Borrow From Victorian Era
For Quaint Summer Frocks
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
*«¥ ITTLE WOMEN” of today are
•*—' borrowing from the Victorian
eta for their summertime frocks.
I)j|rnue silk taffetas are being
shewn in neat little checks such as
were worn by the fashionable miss
of the polite and decorous yester
years. These taffetas vie with taf
fetized crepes, gaily sprigged with
flowers in a coy and cunning man
ner. Also to be seen this season
are many supple silk crepes in both
plain versions and in printed stylized
florals and geometries.
With these naive silks go winsome
leghorn bonnets, velvet bound and
with a nosegay on top, the quaint
ness added unto with petticoat ruf
fles peeping from beneath full,
graceful and animated skirts.
Guimpes and fitted bodices do much
toward transforming the modern
school girl, in appearance at least,
into her Nineteenth century counter
part who was "seen and not heard”
in the presence of her elders.
Speaking of present day styling
(^flails, necklines go high or low,
sieves more often than not are
pihied, and bodices are softly fulled
with shirrings and smockings or else
are quaintly basquelike. Interest
continues in the skating silhouette
rejuvenated by lingerie touches and
petticoat ruffles.
The basque bodice, full skirted sil
houette so important these days in
the style picture, gives youthful
charm to a neat silk print as shown
to the left in the picture. The print
is in the hew golden beige coloring
which together with its neat small
motifs introduced in its silk crepon
fabric, dates this dress unmistaka
bly of 1939 vintage. Thrilling news
from Paris cited a revival of the
lingerie flchu worn with silk prints.
The crisp white organdy fichu and
pearl-encircled cameo mounted on
black velvet dangling from a cun
ningly devised organdy "necklace”
are flattering accents to this pretty
gown for a young lady of “teen”
age.
Polka dots flourish in the print
realm this season both for adults
and the younger generation. The
dirndl influence in the skirt, the
square neckline, the yoke treatment
are details that combine to make
the dress of polka-dot silk crepe
centered in the picture, a very
smart affair for the growing girl.
Very practical too, for the silk
washes perfectly.
Interest continues ii. the skating
silhouette in skirts rejuvenated by
spic and span lingerie touches and
petticoat ruffles. For the pretty lit
tle-girl frock to the right in the pic
ture the designer selects a china
blue silk crepe with a stylized floral
print. Fine eyelet batiste makes its
petticoat ruffle and it also edges the
square scalloped neckline. The Vic
torial bonnet that tops this quaint
dress is a newly accepted fashion
this season for young girls.
Now a word in regard to party
dresses for sweet sixteen and there
about, f or dancing daughters, the
graduate girl, birthday party or lit
tle flower girls who grace the wed
ding scene, silk sheers take the
limelight. There are silk georgettes,
mousseline de soie, silk marquisette
and both plain and printed starched
silk chiffon, and if not selecting a
sheer then let classic silk chiffon in
ankle or short length versions be
your choice. These are in such pas
tel shades as peach, pink, aqua, del
phinium blue and of course white.
Skirts are always full whether
through smocking or ruffles of pre
school simplicity or through flares
and circular cuts for older girls.
Necklines ape those of their elders
with many heart-shaped and square
types being favored.
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Dressy Ideas Are
4 Given New Shoes
Time was when a shoe was just
a shoe, but with every year they
become a more important part of
your wardrobe, and this season they
adopt details which once belonged
only to dresses. Some of them have
tiny jutting wings, suggesting col
lars, posed just above the toe, and
inlays and applications through the
body of the shoe take the shape of
; brief boleros. Folded down collars
around the tops of shoes suggest
revers on coats, and military but
ton details through the vamp evi
dently are inspired by the same
treatment on dress and coat fronts.
Cotton Is Leader
In Summer Styles
High fashion summer wardrobes
this year are in color and of cotton.
Cotton daytime dresses for town are
esF'ffially designed for defying the
heat. Country clothes shrieking
with bright color are made for ten
nis and golf. Garden frocks are
really picturesque affairs and so are
party clothes for country club
dances.
Office togs of cotton are the direct
answer to the prayer of apprecia
tive career girls, being neat, slim
twosomes, usually a smart dark,
short-sleeved dress combined with
a bright print jacket and a dark top
for alternate use.
Gypsy Time Is Here
With no end of gay colors, bright
scarfs and long full skirts with ruf
fles, me can let the gypsy in her
soul r.ave free rein this season.
Gray for Travel, Too
Aside from being one of the sea
,'cn's more important shades, gray
is a splendid traveling color.
