The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-28
FASHIONS OF THE DAY.
What Little Girls Will Wear This Winter-A
Few Hints for Their Elders.

Harper's Bazaar.
Dresses with overskirts are not put on until
girls are in their teens, except on unusually tall
girls OF ten or twelve years The English frocks
are sometimes varied for girls of eight or ten
years by having the sides OF the front continu-
Gus, in princesse fashion, with the middle of the
front pleated its entire length or else cut off in
a round waist, with velvet vest above and re.
vers, while the front of the skirt is in fan pleat-
ing; that Is, side pleas meeting in the middle.
English serge and French chuddah cloths are
used for these dresses and plush either plain or
striped may take the place of velvet for the ac-
cessories
English fashions are followed for small girls
clothing giving them very simple frocks for the
house, with quaint and picturesque outer gar
ments for the street Fanciful waists, pulled
and cuffed sleeves and very full skirts, entirely
without trimming, are features of winter frocks,
whether flannel. cashmere. velvet put on lit
tie girls when their white muslin slips are laid
aside, which Is now done when they are only two
or three years old, and even earlier. Hair
striped fiannels, blue, red white, or else wider
stripes Of rose with blue, or olive with blue, or
pink with brown, are used for their plainess
dresses, also checked fannels in similar co1ors
For their nicer dresses cashmere Is the favorite
wooden. In various red shades in light or dark
blue pistache green, golden brown and olive
trimmed with velvet in contrasting colors in
revers, plastrons, Jokes, cuffs, and bias velvet
piping folds, with also some mohair braid and
The Normandy cloak and cap are worn by the
smallest girls. The cloak is of cashmere-brown,
blue or red-.warmly wadded throughout, and is
similar to the Mother Hubbard, but has point
ed yoke. piped with velvet, and high velvet puffs
around the arm-holes and neck The cap has a
velvet front, with very high cashmere crown,
shirred across the back, else the materials are
reversed, the velvet serving for the crown. The
Bebe cloaks, with very short waist, cape and full
gathered skirt reaching to the heels, are made
mi a no in cfrino al
of colors, else of push corduroy or velvet
White cloaks of thick moutonne, or amb's-wool
CLOTH are made in this way, or else with yoke
and box-pleats. and trimmed with natural beaver
or other brown fur. white with brown being in
great favor for small children. The leg of NUT
ton sleeves some white Sicilienne or
cashmere cloaks, while others have hood or
deep, round collar that is almost cape.
One of the simplest dresses for girls from two
to six years old is bright red cashmere, with a
round high waist that has V of black or brown
velvet in front, three inches wide at the neck
with the point at waist lire. The cashmere is
laid in three folds each side of they and is plain
on the lining elsewhere, with small fat, black
velvet buttons to fasten it behind. The sleeves
are plain to the elbow, and pulled below into
velvet waistband an inch wide. Black velvet
piping folds fourth of an inch wide around the
waist. Standing cashmere collar. Two widths
of cashmere make the skirt, with hem three
inches deep, gathered to the waist all around,
or else in two double box pleats
in front, with gathered back Another
style has square plastron Of velvet, with pleats
below 1t in front, and also pleats in the back of
the waist. Another plain waist has braid two
inches wide set in to outline a square guimpe.
Many of these dresses are made with low necked
waists and no sleeves, or else half long sleeves
merely pped with velvet, to wear over guimpes
OF the same cashmere. of white muslin or
else with white jersey Of thick wool that has
collar and cuffs of the velvet of contrasting color
used for revers or plastron of the dress.
The leg mutton sleeves are seen on these
dresses and on coaks of cashmere, made full in