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Show Children's Clothes Come First On 1941 Spring Sewing Program By CIIERIE NICHOLAS r & i-. ; l u k.;; - i L :-& ft r v? Ix " ' C' f "wp4? Li tr tr, - t3 ' ? . you prefer, there are handsome 100- , " per cent wo0' clan plaids to be had Zv X 1 'v " at WUc additional cost Plaid ging- ham is smart, too. The advantage of a two-piece iv.,.,,....,,,,.,,, ,.,.. dress of this type is that different you prefer, there are handsome 100-per 100-per cent wool clan plaids to be had at little additional cost. Plaid gingham ging-ham is smart, too. The advantage of a two-piece dress of this type is that different blouses can be worn with it, also the separate bolero gives it the efficiency efficien-cy of a jacket suit. The Peter Pan collar and front closing on the blouse are embellished with inch-wide ruffles, ruf-fles, done in a jiffy with the ruffier gadget on your machine. The very crisp pleats in the skirt take a mere matter of minutes to make with the pleater attachment. All the other deft finishes, such as the curving edges of the bolero front, is the unerring work of the little edge stitcher. See the newest version of the ever-beloved ever-beloved sailor dress illustrated to the right in the group. Use navy flannel or serge or try ordinary blue denim for this dress; and you will henceforth be singing the praises of this sturdy good-looking material. The important-looking red embroidered embroid-ered anchor insignia on the long bishop sleeve is made with a darning darn-ing stitch and transfer pattern right. You can easily monogram daughter's daugh-ter's blouses, scarfs ancL "nighties" and pajama sets on the sewing machine, ma-chine, to the utter delight of your child. A separate white pique collar col-lar is enhanced with eighth-inch-wide braid, attached with the blind-stitch braider gadget in no time at all. A perfect princess dress of chal-lis chal-lis (centered in the group) is buttoned but-toned all the way down the front with tiny buttons and buttonholes, easily made with the buttonhole attachment at-tachment on the machine. Cunningly Cunning-ly 'tipped patch pockets are perched high on the dress lending both an ornamental and useful note. Spun rayon prints or the new printed jerseys jer-seys make up satisfactorily in the simple princess frocks. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) l OTHERS attention! With the l'-l coming of spring, every little girl wants a smart new dress to wear. So it's high time for mothers to lay plans for the annual sewing campaign. It is none too early to start investigating the smart new pastel plaids, the denims, shantungs and challis that are favorites for juvenile fashions this spring. You will be surprised how little really lovely materials cost. For a dollar, or even less, it is possible to buy IVz yards or more of good-looking rayon challis. With a modern sewing machine, ma-chine, just a few hours are needed to produce an attractive sailor dress or a plaid bolero dress or a smart princess style, exactly suited to daughter's personality. Even if the budget is slim and you haven't had experience at sewing, there is no excuse for making daughter daugh-ter do without good-looking clothes. You can learn to do a professional job of dressmaking by spending just a few afternoons at your local sewing sew-ing center. Nowadays, even the couturier finishes fin-ishes are easy for beginners to handle, han-dle, because modern sewing machine ma-chine attachments make pleating, ruffling, tucking, cording and applique, appli-que, besides the dozens of other "neat tricks" they perform. Certain to win the heart of every young "miss" is the favorite bolero suit-dress in cotton plaid with separate sep-arate tuck-in blouse as shown to the left in the picture. The plaid, the all-round pleated skirt and the cute felt derby hat with a little red feather have a look about them that will delight the heart of a child. You can get inexpensive washable plaids that look like fine wool weave, or, if |