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$5,00 Dresses for Sweet Sixteen FIVE DOLLARS will make : the daughter a frock, and a very good one Indeed. ; There are many cheap stuffs (such as 12 and 15 cent lawns or -percales 'and the cotton that masquerades as linen and a long line', of , fabrics) that will • neither fit ; well nor wash } fre quently, but whose absolute .cheapness '.would admit of quantities of equally 'dubious trimming, \u25a0 because a small proportion only of the stipulated amount would go into the actual goods of the gar-~ ment. Now it is not the intention, to suggest any gar- \u25a0 ment that is unworthy of the." time the.imaking" would cost the mother. : Nor is it the object to : , recommend such a frock as we could' not> honor ably ,ask, a well-dressed' daughter to wear.:. Linens and ginghams of a -really good quality 30 to 36 "inches wide may-be bought for from .25 to 40 cents a" yard, and it is these that we /can thoughtfully sanction. .-••':\u25a0..-\u25a0 The selection will depend altogether on thequal-\ I ty of the extra yard of material required for 'pip- : ings or bands, on the quantity.'of embroideryvfloss required and on the standard each mother -sets for the lace on \u25a0 the chosen "model." ~ ;,„ ._ "'. • .. Brown bands, relieve a small check on a. linen model which will easily come within .the |s "limit The price of 'twelve yards of 25-cent linen "is. not too ; much to . allow for a garment" .with a ; kilted \u25a0. skirt, and this will admit or an extra yard of plain brown linen at 50 cents, and will also- include buttons and embroidery. The fetching part of this ' good-looking .street dress is the -cut; snappy . bands and neck piece are- embroidered with the same shade of cotton.' •. ", / - . \\u25a0- ?\u25a0«> . White embroidery on a' rose-colored; iinen 'of finer French weaveis the only decoration,^ if we omit" the , tucks, of various: widths on ithe bodice \u25a0 and sleeves and the cut and kilt> of .the- skirt.- :Ten .»yards of 40-cent linen, will be-required, and',this; . will leave, an ample-amount for the white-mercer ized cotton- and- the buttons, ..which are -only three : In number; but made of 'white crochet; .The pretty ' embroidery, design on this frock is after«the ori- ' ental, and a nice note, against the darker linen. - Beauty Hes'in the scallop of a yellow linen: : - a deep" burnt-orange, embroidered down, each sleeve, In ; a rounded line round the neck and in curious laps at the front, ; which > partly* conceal -a slipped jn .belt/ of patent leather. _ This will require ten ' yards of 30-cent. linen,; which will* leave $2 for tho ; belt, -the orange-colored -embroidery ; cotton and • the ( imitation cluriy. lace for -collar, yoke and ; cuffs.- The /value :is 'in the gingham in ;a blue, and white-striped model requiring ten yards ,o, of 'the 40-: cent Scotch quality. This .will leave button money. i \u25a0 and ample for a quarter > of a yard of white \u25a0 pique.-/ to < cut into bias strips as a sleeve arid -neck deco--; 'ration. -V .\u2666'."--"- .<\u25a0 _'\ /'*;»/. *.'* V \u25a0'. 1.. '" ' "~. -, ''•; \ ;.,".' Braid' and lace arranged in a frill- supply gon r< trast'on a tunic gown'; suitable for-the street ..or.' for ".' traveling. . It is i leather-colored ; linen— ten _ yards at- 30 cents—which will- leave $2 for buttons, , braid . and the , lace of : the frill. : Heavy ; white 1 star^ > . ' braid and button .moulds- covered with linen will leave money for a most excellent frill. ; ', I-./ :;Llnen, lace' and cotton marquisette are used for the model- of 'which the back -view only is-^ : shown. .' Its front, is .similar,, the; underarJn straps V of .linen reachingVupward to form a square bibV-in t effect. Here-"isia models that may be treated: like .-, many an elaborate frock, .in .that more of the \u0084$5 allowance will go;- into^ contrasting and less into the linen. Eight yards of • oyster-white ! linen;; at 25 cents, will be necessary, for the /curl- | ously cut pieces that go to make up the J main>dress.'i.A: yard- of dull blue linen -,will -; cut > the . darker: trimmings; - two 'yards of cottons marquisette, 1 at 50 cents, should -be- allowed for .yoke .and; kimono sleeves,' with-ten yards of strong, effective >lace, .at 12 cents afyard,' for < the, central \u25a0 back r iwhich' ; corresponds with- a front/ "panel,* "arid for-the sleeve: panels, the. cu£fs : and the- collar.: ;> :J v , - it3%< v v'; - ; 'The buttons:: should <be covered with linen. There are: some ; tiny -knots J of -blue soutache on each , sleeve, » which.* -with . a f e.w odds .and : ends."- will: bring , the i frock . 'up. to- $s.v>^.-x-^ y'i \u25a0''\u25a0•\u25a0\u25a0• ':\u25a0:.' '-•'.''•. \u25a0''<\u25a0\u25a0- \u25a0'"'\u25a0"\u25a0 ; • , The-'ttme?' \We-have snot counted" that. These .dresses, are to: be >. made at home. : \u25a0;\u25a0: \u25a0.:\u25a0 - . \u25a0 . - : : ;: : " \u25a0:' :\u25a0'; \ : :'•'\u25a0 The San Francisco Sunday. Call