Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-24

are the usual shape. and are made in gins-
hams, seersuekers, brown linens and fan
nels. as well as piuue which latter material
is embroidered full dress for the youngsters
Boys from four to eight years old wear the
regular kilt skirt with jacket or sailor
blouse waist For the summer ordinary
drawers, with q single muslin skirt under
the kilt. are used in preference TO the short
trousers worn with the winter kits. me
Jackets first worn with kits are really long
coats made so as to show only about five
inches of the kilt skirt; the latter should
ALWAYS be attached to silesia waist. Very
plain piaue kilt skirts are thought TO be IN
better taste for boys, although on the nrst
kilt deep edge of embroidery Is pernlSsl-
BILE on the skirt, with bit OF Insertion ana
embroidery 10 outline the rest ana Tor me
straps on the hips This, however, IS only
10 reconcile the mother to the fact that the
boy is no longer in dresses. Some OF the
kilt skirts are Tapped in front about eight
inches. with small kilt plaits on each side
and two small box-plaits in the back. Inc
Jacket then has plaits back and front with
cross-hip seam and basque seWeo on
with pockets SeersuckerS, brown linen
and dark fannels are made up with Il
sailor-blouse that has a deep, square collar
and wide cuffs Plaids in blocks OF large
size are especially fancied for kits, with the
sailor-blorlse in the prevailing color OF the
kilt. White flannel suits, with Kilt ana
blouse waist, are made up without any
trimming whatever, and are considered
quite full dress for the country or seaside
Skirt waists will also be worn with kits
These waists are tucked behind and in
front and are made of percale, either dark
blue or porcelain blue: others are in white.
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bars. Jockeys, birds or animals painted upon
them. although this is certainly in que5-
tionable taste.
Every wear the cry is raised that piques
are going out of fashion, and every year
the largest dealers sell greater quantities
than ever this season is no exception to
the rule Although for young girls figured
sateens are now considered full dress, still
every child's wardrobe should include sew
eral dresses of pique. For small boys as
well as girls, they continue TO be III de
mand, and for both are still made IN coat
shape. single or dOuble-breaSted, with
sacGue front and kilt back under long
jacket. Princess piques for girls under ten
are fashionably trimmed with Hamburg
embroidery. more or less handsome i'll
quality. Two-piece suits for girls of eight
years and upwards have Louis XIV. jackets
trimmed with embroidery in open-work
pattern. while the skirt is tiounced with
embroidery to match. Grandmother
dresses are in high favor just now. A
pretty model in this fashion has the skirt
flounced to the waist. with wide rutfleS of
Irish point or guipure embroidery while
the short waist is formed entirely OF the
same lace or embroidery. The finishing
touch to this especially pretty frock Is
given by the wide sash of white satin tied
in a big butterfly bow at the waist. The
English sacque with one deep hounce at
the foot still holds its own, and may be
made in any degree of cXpcnsiveness, from
the plain tucked or plated lawn, with mar
row edge of lace at neck or sleeves and on
the tucked tiounce, to the slip formed en-
tirely of lace; it should be remembered,
however, that good taste dictates that the
material should be of the finest, while the
trimming is a matter of secondary import
ance. which it is sometimes we'll to omit
altogether. Flannel dresses continue the
favOrite fatigue suit for country and sea-
side. For small children they are made i'll
plated sacque or princess shapes. Tucked
skirts and plated blouses are liked for girls
over ten wears; sailor suits are popular for
little girls from five years and upwards,
while the grandmother dresses serve as
models for ali ages.