| OCR Text |
Show SUITABLE SUMMER . ... DRESS FOR WOMAN Simple ' and Less Trimmed Garment Is Much Cooler. (Freparod by the United Btntcs Dvpartmtnt of A-iiculturo. A woman who Is of medium stout build must choose her summer wardrobe ward-robe with especial care If she wishes both to feel comfortable, and look well. Fortunately there Is now such wide - variety In washable cotton fabrics fab-rics suitable for street or office wear that she can easily find a sufficient number to supply her needs and permit per-mit frequent changes of costume. In planning the design of her summer dresses, however, It mny be that details de-tails which would look well In silk or other fabrics would not be practical practi-cal in those Intended for tubbing. The simpler and ' less trimmed the garment, gar-ment, as a rale, the more successfully can It be. laundered and the cooler It Is on a scorching summer day. Here Is n particularly good summer dress for the women Inclined to weight. It was photographed by the bureau of home economies to show what could be done with blue dotted swiss, trimmed with valetu-iennes edging. The dress Is made In two pieces, with the tucked, lace-trimmed Aitrtctive Two Piece Drees of Dotted Swiss for Medium Stout Woman. vest made on the bodice from whieh the skirt Is hung. The blouse Is Im ished by a belt which ties in front and ghes the dress the appcaraiu'e of a one-piece dress. A long rolling lilted collar edged with late com pletes the blouse. Cuffs of tihks and lace are attached to half the bottom of the skeve and the other half Is hemmed and allowed to hang out from the arm, Fullness for the knees is provided by several large inverted box plaits in I lie skirt. On a woman of somewhat some-what large figure skins should not be t-o tight or too short If ihey are to look graceful. |
