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Show BSs ZBsSaSSpSSMSSeje )SBMBssSMgwfciriflfaiBM Graceful Tunic Effects With the Wide, Low Placed Ru ssian Belt Bright Embroideries, Roman Striped and Plaid Ribbons Add the Girlish Note To Dark Fabrics - Dancing Frocks. CHE most fascinating spot in tho big department store is (lie misses' department. So smart and so fetching are the Btylea there depicted, in coats, in taiUeurs, B dainty dancing dresses and in practical prac-tical dresses of serge for everyday wear, that 11 Is no wonder small II women who can get into a 32 or 3-1 size shop there in prefi rence to women's departments where modHs are not nearly as chic and attractive at the price. The chief rcan for this Is that all misses' clothes are youthful in style whereas the manufactured garni) nls for women must cover s range of sizes ; from 32 or 34 bust measure up to tho large 44 measurement, and as it would be rather absurd to incorporate clrl-lsh, clrl-lsh, dashing style Into a 44 mode! nd since every model for womn designed de-signed must bo turned out in the regular reg-ular range of women's 8lr.es styles must necessarily be moderated and i kept from extremes. So the lucky "small woman'' who can carry off; fetchlngly youthful styles. hler her 1 gleefully to the misses' department, and is the envy of her more weighty slBters. Few mothers of young girls nowadays nowa-days care to attempt making youthful frocks In the home sewing room, so attractive and so low-priced are the manufacturer's models shown In the W shops. And when it comes to a ques-t.on ques-t.on of economy. If one counts tho price of materials, trimming.', patterns, pat-terns, a dressmaker's or seamstress' I pay. and the lime, spent ru nine around matching materials, the r.'dy-made r.'dy-made frock Is usually the iron nomlcal investment. And th lyles oi these manufactured frock: are invariably in-variably far smarter than cculd be' achieved in the home aewln . room. Expert designer are employed to supply sup-ply models and man? of Do- nb-a I: -corporated into simple. Inexpensive little lit-tle dresses are Paris Inspired, for the high-priced designer mak regulai trips to Europe after inspiration in, lines, trimming motifs and color corn-is corn-is blnations. Special Care Taken of the Flapper. In most misses' departments, moth ers find that garments for Ht'le girls range from six to fourteen year gisii-s. Garments for :::!sses range f.om sixteen to eighteen years. Between come th? dapper sizes or as tht are usually called In America, tbe j Junior sixes, ranging from thirteen i '1 eev -nteen years. These flapper sixes 'J cn-cr tho awkward age of girlhood. the age when pretty little a'.rlhc.-'u With lt dimples and lt-j curl? hat been 1 19 left behind, and slender yOUOg womanhood woman-hood !s no: yet In "t The flPPr Is lcr."-lcgeJ. scrawny of neck and f I forearm. Her h,ir Is not a pretty length. She Is getting her second teeth and very Jlkely having them straightened by some disfiguring dental den-tal process, Sho is "too big" to wear tricksy babyish things, and not big enough to don anything coquettish. This ago used to be tho "let-down" ; : ; I of girlhood when the poor lit- j tie iiapper was always to be seen In a frock recently lot down, or Just a bit toe short-watstcd or too brief In the sleeves; but all this has been changed since the shops take special care of i the flapper and provide for her growing grow-ing figure frocks designed to make her look graceful In spite of hor angularly, angu-larly, s fxx-ks In charming girlish modes that borrow from childhood and from womanhood, yet are distinctly dis-tinctly for young girlhood. A delightful flapper frock Is shown. In the long-walsted Russian model In two shades of broadcloth dark green and biscuit tan, with gilt ball buttons down the front of waist and belt. This frock Is for a girl of fourteen and the length Is Just right. It will also be easy to lengthen the skirt by piecing, d.nn the underskirt beneath the tunic, and if the belt comes a little higher up the second season as the waJst-line waJst-line lengthens It will not matter much In such a loose-wal3ted model. The frmits of the green cloth frock turn bark in braid-bound revcrs to show a chemisette of the light tan I material and a little Inner collar of lawn adds tho final touch of daintiness. dainti-ness. Another flapper Bchool frock shows the loose, straight line from shoulder to skirt-edge, scarcely broken by the : low belt. This frock, also for a girl of fourteen or fifteen, Is adapted from , j Replete .vtth coquetry, the nose veil shows a fascinating- c'.Lmplo. t a graceful Cherult model of tho autumn au-tumn designed for womanhood, not girlhood but none the less charming in this guise. Sand-colored cloth Is the material and at tho neck and wrists axe narrow bands of otter fur. This frock also may be "let out" very easily should necessity require. The waist may be broadened across the; chest under the buttoned panel and tho skirt lowered by plecinp: down under un-der tho pleated tunic These points are always observed by a thrifty mother she pplng for her young daughter daugh-ter of flapper age, so they are mentioned men-tioned here. The Middy Always a Fnorite. The schoolgirl adores a middy costume cos-tume ?s her mamma adores a cosj negligee. The middy means freedom from formality and conventionality. One may romp In it unhampered, sprawl without being reproved. It has no fussy trimmings to bo guard" d; and best of all one may get Into It and out of It like lightning. The modern middy Is saved from the commonplace by its clever and graceful cut and Its perfection of tailoring. Tho model pictured Is of very dark navy blue serge with pipings of white cloth under un-der cuff and collar. The blouso laces with black ribbon through white bone eyelets another knowing touch. The lower edge of the blouso on which a lino of soutache braid defines a wld.