The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-14
CottonF rocks Are Found In All
 Designs
By FLORENCE CLARK


 VOU have all heard some girl at
 some time say, Tt is easy enough
 to be smart if you have plenty of money to spend for clothes. Give me lot of pocket money and I'll show you what good taste in dress l pos sess."
 There is a certain warrant for the pose. But summer clothes, unlike fur trimmed velvets and/the tempting luxur- ies' of winter, cost so little that of all times of the year, it is easier then to ex- ercise good taste cn limited income.
 At other seasons of the year, it is good plan to stick to one color scheme, building up a wardrobe so that the parts are interchangeable. Most of the limited income girls know all about that! How tired they get of the browns and blues!
 Now, summer clothes are different. You can experiment with new colors, perhaps evolve a new color scheme for next fall and if somewhere along the line a mistaken choice is made 1t IS not an expensive one. So let your half formed theories about styles and colors have full play on the cotton materials and in doing so you may discover that you look perfectly adorable in shade that you had long hesitated to wear.
 Green And White Gingham
 Green and white checked gingham is trimmed with pleated frill and covered buttons of green organdie. The frill reaches to the waistline, where 1t meets A narrow sash of the material. The skirt is straight, rather short and the lines have been kept slim. Many of the newer summer frocks are inclined to show a little fulness. The thinner ma terials especially, and not a few of the ringhams and linens, have pleated or gathered sections worked into the skirt. The perfectly straight-line skirts, how ever, are also good for the summer dress The frock pictured IS a striking example of the possibilities of the straight skirt developed in inexpensive cotton materials.
 s One young woman wears carefully chosen accessories and that, too, helps the outfit to smartness. After all, ging- ham or any other material could scarcely triumph over these important details.
 Hat To Go With It
 Her hat is of green felt. The felt sports hat complements the wash frock perfectly and, like the frock, is inexpen- sive, so the right hat to complete each outfit is not serious financial problem. These newest felt hats appear in wide range of shades so a hat to match, or a lovely contrast, is easily achieved. Yes, on the whole, it is rather pleasant to have summer come around with its many opportunities for variety at small cost.
 Black and white trimmed with red is the newest color combination ap- proved by Paris. In silk and light woolens it is used for formal costumes cloths, but the triumvirate also looks we'll in the humber cotton stuffs.
 Black and white checked gingham trimmed with red was employed for a coat frock I saw recently. Red pip ings outlined the shawl and the front closing. A pleated section on the left 1side extended from the hem to the lower edge of square pocket and a frill, apparently continuation of the pleated inset, was posed above the pocket. It, too, was trimmed with a strip of red trimming.
 Scarfs With The FrOck
 Then there are scarfs which may be pressed into service to carry out a black, white and red idea. Many lovely scarfs are seen with all three colors splash Cd in daring fashion over the silky lengths. While linen frocks banded with red are supplemented by matching scarfs with a black border added as if the designer, with a happy after thought, had decided to make the con cession for smartness' sake.
 Plaids have been 'in" for so long that one wonders whether they are still good or waning in popularity. Ac- cording to the buyer for one of the smart shops, they are not only good for summer wear, but autumn will find us still wearing them. Just now, black, white and red plaids trimmed with red or with black are being made into the charming little frocks. The combination is seen in linen, flannel and of course in ginghams.