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Show I SIMPLE COTTON FROCKS; PRETTY ORGANDIE DRESS Cl'IUNG comes graciously along with an array of pretty morning frocks calculated to turn the heads of all women. They are beautifully and simply designed, of printed and other cottons and they justify the allegiance that American women' have shown to them for generations. Designers seem to have outdone themselves in the cleverness clev-erness and variety of these cheerful, everyday dresses, and the best thing of all Is that every woman can have them ; alluring materials for making them are broadcast everywhere. English prints recall, in their patterns, pat-terns, the dainty flowered stuffs of a -J J l J l ' - r i ' . i 1 1 ' 1 ' ' the minds of those who must see to the outfitting of the younger generation genera-tion for its glorious summer. Everywhere in the stores -there IS almost no end of pretty cotton goods that entice the designers, of children's clothes to make the most of their gifts. All the old favorites are here, some of them in new patterns, and the choice of fabrics is wide enough. Lawn, dimity, organdie, - English prints, chombray, cotton crepe, gingham, ging-ham, and twill make up the bulk of little folks' outerwear. The pretty organdie dress for a little lady, as shown to the picture, ls typ- I i It i r fit?? 3 i Two Pretty Morning Dresses. past generation. One of the frocks shown here is of this material with a cross-bar In gray and white that sets off the gay sprays of shaded, pink flowers scattered over it. Dresses of such cotton fabrics must not be "fussy"; this one is, as it. should be, simple and conservative, a chemise model gathered in on a loose removable remov-able elastic belt, at a low waistline. Patch pockets, cut on the bias of the goods, are extended at the rddes into bands that form supports for the narrow nar-row belt, made also of a bias strip of the goods. The belt ties at the back and has sash ends. The collar bor- leal of summer styles. It Is short-waisted short-waisted and short-sleeved with a round neck slit about three Inches down tlie front. The skirt portion has three wide bands of organdie, bound with a checked pattern in organdie, set on, and this same binding finishes the neck and sleeves. A similar band conceals con-ceals the joining of the body and skirt. Colored cotton floss serves to make the needlework rings that are set on the sleeves and neck and they are used as a finish for the bands. The dress is pictured In white with red and white trimming, butsit might be made In any light color with suit- S rk - z .- mm II I uua i i ' ; ...A Pretty Organdie Dress. rows the fresh crispness of white organdie or-gandie In a finishing fold. The other frock is made of chocked-gingham chocked-gingham combined with dotted swiss. Bands of the swiss set in at -:ich Itle of the bodice and in the sleeves, aided by narrov ruffles, complete the adornment adorn-ment of this delightful morning frock. Over the horizon of the little folks rt is the peep-o'-dawn of summertime summer-time and the Umg vacation. Spring hns been generous, scattering about field flowers and pretty clothes nt the same time for them, and already commencements, commence-ments, vacations and journeys occupy able contrasts employed In trimming. Smocking in high colors, embroidered em-broidered tints, buttonholing and other needlework, retain the favor of dls-! dls-! criminating buyers of children's ! clothes. Small silk cord and tassels j for ties at the neck and cord girdles ' are among the novel features of ttie new styles. CCTTfeOKT rr votom Mnrvxn IM)0 |