Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-05-29
Chflhrcu's Garments.

Very many Of the dresses for girls from
two 10 ten and twelve years old
present the effect Of a kilt and coat.
The Kilt plating is made up Of either
very wide box or very wide side
plaits. Oflen these dresses are nearly
all in one piece. The trimmings. instead
Of giving princcs-o effect. simulate n
long cut-away coat with a Franklin vest
extending TO meet p deep Kilt fiouncc
scwod on underneath the coat. and repre-
~cnting Kilt skiit. Again. the coat effect
is brought about on princcsse dresses by
the addition Of broad pockets placed low
down on the sides.
For schoolgirls wash dresses are made
of pretty Scotch ginghams. pcrcales and
chintzes. with polka dots and borders
and bandana plaids. The principle Of
mhinaiion rules alike in ladies' and
childrcn's costumes and in silk. wool and
cotton fabrics In all. solid colurs are
made up with figured stuffs to match A
favorite way Of fashioning the gay
plaidcd bandana and percale dresses j. in
n kilt skirt set on n deep yoke fitting
about the hips closely. and yoked or
plated blouse. belted in.
For younger girls. in wash goods. come
little slips, with the whole front Of the
garment laid in box plaits down 10
Spanish fiounce, while the back j. gath
cred into yoke and the neck 81 the
dress j. finished with deep sailor collar.
One Of the simplest ways of making up
dresses for little girls Is the Gabrielle
shape. fastened at the back and finished
around the bottom with a kilt plating.
White dresses are in many instances fin
ishcd with Spanish iiouBce. box x-plaiied
ON instead Of being gathered. These
n. - 4 "A.
broidery or Hamburg edging.
The fashions in infants clothing vary
but little. If any. from the forms in use
for several seasons past. Although there
has been an effort 10 revive the low
necked. shoTt-slecvcd dresses Of long ago,
the sensible French-yokcd and long
slccved robes remain in favor. Long
dresses make way for short clothes at
at about six months of age. when silk
and worsted boots are adopted until such
time as soft kid shoes with light leather
solcs become a necessity. Circular CASH
mere cloaks with round hoods. lined with
silk and trimmed with pipings OF satin.
afford n popular style Of wraps. Pique
cloaks embroidered and further trimmed
with Russian or Irish hand-crocheted
lace are among favoTite wraps in wool
material. Little caps, composed of lace
and finished with full ruchings, either Of
ribbon or lace. are much worn. both by
infants and little girls FIVE and six years
old. During early spring these are all
lined with silk, but on the approach
Of warm weather the Innings may be dis
pcnscd with.
Among new fabrics shown for chill
dren's wear are fancy conduroys Of light
quality, which have the merit of wash
ing well. and. trimmed with Prlisssan
lace and pearl buttons, making an efIec-
tive garment. Heavy Russian lacos. by
the way. arc also largely employed on
wooden garments for children. White
maslin dresses have displaced the stiff
and heavy Marscillcs and pique once for
morly worn. A new muslin. somewhat
resembling null and called Persian mus
lin. Is used. as Is dotted Swiss muslin
made up with lace and inserting and
worn over bright-colorcd slips of silk or
.Silcsia. Near York World.