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Show HI HI W i W IWX H MM 1111 HUB . H Frocks for the I Summer Season HHJ It la hardly a Blip from spring things HHHj Into summer things. And the French HHHj couturiers haye a way of slipping HHHJ both of the seasons at once upon our HHHJ bewildered senses, observes a fashion HHH writer la the New York Times, Of HjHH course, there are many of their de- HHHJ signs which can bo uppllcd to cither HHH season, but whcii we begin to sepurute HHHJ the summer things those for early HHH summer moot particularly wo find HHH fascinating models worthy of our mot HjHH careful consideration. HHH Tho French cleuve always to simple HHH deslgus. Nothing elBO has tlio least In- HHH tercst for tho l'uilslnn dressmaker. So HHH that, nuturally, wo expect to And moro HHH or less plainness of design among their HHH summer dresses ; which typo of frock HHH lends Itself most conspicuously to the HHH uuprctentlous methods of treatment. HHH But the way they have of varying HHH simplicity Is a matter of constant ns- HHH tontshment even to expectant on- HHH lookers. They will conceive u new HHH way of handling gingham which Is so i" HHH One Interesting Way to Make the J Gingham Summer Freck. J ultra plain that tho only remark we ran HHH think of to muke Is, "Why didn't I think HHH of that llrstT" Hut thut Is the whole HHH point. It takes tho French to think of HHH It Drat. Thut Is the way their originality HHH makes Itscir felt. HHH In tho shops ull sorts of new glug- HHH hums and organdies and cottons of HHH vurytng sorts ure making their up- HHH penrauco and these, mixed with the silk HHH dresses and coats which will be such HHH conspicuous purtlous of tho summer HHH wardrobes, uro succeeding In muklng HHH the dressmaking salons look like su HHb many bright garden spots. Ha It seems ns though thero is fur more HHJ leaning toward tho wcurlng nf reul HE summer clothes than there hus been for HE somo years. The fact Is thut they are HE made In so tailored n rnuuner that they Hjl can bo worn either In the country nrxln HJ town, pnd for the hot days they are HE very much In demand by all womcu, no J matter where they reside. HHJ Fathtoned Front Two Materials. EHH So muny of the wurm weather HHH frocks, whether thoy uro mudo of silk HHH or of cotton, are fashioned from two HHJ materials. Thut Is. they will have HHfj either their upper half or their lower half made of one sort of fabric and tho other portion mude of some contrasting con-trasting weave and color. These are among tho most attractive of the new summer things. Then theie Is one rc,ry new nnd popular dress that Is made of cither twill or silk, with tho skirt and coat of mntchlng material. Then the bodice section, which Is mndc on extremely long-wuls'ed lines, has n row of large buttons ranged round Its lower edge nnd to these the skirt buttons with big buttonholes. Between tho buttonholes thero ure loose portions of the skirt allowed to bulge out and supply tli necessary fullness to the skirt. Sometimes Some-times these bodices are made of a tine quality of white pique which Is stiff enough to form thoneixssnry body to which tho skirt Is annulled. Others of them liuvo pongee used for tho waist purpose, and either the our or the other of these materials tooki very well Indeed. Tuff u in Is one of the materials which Is used for summer dresses this season. sea-son. They arc not only the evening frocks, hut also those, In plainer designs, de-signs, for afternoon, nnd even for street wear. Of course, the darker colors of this silk are chosen for tha twn latter uses, and they are thee made up most simply, but the crisp-lies crisp-lies of the silk and tho charm of the designs of the new frocks innko them positively Irresistible. Crepe dresses, of course, still hold good In a perfectly ri'inarknhle degree, but there arc many places and occasions where the taffeta ones will be the very best things to he found. One always looks fresh and snappy In a frock of stiff taffeta, and If one has the figure to stand the pultlness ot the designs of these dresses, then one can hardly keep from having ut leust one of them. Short and Tight Sleeves. The French designers uro still or again using short and tight sleeves for their sulntner frocks. They seem to know thut thero Is no other portion of a gown that looks so cool as the one that clasps tightly about tho arm and ullows those long, white, bnrc arms to show and to be really cool. So, If you are at all Inclined to want to wear short, little, close-tlttlus sleeves, why, then, you nre privileged to go as far us you llko and to design your own dresses according to your own tastes. , .... An excellent typo of glnghum dress wiih mude from a red und white Ilodlei fabric In a soft, thin woolen material; Imt It la mwitl tntt v limit wltiitfw1 tn lta UUI It l iia.iiiimi J nvn (I nil ,r I vi iw use of glnghum or chlutx or ratine ot uny of those heavier cotton materluls, Tho little llramlolgh collar Is somewhat some-what In thin design, changed so that It hugs moru closely about the throat and then the little edging of linen, front which material the collar and cuffs ure made, Is curried In a strip down the entire length of the skirt. There was a black ribbon bow under the chin, and the girl ".wire n drooping black straw hut with red dahlias mussed ubout the huso of the crown. The waistline of this plain little frock Is placed at an entirely normal angle mid the belt which holds It la place theie Is mude of white kid to repent the other white touches on the frock. The bodice Is but slightly bloused and the sleeves are gathered a trllle at the plucc whero they meet the daring und tiirucd-hnck cuffs. The summer suit or the suit fot early spring Is a portion of women's, nttlru which must be considered uff by Itself. It Is something which Is so necessary, but If It Is too thick or even too thin, why then It falls entirely to serve tho very purpose for which It was meant. It must be weighty enough to serve for the cooler du.vs and thin enough to muke It possible for wear mi du a which become pretty well heated. |