The Alaska citizen., 1911-09-18
STYLES FOR HOUSEKEEPERS

1t is very silly to ignore the pretty
side of housekeeping clothes, Tor
if there is no time to make the vari-
Gus things needed it is possible to
get them all in the shops. and very
cheaply at that.
The ready-made frocks. aprons and
caps supplied for the purpose have
also a certain dainty coquetry which
the home sewer might be likely TO
ignore even while desiring it. So il
there are many house duties to at
tend to, and very little time for
sewing, why not consider the stylish
garments the stores put forth for
the homemaker?
The dresses are almost invariably
One-piece affairs of some pretty wash
cotton. trimmed with contrasting
bands. The neck of the gown is
cut out, sleeves are three-quarters
length, or quite short, and very com
monty at the left bust OF the bodice
there is jaunty little pocket. All
skirts escape the floor, and every
scrap of trimming is put on fiat. Blue
and white are the regulation house
keeping cOlors, but women who
study their looks may prefer vel
low and white frock, or select brown
and white. red and white, and so
on. Any white and colored cotton
with a touch of black is very smart,
while the black and white dresses
may be made exceedingly stylish
with colored pipings. The slight al
terations sometimes needed for these
gowns are easily made. and if they
are Numbered without starch they
will give far more satisfaction in
point of comfort.
In the apron that protects the
gown while cooking there is posi-
bility for the utmost ugliness, so this
garment should be chosen with an
eye TO its effect with other things.
A blue and white checked apron
only looks we'll with a blue and
white dress. and the statement holds
good with other contrasts. On the
other hand, an apron in the solid
color that forms the dress trimming
is very neat, and if it is bib pin
afore of coarse white butchers linen
it can be used with various gowns.
Brown holland is also an adaptable
material. and if the apron is only
over good dark dress it is
good thing to have it OF black cal
leo. The model of the apron must
be of generous sort. but II 1t is
shaped to the figure and made neatly
it can still be as pretty as gown.
Colored pipings could also be put
with white or black, although the
single color will wash better.
Most beautiful housekeeping aprons
are made of yellow pongee in vari-
Gus English pinafore designs, which
is to say, there is always a bib. The
smock apron which goes over the
head and hangs full below the knees
is very easily made at home, and
these can be real beautifiers if they
are of white, yellow or robins egg
blue rajah with little embroidery
about the neck and armhOles.
Very useful pinafores-the sort of
protectors needed for picking, pre-
serving and any other hard cooking
stunt-are of oilclOth, with several
convenient pockets and braid edges.
II smartness is considered, the
material of the apron and cap should
match, except where the former is
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over the hair. But a white cap is
always dainty and convenient. A
mop crown and straight or shaped
face frill is the model used, but the
ribbon band that trims the dressier
of these caps is. of course, left
off with the genuine housekeeping ar
ticle.
What is called the Dutch cap, this
with the face frill cut away at the
forehead and very deep at the ears.
is very becoming style for pretty |
faces. Bingham sweeping caps and