The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-09
FASHIONS FOR THE LITTLE FOLKS.
How Children Are To Be Made Pretty This
Summer-A Few Hints to Their Elders.


summer-A Few Hints to Their Elders.
Harpers Bazaar.
Yoke slips made for the smallest girls pre-
cisely like their first short dresses. When thp
girl is two years old, and until she is five or six
years of age, wide sash of the dress goods 10
tied at the back of these after being sewed In
the seams under the arms. This whole dress
may be OF one material. or else it may have
white yoke and white sleeves, with ali the re-
mainder OF coored gineham or lawn. Shoulder
straps OF the colored fabric stitched on tho
white yoke just above the armholes.
Dresses with guimpes are made in various
ways, and ara worn by girls from three to tsn
years of age. These are used only for the best
dresses by many mothers and the same effect "a
given in many of the designs by Stimulating
guimpe OF either white or colored contrasting ma
teria sewed in permanently thus making sim
pier high-necked dress with long sleeves for gen.
eral USE especially for morning and school dress
es. The ownecked dresses are never worn
without gulmpe, and this guimpe is a white
nalnsook or Victoria lawn high waist, buttoned
behind, trimmed in yoke fashion at the top bun
without gathers below. and held around the
waist by simple drawing string in casing. The
long sleeves are now made very slightly full at tos
and bottom, and have wristband of embroidery
or turned back cuff, with collar
to correspond Two pretty fashions
show low dresses to wear with guimpeR
One OF these has the neck, pointed and laced
in round, plain waist, which now rivals the
and the other has the popular bretel1es passing
over the shoulders, with lengthwise tucks Of
folds between The full skirts for such dresses
must be very full, indeed, as any scant appear
ance detracts from their grace. hem,
four or six inches wide, with five OF
six haf-inch tucks above it, is on plain.
round skirts, and also on those of the finest
materials, whether lawn, cashmere, or foulard.
Rows OF insertion with tucks between are on
white muslin skirts. and the embroidery along
ma Qaly coH for lodi A011n tsxnna
forms nearly all the skirt The sashes most ID
fashion are made of the dress goods hemmed
along the sides and tucked or embroidered across
each end. They pass around the waist-not the
hips--and ara tied in a large bow behind The
waist fits smooth and easily. and may have side
forms to the back or not, or may be with with.
out lining, as the mother prefers. When muslin
guimpes are not warm enough, under waists are
used of thick muslin or Jersey wool or thin
flannel
Other low dresses to wear with guimpes are
made with low yoke and a belt, with the full
gathered part between very full indeed, and so
short that it is scarcely more than puff The
low-necked yoke of this dress must be very deep
In front-as are all new yokes-and is made
square at the top, forming shoulder straps, and
is pointed at the end in front, but is straight be-
hind. This yoke is corded all around, making
the stylish straight finish which is now preferred
to frills or seallops on the edge. even
though the yoke itself is Of all
in this waist; the armholes are formed by the
yoke and the top of the gathered part, and must
be strongly corded. Such O dress is prettily
made of foulards, canvas, or chall with vel
vet yoke and nelt of contrasting color or else OF
any plain white muslin, or colored lawn or
batiste with the yoke and belt of embroidery in
all-over design. Pale blue india silk with golden
brown velvet yoke and belt makes charming
little dress, and gay red plaid silk has olive
green velvet with it; cream challi or white cam
vas with read blue or brown velvetis also a stylish
combination. TO complete these dresses there
must be bow of satin ribbon on the right
shoulder. and long-looped bow with ends is sci
on the left side of the belt. There are also otheH
round gathered waists with belt and frill OF
embroidery like bertha around the low neck,
and still Others especially for silks and woolens,
have old-time shirred waists made lining
gathered around the neck and shirred to sharp
point in front. These have short pulled sleeves.
Double skirts are made to these round-waist
guimpe dresses for large girls. These are merely
doubled at the top half their length or tribe
more, and are most seen when muslin embroidS
cred along one selvage is used.