Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 255, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1918 — For School Wear, Sturdy Ginghams [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

For School Wear, Sturdy Ginghams

Ginghams are to be called upon to do service for school wear, all the year round, now thqt war eats up 811 the wool that formerly went into serges and other strong stuffs. They are as sturdy as the Scots —one can say no more than that, and they are woven in all the plaids and checks that were ever thought of. The}’ are the foremost of the strong, firmly woven and pliable cottons that are taking the place, of wool in dresses for children. There are several plain cotton fabrics in these heavy weaves <hat are made up with ginghams in combinations that make smooth sailing for designers, giving unending opportunities for varying even the simplest dresses. A dress for a girl of eleven —more or less —shown in the illustration above, employs plain cotton gaberdine in the waist with plaid gingham in the skirt and for the collar and cuffs. The prevaillhg color in the plaid is a warm brown matched by the brown in the plain material. Cross bars are in strong tones of blue, green and some red. It is noteworthy that the pockets are cut on the diagonal of the weave, ■ Hi **

so that the 'bars in the gingham run across them obliquely. Plaids make possible many little tricks of this kind and designers delight in them. But ornamentation must not be overdone and one must know just when to leave off in this particular —a very little goes a long ways in gingham school frocks. A new touch in this dress, and one that is altogether harmonious, lies in the narrow patent leather belt that replaces the.ilsual belt of the fabric. There is something about it that lends style to this very excellent little dress. The darker gingham dresses need not be tubbed often. They are to be worn, just ,as serges are. occasionally pressed, and protected by aprons if necessary, when school hours are over and play makes them liable to rough treatment.