The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-09-21
cHlLoREk's FASHIONS.
Pretty Costumes and Becoming Hats Poi
Small Girls and Misses.

Pretty Costumes and Becoming Hats For
Small Girls and Misses.
The leading features in small girls
dresses are short waists and full skirts;
many of the former being cut of just
under the ams, and the latter extended
70 the ankles; giving the tiny maidens
the picturesque appearance of quaint
Dutch peasants. 1t is prettier, how
ever, to strike happy medium, if pos
sible. For everyday wear these frocks
are made of pretty sprigged calicoes,
sateens or cambrics, or else warm,
dsrk-red, brown or blue flannels, suita-
bic for the seaside or mountains, for it
is no longer considered necessary to
keep young children always in white,
and there is decided tendency toward
bright, rich shades for these small
toilettes.
1t is well, however, to have several
white muslin frocks for afternoon and
dressy occasions. For girls of from
three to ten years of age, these are
sometimes made with low, round,
sleeveless waist, entirely of embroid-
cry; or else open in Y shape, and laced
across with narrow cherry, blue or
yellow ribbon, with a preference for
the latter. These ribbons are passed
through eyelet holes, and small epaul-
cites of embroidery finish the Shout
ders. The Gretchen dress is, perhaps,
the prettiest of all, cut square nearly
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ribbon or velvet. Like all low-necked
dresses, this is always worn with a
guimLe, which is a high, white waist
of nainsook or Victoria lawn, buttoned
behind, and trimmed in yoke fashion at
the top, but without gathers below,
being held around the waist by a simple
drawing string. The long sleeves are
slightly full at the top, and have a
waistband of embroidery, or a turned
back cuff. Light-blue, pink or buff
cashmere, or Albatross cloth, are
lovely for these tiny costumes, to be
worn with white guimpes; and the
skirt must be very full, indeed, to be
graceful.
Plain colored skirts have hem four
inches deep, and five or six half-inch
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frocks, insertion is set in between
clusters of tucks, or else nearly the en-
tire skirt is formed of embroidery, such
as comes for ladies' fiounces. The
sashes most in vogue, are of the dress
goods, hemmed and tucked or en-
broidered across the ends. These pass
around the waist and are tied in an inn
mense bow behind.
The first short dresses for infants are
yoke slips; and they are liked for all
girls under five, with the yoke and
sleeves trimmed to initiate a guimpe.
They hang loose in front, but are con-
fined by a sash of the material in the
back. High yoke dresses are worn by
all girls up to fifteen years of age, and
they are decidedly commended for
school frocks, being easily laundried.
To be stylish, however, the yoke should
be very deep, the gathered part, short
and full, and the belt extremely mar
row. The full skirt may be plain,
tucked or deliberately trimmed with
embroidery. The only silks used for
children are the light summer silk
foulards, in soft, aesthetic colOrs, o:
else the pin-head checks, and small.
gay, Scotch plaids. A great fayorite
with large schoolgirls and misses is
the Norfolk belted waist, which is
worn with a tucked skirt, and apron
overskirt; or, if made of checked.
plaided or plain dark wooden material,
it is suitable with any skirt. 1t is 9
strong rival of the ever-useful Jersey.
For outdoor wraps on cool days, small
girls have short-waisted walking coats,
of rough cloth, made with two large
box plaits in the back, and two roSetteS
defining the waist line. Larger misses
prefer the short, jaunty jackets, OF
redingotes, with shoulder capes. AL
ages, however, wear dark straw hats
with large crowns and wide brims.
These are faced with dark velvet, and
are trimmed with high, narrow loops
of ribbon or cape in front, a fold around
the crown, and bunch of flowers on
the left side. 1t is considered very
stylish to put white flowers and rib,
bons on dark hats.-AmerTcG, Agr6ctIk
turiSt.