Show jasa I 1 well ell dress omeri will we ea s V X Z Z A I 1 k 14 1 1 j T 4 ej 1 V 1 bj is f 4 dill k r there Is a vogue for aprons there Is or at least there appears to be a vogue for aprons of the sorts that cover the dress or are substituted for it styles in aprons are shown in almost as much p profusion rofu slon as styles in frocks crocks and some persons insist especially ally some masculine persons that women look their best in these work a aay garments abany at any rate they have i chance to look very well in them ince there are so many designs in them made up in attractive colors and fill easy semi fitted lines the fortunes of war have brought it about that many women must do a treat reat part of their own housework lind and they are making a virtue of necessity the good looking apron or service dress or house frock helps some it Is the insignia of a service to be proud of df and adds a cheery element to hum 1 ell 41 44 A A 3 4 01 wv s R R A for an early easter there Is fin an early easter this year and tho the annual welcome guest of new prang pr I 1 ng millinery Is on nothing stales its perennial interest we discover the new styles with asmuth joy as if t they ey were a gord mine each season this zest Is by the new hats they are in ili reality as fine from every standpoint po int as any within the memory of the oldest milliner there Is variety without end in ili them the abe shapes emphes ize becomingness there tire are ninny many kinds of trimming and beautiful workmanship ij if tho the rule which all loads leads to the conclusion that the american woman has earned a reputation for being well dressed because she Is discriminating the paramount hat bat or the paramount fabric of which hats are made la Is crepe georgette it Is 13 used with braids and with other fabrics or without them for covering shapes all colors look their best in its rich and dainty texture at the center of the picture a hat Is shown covered with it and having a ruche of it about the crown large glazed cherries in red jade and blue find the beige color of the crepe the best 0 of backgrounds background a a r r is drum tasks ging ginghams hams and percales percalee per cales in an array of good colors are used for making the tha new aprons rind and nearly always a corn com bin atlon of two materials enhances tha colors in the plaid pill or striped apron A great deal of attention Is given to ati combinations of plaid or on striped material with plain patterns and plain chambray made up with accessories cess ces ories of prettily flowered cretonne they mate make up spring house frocks that do not suffer by comparison with any other sort of dress the apron shown above Is of plaid gingham and plain chambray it la Is one of the models with long sleeves there are not so mandof many of these for the tha three quarter sleeve has the preference prefer enca in utility styles both in aprons and frocks there is it cape to match made of two fieni med flounces flounce about the shoulders and a ruche about the neck and a cluster of cherries brightens this also A lashing dashing hat bat of block black satin having a border of straw braid on oil the alie bi brim bilin lin edge in light french gray Is trimmed with two long gray quills that harmonize exactly with the shape there are many brilliant glossy small hats for her who nho lives in the alie north and may have to wear her easter lint hat in tol token ell of a spring that Is behind easter in arriving no two hats were ever more unlike than this saucy model and tile the demure hat of crepe above it at the left of the picture there la Is a very pretty hat with a crown of corded ed silk and it braid brim faced with silk three small and very green apples in some sort of composition make its very simple and durable trimming it Is a very graceful model and the same adjective Is deserved by all three hats ka 0 |