Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1920 — Waiting for Summertime [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Waiting for Summertime

IN the showing of spring and summer clothes for very little girls we are distracted between the contemplation of sheer little frocks that bespeak “dress up” wear and numerous Ingeniously designed rompers that foretell good times both in and out of doors. Fashion smiles on hand sewing and as a result we find hemstitching, fancy stitching and fine hand-run tucks.. Black and white stitchery is used for decorating little frocks and rompers and by way of adding another charm, tiny figures of animals done in cross-stitch In colors often appear on the belt. A good many of the rompers are made with waists and knickerbockers separate and buttoned together. By thU management two pairs of knickers may be allowed each waist, and white waists worn with colored knickers. Checked gingham is combined with plain chambray both In dresses and rompers, the body being of the plain material and the skirt or knickers of the check. The small checks are very popular and pretty and show an the different spring colors combined with white in checks. Oue of the simplest and most effective decowHnnu on children's clothes la easily

made by using heavy embroidery silk in white or a light color, and couching it on in different designs, with the mercerized cotton floss in black. The most interesting thing about these clothes for play is the variety and ingenuity of cut in rompers. Some of them have the “peg top” of trousers, some of them look just like “Dutchman’s breeches,” and others look much like skirts. As ingenious and pleasing as any are romper suits in which knickerbockers and waists are cleverly made together, as in the example shown above. This is made more attractive by a little frill about tiie neck and on the cuffs and a tucked panel at the front ending under a belt that slips under the plaits at each side. These extra furbelows make the garment distinctly a little girl’s affair. Thrice welcome to tiie pretty sunbonnet that tops off these rompers! It should never be banished, for It is washable and cool.