The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-04-28
CHILDREN'S CLOTHES.
Charming Nainsook and Pique Dresses fol
Boys and Girls.

The first short dresses worn by chill
dren from six months to one year old
(by boys and girls alike) are yoke slips
of nainsook made Just short enough to
escape being trod on as the child walks,
These little slips have a round or
pointed yoke of fine tucks. with feather
stitching or embroidery between, with
sleeves slightly full at the wristband,
and full skirt hemmed and tucked be-
low, then gathered to the yoke. For
the second year "baby-waist" dresses
are made with belt, yoke and full
skirt; these have very deep yoke, with
short space (yet fully between the yoke
and belt. A sash of the nainsook with
trimmed ends may be added at the
sides of the belt, and tied behind in a
large bow. Girls continue to wear
such dresses until they put on guimpe
waists, and indeed until they are ten
or twelve years old, but to show that
baby boys are boys, more boyish-look-
ing dresses are put on them when they
are two and half years old. Thus
for boys are one-piece dresses of pique
made with round plated waist and
skirt With much larger plaits sewed to
the waist under belt. The front of
tho waist has a box plat down the
'ysiddle. with six small side plaits on
each side of it, A turned-down collar,
open in front and back, is trimmed with
linen braid put on in curves. Rows of
curled linen braid are across the
front plaits of the waist and the very
large box plat of the skirt; the re-
mainder of the skirt may be either in
large kilt plaits or in box plaits. Tho
belt and the sleeves are also braided.
The new Louis Quinze suits of pique
for boys three to five years old dispense
with a separate blouse of nainsook, and
have instead a full pulled front Qike a
Fedora vest) OF all-over embroidered
muslin sewed on the front of the pique
underwaist to which the kilt skirt of
pique is sewed. The little jacket of this
suit has a broad short back, with short
fronts curving away from the neck to
show the embroidered blouse-like fromt,
and is also curved open up the UNDER
arm seams, with curled linen braid for
the trimming. The collar is square be-
hind, in sailor shape, and quite short in
front. The sailor suit also reappears
for boys of three to five years or more,
made of pique, either plain white, or
with tiny dots of blue or red, or with
coiored stripes or cross rows on either
white or buff ground. The kilt skirt is
sewed to a twilled cotton under-waist
which is covered in front with pique to
look like sailors shirt, the stripes be-
ing laid across, and the neck bound
without a'collar. Over this is the sailor
blouse cut in point low ut the throat,
WITH deep collar, square behind,
pointed in front, and finished at the
point with bow or sailor knot of
blue or red ribbon. This dress is also
worn by girls, and may be made of blue
bingham, flannel or serge, or of white
woods or plaid or striped cotton or wool
goods.
White nuslins are made up with open
embroidery in all-over design for wear
ing with guimpes for girls of three to
ten years. The full round skirt is
gathered to the waist and scalloped at
the foot; the embroidery in wheels or
lattice pattern nearly covers it. The
round low-necked waist is cut out of
the embroidery, and has a striped eff
feet given it by the lengthwise box
plaits of nainsook sewed upon it at in
tervals all around. The sleeves are
half-long, with a corded edge below,
and pointed cap of embroidery at the
top. The neck is simply corded
Watered ribbon. two inches wide,
passes as belt around the waist under
the plaits, ending in bow on the left
side. Small bows on the shoulders
HGrper's Bazaar.