The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-19
ARE EASY
TO MAKE
Out of Lace Handkerchiefs
or Bingham or Chambray
Most Useful as Gifts
LOW we used to long when we were
Ill children for the coming of the

Low we used to long when we were
Ill children for the coming of the
glad day when once ana for all
we could cast of bondage, and espe-
cially pinafores; but how soon after
our emancipation we are planning
new and dainty evolutions of our erst-
while despised aprons to wear when
sewing or serving tea on the vera nda,
when embroidering on the terrace or
making rarebits and other chatting dish
pets by the glowing freside of a win
ter's night. Like criminals, sooner or
later we return to the scene of our
crime not only to don pinafores, but to
take on our once longed for trains
and trot about as in childhood in
skirts as short as we dare. Instead OF
an elaborate grOwn-up couture, we
again literally braid our tresses down
our backs or band them like ten
year-old.
AS for aprons, there are countless
types and endless variations of each
variety. There are school aprons cut
on smart lines designed to cover the
dress and prevent the usual wear and
tear that attend the career Of a
healthy and vigorous schoolgirl.
One very clever girl who had spent
the winter in various parts of Europe
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presenting to her friends most fasci-
mating little embroidered aprons made
from pieces of needlework, scarfs,
handkerchiefs and other similar pieces
OF cloth characteristic of the different
countries she visited. Aside from the
uniqueness of the gift, they were most
inexpensive, as nearly all the coun-
tries have national kerchiefs or some
scrt of shawl which the peasantry
wear OF gala occasions. These are OF
little value in their respective coun-
tries, as they are necessarily low
enough in price to enable the poorer
classes to buy, and are of most beautf-
full texture and coloring.
There were lovely soft silk and CASH
mere kerchiefs from the Tyrol, in deep
puppies and reds, costing from six to
fifteen cents piece. Being square in
shape, these were made up "cat-a-
corner" using a small bib that was
tucked into shape at the waist line by
graduated tucks that were caught to
the belt by blind stitches.
Another dainty appearing apron
came from Hungary, being Of accor-
dion-pleated, cream-colored satin,> d.
vided into three panels by two oddly
embroidered bands work in the bright
Hungarian reds, green's and yellOws.
Inc pioallQS Was dCIaC00Q 10 Qdr-
now, loosely fitting yoke Of solid en-
briodery, and this in turn attached to
a band OF deep green embroidery that
served as strings.
From Norway came a rich dark blue
flannel, with rough unsewn edge, en-
broidered in soft rich worsteds, and
suspended from a stout crocheted
worsted cord with tassels to match.
The gay-hued scarfs or sashes Of
Sweden made other picturesque pima
fores, being made of hand-woyen linen
of very open coarse mesh, with bril-
liant orange, red, green and yellow
stripes interviewer across it.
Many Of these are simple enough in
design to be duplicated quite satisfac
torily in hand embroidery. For tea
and chafing-dish service tiny little
aprons of sheer white organdy and
delicate Swiss are much in vogue, cut
In heart shape, with or without a
bib. When a bib is desired a smaller
sized heart is fitted point downward
with the lobe of the larger one, which
forms the apron, and a still smaller
heart-shaped little pocket is added,