CA?8 MAT OOPHTY flMtS SEA ISLE CITY, H. J.

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Matron’s House Dress of Gingham

ere’s Laundry Hint Gleaned From the Marines \SHINGT0X.—iDforawtloo el wry* con** In handy, especially when yon L«<-k It while firhlny for fomctMn* else. An the American and French > ».'*• rained at the celehraUon of Bastille day every tui-n on the BllpMoff hi* hat except the marines on A [wtrlotic yuon* lady, who U »©- to lo-*r<-n when ahe d'ea. pron) fhe takes ae good care of be' Uf of her ctaany pink flnp< r nails, n-ted to the omlsalon, but as no laid the leant attention to her, t wa* all there was to that--ex-A woman who happened to be udiar next a uniformed yoanyster mtnii leave Inquired Into the matter 1. ^med that no marine ma> take off hit hat when be la wearing his belt I*i lap a sociable chap, glad of the chance to talk to so obviously a nice he told of soldier life generally, until be came at last to the Inside enatlcn that: “Kerry marine Is his own chink.” This explains for you why It Is that some uniforms look so much niftier d others, from a laundry point of view. Aim, it may account for n slue government's changing army blue for a c that won't show dirt You have to know the reason of a thing to have r*r re«pecl for Its valor. A marine has to wash a uniform every day—and be has four, unless It l*c more or less, for a listener get* the wires crowed now and then—end i-** a brash Instead of a washboard, which saves wear and tear on the at*, to say nothing of his knuckles and Immortal aouh Sv new you know what to do when tubbing time comes to help you via > r. and also—which is really more important—the lady of the glassy nails will find from this Important document Just why the marines kept tii. ir hats.

'ontan Is Going to Insist on Tucks and Frills AMBON liasn't worn cotton since the war. Everything Is silk." The clerk said it to a mere everyday customer who had dared to mention -oat*. With the Information went a couple of shrugs that told each other that of course some women would continue to Mick to cotton "with another shrug to finish the Inference with the proper shading of scorn. Official Informnilon Is a l.andy thing to own. bet it has its drawback*. It pot worry lines between the eyes of the customer as she loft the shop, wondering what Is going to happen with skirties on the blink. But she might have saved herself the wear and tear of her emotions, for the first person ahe saw when ahe got outside a broom-handle sister who Insisted upon wearing her tucks and frills to tery beach of the River of Styx. And after that, at comforting Intervals, a tremendously stout woman who didn't give a hang for straight fronts, wore her contour as unconcernedly as If sbe were the first edition de ' diked oC in spotty black lawn. A middle-aged woman with the sort of Roman chin that will Insist upon ■1 It s-ants until kingdom come, and one of the things the woman appar5 wanted Just then to the extent of poaaesalng In all Us glory was a white 1 showing lace Inserts under blue flowered mull. There were others, but these will serve, so th it out of business, and as woman must express heraeU or die she paused [<ue a plaster Isdy In a store window—a pome plaster lady, chipped a "e ard clothed In a shopworn salt marked down. "Wax ladles may do as they blsmed please, but you and I and the real * runs of the mill are going to stick to cur coatlea, even after the war. n knickers come In fashion.” A*d anybody who supposes that plaster lady failed to smile response Is ■y rot acquainted with plaster ladles.

Early Buying Is Not Best Policy

root That Kind Act Is Not Always Appreciated Al'TOMOBILB stood In front of n theater. It was an imposing car of ti li sther, bnraislied brass and allied flaga. and as Its owner came out » theater—movie—and was getting aboard, two girl children asked with

•filing routdence—some call

Now is the day of all sort* of service suits—overettes. war overalls, coat and breeches, mountain suit* and othera that mark the departures of women Into new fields of work and Into new kinds of convenient clothes for outdoor and even for Indoor wear. Mi-niitimc the reliable and Ume-booored gingham house dress is a service suit thnt shows no sign of losing its popularity. Gingham and gingham patterns In other msterlnlr lead In point of popularity—percale and some heavier rations; chambrays and cottop crepe*— even printed lawns and voiles have a place in this considerable company of bouse dresses and designs are varied to suit the age* of wearers and the sort of service the dress Is to give. In the picture a gingham dress designed for a matronly wearer Is equal to all the emergencies of an average day at home. It is a one-piece dress easily pnt on. has Jacket fronts on the bodies with vest and collar In white figure. There are pockets at the side that prove to be both practical and decorative. They are faced with pique and

turned haca In two tabs fastened down with buttons. Old-fushluncd rlckrack braid ha* conn- back Into favor as a trimming for house dresses and 1* also used on afternoon frocks of organdie. Combinations of plain and plaid ginghams are and always will be good In dresses of the kind shown above. For kitchen work designers make shorter sleeve* and plain waists Joined to skirts with wide lielta. The frock Illustrated will do for marketing. Because gingham Is used for aprons and house dresses Is no reason to infer that It Is not made up Into frocks for other wear. Hand som- gingham frocks, made up with organdie collars and cuffs or with fine Swl-o. embroideries are taking the place of silks In many a war-time wardrobe. They do not suffer by comparison, for they are smart, with s flavor of their

Double Knot With Loops.