-hem, wld.-hem, Is slashed up at either side and laced with black cord This little maid is but twelve years old and it will be observed that her skirt is slightly shorter than the girl of fourteen who .vears the green and tah frock, and a good deal shorter than the sand-colored sand-colored and otter frock of the girl of fifteen. These gradations of length arc very Important for the length of a young girl's frock more than any other feature of it, suggests Its wearer's wear-er's age. The skirt length should always al-ways be harmoniously adjusted to the height however, and if tho girl or fourteen has the height and development develop-ment of a miss of sixteen, her frocks should be in slxteen-yesr length. If. on tho other hand, she Is an undersized under-sized girl of hfteen who looks no more than twelve or thirteen, the childish length Just below the knee may be retained for another season. If the young girl has developed rapidly in tigun-. but has not yet attained Woman's height, an effort should be made to disguise her full figure lines under loose, long-waisted frocks of tho Russian style which do not define tho waistline; and models having pleats or much fullness from shoulder to waist should be selected. For a well developed girl of fourteen yenrs an attractive school frock of dark green serge has a gathered skirt set on a loose belt at tho normal waistline and a box pleated waist with low shoulder lino and bishop sleeves drawn into cuffs. Skirt and waist are '- ': - c Ty : .- - ccte.-g of "Brosdclofh Effector, rnarl arvd 6erviceable 'ScKool roc i , Joined under a wide stitched belt of the serge which fastens at the front with two big black satin-covered but-j but-j tons. Tho box pleated waist opens i at the front from the inner edge of eaeh box pleat to Show a tucked shirt front of white handkerchief linen to which Is attached a narrow turned-over turned-over collar hemstitched at the edge. A small black satin neckbow marks A.X)aivtxy Tpocvc fbr "Une g GcKcol ErYerairvrnrsr-vt li ¬ the closing of the collar and echoes the note of the black belt buttons. On the box pleats at either side of the whito linen shlrlfront arc embroidered em-broidered pocket motifs done with blaek and white silk. Urlght Ribbons on Somtx'i- Frocks Much use is made of the gay Roma Ro-ma striped ribbons to give a youthful youth-ful note to dark serge school frocks Wide Scotch plaid ribbons also are favored by the designers of youthful dresses and are used in ruffles, pipings, MushSS, neckties and other trimming details. Very fetching Is a flapper frock of Scotch plaid ribbon and bottle bot-tle green serge. The ribbon Is pleated pleat-ed and attached to the skirt In three flounces, one overlapping the other. BelOW shows the narrow skirt of bottle bot-tle green cloth. Overlapping the topmost top-most ribbon flounce is a wide belt of bl Lck velvet ribbon, and overlapping ; the black velvet bolt are the sharp points of the bottle green cloth waistcoat waist-coat which has no sleeves and is bound all around with black braid. The waistcoat fastens down the front with pearl buttems and under it Is a I long-sleeved gulmpe of whito pique with collar and cuffs embroidered with 1 green and black dots. The smartness of this unusual little frock is notable though so many materials are used and the surface seems to be broken 1 up Into so many sections. Dancing School Dresses. Most schools have occasional entertainments enter-tainments at which the pupils are ex- pected to appear In gala array; and sseV there Is always dancing school, at which most elaborate costumes are m if the school happens to be pat- B- ionized by fashionable motherst Ex- ft ciuisite in Its youthful charm Is the K . little dancing school dress plctureu. The s!;irt, ..f white cotton net, has five . flounces, the upper lour being bound With pale pink -jtin ribbon to give them '' bouffancy and flare. The lower flounce S . is of shadow lace and this lace has l-en used for the bodice, the short P ribbon-bound sleeves veiling sleeves of m net for the schoolgirl may not be too j? decollete. The sleeveless basque is of B pink messallne and is draped toward h, the left side with pale pink roses and blue forget-me-nots. At the back, th- basque is slashed and from under the ft H Slashes falls a knotted sash of pink ft satin ribbon over a side-pleated pep- ft. him of very faint blue crepe de chine. 6 Blue and pink are jeune fllle colors B and the combination Is particularly f charming in this little dancing dress. II I An Fxtra Warm Shawl Cape E The coat pictured Is admirable for & school wear, and It may be made extra warm on bitter days by turning I up the wide collar and drawing the f points of tho cape (now buttoned to t the sleeves) around the shoulders to V cioss, surplice fashion. In front. Tho coat Is a well cut and very serviceable r model of brown zlbellne cloth with V brown horn buttons, and the Jolly lit- P tie hat which may be dragged on any- 1 I how, to suit its wearer's fancy, is of it I brown and white checked cloth with t a gay scarlet quill thrust through the fc lcord trimming. I& |