Amador ledger., 1906-06-08
JUNE FORETHOUGHTS.
Some Suggestions for Sumner
Dresses for GirIs-The Graduating
Frock.
By MARTHA DEAN.


corning the wardrobe which interest
both maid and matron. June is the
month for school and college gradua-
tion as well as for numerous weddings
and anniversaries. 1t is also the
threshold OF summer, and many lads
and lasses are looking forward to the
time when they will board the train
for shore or countryside. June is sure
to be a busy month, for there are
frocks to be fashioned for both old and
young, and everything must be thought
out beforehand so as to answer for
practical needs and summertime COM
fort.
The graduating frock is always a
topic of interest to the girl, for this is
the day of all days her who is to
must be quite the finest gown that the
family can afford. Fashion has decreed
| that this dress must De white. and all
white, with not even a sash or bow of
color. 1t should also be simple, but
this does not mean mat a great deal of
beautiful handwork may not be lavish
ed upon it. In fact, in this day Of
exquisite effects, one could scarcely
imagine a graduating frock which did
not show little elaboration of some
kind. But these dresses are not elab-
crate on the scale of mothers gowns
nor are they very fussy in design.
The mulls and swisses were never
more charming and sheer than this
year, and even the batistes, lawns and
mousseline de sOies are very attractive
and not expensive. Silks are little
used for the young girls wearing this
year, but the simpler fabrics are far in
the lead for popularity. The plain
swiss resembles thin organdie but is
much preferred to the latter as it
wears better and launders we'll. If
this is inset with bit Of fine lace it
makes the daintiest frock imaginable.
A FAVORITE GRADUATING DRESS
The princess is the favorite style for
the graduating dress and is usually
made in separate waist and skirt and
Joined when finished. The joining is
quite inconspicuous and does not mar
the beauty of the whole. The fullness
about the waist is regulated by shirrs
or tucks extending from hips to bust
line or bit below. Many dresses are
style, as it is one always becoming and
sure to be worn. The girdle is of
wide louiSine ribbon shirred in front
and back to pieces of featherbone
of the desired width. Some of the
dresses have round yokes of insertion
or all-over lace while others are
embroidered in some simple design.
The round and Dutch square necks are
very popular and immensely becoming.
The skirts of these dresses are
round and full, sometimes trimmed
high with narrow ruffles edged with
lace and again inset with wide panel
of embroidery or tucking and lace.
The double fiounce skirts are very
youthful and pretty and especially SO
when made from wide embroidered
fiouncing. This is inexpensive and
makes very attractive frocks. They
are fitted about the waist by tucks or
gathers. Sleeves are of elbow length
or longer to suit the wearer and may
be finished with a deep cuff or a mar.
now ruffle of lace.
While many of the thin summer
dresses for girls and older people are
being worn over a colored slip this
y
| uating frock, although it may be worn
over the tinted slip after the eventful
day is passed.
MOUSSELINE DE SOLE.
Mousseline de sole is coming into
popular use this year for gowns be-
cause of it's soft texture and mex
pensive quality. 1t wears well and
launders passably. For these frocks
the narrow Valenciennes laces are
generally used, being inset into the
waist, skirt and sleeves without stint.
The mousseline is excellent for making
simple afternoon dresses in princess
style and many such are being worn
| by the elect of society.
In considering the summer ward
robe, by all means first in Importance
| is the suit of linen. madras or pongee
which gives so much pleasure and
comfort to the wearer from the fact
that it can be fresh and dainty for
each wearing. This frock sometimes
takes the form Of the shirt waist suit
and more frequently, this season, the
coat suit.
LINEN ALWAYS POPULAR.
Linen is the most popular fabric for
| the summer suit and the little bolero
will figure widely in the fashionable
wardrobe. To one with any pretense
! of following the fashion, this little
suit will be Indispensable during the
coming weeks. 1t is light and cool.
easily washed and not expensive to
make. Linen of good quality which
will wear and look we'll may be had
for % cents a yard, and that 2 inches
wide. The skirts of these suits are
gored or ar-gored-meaning that
a straight edge meets a bias one at
each of the four seams. This last
named skirt will not sag like the cir
cular one and yet has it's advantages.
The skirts are little trimmed save for