Fasten your belt In the back with

a double knot with loops.

What Expert Designers Are Making

1 nidenoe—that goes with innoi :.d shedding teeth: ' mister, give us * ride. Jinny > ' V*t been In * nautymoblle. " man paid no attention and

"1 away.

' w.-r? only tads of the street, would have been worth while, to give two stepchildren of a memory that might have • ihcjn a lifetime, t •'! ixrbape. again, have got the ant-sted for fcid raping—ji*u never ran tell. It seems the right thins to d.> a kli.dlr action offhand, but consider tho case of one friendly lives up (Vpilol hill way: a etmoger here for rcri-onflble war work, be naturally gels a bit * oldtime ft lends and a*-..elation*, but Icing ala. a whole-ome and • healthful person, soul and body, takes all the pimaarrs that ram. end always dec. bis beat to Iwm them on. The oiber afteruoao hl> • st th« curb, .mi fcg n was Inconvenient Just then for the friend In 1 go tiding, be humored the children next door who had been lor i-tnlr*. «oi... mid the like, by taking two of them for a '-Lea h* >• turned sft«-r a short spin It was nuproncd that wa* ail - '<> U. but, dear we. no! The mother objected to a Strange roan'r 1 r children In his car. j«u see. yog never can leU.

“tsibly Wartime Conditions Brought This About AF the happirar man In Washington. That's s pretty broad statement. ..id u l.imn'f. and he ought to know. “You see. It U this way." be ! »rd to say : “f or many months I had been eating around, here and there and everywhere. And kome thing always bothered me. hlaybt you have expert-meed It. In wlntei and summer It la always the aaiae

only the medium 1» changed “Talk Called Btsleal Sure! What

I'm ramplalu'.uf about U that In war lima Washington—in winter, sayyon .-an t ever get your tn-rand cup at Coffee as hot a* the first. «* with a. much cream in It. And In summei the second gtaas of Ice tea la warm Aak me m*t why this U true. Then iraicJ eup of ralTee should mrt be as hot a* th. ■tu-old be Mark' lasted «f Ught.' Nor have 1 excuse for your swrusid glaw uf Ice tea ramlni; ud U'Wailed, and al! were of no avail- I mnsl eeptlag a lukewarm eeraod cup of coffee and e

New York.—The trade, which means the vast multitude of people engaged in the making and selling of women's a parel. kss at last sounded n wire lag those who buy too far abead of the season*, advises a well-known fashion correspondent. The public has deplored this condition. It has been well known for several seasons that the average woman did not care to buy a si raw hat In February and a velvet hat In July, or to have all her autumn clothes offered to her the first of Septrtnlwr with the assurance that they were the fashion-, that would rule throughout the winter. She has been often betrayed, ami that betrayal bns not soothed her Irritation against those who sold her the clothes. It Is the fact also that the trade In turn has found Itself caught In r. net that tangled find Involved It. and compelled each Individual to struggle for success In a manner contrary t •he dictates of reason and sobriety. Through this web of circumstance* everyone has come to a feeling thnt something must be done In the creation of new fashions long before the seafon for which they are to be worn, and that the public must follow the lines laid down by the trade corapetlRight here lies the extraordinary gamble to women In buying clothes early In the season. Rigid here lies one of the greatest sources of money wastage. Thousands of women, who have no way of knowing what the fashions will be as the reason advances. buy what Is said to be new as the season demands a change. What they buy In September has probably been bought by the shop In June. To keep up with the rising tide of fofrhnndedncs*. the tnanufa.-Hirers make the rlothes earlier and earlier, and the ready-to-wear shops and department stores, as a rale, buy these clothe* as early as the manufaclnrera make them, and get them out at the very moment there la a slight demand

for them.

What happens? In October and In April the real fashions come out for each season. Hundreds of women—nay. thousands— faced with the fact that they hare bought gowns, or wraps, or hats that are not tn keeping with the new clothe*. They have bought rlothes arranged six months before the authentic exhibitions of new asd seasonable

apparel.

