The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-20
FOR SUMMER WEAR.
Serviceabie Fabrics and Costumes for Litti
Folks-Hints for the Season.

Serviceable Fabrics and Costumes for Little
Folks-Hints for the Season.
Philadelphia Times.
Perhaps the wsest plan in dressing young
| folks Is to avoid extremes and to select me-
dunn grade material which is so reasonable
in price that lady feels she afford to have it
| outgrown for child naturally becomes weary of
| costume which has lost its freshness and
| has been let down and enlarged more than once,
and no young girl with the average amount Of
| pride is particularly anxious to appear in the
| cast-off finery of her elder sister, and if given
her choice she will decide in favor of a far less
elaborate dress suited to her own petite person
| in preference to the snowy but partlyw worn
| gown of another.
| When ladies are housekeeping and have
! plenty OF servants, or when they can afford the
| expense OF patronizing laundry it is well to
! provide a number of costumes and dresses in
wash fabrics, but when travelling or soiourning
| among the mountains or at the seaside no
| toilets are so pretty, stylish and convenient
| as those OF light wooden goods or the useful
| summer checked or striped silks plain surahs,
| which are made up in combination with some
one of the new cotton and silk laces are fin.
shed with parements of velvet
| Among the newest materials for dresses in
tended for summer are the 'stufted batistess
and "tufted crepes," which have ground in rep
resentation of the fabrics whose name they bear,
and they are respectively with the crnkled and
smooth surface, with waste threads or tufts
forming checks or stripes IL various colors.
Pekins, poplins and lawns are also largely en-
ployed for childrens dresses; Also embroidered
lawns, zephyrs and batistes, with corded suit.
ings, thistle ginghams and Aliciennes seersuck-
ers in the same colors and effects as those from
India
For little children pekin and chequered wash
ing materials are employed. but the pattern
must be small and the coloring delicate and
dresses for girls under six years of age are made
with short, full skirts and long bodices. plain al
the back, but full in front, and fastened down
the left side under band of coored embroidery
or some other suitable trimming. This band is
carried to the edge of the skirt, and is crossed
below the waist by similar band covering the
joint between the bodice and the skirt. The neck
and sleeves trimmed to match. A pretty
dress in corded suiting in cream. with yariously-
colored threads. is made after this STYLE and is
trimmed with bands of colored embroidery.
The bodices worn by misses are generally long
and many are tight-fttng at the back, but open
in front over full plastron of snrah, else cut
out in heart-shape, showing gathered or finely
pleated chemisette mounted on a straight collar
band. Bodices are also adorned with yokes.
| revers and collars of velvet some other mate
| rial differing from the dress fabric, with bows
| and epauets of ribbon, with shoulder tabs and
other ornaments.
The most striking novelty Of the year in chill
drens dresses is the style of sleeve This
| may be made of different pattern or material
| from the bodice, or the upper portion, like the
| bodice, comes to the elbow, and the lower part.
| illustration of this style is a dress of boucle-
striped canvas of spring color. with full red
satin vest and red satin puff to the sleeves
| from the elbow.
| Biscuit is a popular color for young peoples
dresses and it is we'll that is so, for that shade
| does rot show dirt or soil. A stylish frock in
this tone has fine horizontal cords like the old
| fashioned striped corded muslins formerly used
for petticoats. The yoke and full petticoat ARE
| of material striped in the same tone with blue
and brown.
Navy-blue canvas is good, useful stuff light
and capable of standing plenty of aud
tear One costume in this fabric is made with
pleated skirt, showing underneath what appears
to be petticoat of the same, with red hori-
zontal stripes This has been applied to the
vest and also to the front of a long jacket In
plain blue material, the collar and revers being
of red velvet and the sleeves of tho stripe.
Some most elegant little toilets for summer
are formed of Priestey's silk warp and wool
filing fabrics in cream. the gypsy cloth aud
Clarette, in combination with pink, blue or gar
net surah.