Splurge of Color
Vividly colorful and no-end excit
ing is a stunning new bag, belt and
glove set designed by Herbert Bien
en, in soft white leather embroid
ered in multi-colored threads to
form an intricate all-over pattern
that is fascinating to look upon.
Note in the picture the smooth tai
lored lines of the flat bottomed bag,
the side insertions of the gay em
broidery of the white kid gloves and
the matching belt. Just the right
splurge of color for any costume
and simply stunning worn with a
white Mexican sombrero hat bound
in red as illustrated.
Slacks Popular
Slacks this year are women's
slacks. Predictions are made that
10 will be seen this summer to one
pair last summer.
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JTERNIW
Department
AS YOU see from the diagram,
the pretty daytime dress
(1754) consists of just two pieces
to sew together. Then make the
easy darts at the neckline and
waistline, so that your dress will
be slim and softly full over the
bosom, edge the sleeves and neck
line with lace or ruching—and
there you are! Anybody can do it,
and it’s so attractive and comfort
able. Linen, gingham, batiste and
lawn are nice materials for this.
Cool, Comely Jacket Frock.
If you’re looking for an extreme
ly smart and pleasantly youthful
jacket ensemble in women’s sizes,
1761 is the pattern for you. Gath
ers make the bodice just full
enough, and the paneled skirt, cut
: Sfmintl Fuium
THE CORNERSTONE
t** I 'HOSE who laid the cornerstone
of representative government in
the Federal Constitution, built wisely.
Upon that firm base they erected a
structure reinforced by the four essen
tials of democracy — free press, free
speech, free assembly, free worship.
Liberty has perished where these funda
mentals have been abridged or abol
ished.”—James G. Stahlman, President,
American Neuispuper Publishers Asso
ciation.
to a high waistline, is beautifully
slenderizing. The smart jacket is
the most flattering length—certain
to make your hips look slim. Chif
fon, georgette, linen or pure dye
silk print are pliant fabrics in
which this design looks particu
larly well.
No. 1754 is designed for sizes 32,
34, 36, 38, 40. 42, 44, and 46. Size 34
requires 3 yards of 35-inch fabric
and 2% yards of lace or ruchin".
No. 1761 is designed for sizes 34,
36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 and 48. Size 36
requires 614 yards of 39-inch fab
ric with nap for the ensemble and
short-sleeved dress. With long
sleeved dress 714 yards.
New Spring-Summer Pattern Book
Send 15 cents for Barbara Bell’s
Spring-Summer Pattern Book!
Make smart new frocks for street,
daytime and afternoon, with these
simple, carefully planned designs!
It’s chic, it’s easy, it’s economi
cal, to sew your own. Each pat
tern includes a step-by-step sew
chart to guide beginners.
Send your order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept., Room 1324,
211 W. Wacker Dr., Chicago, 111.
Price of patterns, 15 cents (in
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A c Jr Mt* O A Quiz With
*r*v 1^ Answers Offering
*r |7 I Information on
J±nOtner ■ Various Subjects
The Questions
1. What is the Bastille?
2. Where is the International
Date line?
3. What famous diarist wrote in
code?
4. Why does a dog stick its
tongue out when it pants?
5. What do the letters H. M. S.
on a ship of the British navy
mean?
6. Which is correct, cold slaw,
or cole slaw?
7. What is the longest term of
office of any government official?
8. Where was the first large pub
lic display of incandescent light
ing?
9. After Australia, what is the
world’s biggest island?
10. Did former President Hoover
coin the term “rugged individual
ism”?
The Answers
1. A famous French fortress, lat
er converted into a prison.
2. The 180th meridian passing
near the center of the Pacific
ocean.
3. Samuel Pepys.
4. To increase the evaporating
surface of the body.
AROUND
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Items of Interest
‘o the Housewife
Garnished Platters.—Cold meat
platters have twice the appeal
when garnished attractively.
• • • V
Grease on Marble.—A paste of
Fuller’s earth and water spread
on the grease spots on marble
and allowed to stand for a few
days will entirely remove them.
Wash off and polish.
* • •
Laundering Tip. — Sorting and
stain removal are preliminaries to
the actual washing. The back
saving way is to sort from hamper
or clothes bin (placed at non
stooping height) onto a large ta
ble.
• • *
Cleaning Bronze.—Don’t wash
bronze ornaments with soap and
water. Dust thoroughly, using a
fairly stiff brush for the crevices.
Any very obstinate spots or stains
can generally be removed by rub
bing with a piece of cut lemon
dipped in salt. Polish with a
chamois leather.
