The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-07

0 REPEATEDLY have l preached sim U plicity for the children's clothes. N Perhaps you are tired of hearing it.
 but today I shall take another try at this gospel for the sake both of mother and child.
 It Is tragic that the woman who need not consider time, who can, and does, buy costly clothes for her small son or daughter, Is al- most invariably the one who dresses that child most simply. She goes to the best places 1" and learns simplicity is fashionable and pays well for the knowledge.
 Simplicity is not merely a lack of trimming and fussiness The mother who must save time should study lines. There are certain little gowns so uncomplicated in the making that they may easily be tossed up in an after noon. If you are busy mother, especially one who knows nerve strain from oyerwork' how foolish to use any other model for dress ing your small daughter.
 But I do not want my baby to look dowdy! !" you say. Of course you don't. Nor need you. Indeed the more quickly you can make the little frocks the more spirit you will have to give to dainty. individual touches.
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 The most troublesome problem of fitting . child Is adjusting the sleeve on the littk vriggler; the next bother is to attach skirt to blouse A pattern that eliminates both these difficulties is a regular miser in time saving. And Mime is not only saved in sew ing but think of the ease in laundering
 Let us take one of the so-called peasant l" patterns and see how it may be given variety. One says lightly. There is no fitting! :" You must, however, get the right size pat tern unless you wish the child to look as if dressed in a bag. In selecting the pattern, rive the chest, arm and waist measurements. as these vary decidedly even in children of the sanne age. Having bought your pattern. hold 1t to the child and carefully mark any alterations that must be made.
 It will bA well to make up one little dress first in a cheap material. Cut exactly like the pattern. marking allsnotches and per forations. The material is doubled cross wise Pin on the pattern so the middle comes exactly on the lengthwise thread of the goods or the frock will always look crooked. Baste the seams. turn up the hem and sleeves. Try on and make the needed altera- tions. Rip and carefully mark on the pattern all changes. You are now ready to go ahead and cut all the frocks and make them without oven trying on.
 For 6 year old child from yard and half to . yard and seven-eighths of thirty six inch material will be needed for such a dress. The pattern gives exact amounts, but you can reduce 1t by learning to cut without waste.
 To Save Laundering.
 child should have at least eight dresses, preferably ten or twelve. unless you enjoy washing clothes in midweek. For morning, use gingham. chambray cotton crepes. or ] percales The new weaves of cotton crepea are good. but remember they shrink badly. which counterbalances the nonironing ad- vantage. F'dF the next grade of dresses use striped. ngured. or plain lawn. or dimity. . medium weight linen-if you don't mind wrinkles in the first fifteen minutes after a 1ress is on-ot fine pique. The best dresses may be of handkerchief linen. null. batiste, or Paris musln. Dotted swisses are not so popular as fo3nerly, but they are ono of the staples and not wrinkle easily; careful child migh " wear frock of this ma teriaI tw gs and the following morn ing.
 Have Is shrupken. as there is no way t6 Is style of dress save by letting hem. Make the seama about of an inch deep and either n or plain one turned c q . machine. Tho morn
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