Long will Nancy remember the glory
of this frock and the painstaking work
and planning that make it such a suc
cess.
The frock is made of swiss-organdie
flouncing, very sheer, very white and
very wide. The edge of the flouncing
Is scalloped, and each scallop frames a
wreath of dainty embroidery, made of
small leaves and a single blossom.
Above this edge there are small, widely
scattered dots and above them a nar
row border of little embroidered blos
soms and leave's. The scalloped edge
appears only on the skirt, for the dis
criminating taste of Nancy's mother
caches her that much decoration is out
of place in the dress of little children.
The skirt is laid in shallow, even
plaits at the top and joined to a plain
"baby" waist in which the em
broidered border appears just above
the waistline. The sleeves are merely
Lacs Crochet in Night Gowns
ITowe\er much we admire and won
der at the marvelous Ingenuity that
adapts machinery to lace making, and
howc\er pretty machine-made lace
ma be, they can never hold the same
place in the regard of women that
hand-made laces hold. This is the rea
son that everyone is so industriously
crocheting and knitting and making
tatting in these busy days. Even busi
ness omen, on elevated trains or cars,
going to and from offices, often prefer
lace-making to reading, and probably
have about as much definite knowledge
of current events as those who devote
themselves everyday to newspapers. At
all events they have something to show
for their time.
