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Show 1 H? For the Girl Who Sews. 0 tilFM S1 Tlir.S trTlft linT-v V,,nn fnl-infT rlnmncip mnl.-rt Mil.? c,.- rC 1i. ...1.nn. ...... 1 i yjsclencc courses at fashionabjc board- i Ing schools declare that to get along without a variety of dainty aprons is nn - impossibility, especially if the embryo i housekeeper wishes lo preserve the fronts' of her frocks from spots. One girl who sews almost as well as hhc cooks is making several aprons of plain lawn cut into half ovals, scalloped all round with a color and embroidered : with washable floss in outline or shadow i stitch. By this means she expects to . have luncheon pinafores to accord with every house frock white embroidered with pale blue; pink, mauve or yellow and dark blue; green and brown relieved !with white. Charming little nprons of half oral, half round, diamond or oblong shape arc to be i made of finest nainsook, scalloped all I round and hand embroidered with white in imitation of the work done in the Madeira Ma-deira Islands i All of the rufilc bordered aprons arc fascinating-, paiticularly the round opns $fc which havc bow knot and leaf designs cru-)$' cru-)$' broidered on the lower curve aud girdle I belts which lit trimly, have embroidered I fronts nnd tie in a little bnwl.-nnr nt the I back. The same model is pretty when the , . hand embroidery and ruffle are omitted i i and the hemstitched edge is fiuiehed with I Ian Inch wide frill of Valenciennes or ' Cluny lace. - ' Oft ; r Biolclle aproiiE arc always coquettish jj? and nearly always become a slender, girl- .. ish figure, but they nrc more difficult rj ', io make than pinafores, because the H J centre panel with Ha square little bib! tfe ( should be carefully curved to fit Into the I tJji! ' figure at the waist lino and on to it should gjj ,i be attached the. uarrowec side panels, rgA' which aie shaped above the waist into 3jSlj Mrups crossing the shoulders and then Si! across the top of the back, where tbcj jKjj nre joined, so that the apron may be ad- qjjr justed by drawing the hretclle portion i$& VCf 'hc llea1 "nd tllcn secur'DK it about $01 the waist with pink, blue or white satin ySij ribbon sashes. $fijS Nearly all of the bretelle aprons havc I'ggmL cuna'uC little hip pockets headed wjth gjpM 'fine'mualin embroidery or' lace edging-to Gf'nntch the bordering of the piuaforc. l;lb eOM ahoulderg, and if a girl wiahvs to tionally elaborate she may have the brc-tcljcs brc-tcljcs entirely of all over lace and let fhem run into narrow panels from the waist to he lower edge. Practical aprons, meaning the sort which arc lo be put on over the frock when preparing salad dressings and really mussy concoctions, are made of striped galalen, percale, gingham or madras-, and are put on as easily as is an ulster, for they fasten with fiat butlous down (he left front from shoulder to hem, have big sowed in sleeves with band cuffs and a deep patch pocket on each hip. To make one, take as a model any narrow skirled, one piece house frock which, closes in front, allowing, however, for slightly wider scams and wider shoul-dcra, shoul-dcra, so that the garment will go over even a velvet frock if desired. IT has been wisely said that whoever has once mastered the art of the simpler forms of Irish crochctwork has at command com-mand an cndlcas variety of ways in which lo utilbo the product of the tiny steel hook. Above all, the rose of fine imported im-ported Irish laoe thread can be applied in to many dainty nnd original ways that the girl of wisdom finds them nn invaluable inval-uable resource when designing for herself those small accessories which give the key note of a costume. ' For articles of fine linen or of any wash ; material the roses of the Irish thread are, ' n.(iiirally,vthe sort to use. But on silk ' br cloth Jhose crocheted from a twisted ' HJk.Uua.kc phnrming and unique variants from passomeutcne. A girl who loves to experiment with such useful arts has just finished fpr herself a little girdle which is the admiration of all who see it. The foundation at the back !s a shaped piece of crinoline or some such stiffened lining about eight, inches wide. This is covered with the while crepe dc Chine of which the gjrdle is made and trimmed with "up nnd' down" rows of white silk roses. To each end of the shuped back section the soft front piiccs of the girdle arc shirred, and these nre long enough lo joiu in a graceful knot in front and to fall sashlike almost to the edge of the dress skirt, where they aro finished with a triplet of silken crochejqd hjossoms apiece, from the centre of each of which hangs a tassel of the same white silk. This same girl has crocheted more elaborate elab-orate motifs of pnle rose silk for her sU-r's sU-r's pot dancing frock of the same shade, ?jn(i a seKpf haudsomc black silk unlike anything t'q bo' found Ui the ahopsfon a yeltifebved aunt, whose dinner gowiirthey W'UI shortly adorn most attractively. ' ' it--'-) |