Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 245, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1918 — FROCKS FOR LITTLE GIRLS [ARTICLE]

FROCKS FOR LITTLE GIRLS

Smocks, Which May Be Obtained at Low Prices, Are Quite Suitable For Older Children. Wash clothes are frequently worn by the children much later in the season than by their elders, and here is a very clever pointer on how to obtain some beautiful and unusual frocks

very reasonably, says a fashion writer in New York Herald. Smocks, which are now reduced ridiculously low all over town, are usually quite long enough for the ten-year-old girl, frequently for • those of twelve, and if a fourteen-year size is purchased the shoulders and neck are usually about right. The sleeves will "have to be shortened. One mother bought several just the other day for her little girl of eleven and they were the admiration of everyone who saw them. A pink and white flecked silk one was embroidered in apple green and blue floss, and with the belt raised a more stunning little frock would be hard to find. The smock of dark blue with red smocking and a huge white collar made a play dress of unusually smart lines. It hardly seems possible that these grown-up smocks could be made to fit a child with so little trouble, but If tried it is easy to be convinced. The materials are usually sb differnt from the ones we are accustomed to that the unusualness of them is qulte z charming. Frequently the embroidery is more graceful than could otherwise be obtained and colors which Would not be thought Of otherwise will prove suitable and very attractive. A hat of Angora for a little miss which was worn with ohe of these smock dresses had a brim of linen.