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Show PRESENT FOR ENGAGED GIRL An Apron to Slip on When Bride Dqs Housework Is Always Acceptable. Ac-ceptable. A useful and attractive gift for' an engaged girl is an apron that may be slipped on when the bride does housework, and wishes to keep presentable. pre-sentable. Just this type of apron is hard to buy, so is doubly acceptable. Probably the most useful kind is a studio apron, such as is used by the woman rjtist. Get a good pattern with sleeves reaching to the wrists and cut without too much fullness. Choose a pink gingham of fine quality ora clear black and white stripe, which always washes well. For the former trim the neck which should be cut slightly square and sleeves with a two-inch insertion of white embroidery, and fasten at the back with white pearl buttons. The black and white apron may be trimmed -with' black bias bands, or with white cotton bands embroidered in a cross-stitch design in black. A somewhat dressier apron, though not so useful for protection, is made like a waitress' apron, with straps over the shoulders. A pretty effect is had with ecru or pale pink percale, the straps embroidered in a cross-stitch cross-stitch band that is carried on each side to the bottom of the apron. The hem at bottom and sides is finished with a row of two-chain stitch-bands. Use several tones of brown or red mercerized cotton on the ecru apron, and white or black on the pink one. |