Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-08
MORNING GOWNS
MUST BE SIMPLE
IN CUT and STYLE
Attractive Models that are
Simple to Make and Easy
to Adjust.


|HERE is no morning gown quite
so satisfactory as the one made
in one piece style, that is, with
blouse and skirt joined and closed
together at the front. 1t can be slipped
on in a moment, it is always neat and
attractive, and it is thoroughly COM
Portable as we'll
II ones mornings are likely to be
given over to household tasks and
prosaic occupations of the sort, sturdy
washable materials are the most de-
sifable. If one can indulge in morn
ing Of leisure and dainty occupations,
such materials as pretty challis or
cashmere in some becoming color, or
albatross, might well be chosen, but
always the cut and the style should be
simple.
In the illustration are shown six
models and each one is good. Away
at the extreme upper left is a gown
that can be worn either by the home
woman or the nurse, and whatever is
available for the nurse is sure to be
designed upon most scientific lines.
The pockets in this one are cominen-
dation. Here, that gown is made of
striped linen, blue and white, with a
collar and. cuffs of blue. and very
pretty garment it is.
Plaids are singularly attractive this
season, and there are really very beau
tiful plaid cotton materials that make
up attractively fer gown Of this sort.
The one next the nurses costume
shows one of these with plain collar
used as trimming. Since plaid can be
found in sturdy gingham as well as in
the finer fabrics, it is an easy matter
to copy the gown in them as we'll as
always satisfactory one.
Whether it is wise to make the
morning gown with long or three
quarter sleeves must always be some
what dependent upon the tasks that
are likely to follow the breakfast hour.
In the center of the group is shown
pretty little model that is made of
cotton crepe in really wonderful shade
OF blue with white collar and cuffs and
with little black bow at the neck and
black patent leather belt that mean
exceeding smartness. The tucks that
meet at the front edges make an UNI
usual closing and an attractive one.
Side and diagonal closings are very
general just now, to whatever use the
costume is to be put. The two models
that are closed in such ways are both
pretty, practical dresses with skirts
that are just wide enough for comfort
without being very voluminous. The
square neck is always pretty when it
is becoming, and great many women
find it in every way comfortable and
desirable for morning wear, but there
isscarcely any one neck finish becoming
to all, and this particular gown can
be made with high or with round
collar whenever desirable. The skirt
is in four cores and the back gore may
be either laid in a box-plait or
gathered.
Almost every business woman will
like the little V-shaped neck of the
next model, but for those who find
the V-shape not becoming or not COM
Portable, little chemisette will be
found which may be worn whenever
occasion requires. Here, the gown
itself is made from light weight wool
material showing an attractive two
colored checked design, with collar
and cuffs of silk that match the
darkest color.
At the extreme right is shown one of
the most practical and satisfactory
gowns of the entire group. 1t consists
really of a blouse and fve-gored
skirt, but the fronts of the blouse and
the fronts Of the skirt are so we'll over,
Tapped that single button or hook
and eye at the belt is the only fasten-
ing required, and every woman knows
the luxury of the morning gown that
can be slipped ON without fuss or delay.
In the picture, the material for this
gown is cashmere in beautiful shade
of gray, and the trimming is the same
material in an ivory white. A some
what more serviceable gown could be
made of the same material in dark blue
or of some pretty but simple washable
fabric, and this season their name is
really legion.
HINTS for the HON.
How to Embroi
ME work all can be done in over
and over stitch without mad