LADIES' COLUMN

Lake County Press, Issue 2698, 6 September 1917, Page 2

L ADIES' COLUMN

FA°' JNS AND THINGS FEMININE. By IDA MELLER. [Copyright.] USEFUL SET FOR A LITTLE BOY. Mothers with little boys to clothe are always on the look-out for pretty, seasonable patterns or designs for suits, coats and shirts, and the little boy’s set illustrated should appeal by reason of its simplicity and suitability. There is nothing prettier or more useful than a Jack Tar suit or blouse for a small boy—either a sailor blouse witli knickers to the kfiecs or with trousers, made with the special Jack Tar cut. The trouser suit of this kind is worn by quite small boys as well as by older ones, and, like the knicker suit, it may be of white duck or drill or of navy serge. Again, the sailor suit of one kind or another may bo a mixlure of the two materials, the trousers being of dark serge and the blouse of light drill.

j The new way oi' wearing a sailor shirt-blouse is to let it fall outside the waist instead of being tucked in. The neck is cut low of course, and finished with a band trimming or a sailor collar of white, dark blue or light blue linen, trimmed with white braid. One of these new sailor blouses for a boy of four years is shown on the figure illustrated, "A." The blouse is laced in front and trimmed at the neck and on the sleeves with checked linen. The suit is completed by knickers that hang loose at the knees. In Figure "C" is another pair of i knickers, with gathered knees, and i above is illustrated, in Figure "B," a i boy's coat, with belt and pockets. Thi.s is suitable for any cloth material or for navy serge with brass buttons. Figure "D" represents a pair of rompers. to be made of washing material, with darker linen for the belt and cuffs and at the neck. The rompers fasten at the back. A MAN'S DRESSING GOWN. Women who are employing their noodles in the interest of convalescent

soldiers and sailors may be glad of a I'.-w hints concerning the making-up of a man's dressing-gown, as illustrated

in this column, and of which a pattern is easily obtainable. Blanketcloth or unshrinkable striped flannel should bo used for the wrap, and the quantity of 01-inch stuff, required is about lour yards. The material should be folded double, lengthwise, and the pattern pieces, six in all, namely, one front of dressing-gown, half the back, one sleeve (in two parts), half the collar and one pocket, laid on it as indicated by the diagram. Lay the straight edge of back and collar to the fold to avoid seams. The other pieces, except the pocket, arc cut out in duplicate. Good hems must he allowed the dressing-gown at (he bottom, and the arm-holes must be large. The sleeves are not provided with cull's, but rows of stitching should be added to the sleeves when made to give the elicct of these. The fronts, when joined to the back, must lie faced with material cut from the waste, buttons must be sewn to the right front, and button-holes made in the left. The collar should lie lined or made of double material, and the neck of the dressing-gown must he sewn between collar and lining. The neck and collar may require a little notching at the curves. Face the wrists on the inside, hem the top of the pocket, and stitch the latter to the dressing-gown on the left front. Press all the seams well, after opening them. The cord girdle at tho waist of the dressing-gown should be held iu place by a couple of short straps, sewn to the under-arm seams at a low waist level.