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Show i ,-i , --W j Attractive Skirts for Summer 1 1 I 1 - jm ON A SUMMER'S day nothing could be moro refreshing nnd nttrnctlvo to look at than tho new scparato skirts .that aro now on display In tho shop In anticipation of warm weather. Scparato skirts are particularly particu-larly Interesting to the homo seamstress seam-stress because It Is easy to mako them nnd tho addition of needlework for decorating plain materials adds much to tho price of ready-made garments. Thero ore mnny crepe-de-chlno nnd other crcpo weaves In silks ns well as baronet nnd other satins nmong tho nowest skirts nnd they nre ornamented with flno tucks, cross-bar tucking, hemstitching, plaited bands, with a fow entirely plain models among them. Casino crope, canton crepe, crepe de chlno nnd other silk crepes with new and Inspiring names, together with heavy satins, nro shown In both plnln and plaited models. Tho skirt ftt tho left of the two pictured must bo Imagined In n in . g erny satin, very lustri it 'Is tho new length which mutipoi sors, a rcnctlon from very short iUm nnd- much more graceful. In aj) decoration Is n pointed strap ot k satin having a row of satla-coTtrd buttons set on It. Light wool or henvy cotton fabrlq, In cross-bar of striped pattern, in usually plaited. The skirt at the rlfit of tho two pictured Ib made of Ut-wclght Ut-wclght wool material with two double-box double-box plaits for u front pnncl anil derj sldo plaits for tho sides and lack, i Is n cool-looking affair In gray uj whlto with trlnngulnr pieces at eii side of tho front plaits, ornament with pearl buttons and suggest pockets. Fow skirts make much c( pockets this season, providing InsUri trimming In placo of them or, nt mi very small pockets, Ingeniously o 1 |