The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-07-17
ChiIdren's Summer Suits and Dresses


Sailor hats of straw arc the correct
thing for country wear for little folks of
both sexes.
Little boys Newmarket coats, made
of plaids and checks. are given a mas
culiue effect by slashing them up the
back.
Little boys suits frequently consist of
three pieces, the jacket, the waistcoat,
and the short trousers or knee brecches.
For infants are inviting little French
caps of tucked muslin, with leather
stitching aud lace. Those with curtains
are the newest.
The new pompons for children's hats
are large, very silky. and have a tuft of
chenille coming from the center. They
come in all shades.
Mother Hubbard frocks for little girls
are seen with the yoke and skirt in con
trasting colors, or, in wash goods, with
yoke blouse in one color, and skirt in
another.
New York now boasts aEIiliputian
5azar, devoted entirely and exclusively
to the interests of children, from babies
a day old to boys, girls, misses and
youths of sixteen.
If the pretty pink ginghams now so
much worn by children are dipped in
water with enough vinegar in it to give
it sour taste, the pink will be brighter
than if rinsed in water alone
For very young children small blouses
are made and embI o .dered over white
or colored silk Innings. Small pelerines
are worn over the blouses which fall be-
low the waist; they are also embroid
cred
Little girls hats often have the high
crown and broad brim of garnet or dark
blue. Bands of velvet, the color of the
brim, encircling the crown, make it
very pretty trimming.
Boys from twelve upwards affe f the
style of their fathers, and the lad with
his first long pants, regular vest, sack
coat, shirt front. collar, tie, Derby hat
and cane, out for a promenade, is as
distinguishable among the many as our
handsome President.
Something very new in the small
"Marinier suit for a little girl. IL Is
Of white, ecru or colored embroidery
over plain lining IL consists Of
small plated skirt with a loose chemise
and large open collar. The lining is
generally of light quality of silk or of
Scotch batiste.
It is difficult to say what material
will be most worn by chill ren. All he
fabrics used by ladies are allowed, such
as light veilings, either plain or embro:d-
cred, with tiny flowers, handsome
wooIlen fabrics brocaded with immense
flowers or ornaments, striped or checked
glazed silks, and rich brocades.
The white suits for boys of three and
five years are made of pique or cotton
corduroy. A pretty style for the latter
is plaits back and front, the dress
closed by concealed buttons A yoke
to which the skirt IS attached does away
with the clumsiness the plaits would
cause, a deep collar edged with en-
broidery covering it. The piques many
of them have needlework inserted, sim
ulating jacket, and are finished with
pockets, collar and cuffs edged with
needlework.
The fashion for dressing children is
more than ever graceful and useful, Of
feriDg perfect freedom Of action and
easily laundered materials, such as
chambery embroidered with cotton, the
white seersucker lawn, the cool and
pretty linen des hides, satiues and Scotch
ginghams. The Virginia costume is
one Of many others with simpl city of
design and adaptability to any of these
materials The skirt has two gathered
founees headed by a puff, aud the
plated body is attached to n yoke,
which is made. for light summer fab
ric, of lace tuckings, shirred tuckings,
embroidery or cluster tuckings.
Most becoming bonnets for little girls
are those in red, pink. blue and cream
null. They have tucked and shirred
crowns made over ,uare frames. with
curtain and brim finish Of silk embrOid-
cred null. Inside the dainty lace rueh-
ings or lace quilting surrounds tho
sweet face like cap, the bonnet being
tied under the chin by ribbon strings
and finished on outside top and in back
with cluster of loops, or a large ro-
sette bow. Other pretty specimens,
made on the same plan, are in very
sheer material and are finished with
oriental lace instead Of the embroidery
border. Boston Globe.