Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-09-27

Our task will to-day be the des-
cription of children's costumes. 7
have often said in these pages how
essential and desirable is simplicity
of dress for little girls, as we'll for
their comfort as for moral reasons.
But this said simplicity can and
must be tasteful and elegant. 1t all
depends upon the make of the dress;
no one can contradict me when L say
that our good Partisan dressmakers
would dress girl in brown holland
or lindsey with more real elegance
than village dressmaker could ever
put into the handsomest silk and
finest muslin. Children must be
dressed in fresh looking colors, and
wear none of those faded shades so
much in fashion lately. No plum
color, no green that's blue, no blue
that's green; dark bottled-green or
marine-blue are nice colors for Win
ter wear, as are also maroon and
blue. Violet is not a child's color.
Gray and white, whenever it is pos
sible; light pink and blue for the
Summer. Pink is never worn alone;
1t would be too bright, but it is very
nice as trimming, or in stripes and
spots.
l have seen very pretty frock for
a child about seven. 1t was made of
gray cashmere and turquoise-b
foulard. The round skirt was cut at
the bottom into broad, shallow seal
lops bound with cashmere bias,
piped at the top with blue foulard.
A blue foulard pleating tackled un-
derneath the scallops simulated an
under-skirt. The bodice had round
basques, pleated behind, and hol-
lowed out at the top fold, so as to
show their blue lining. 1t was cut
square, and simply edged with a
bias piped with blue, like the seal
lops of the skirt. Inside high bod
ice and sleeves of blue foulard, with
narrow frilling of pleated cambria
round the neck and at the wrist. A
blue ribbon twisted round broad
brimmed hat was its only ornament.
By the way, let me remark that
child's dress must never be tight
about the waist or the arm holes.
Nothing renders girl so awkward
oA huStty dS dh uuCOuiiOItdOlc
dress. Let her be dressed so that
she never thinks about her dress
except to keep it neat and tidy.
have noticed that frocks made by
English dressmakers are generally
too long in the waist, and with too
much fulneSS in the front OF the
skirt. Children's dresses must be
gored III front like ladies', and be
full behind.
A frock of gray alpaca has round
skirt trimmed all round with three
broad biais, piped on both sides with
pink silk. The bodice is a sort of
double breasted, close fitting paletot,
buttoning in front with two rows of
pink buttons. Pockets, revers, and
edge of the paletot all piped with
pink.
A frock of pale-blue mohair is
edged all round the skirt with seven
rows of rather narrow black velvet.
The bodice has round basques,
edged with three rows of velvet.
The narrow sleeves are entirely
striped with velvet. The broad,
black sash is tied loosely on the left
side, quite at the back. The hat is
trimmed with black velvet and a
blue wing.
Girls must not wear boots with
high heels; it might cause them
serious injury, besides the corns,
enlarged toe joints, and the hopping
walk, which this absurd fashion en-
tails upon the silly women, who
nd that thA "a
sure once worn by ladies who never
walked is not the thing for, our day.
For boys, there are the large
sailors trowsers, and the short
trowsers buttoned at the knee.
Knickerbockers are less worn for
the present than they were some
time ago. As for jackets, they are
always of the sanre material as the
trowsers, and made either open in
front over a waiscoat, also of the
same material, or double-breasted.
These Jackets, especially the double
breasted ones, are made rather long.
In summer, boys wear here round
straw hats with black or dark blue
ribbon; in winter, Scotch caps, or
felt hats with low crowns.
For babies, fashion is not tickle.
The shape of every article of their
costume is always the same; trim
mings alone vary. More or less
lace or pleatings, this or that kind
of embroidery; this is sufficient va
riety for the dexterous fingers OF our
tingeres to diversity the most elegant
layette. Young Ladies Journal.
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