Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-20

before tho chilI IS really out Of the
air you will. by little diligence. be /
able 20 make some charming frocks |
for yourself
Ginghan is quite as smart as - 1
ever was There SENS 70 be no ton |
dency among fashionable women 20
abandon this fabric just because u
has become popular with women
folk in general.
The fact that there nre some very
high priced gfnghanns that show
their quality keeps this fabric I'm
good repute. The checks that were
worn last summer are good for an
other season. Perhaps the red
checks we're rather run to the
ground last year. but you cannot 20
wrong In choosing a brown check.
The quite small brown checks are
especially smart this year.
yellow and White Is Good
Yellow and white checks are a
good selection. as yellow will cer-
tainlv he one OF the snartest colors
/ for spring and summer. Stripes are
used, but not so much as are checks
/ and plaids.
/ A favorite way OF finishing gins-
1 ham frocks this season is in cross
stitch work, and this can be best
accomplished when checks or plaids
are used. Sometimes the cross
stitch is used along the bottom OF a
floating panel on the skirt, and IL Is
also used with the effect of smock-
ing on the gathers OF the skirt.
A good trick is to have one al
least OF your ginghan frocks made
with the new peasant blouse, that
brings fullness at the top OF the
sleeves and the top OF the bodice
into n narrow band that forms the
collar Cross stitching can be used
over the fullness with quaint effect
Some Of the most effective ging-
hams show fairly plain foundation
with a medallion design that IS
rather suggestive Of calico.
Calico is still a smart fabric fol
summer frocks, and there are somt
inexpensive percales that are made
into little frocks possessing mucf
chick.
Printed sateens imported from tn.
other side lend themselves to vari
Gus styles of wash frocks. Thi!
material is. much softer than the do,
mestic sateen, and the colors ar
said to be absolutely fast. The de
signs used are very quaint, conven
ventional figures OF small size.
Linen in AGAIN
> Linen has come to the front again
! and one thing that popularizes
: especially is the fact that IL is nov
made with various color combina
tions. You may buy checked an
e striped handkerchief linen in mos
: OF the fashionable shades.
, These fabrics. which are rairi
e opaque, are the best selection 10
Z frocks for general wear. F'rock
3 made from voile or any Of tn
5 transparent tissues are better adap
4 ted TO afternoon or informal evenin
= dresses, as they must be worn owe
{ slips. and do not stand up under un
favorable weather coalitions so we
as do the firmer fabrics.
= Organdie, while not in such de
7 mand now as a season ago. ha
been chosen by French designers Z
make some OF the most charmin
young girl frocks, and this fabri
and taffeta silk are the two that ar
? most usually chosen for the quain
. bouffant type OF gown that will b
so popular for spring and summe
bridesmaids. Organdie will also b
used quite plentifully as a trimmin
:. to other cotton frocks. II is usual
the pure white organdie that is use
!, for trimmings rather than the col
ored organdie that was used
couple OF seasons ago,
II Piping to Trim
+ Almost all OF the summer frocR
" OF general utility character are mad
n with some sort OF piping. often (
4. the same material This piping
It used very often for the finish OF II
It neck line. II Is used where the ski
d joins the waist and sometime
l. where the panels OF the waist a.
i Joined. II is best TO make this piI
ing OF material cut on the bias. Ar
20 one secret of making washab
n, frocks at homo is 70 have ever.
le thing cut with great exactness.
err Take time 20 cut with precisio
even if It is necessary TO use tsl