beads edge the satin band on the Russian blouse peplum, on the sleeves and at the neck. This same design might be used for a wash dress, using printed and plain voile or checked silk gingham with plain color chambray or handkerchief linen. For the half-grown girl whose figure is not sufficiently developed to

make the straight, chemise-type dress becoming, these little Russian blouse effects are perennially popular, regardless of season. A graceful feature of the dress pictured is the wide Sash of self-fabric tied at one side. This may be plain, as shown, or the ends may be banked in satin edged with beads. On the little tailored serge dresses now being shown for fall wear, innumerable small round fabric covered or crochet buttons are used as trimming. Frequently panels, which appear on all sorts of garments, are edged all about with buttons set close together, and again a slashed skirt of serge will be edged with buttons, and open over a petticoat of satin. Buttons and fringe share honors as trimming, with embroidery holding its own, and It is interesting to note that one of the very new types of embrpidery is that done in a heavy silk twist, so heavy and so firmly twisted as to appear like cord. This silk twist or cord is often used in a color contrasting with the serge of which the frock is made, to form a button-hole stitch all around the edges of panels, sleeves, collar and sometimes sash or belt, and with very good effect. There has recently been revived a determined effort to create Interest in American designing. Paris has sent over little that was distinctive or different in the past three years. The early showing of garments for fall is largely of American design, and. it may well be watched with interest.

Young Girl’s Dress of Georgette and Satin.