The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1879-12-12

favor IS the English pun cloth in
checks or ecru and E3sn, or else two
shades of olive; this is loosely woven,
aSad not heavy There are also cloth
finished fiannels in nice blue shades that
are quite heavy enough for dresses to
change with the English homespun suits,
and these two dresses form an excellent
winter outfit for the school-room
Among the ready-made suits at the fur
nishing stores brown or blue aannels are
made up and fancifully trimmed with
old gold braid These have kilt skirt,
with crinoline lining in the box plaits,
while around the hips is drapery like
a plated scarf. The coat is tight in the
back, but loose in front, and has a deep
collar. Sometimes the hip drapery is
cut In two points in front, and there are
two hanging ends. These are made for
misses of sixteen years, and also for
little girls four years OF age. The prices
range from SO to $3.50, according to
size.
For smaller girls, for very small girls,
from four to eight years of age, dresses
are preferred in q single piece apt in the
English styles illustrated in the Bdzur.
The fronts are usually made to repre-
sent Jackets and vests by arranging the
some plating set in below the waist
line. These may be made of claret.
brown, blue or drah flannel and trimmed
with gay India figured goods or with
some striped satin, or else they are en-
tirely Of the, fancy plaid fiannels once
used solely for lining gentlemen's over
coats, but now liked for these little
dresses on account of their quaint color
in r cI1ah I,ro !, xr,stA c~,,oo..
red and navy blue with white or with
red. Those dressy princesse dresses
have three knife-plaitings across the
back instead of the single kilt or box
plating, and these have bouffant effect
added by q little sash tied below the
hips. A dark green cashmere princesse
dress with three knife-pl laitings. and a
gay India scarf with square collar of
Che India goods, is very pretty; seal
brown cashmere is made in the same
way, and piped with pale blue, cream
color or bright red Corduroy iu the
Arab shades makes beautiful little prin-
cesse dresses that serve also for walking
coats. The gayest trimming for these
is velvet in bright Scotch tartan plaids
used as a vest and pipings, with occa-
sional glimpses of red satin facings.
Mothers who prefer quiet colors use seal
brown plush or velvet for the square
collar, cuffs, pockets and pipings of cor
duroy princesse dresses
There is no change in the white dresses
worn by little girls under four years of
age. Mothers who do not like to use
white dresses all the winter get solid
colored fannels in the new peacock blue
and dark claret colors, and make pretty
little box-plaited blouses precisely like
the white muslin slips SO often described
They have merely three box-plaits in
front and behind nearly the whoielength
of the garment, and a wide belt of the
annel is strapped on low on the hips.
These are preferred to plaids or checks
for the tiny girls. Warm knitted leg
gings for children to wear in the carriage
are sold for seventy-five cents. The
knitted drawers that were formerly
shown only in white wool are now sold
in pale blue, navy. blue or garnet, and
cost from $l.35 to 81 so.
Solid-colored stockings are preferred
for misses ard children. The peacock
blue and garnet stockings come in shades
to match coIored dresses, and are also
worn with white dresses. Scotch plaid
and striped stockings are the second
choice. -Hdaper's BG1ar