JUST THE FROCK FOR A CHILD.

Putaruru Press, Volume II, Issue 31, 15 May 1924, Page 1

JUST THE FROCK FOR A CHILD.

How to dress the children is no longer a difficult question to answer, for children’s fashions are so pretty

that it is easy to choose from among Ihem styles that suit girls of all ages Moreover, there is no very great distinction except in tint matter of size, of course, between frocks for the little girl of seven years oml those for her sister of seventeen. This is due to to the fact that fashions for the modern woman as well as for girls are so simple that most of them are quite clxild-like in character.

A smart feature o£_-.frocks for little girls up to six years of age is the shortness of the skirts, which just escape the knees and show a long line of hose; but after years of age the skirts worn should be well below the knee-line.

Black stockings with bright green coats, finished at the neck with black velvet collars, are very smart for children , s wear, as are also tan-coloured coats allied to black collars and stockings*

Few frocks could be prettier for a little girl from eight to twelve years of age, than the frock sketched. Ilerr; we have a child-like style that is right up-to-date, and has a delightful touch of originality in the arrangement of the braid-trimming, that outlines a collar and a tie-end, decorating the dress in .ho simplest out most ef fective manner.

Navy-blue gabardine is the material of which the frock is composed, though of course, it could be copied equally well in scarlet or pink frieze, the braid being black in any case. The armholes

are large and open to the waist and the magyar sleeves are stitched to Hie lining of the bodice. The skirt is gathered at the sides, where it is held with waist-straps, the ends of which are mitred in harmony with the shape of the braid tie-end on the bodice. The sleeves of the frock, in the case illustrated, are the same material as the rest of the dress; but they might be of different .stuff altogether (according to the models); of blue and white foulard, for instance. PR EPAR ING PACKAGES Packages that are to travel a long distance"should be very securely wrapped up. It is a good plan to sew them up in canvas or strong unbleached inus•'.‘ll, •if:-'- r.pying :.:icm u.> in ill.' usual way in brown paper. The address should be written on a tag, *.*e- « ureiy >.,wn to the The me! Ik' of packing is an excellent preventative of broken boxes during delivery. THE SCIENCE OF HOUSE WORK. House-work i 1 performed with interest, should not be a dull affair, especially if regarded as a health-giver, for the common-place tasks involved in tho business of keeping the home clean

and tidy, may, if well done, prove veritable health giving exercises. The brain as well as the hands should bo employed in house-cleaning. In this way the work will be better done and fatigue spared. For instance, when engaged in dusting or scrubbing, the young housekeeper should use the right and left hands alternately, so that all the work docs not devolve on the hand to do while the other is idle. Much fatigue may be saved by using i a mop-broom, or a long-handled’ bristle broom, when sweeping floors, under beds and window scats, and so on, instead of stooping over a short-handled broom, which makes a vorv tiring job of sweeping. Again, many a backache may be saved by having the table or wash-tub at which a woman works a convenient height, to save stooping; and unnecessary fatigue may be avoided, *of course,, by a careful selection of laboursaving household soaps and scourers.