What happen* next? The woman who can possibly scrape np enough money to buy a new outfit does so, and the also spends extra money on a warastres* or Uttle dressmaker to have her other clothes remodeled. Therefore, she spends twice her allowance on clothe*. Panic Has Produced Carelera Buying. Mar.y of the trader* In apparel realUr that panic and a form of commercial hysteria have re«ult<-d In a large amount of early buying, which U not fair either to the Individual or to commerce. E-cry shopper ha* shared the

money. Wnurn. feeling the pres? of this patilc. haw gotten clothes In advance of the MUMin. and they now find that there are Just ns many to be bad a* *ix months ago. and thnt the shape and texture have rh.-mged. It would 1h‘ a far Wiser method of spending one's money to buy a little, at the necessary time, representing the liesi there la at that moment. There will always be material of some kind. Even If the world is reduced to whole garments of sewn fig-

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The advantage of leaving the design Ing of children'* riot tie* 1o sfieciaUst* In that line of work U apparent. They are less apt to make im-iuk- - than other people are. and <s>ly the rf fort* in which they arc Micecikful get beyond the designing room and Ini" the workroom* of manufa--tur*T* "f children * frocks and other garment* Early in July the advance guard* of lb. new »tyle* for fall make their np penraiK-c In the Urge shop* and depart ment afore*, and neither* with foresigh' investigate ‘hem. eltlwr to buy for the routing seawu -r t.. 1—cm* familiar with whatever n-w style fee 1 tore* are latroduced. I Those who have their children* ! rlothes made at borne can gal her from tin-*.' early displays Id-w* worth <-p> ini* The question id n-nuoiy 1*

•■r silk are rarisideraldy higher in firlcr tb*it for several seasons past and th" •liauces are that there I* a considerable saving tn making them at home. Tli" pmiij m»d--l pictured above, for n girl of eight to twelve iw thirteen ' ■ nr*. |« suited t» any of the materials ■1 for the drv«*b-r frock* for little girl*. It ha* single box plait* arroa the front and baik of the skirt with l-« ket» a* each side on the unplatted l-'rtluo*. The bodice aluiulate* a lltlle Jacket with tain at the front that extend over the flat plain belt. Thl* lielt I* In a rontriiMlng color and might I•*- "jade of »!lk for a wool drew. A llttl" embroidery In the simplest de • :gn* embellish.-* the rallar. cuff*, (an keta and talw. don-- In floss the col •r of the belt Flat silk bctlon* faMeo Ing with «v.nt loop", form another dee-

One of the new checked suite which Paris houses send to America, tt (• made with narrow short skirt and belted coat. The tall ailk beaver hat hat a double crown band of black velvet. same rx|MTtenre this last year of being tohi tUm U it wise to buy at onre the article* needed, bw-auw they might uot he obtainable at a later day. This he* resulted In a certain inc*s!ire of boarding, which the government doe" not allow In food. It has already M»u!ltv- ui severe waste of Inulvidul

This suit is of striped veioura, with short skirt and belted coat Notice that the French woman has taken to wearing mannish negligee shirts of white silk with four-in-hand ties, adopted from un.forms of American war workers. Bailor hat of white felt, banded with black satin, leaves, there la no reason why any one r.-oman should wish herself out of the picture. Let her go along with the momentum of the hour anti buy and wear garment* of fig leave*. The public U beginning to see the wisdom of buying a small amount nt the moment it is needed. It should be 1 •reached In every possible form of pn pugunda that this Is the wise way to lire during war time. Rest assured that if the public buys up all the stock of one thing from a store, that store will he replenished the moment Its supply Is exhaust i-d. Of course, there are women who always demand quality. They prefer to • a badly cut gown, made In a past fashion. If they are sure that every thread i» silk nr wuul. u* the case may be. But the majority of women are not Inclined toward accepting tiiat system of dress. Therefore, let u« Mart out in u new me:.-ure of reform, as soon as thin In-nth U ever, and face September with no Ilea of rushing Into shop* and bujmg everything that Is offered been u- It la labeled “New." Maybe it U. and maybe It Isa't. But a feeling of panic among buyer* thnt now Is the only chance to get enough clothes to carry tine through the winter, results In th. very thing that the government <]<-*:r.-s most to **-e avoided—reckless spending of m»ncr. So buy shrewdly, and not for boarding. If there Is to lie ii-onomy In clothes, let it begin thl* wink. It I* at this time, between the seasons, that a woman can take though’ of her wurilroUv and twist and turn It aeronllng prevailing fashion. In a way that will terra her until style* *re more settled. Then, when »he ha* to hny much, she will buy wisely and will. Help in Remodeling Clothes Here an- some prophedc* that may help you to be economical and wise. One of tlici.i sounds l.'ke the first aid to ud Injured wardrobe. It eorar* direct from Farts. It Is thnt < hecks, strl|K-* and mosaic blocks arc widely worn In whole suit* and parts "f suit*. Can you Imagine any piece of newa wore gratefully rr-vivid than that which give* a woman a chance to niaka a new cont to an old skirl, or tha other way around? There are colored siripe* on n whlta background, made of heavy woolen material and built Into a skirt to be » ora with any sllp-ou culms* or short Jacket uf c-.ored doth or velvet ftklrt* are narrow. As the goveni-mi-Tit will allow •.hoc* to be f> Inchi-a from the ground, the skirl* need not he lengthened. For the pres-Hi! they remain moderate!) sly HI. What the u-nr future wld l-ring cut no one can

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