Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-02-27
e The Fashions.
,re,s-z-cHILpREN's GARMENTS.

he TRRe flannel night wrapper is a. most useful
garment for child to wear when Ill, or when
being carried from room to room, or taken up
from warm bed at night It is lot Intended
for constant wear at night oyer night gown,
but TO- occasions of unusual exposure to cold.
1t Is OF simple sacque shape. with no seams
except those under the arms, which are
buttoned down the entire front, and should be
long enough to cover the child from throat to
foot. 1t is made of any of the pretty striped
or plaid flannels, or it may be OF plain white,
pink, Or blue flannel. To make it thoroughly
warm it should be lined throughout with
white flannel of light quality. It may be made
as double wrapper without raw seams,
though this is not necessary, as the seams 90
not come in contact with the child's flesh. T.
has turned-ov collar, and cuffs that roll
back from the wrist, being merely the ends of
s sas done in white silk is the prettest
trimming on the collar and cuffs; 1t should
extend down each side Of the front. Some
thick soft white flannel wrappers are prettily
edged with binding of blue or of crimson
silk braid; others of blue and white alternate
strips are wrought on the edge with wool in
points or scallops.
The night-drawers with stockings are es-
pecially valuable as night-dress, as it is i'm.
portant that when sleeping the child's whole
frame should be covered uniformly, and
soles of the feet. The legs are extended in
shape like stockings to protect the feet when
the child thrusts them out from beneath the
cover. Canton flannel with heavy fleece is
the material used for the nightdrawers. The
fronts are cut in princesse shape, with body
seam in each leg of the drawers, as the back
part is out with them, and after slit is cut
down each side from the waist line, the top of
the neck is gathered to band The back Of
the waist is closed by four or FIVE buttons, and
the band of the back OF the lower part has
three button holes in it, by which it is attached
to the three buttons on the lower edge of the
waist. Plain directions for joining together
the pieces to form the stockings are given in
the descriptions Of the pattern. The openings
and usually button and hole is put half way
down the slit. The seams of this garment
are next to the child's tender flesh, and should
be made flat and smooth, and either felled
down or else covered with tape stitched on by
machine.
The day-drawers with waist have an easily
fitted straight waist with armholes or shoulder
straps This waist is quite separate from the
drawers, as it does not need to be changed so
frequently, and is made Of canton flannel for
winter, or of strong muslin or else linen for
summer drawers. The neck and armholes
have bias muslin binding stitched on by
machine, while the lower edge has strong
facing OF bias twilled muslin an inch or more
in width. button is set on this facing on
each Of the under-arm seams, third is d.
rectly ia front, and the fourth button will be
the lowest one of the row which closes the
back Of the waist. The drawers are made of
the same material as the waist, and must be
quite short, as they are not now allowed to
appear below the edge of the child's dress.
The legs are wide, and may be tucked, rutfled,
or embroidered.
The princess petticoat has the long waist
10 to q
ing of the flannel or muslin skirt from spoil
ing the tapering natural waist. The skirt is
cut straight across the goous. The Waist is
provided with side forms in front and back,
and closely buttoned behind. Yard-wide mus.
Inns are commended for these garments. The
pattern of this waist may be used for the drill
ling waists of kilt dresses worn by boys not
yet in trousers.
The French apron is pretty little garment
that has come into favor again since dark
wool dresses have been revived for little girls.
1t is low and round in the neck, has short
sleeves that are little more than soaps" or
epaulets, as they are sloped to the armhole,
and the whole apron is merely full sacque.
1t is necessary to have this little garme mt
quite full around the figure, hence the neck is
supplied with IL drawing string. The apron
is long enough to reach within an inch or two
of the bottom of the dress skirt. These little
aprons are imported in nice sheer French
nansooks soft cambria, thin Irish linen, and
the gray and drab linens also. The most
dressy ones have hem and a cluster of tucks
around the bottom, while the neck and sleeves
are finished with tiny frill edged with Val
enciennes or thread edging. Sometimes in
stead of drawing string, a tiny band is
stitched on the outside, and this band is
wrought in brier-stitch or in tiny dots. Still
Others of linen, either white or gray, have
neelle-worked scallop, dots, or notched edges
around the neck and sleeves. deep Spanish
hounce, also needle-worked, is added to the
bottom of others. All these imported aprons
have the seems neatly felled. Very, pretty
ones are sold for so cents at the French linge-
rte establishments. These white aprons over i
dark red or blue dresses make up a quaint
and effective little toilet for the house and are
also most useful in keeping the dresses clean.
Another easy way to make these full aprons
and still simpler than this pattern, is to take
breadth of yard-wide cambria of the proper
length, cut out armholes, and trim them with
Il frill Of muslin ruftling; then face the neck
for drawing string, and when drawn up, the
neck has little frill to match those in the
armholes. The straight fullness of this apron
adds to its pretty appearance.