Middletown transcript., 1921-02-26

I stores and not nearly so great vari.
ETY. will be available. Now one can
attend to fittings and designings with.
out being prostrated by the heated
blasts Of late spring and summer days
Ones mind works more freely and is
more subject to the inspiration sup
piled by the fresh new things being
displayed around every corner.
Materials Arc Numerous.
The materials allowed for smart
summer frocks are as numerous as
| the days Of the summertime. There
| is no hard and fast rule about what
shall be worn and what shall be taboo.
| Indeed, if ever there was chance for
latitude it is right here and now, and
| the individual may choose her clothes
according to her own likings and de-
sires with never n fear that they will
be running far a6eld.
Organdie IS perhaps the favorite of
all the thinner materials only be-
cause it is so very becoming to al
girlhood, and childhood, for that mat
ter. A few years ago It started to
rise in popular favor, and its growth
in popularity has been a steadily in
creasing thing. The colors are what
make it so extremely attractive, for
they have reached the maximum Of
perfection. The shades are as s6n-
tillating as so much pure color. and
the fact that the thinness of the fab
ric helps to catch and reflect the light
is something that is charming in it.
self. Nothing can set up competition
with it. 1t is safe and sound and
lnassailable, right there on its own
platform.
Some Of the organdie frocks are
made quite elaborately, while others
are most simple and unpretentious in
construction and workmanship. One
of the more intricate models is made
Of a sort Of maize colored organdie.
trimmed with inserts of the same
color and material made in fine pin
tuckings. These shapes are oval, are
inserted at intervals on the full skirt
and are outlined in bands of lace in
sertion shaped to conform with the
outlines of the oval motifs. The lace
Is cream colored and adds the only
note Of relief from the predominance
Of the maize color. Another organdie
model has skirt with narrower ruff
fles extending all the way and in close
succession from the hem to the waist,
A panel just in front is made of the
organdie unadorned by ruff1es, and
there is finely tucked vest, with a
sort of an apology for an eton jacket.
There is velvet ribbon girdle of dark
sage green, while the organdie in the
gown is of that light and singing
green.
The Dotted Swisses.
Then there are the dotted swisses-
sisters to the organdie family. They
have dots Of color and dots of the
same shade as the foundation mate
rial, dots that are large and dots that
are small, dots that are separated by
many inches from each other and dots
that are close together. Each new ar
rangement of the little dots gives
whole new appearance and character
to the fabric, and each new handling
by designer gives a new touch that
makes the frock stand out as some
thing quite exquisite and fresh among
all the others. On the new summer
frocks there are overskirts a-plenty,
and there is one of jade dotted or
candle made in sort of princess line
with side panels that are full and
make an effect like an overskirt. The
only trimming on this gown is an edg-
ing Of maize organdie laid on in
twO-inch double fold and outlining the
edges Of the overskirt, the neckline
and the bell-shaped sleeves. 1t is an
attractive color combination and
new idea in the use of combina tion
of dotted swiss and plain organdie.