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 Indeed, the apron habit saves many brushings as well as spots and by its use the few minutes of waiting between things may be well employed without disarranging one’s trig appearance.

There are styles of aprons appropriate for any and all occasions and make most enchanting and much appreciated gifts. Many a young bride in her new environment daily blesses the friends who gave her bungalow aprons for the morning, slip-on aprons for odd moments, big comfortable aprons to save the crisp house dress on baking days and the fascinating affairs to cover her lovely new frocks at tea or dinner hour. Especially is the apron acceptable with pockets which hold all the little things—buttons, thread, darning cotton and small scissors—so that one may sit quietly without the tiresome jumping up and down.

The children’s aprons make such pretty particular gifts, especially when embroidered in gay flowers, darling bunnies or little chicks. At church fairs and bazaars the apron table is always one of the most successful. It affords an opportunity to display taste and ingenuity at little cost to the giver.

For the smart, simple house dresses there is