St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-05-12
CHlLDREN'S FASHIONS.
Dainty Gowns and Dresses for Little Boys
and Girls.

Dainty Gowns and Dresses for Little Boys
Children's fashions were never more
bewitching than now. The most pic
turesquc styles worn by the peasant
children of the Old World are repro
duced for the little ones wear me
white guinpe is q part Of nearly al
dresses of cambria or bingham worn by
little girls. Little boys dresses are
made much palmer than those OF little
girls, even for toddlers of two years OF
age, and have disti1ctively severe
style Of their own. There is much less
embroidery used, and the dresses are
oftener of pique than of the sheerer
muslins used for little girls gowns:
The smallest baby boys over year old
puts on suit of pique but little differ
ent, except in length from the one
piece suit he wears later, which Is
made by the tailor of cloth. There
were several white pique frocks In the
outfit recently ordered for the infant
King of Spain. These were all trim
med with thick white embroidery and
had capes edged with embroidery, and
surmouhted by broad, plain collars. A
little cream-white flannel dress ordered
in this outfit was trimmed with en-
broidery and finished with sleeves
which were full at the top and ct the
wrist, but held in between by tiny
tucks, so that they fitted to the arm.
This sleeve is shown in many of the
dressy little gowns of India silk and OF
white wool now being made for little
girls.
Plain ginghams in odd flower tints
like gillitlower pink, grayish corn
flower blue, yellow and golden brown
are all used for little girls gowns,
with guimpses OF sheer white muslin.
Quaint little Quaker gowns are made
with greimpses of fine tucks. The
waist is laid in three plaits on either
shoulder seam, forming a strap about
two inches in width. The fullness of
these plaits is drawn down in clusters
of shirring, showing the greimpe in
point in front The waist at the back
has a plain yoke neck, and sash of
white muslin like the guimpe comes
from the side seams and ties in large
bow at the waist line. The waist OF
these gowns are very short and the
skirts are made without tucks, with
wide hens at the bottom and are very
full, two breadth and half of bingham
being required to furnish the requisite
fullness. Quaker dresses in gray,
with hats of gray trimmed with CHEEKY
ribbons, or in buff with dark hat in
navy blue straw with white gauze rib
bon trimmings, make picturesque
costumes. The round waist with
sharply-pointed low-necked yoke, cut
out in circular form (having exceed
ingly full, short puff sleeves), is gath
cred into a belt and finished with a
plain, full skirt, simply hemmed or
hemmed with a cluster of half-inch
tucks above the hem. 1t is a fashion
to have all tucks run with a needle,
and many of the dresses for little
ones are so beautifully made
that they are models of what
needlework should be. This dress is
an excellent design for Scotch ging-
hams which come in clan plaids and in
fancy plaids of many soft rich hues-
buff and rose pink, robins egg blue
and brown, cardinal and blue, or any
of the minglings Of gorgeous shades and
delicate tints found this season in these
goods A good style is round waist
laid in box-plaits on either side of the
opening of the back and plain in fropt
with vest piece of white embroidery Er
fne|white tucking inserted in front; w4h
straps across simple borders of narrow
embroidery at the neck and sleevJs;
and with four-inch sash covering the
| seam where the full skirt meets the
waist and tying in bow at the back.
This is design frequently used for
striped cambrics, which come
in lines of pale blue and pink on white
or buff grounds, lilac or plain white
grounds, and other patterns. 1t does
away with the guimpe, as the little
| vest of muslin and the white embroid-
| cry offers sufficient relief. ~ Y. Tr;-
bu1se.