Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-17
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Girls who have been taking domes tic science courses at fashionable boarding schools declare +haf to get along without 9 variety cf daln+E aprons is an impossibility, aspeciail1 tt the embryo housekeeper wishes tc pre-. crFe the fronts of her frocks from spots.
 One girl who sews almost as well as she cooks is making several aprons of plain lawn cut into half ovals, seal loped all round with a color and en- broidered with washable floss in out line or shadow stitch. By this means she expects to have luncheon pima flores to accord with every house frock-white embroidered with pale blue; pink, mauve or yellow and dark blue; green and brown relieved with white.
 Charming little aprons of half oval, half round, diamond or oblong shape are to be made of finest nainsook, scalloped all round and hand em- tbroiderod with white in imitation of the work done in the Madeira Islands
 All of the ruffle bordered aprons are fascinating, particularly the round ones which have bowknot and leaf de- signs embroidered on the lower curve and girdle belts which fit firmly, have embroidered fronts and tie in a little boWknot at the back. The same model is pretty when the hand embroidery and ruffie are omitted and the hem- stitched edge is finished with an inch wide frill of Valenciennes or Cluny lace
 Bretelle aprons are always coquet- tish and nearly always become slen- der, girlish figure, but they are more difficult to make than pinafores, be- cause the center panel with it's square little bib should be carefully curved to fit into the figure at the waist line and on to it should be attached the narrower side panels. which are shaped above the waist into straps eros sing the shoulders and then across the top of the back, where they are joined, so that the apron may be ad- justed by drawing the bretelle portion OVCi IaO ACuu anu CAClA oOSoAAA6 IL about the waist with pink, blue or white satin ribbon sashes.
 Nearly all of the bretelle aprons have cunning little hip pockets head ed with fine muslin embroidery or lace edging to match the bordering of the pinafore, bib and shoulders, and if a girl wishes to make this sort of lunch con apron exceptionally elaborate she may have the bretelles entirely of all over lace and let them run into mar row panels from the waist to the low CT edge.
 Practical aprons, meaning the sort which are to be put on over the frock when preparing salad dressing and really mussy connections, are made of striped galatea, percale, gingham or madras, and are put on as easily as is an ulster, for they fasten with flat buttons down the left front from shoulder to hem, have big sewed in sleeves with band cuffs and deep patch pocket on each hip. To make one take as model any narrow skirted, one piece house frock which closes in front, allowing, however, for slightly wider seams and wider shoul- ders, so that the garment will go over even a velvet frock if desired.
 It has been wisely said that who' ever has once mastered the art of the simpler forms of Irish crochet work has at command an endless variety of ways in which to utilize the product of the tiny steel hook. Above all, the roses of fine imported Irish lace thread can be applied in so many dainty and original ways that the girl of wisdom finds them an invaluable resource when designing for herself those small accessories which give the keynote of costume.
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