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Show I SUMMER BRINGS COOL FROCKS; FULLNESS MOVES TO THE SIDES f OoI fcn.sf ari'l fashion (ire getting heller acquainted fill hough they Mill have occasional differences, In flic inalli-r of su n 1 1 111-r frocks they ure going bund In hand. Fashion is devoted de-voted to sheer fabrics and good sense Is devoted to comfort; m-Tihcr of them has In make any sacrifice to provide cool frocks for lint days and this Is what has hcon done- for morning, noon or rilchl In town or country. In cilher place the average woman tfets Into a crisp house dress In the morning or Into a casual day dress of Komi; sort, made of washahle material. Much attention Is given to the styling of these morning frocks, which must work and a little embroidery on the collar. When a distinctive style feature makes a success. Interesting things begin to happen to it. Different designers, taking the new favorite under consideration, soon produce varied developments of the same idea and many interpretations of the mode finally reveal It at its best. Taking skirt fullness, as an example it would seem that everything that can happen to the full skirt has happened to it, and now Increasing numbers of midsummer mid-summer dresses display the popular skirt fullness placed at the side. It Is introduced in innumerable ways, by n ' ' 1 1 1 h r 4 5 T0 I i 'I -A i 1 . 'i1 Zll FOR ALL HOURS OF THE DAY 6e simple and practical and should be durable and pretty as well. The outstanding out-standing new style point to be noted in them this season is the introduction of cotton and rayon mixed fabrics, among the dependable ginghams, percales, per-cales, broadcloths and the like that are used for making them. These rayon mixtures, are silky and sturdy. Suitability is the test of good style; therefore for summer afternoons there are many practical and cool dresses of crepe de chine and fine cotton voile that will stand tubbing and much wear. Other informal afternoon frocks are made of lightweight printed silks, crepes or soft chiffon taffeta. Printed and plain chiffon is the most popular means of gathers, sbirrings and all kinds of plaits (arranged in all kinds of ways) and by shaped flounces. Sometimes a genius in designing takes two or three popular style points and combines ' them In one frock, usually throwing in, at the same time, a toucli that is original. That is what has happened to the handsome afternoon after-noon gown shown here. A tunic effect, ef-fect, with fullness placed at the sides, a popular and graceful sleeve and a snug belt, appear in a model that has so much good style that it seems the best possible development of present modes. A new touch in trimming is distinctive. Applique bands, in a darker shade of crepe than the dress, m mvl t i Ik V 5 v 1 ? xi t j I N i ; x - N V I i . -1 w-v, - - - -:::W'''wc':',:'-':'"" " "'-''': '' "'" - ( V . HANDSOME AFTERNOON GOWN of all fabrics for afternoon and evening eve-ning frocks of the dressier types and is often made up with lace, usually in j light tan or ecru tints, or dyed to match a dominant color in the chiffon. Then comes the lace gown for dinner and evening worn over a foundation slip in a color. Just now black lace over a pink slip has many admirers, but nothing outranks the graceful, soft frocks of plain or printed chiffon in pastel colors that dine and dance at the end of a perfect da These airy gowns are pleasant th l?s to think about and the pleasamt of rellec-tlons rellec-tlons concerns their inexpensiveness. The pretty frock Victured here is made of voile adorned wih drawn- are edged with a narrow fancy braid, placed in rows on the sleeve and in a novel arrangement on the side panels, i A vestee in the darker shade is edged with three rows of braid, and the neck finished by a standing collar with ties at the side. Panels and panel effects occur rather often, on the latest gowns, along with snug belts and bloused waistlines. Also there are numbers of pretty frocks that open at the front like a coat and some of these are In double-breast style, but they do not look at all like coats and are made up in crepe de chine or georgette. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. (. 1926. Western Newspaper Union.) |