Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1919-06-12

Once more Dame Fashion is back
on a pre-war basis and as if to give
vent to al her pent-up love for the
pretties in women's attire, she placed
particular strees on making summer
frocks the most beautiful they have
been in many seasons. A riot of
colors, from the more formal navy
blues to the daintiest of blues, pinks,
orchid shadings and canary, call at
tention to the summer dress section
in the big third floor women's ready
to-wear department Of the Lasalle and
Koch Co. Ruffled effects, the most
fascinating frills, and lace trimmings
adOrn the organdies and pique and
white organdie are used with novel
effect on many checked and plain
gingham.
A summertime frock Of either print
ed voile. French gingham or printed
organdie must be in your wardrobe
this summer, If you wish to achieve
that daintiness which is the objective
of every woman in summertime.
They are to be had at extremely low
prices as is inStanced in an unusual
wide variety of styles on display at
the Thompson Hudson store. If you
are interested in gingham frocks You
find a particularly striking model in
a new long wasted style with organ
die collars and cuffs.
When a wash-skirt is -shrunk
1t makes the wearing of it pleasure.
Manufacturers made this a speciality
some years ago. Among them was
the big Black company in Cleveland,
responsible for the Wooltex garments.
They not only made them -shrunk
hut they also had their designers
busy themselves to effect the latest
little ideas in style in their MAX
ing. At the Parsons Garment Co.,
232-234 Summit ST., Wooltex pre-
shrunk skirts are featured in an elab-
crate exposition Of summer clothes.
It's always been problem for the
woman incline dto be stout to find
becoming wearing apparel. Somehow
manufacturers. to her notion. did not
take the pains that they should to
produce attractive models in large
sizes. zIt's really fact though that
they do and stores are everywhere
taking cognizance of the fact that
many Of their customers are larger
women. When the Michael ]. Leo
Co. opened up their Toledo store at
225-227 Summit ST.. Just FIVE years
ago one of their first specialties was
a stout women's department. Their
buyers searched the markets for the
hest in these models and as result
| the venture is now one of the great
est assets of their store. Just now a
varied display of summer dresses and
blouses is being featured in this de-
partment of the popular priced store.
Innovations such as an out-of-the
ordinary sleeve, new drapery or a
, novel neck line feature tho new ar
rivals in dresses at the REYNOLDS
Mopro store at 229-231 Summit st.
Gingham is extraordinarily popular
in whole section of snmmery
frocks. II even adorns the voiles and
organdies and fashion books are not
in it when it comes to variety of
STYLES. The big favorite georgette is
responsible for some of the models.
which range in colors from black
and dark blue 10 the charming frocks
of white. many of which have exuni-
site bead trimmings. Fantasia, the
new sports silk is also exploi'ed-she
-"al "stunner" being a white skirt
of the new material with b'ne c,,ff
and worn with the new Russian
blouse of similar blue shade.