Gay Mexican Tea Towels
Pattern 1824
Can’t you just see these towels
brightening your kitchen with
their gay colors? One for every
day of the week. Use your bright
est floss for figure and scenes and
do the names of the days in the
predominating color of the kitch
en. Your kitchen will be all the
smarter for this colorful set. Give
them as a shower gift and see
A Paradox
Keller, the Irish barrister, was
barred from the larger success he
desired by an irresponsible wit.
One day, meeting a solemn
judge who had attained to a high
position by the assumption of a se
rious manner, he cried: ‘‘I salute
you, sir! In opposition to all the
laws of natural philosophy. You
have risen by your gravity; while
I, alas, have sunk by my levity.”
what admiration your work will
arouse! Pattern 1824 contains a
transfer pattern of seven motifs
averaging 4% by 7 inches; illus
trations of stitches; materials re
quired; color schemes.
Send 15 cents in coins for this
pattern to The Sewing Circle, Nee
dlecraft Dept., 82 Eighth Ave.,
New York, N. Y.
Please write your name, ad
dress and pattern number plainly.
Uncle ft hil
Says:
Man /8 Gregarious
A delight in solitude is an ac
quired taste—and usually compul
sory.
When love takes flight from a
window, it is usually from the din
ing room window.
Sometimes an ounce of hint is
worth a pound of advice.
There’s Competition
Sin loves company, too, and
finds it quite as readily as misery
does.
Two-thirds of all trouble is wor
ry. But worry is something that’s
constitutional.
The hardest thing to remember
—and the most useful—is that it’s
none of your business.
The Faculty of Weighing
There’s no use of being logical
with those who haven’t logic.
Between two cowards, he has
the advantage who first detects
the other.
Many are skeptical because of
their credulity.
The man who settles down is
more likely to “settle up.”
Quick Polish. — Dip knives in
boiling water, dry and polish im
mediately for a quick polish.
• • •
For Turnback Cuffs. — When
making turnback cuffs for a man’s
shirt, sew the smallest sized snap
on the cuff about one inch from
the edge and at the proper place
on the sleeve, and you will find
this quite a time saver. The cuff
will not have to be tacked after
each laundering.
• • •
Jelly Glasses.—Glasses used in
making jellies should not be too
tall. Shorter glasses, such as the
regular commercial half-pint size
are very satisfactory. Molds of
jelly removed from them are not
as likely to break as those re
moved from taller glasses.
W it and Wisdom
‘CWIMMING gives girls a
^ good color,” says a writ
er. So does diving—into their
handbags.
A motorist’s defense was that
the pedestrian flatly refused to
get out of the way. The ques
tion, however, is whether he
was flat before he refused.
‘‘The bobbed-haired girl is
going out,” says a well-known
hairdressing expert. Yes; ev
ery night.
“Intoxicating” was the de
scription in a newspaper report
of the scenes at a recent first
night. We trust this does not
mean that the audience gave
way to boos.
5. His Majesty’s Ship.
6. Cole slaw is correct. Cole
means cabbage. Slaw is from the j
Danish slaa, meaning salad.
7. The comptroller general of
the United States holds office for
15 years.
8. The Westinghouse lighting of
the World’s Columbian exposition
in 1893 was the first large-scale
display of incandescent lighting.
9. Greenland — 827,275 square
miles.
10. In “The Challenge to Liberty”
Mr. Hoover says: “While I can
make no claim for having intro
duced the term ‘rugged individu
alism,’ I should be proud to have
invented it. It has been used by
American leaders for over a half
century in eulogy of those God
fearing men and women of honesty
whose stamina and character and
fearless assertion of rights led
them to make their own way in
life.”
'Tavolite JQecipe
ofj the
KOOL-AID CREAM SHERBET
(Made In Mechanical Refrigerator)
l package Kool-Aid. 2 cups milk
any flavor 1 cup heavy cream
1 cup sugar
1— Dissolve Kool-Aid and sugar
in milk; turn into freezing tray
and freeze % to 1 hour (until
slushy).
2— Whip cream (well chilled) un
til stiff.
3— Add partly frozen Kool-Aid
mixture to whipped cream and
whip just enough to mix well, but
keep cold as possible.
4— Return quickly to freezing
tray and freeze at coldest point.
Requires no more stirring. When
frozen, set control back to normal.
Makes over one quart. If desired
lighter, beat 2 egg whites fluffy
with 2 tablespoons sugar and fold
into above mixture before final
freezing.—Adv.
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