Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1875-11-27
NEW YORK FASHIONS.
CHILDREN's CLOTHING.

CHILDREN's CLOTHING.
There has been a decided change in
childrer's clothing within year. Euro
pean fashions have been adopted for
them, and the little folks are dressed far
more sensibly and comfortably than
they were formerly. In the first place,
the dark cloth colors worn by their
mothers are used to the exclusion of
gayer colors that are attractive ut first,
but are soon soiled by the careless
wearers. In the next place, their gar
ments are warmly lined or watlded, and
are of simple easy shapes, loose enough
to follow the graceful outlines of the
figure without cOmpressing OF interrupt
ing its movements. Long garments with
very little trimming are adopted for
girls. Among these are French sacques,
princesse dresses, kilt skirts, and pelis-
ses. Instead Of loading these garments
with soutache braiding. with tiOunces or
embroidery, they are now simply cord
ed, hemmed. or bound. The short
stockings that exposed part of the bare
limb in all kinds of weather are now re-
paced by dark warm wool stockings
that extend above the knee and are
gartered out of sight beneath dress
skirts, or under The knee pantaloons OF
boys in trowers. In lieu of the short
Jackets that cut off the short figure and
made it look even more dumpy, are long
partly fitted French sacques extending
nearly to the edge of the dress. White
dresses are still retained for " inter, but
they arc worn with dark wool stockings,
and heavy under-clothing encases the
entire body. Since the introduction of
wool, many mothers prefer colors for
their girls general wear for school and
every day. Myrtle green, nut brown,
navy blue, and plum are now the most
stylish colors for children; the only red
used is the dark cardinal shade, and this
is merely an accessory, as it is seldom
seen as whole suit. Plain colOrs are
more used than plaids. When plaids
are shown they are not the gay Scotch
tartans, but are cameo plaids of shaded
gray or brown, and are associated with
plain goods of the prevailing color of
the plaid, just as they are arranged in
ladies' costumes.
GIRLS PRINCEsSE DRESSES.
The novelty of the winter for girls is
dress with princesse front and kilt
back. The front has the waist and skirt
in one, may be either single or double
breasted, and is buttoned its entire
length. The upper part of the back is
long-waisted Marguerite basque, with
sash across the end of it, under which
the skirt Is added ;. the whole garment
resembles the Marguerite pelisse, illus
trated last week. for ladies, but has
fewer seams. 1t is made in piques, OF
in dark wool goods, silk, or velvet. a
small round cape which merely covers
the shoulders is added; this is little
more than large collar. There are
several varieties OF this dress. One call
ed the Jeanne dare is of plaid camel's-
hair-darK plum-colcr with blue bars
with gros grain sash of the two colors,
and a Jeanne dare linked girdle to be
worn low on the hips. There is little
cape to this Partisan dress, and it is en-
tirely without trimming. This serves as
q street suit for L girl of eight years.
Again, similar garments serve as over
dresses to be worn above the white pique
dresses of children of two years. These
are of brown basket-woven cloth, with
double-breasted fronts, fastened by two
rows of vegetable ivory buttons, and
kilt backs banking from a deep
sacque, basque, or a jacket, with the
seams wide apart, in English fashion.
and square lapels hanging for pockets.
The fronts are lined throughout, also
the upper part OF the back. The kilt
skirt, which is confined to the back, is
merely hemmed. The only trimming
is the cording or piping on the jacket
Pingat, one of the fashionable Partisan
modistes for ladies, sends out lovely lit
tla princessa over dresses of dark blue
matelasse silk, trimmed with inch-wide
braid with gilt passing in double rows
up each front, over the shoulders, and
down the back to the sash, beneath
which the kilt begins. others imported
garments of blue matelasse have the
Louis XIV. over dress and kilt described
below merely stitched on the edges,
and trimmed with vegetable ivory but
tons.
Very dressy little garments are white
cashmere over dresses with double
breasted princesse fronts, long -waisted
backs, and box-pleated skirts behind.
These are warmly wadded, and are
trimmed with three rows of white gros-
grain knife pleating, each finger deep
and a white sash; the little cape has
but one row of pleating. Others have
white English embroidery edging the
skirt, and rows of white galloon down
the garment.
GIRLS KILT SUITS.
What is most generally worn by girls
of from two to twelve years, both fol
plain and better dresses, is the kilt suit
This has kilt skirt, with Il basque and
over sacque, OF else kilt skirt and vest
polonaise in the Louis Nv shape. The
kilt skirt is made of about twenty deep
ly laid pleats all turned one way, press
ed tiatly (not seweD, and simply hem
med. Plain and plaid cashmeres, cloth,
camel's-hair, and basket-woven wool
goods are used for these suits. Hunters
green of the darkest shade is liked for
Kilt suits of cloth or cashmere. and these
cost from S13 80 to SIG so when made
as follows: a kilt skirt of twenty pleats
sewed to a belt that is pointed in front
a basque buttOned behind. with n vest