FROCKS FOR CHILDREN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19558, 10 February 1927, Page 5

FROCKS FOR CHILDREN.

Washing frocks for schoolroom ami nursery folk aro a great boon during tho summer months, for these may bo as simple or as smart as occasion demands, Every year the manufacture of coloured linens, voiles, muslins, ginghams tmi other cotton washing materials seems to get a stage nearer perfection. Colours do not wash out as they used to; more, they do not fade so quickly. Some, indeed, may bo said to be fadeless, and, greatest boon of al! aro those imenishabfo linens which keep clean much longer than any other kind of cotton material, for the very excellent reason that they do not crush.

These linens may bo had in almost every shade and are invaluable for school arid cvery-day wear. They will keep then* pristine freshness much longer if they aro worn with detachable collars and cuffs of white muslin or georgette. These should be made detachable let order that they can easily be removed and washed. With a clean collar and clean cuff.? to brighten it up, an uncnishable linen frock can often be made to last through the Season without visiting tho washtiib, especially if it. is mad® in one of the darker shades.

Pleats are as smart for the email girl as they are for her mother, and many of the linen frocks have side pleats or pleated panels.

Another good idea is to mftk« an tincmshable linen into sleeveless overdresses to he worn over long-sleeved guimpes of lawn in white ot some contrasting shade. Very dainty overdresses of the kind may be made from a straight piec« of embroidered flouncing, which may be had now in almost all summer colours.

A navy serge overdress with a powderbine linen tong-tteeved goimpe in most useful for chilly days, especially if there is a long double-breasted coat of navy serge to complete the rig. Hie bat coaldl be either in the navy or in the -powder blue.