Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-05-11
CHILDREN'S FASHIONS.
Dainty Gowns and Dresses for Little Boys
and Girls.

Childrcn's fashions were never moro
bewitching than now. The most pic
turesquo styles worn by the peasant
children of the Old World are repro
duced for the little ones wear The
white guimpe is part of nearly all
dresses of cambria or gingham 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 distinctively severe
style of their own. There is much less
embroidery used, aad 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 capcs edged with embroidery. and
surmounted 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 at the
wrist, but held in between by tiny
tucks, so that they fitted to the arm.
This sleeve is shown in many of the
drcssy 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 grempses of fine tucks. The
waist is laid in three plaits on either
shoulder seam, forming strap about
two inches in width. The fullness of
these plaits is drawn down in clusters
of shirring, showing tho greimpe in
point in front. The waist at tho back
has n plain yoke neck. and sash of
white muslin like the guimpo 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 tho bottom and are very
full, two breadth and half of gingham
being required to furnish the requisite
fullness. Quaker dresses in gray,
with hats of gray trimmed with cheory
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
plain, full skirt simply hemmed or
hemmed with cluster of half-inch
tucks above the hem. 1t is fashion
to have nil tucks run with needle,
and many of the dresses for little
ones are 30 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-
DUN ana rose PINK, robins egg blue
and brown, cardinal and blue, or any
ofthe minglings of gorgeous shades and
delicate tints found this season in these
goods. A good styls is round waist
laid in box-plaits on either side of the
opening of the back and plain in front
with vest pieco of white embroidery or
fino,whitc tucking inserted in front; with
straps across simple borders of narrow
embroidery Mt tho neck and sleeves;
and with four-inch sash covering tho
seam where tho full skirt meets the
waist and tying in bow at the back.
This is design frequently used for
striped cambrics. which como
In lines of pale blue and pink on white
or buff grounds. lilac or plain white
grounds, and other patterns, 1t docs
away with the gpimpe. as the little
vest Of muslin and tho white embroid-
cry offers sufficient reliof,-& Y Iri-
bune,