Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1919 — Everyday Flapper Clothes for Spring [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Everyday Flapper Clothes for Spring

S The happy flapper takes no thought as to the wherewithal she shall be clothed and her mother is relieved of much responsibility also. Enr—there Is a specialist for everything these days, ami the specialists in flapper clothes have made the most becoming and expressive- ami fascinating things, nil for the little, growing bud of a schoolgirl. Sometimes they are naive and quaint and sometimes they are boyish;. mostly they bespeak the romping schoolgirl, being simple and washable. But they do credit to the specialist, providing a variety of clever designs that suit youthful wearers completely. Chambray, gingham, coarse linen and heavy cottons are the dependable and familiar materials that are fransTatetl Into unusual _and. interesting school and play dresses for spring. These make their appearance in the depth of winter, at the time that these wash goods in nexv styles and weaves are first presented in the shops. It is therefore easy sailing for mothers who make or supervise the making of vhildren’s clothes at home. The nexv goods and the new garments are before them and there is time for sew ing. By way. qf showing how attractive the new styles are. here are two model “everyday dresses” designed for spring. They have plain~skfiTS~ T With jackets

that are something between the middy and the sweater coat. At the left the coat, or jacket, buttons down the front with flat pearl buttons and has a narrow Tiem at the bottom that pursues its way without regard to the pockets that stand in its path. There are four of these convenient and ornamental happy thoughts. Each has a turnover scallop at the top faced with white. The turned back cuffs are finished in the same way and there is an emplacement of white on the collar and two large, flat pearl buttons on the revers. JJlue. tan. yellow or pink gingham, or -linen, - offer themselves as. candidates that will do all that is expected of them if chosen to make this dress. Heavy white cotton, with emplacements of plain chambray in a color, will account for the slipover that has so much-ertginality-to its credit in the dress at the right. Pearl buttons and simulated buttonholes across the front are unexpected and ornamental. The sleeves flare and are caught in with a strap that actually buttons at the wrist. This makes the laundering easy. I The pointed turnover on the pockets is I decorated with a buttop, and there is m—elever set-in collar in the colored goods. Both these dresses are finished off with narrow belts of patent leather that slip through straps of the material. They are worn with canvas shoes.