The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-18
NITA'S NEW YORK FASHIONS
Good Style in Aprons-Equipment for the Young Brides Kitchen Tasks
 Big Capacious Ones Correct.

While not strictly coming under the head of fashion items, aprons are a very important factor of the bride-to- be's wardrobe.
 as much thought to her aprons as she does to her hats or gowns.
 Beginning with the kitchen aprons these include ginghams of the stand by blue and white, and the all white duck aprons for cooking. These, however, must be properly fitted to be quite cerrect, and are not.the all-over bag like affairs once deemed sufficient ly pleasing ins appearahce for their utilitarian purposes
 All kitchen aprons have bibs, and many are accompanied by sets of cuffs and even caps to match. The cap is quite arbitrary if the apron is to be worn while sweeping.
 Big roomy pockets are an item also that Of necessity appears on these kitchen aprons.
 In fancy aprons taste runs riot. There is quite a fad for making little dresy ones from two large figured bandannas. One makes the skirt part, and is. cut cornerwise with the top corner cut off. to give a proper fit to the band.
 The piece thus cut off forms the pocket. The second bandanna makes the bib and band. The square is cut into two triangular spieces.e with a bias piece left from the center for the band. These are used eross over fashion The square points fall over the tops of the arms, and the sharp points go into the band at back and front.
 Our mothers used to pride them selves on, their silk aprons, and here they are again. They are not always black as in days of yore, but fre- quently of pale blue, pink, or laven- der. They are very much lace frilled and ribbon trimmed.
 A great deal of careful hand work is put on these aprons, and very attractive apron can be made from cross barred muslin, the squares out lined in feather stitching. Drawn work is also very effective.
 Some of the new organdies with wide floral borders are used with rib- bons running over the shoulders-bre- tellewise.
 Speaking of ribbons, a practical and pleasing plan is to have the waist bands fall a few inches short of meet ing. Have large eyeIets. and join the ends by ribbon. making . large permits variation in color. Even when strings of the goods are used, the idea is excellent, if there is.- a duplicate set of strings, as these are what get soi1ed first. 1---F"
 An apron can do extra duty if the strings are planned for in this man ner.
 Originality in these aprons is fac- tor greatly appreciated. Hardly a girl who brides herself on her taste and ability to design something out of the ordinary thinks of depending on regular patterns.
 The housewife who begins her mar ri, hA oiI ne n in her kitchen will greatly -atpreciate the big "all over" aprons. They can be slipped off when the door bell rings, and allow her to meet her vis- itor fresh and unsullied. She looks as if she had been daintily toying with fancy work, instead of being engaged in possibly the prosafc task of black ening the kitchen stove.
 In these days when cookery. either of the. chafing dish variety, or the real getting of a meal in it's full length from soup to nuts, is deemed an es- sential part of feminine education, aprons necessarily occupy very strong position in the affections of the real home woman. N-
 If you haven't time to make them, the department stores are alive to their pronounced popularity. You can get them, both large, and small, at very attractive prices. Of course these are not hand made, which fea- ture adds to their charm if you make gifts of them. But as we are net so fond of catering to ourselves in the matter Of hemstitching, embroidery and extra frills of fine needlework, the easily purchased machine made apron can be made to fill the bill
 So long as we have enough of them for the various tasks where they are both useful and ornamental, the aver age feminine will be satisfied. keeping for "best'' some special little beauty, the gift of a thoughtful friend.