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Show '' v IN THE NEGLIGEES DAINTY MATERIALS EFFECTIVE LY MADE UP. ;i ,g For Occasions Not Requiring Formal- Ity These Garments Are Indispens able Loose Sack of Flowered ' Dimity as an Example. ; Perhaps thcru Is nothing moro Im- i portant In n bride's trousseau than the negligees, those fascinating gar- inents that dainty brides may wear t nbout their rooms when receiving Jacket In Two Pieces. their most Intimate friends thoso who need not bo entertained In stato. Hut a negllgeo to bo proper and attractive at-tractive must not im lacking In shapo nnd must not look as though It was Just flung on any -way. a t A loose sncquo Is mado of flowered EH i dimity, edged nil around with narrow Valenciennes lncc. It Is cut in two pieces the pattern being one-half of tho completed sncquo. The mnterlal necessary for this includes two and onc-hnlf yards of dimity, at 15 cents a yard .18 ccntB; nnd six yards of Valenciennes Val-enciennes lncc, at ten cents, while a yard of ribbon is plenty to fasten tho sacquo at tho neck. This will mako tho entlro garment cost less than $1.25. Such a jacket Is Just what ono needs to slip on when dressing tho hnlr or whllo arranging tho llttlo things around tho room; nnd not tho least of its beauties Is that it may be dropped into the tub when soiled. For a little rest on a warm day mndamo slips Into a long, looso wrapper, wrap-per, which must not bo too ornate, but which must bo becoming to hor bo that sho may nover find herself at n disadvantage because sho Is not dressed up. This would bo protty made of ring-dotted inwn, of which tho avcrngo size woman needs six and a half yards. The kimono Is faced with a lawn of solid color, while n bow of ribbon fnstens it In front. It Is very ensy to mnke, nnd In summer sum-mer ono necessarily needs light, cool garments. When friends come In unexpectedly and tho brldo Is busy with that new toy, her house, sho may slip Into tho llttlo lounging gown. This Is charming charm-ing In its simplicity of cut, which suggests sug-gests tho fascinating drapery of Mario Antolnetto In hor fairy talo dairy of Petit Trianon. Tho gown is most attractive when mndo of dotted swIss; tho cost of that material Is well worth whllo becauso of tho lengtli of timo it wears. Ten nnd one-half yards of dotted swlss will bo required, three and threo-quartcr yards of Valenciennes Val-enciennes insertion nnd five nnd three-quarter three-quarter yards of edging. Tho gown is so pretty and so summery that tho most particular brldo may feel no hesitancy In being seen around tho houso in It In splto of tho perfectly rcasonnblo rulo that women who know nover appear In public unless dressed In n street suit, a houso frock or an evening gown. |