The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-12

r~HE athletic girl has come to stay It
 is no longer "the thing" to look
 sloppy when at sports. Girls pay
 as much attention to getting costumes for outdoor exercise as for the ballroom.
 For tennis and golf the white sport skirt is used almost exclusively. Linen is always permissible. but it wrinkles so quickly that would advise the pique Bedford cord, one of the cotton poplins, or fine bleached crash these latter are usually oyster white. Ratine is. of course worn for these skirts, but is not so smart as last season-more- over, 1t has trying habit of shrinking and clinging
 Choose distinctly tailored model for these sport skirts. and do not have frills and tuncs. Most of them button down the cen ter front or to the left side are cut over a two or three piece model, and frequently have a patch pocket on the right hip just low enough to slip in the hand easily.
 In cutting several skirts of one material pin on the pattern in such way as to save the material. See to it also, with these ribbed goods, that the pattern is not twisted. or your skirt will always look crooked.
 Baste the first skirt according to the pat tern directions. Try on, make necessary al- terations, then rip and mark the changes on the pattern. The rest of your skirts can thus be made with practically no fitting. If you use the high waist line-personally always think it looks trimmer than the belt or girdle. though many girls are wearing this summer a broad ribbon crushed, thinking it hides the slipping up of blouse from hard exercise the of the skirt about fbrpe- eighths of an inch, haste it to the boned or canvas belt on the inside and stitch neatly on the right side close to the top. This belt may be held by the two hooks to the overlap, but is not otherwise sewed at the bottom. 1t is never cut as wide as the outside, as it does not allow for the under part of the placket.
 The neatest, easiest finish for these skirts is to sew plain seam, turn both edges in one direction, bind together with cotton seam binding. then stitch on the right side three- eighths of an inch from the seam line, to give the tailored air.
 The packets are adjusted according to d. rections in the pattern. Sometimes the skirt opens under a tuck and is closed save for eleven or twelve inches at the top When it opens all the way both edges are faced or hemmed back-the former if the material is heavy. This should be from an inch and quarter to an inch and half wide, is stitched on the right side on both edges or merely on that away from the opening. The button holes are worked on the right side and the buttons are set far enough over on the under side to prevent tho skirt gaping.
 As the large pearl buttons nearly as big as half dollar are much worn, get those with shanks,>and instead of sewing tight, work small eyelets in the desired location, first accurately measured and marked, slip the shank through, and fasten with screw rings. They are thus easily removed before wash day. The buttonholes may be worked if the material is not frayey-nothing quite takes the place of . neatly tailored buttonhole- but 1t is smart this year to have these large buttonholes piped with the material.
 The sport skirts are worn longer than last years. AS they are narrow. the short ones run up the leg in ugly way. The slender girl of medium height may safely venture on three inches from the ground. but two or two and a half inches is better. Turn up the bottom with the tennis shoes on and you will get moro becoming length. Make three and half or four inch hem Do not turn in the raw edge; after trimming 1t even, cover with seam binding left open and stitched along the lower edge, the upper part of this
 ag Is then stitched to the skirt. With
 finish the skirt may easily be let down.
 yh I should advise the shrinking of all
 wash materials.
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