American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-08-21
The Latest Fashions.
GIRLS DRESSES.


THERE are few novelties to record for
children's dresses, but several improve
ments of designs already popular have
been noted. The picturesque sailor suit
and the neat kilt dress have undergone
notifications, and sometimes the marked
features of both these suits are combined
in the same dress. For instance, seaside
and autumn dresses of dark navy blue or
of black flannel are made with kilt skirts
formed, in true Highland fashion, OF
plaits that extend from the belt to the
hem, pressed fatty, and meant to be kept
in shape their entire length. The basque
is fastened behind with a fly for button
holes, and thus the buttons are concealed.
In front vest of light blue cashmere is
set in, with lap down the middle, on
which buttons are placed, giving the effect
of being fastened in front. This pleases
the little women" by giving their dresses
the appearance of being buttoned in front,
and at the same time deprives them of the
opportunity of frequently unbuttoning
their dresses, as is their childish habit.
This pretty little basque has pockets be-
hind, is bound on the edge, and trimmed
with two or three straight rows of blue
soutache. There is no overskirt. A
jacket to be added for out of-doors is loose
and halflong, has square sailor collar,
and is trimmed with binding and braid.
Two silvered anchors are on the collar,
and the small round buttons up the front
are also washed with silver and stamped
with anchors. To be worn with this is a
white Panama hat, with navy-blue ribbon
band around the crown. The shape is
something between that of the sailor hat
and the Rabagas. The wide brim is
slightly curled, and its edges are not
bound
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the furnishing houses for fall wear will
serve as a model for mothers who are pre-
pairing their daughters outfits for schools.
This IS made of camel's-hair serge, meri-
no or empress cloth of the brown shades
that are now in fashion for young girls.
1t is designed for girls from four to four
teen years of age, and is made of two
shades of brown. The handsomest suits
are of camel's-hair, trimmed with rows of
soutache and gros grain ribbon bows.
The kilt skirt shows both shades of the
color; the plain front is light brown, and
on each side of it are four dark plaits,
then four light ones, and so on all round
the skirt; dark brown bows are down the
middle of the front. The basque is fas-
tened behind like that just described the
middle of the back and the vest are light;
the side bodies are dark; the sleeves are
dark, with light cuffs. The trimmings
are three rows of dark soutache braid and
a binding of silk braid. A long loose
sacque of simple and graceful shape is to
be added for the street. This is made en-
tirely of the dark shade, is merely corded
on the edge, has pockets behind, and is
fastened by three long-loOped bows in
'front.'
The Gabrielle dress remains in favor
the introduction of nov
elites. 1t is made up in its original SIM
pie shape in plain cambria, linen lawn,
and gray linen for ordinary use, and in
trimmed piques with much
or nansook covered with lace
for dress occasions. Gray linen Gabrielles
are trimmed with bias bands piped on
each edge with white; belt Of the same
has little basque attached that has the
effect of an overskirt, and may be worn or
omitted at pleasure. Those for child of
two years cost $175. Linen lawn Ga
brielies, white dotted or striped with blue,
black or brown, are trimmed with
little fluted flounces of the material, and
are very cool and durable dresses.
Skirts of girls dresses are of medium
length, falling below the knee, yet show
ing much of the cOlored stockings that
are now worn with all dresses, even with
white A pique Gabrielle, with brown
sash tied low on the hips, plain brown
stockings, or else brown and white striped
stockings, and cottage cap of lace
with brown bows, is fashionable
summer and autumn dressing for small
girls. Rose or blue sash-ribbons are sold
for about half the price now asked for
sombcr brown, and are bought by mothers
who like bright colors for their little ones,
no matter what the fashion may be.
Braid will be much used for trimming
children's wool dresses for the fall and
winter. This is not put on in elaborate
floral and vine patterns, but simply forms
a border or rows of many straight lines.
Sometimes the wide Titan braid will be
used alone in other cases it will be mixed
with soutache. Another favorite pattern
is that of colored row of soutache with
one or two straight rows on each side.
BOYS CLOTHING.
Suits for small boys are trimmed with
rows of very small buttons and of narrow
braid. Dark blue cloth, gray Thibet and
suits that will be worn late in the autumn.
For the present season white or blue fan
mel and shepherds check are most used
The handsomest sailor suits are of white
flannel, trimmed with blue soutache.
They have the regular sailor blouse and
short trowsers. A single row of blue
braid is around the square collar, ON the
cuffs, down the front hem of the blouse
and on the outside seam of the trousers.
A leaf is outlined with braid on the breast
pocket, and there are chevrons on the
sleeves. A dark blue ribbon sailor-knot
is at the throat and silver buttons with
anchors upon them fasten the blouse.
Price SO. There are also pretty suits of
gray linen made in sailor fashion, trimmed
with inch-wide bands of black or blue
cashmere edged with white braid This
band trims the collar, cuffs and the outer
seam on each leg of the short knee panta-
looms. Price $3.50. A cluster of six or
eight small buttons is placed at the end of
the outside seam of the trousers, but there
are no buttOnholes, as the seam is closed
and the pantaloons fit the knee closely.
More dressy suits, with the blouse long
enough to cover the hips, are made of
shepherds check, which is fine twilled
wool in black and white pin head checks.
A loose belt of the material is fastened on
by straps on the sides. The edges are
bound with black silk braid. White pearl
buttons fasten the blouse. Price So.
The newest kilt suits for boys are of
black worsted coating precisely like the
twilled cloths worn by gentlemen. These
have pretty little jackets, with separate
vests that are made with two points in
front, and aretrimmed with black sOutache
and small buttons. Suits of gray Thibet
cloth have brown buttons and braid. Very
handsome kilt suits of gray cloth have two
rows of gilt buttons-bullet-shap
the front of the skirt, instead of the High
land bows formerly placed there. Navy
blue cloth kilt suits are trimmed with
black buttons and braid. Deep square
collars of white linen are worn with these
suits, and the neck tie is narrow cravat
of folded white lawn, such as gentlemen