Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-09-05
MODES FOR CHILDREN.
n"w to Dress Boys and Girls Neatly an
Attractively.


Attractively.
: that the season is we'll estab-
l'she !, it is pleasure to chronicle
the doings of fashion with regard to
children's apparel, The simplest styles
are the most popular and by far the
prettiest, and manufacturers have re-
sponded to this preference by preparing
the finest cottons, the softest and most
delicate woolens, and mixtures which
are the most effective when made up
without elaboration. White fabrics of
all kinds are chosen for the midsum-
mer dresses worn by both large and
sm''u girls, making beautiful effects by
tn" use of embroidery, lace and ribbon.
plain woolens of fine texture in white,
cream and light shades generally are
yery much employed, and form an ex-
cellent foundation for trimmings of
guipure and embroidery, which may be
wrought separately or on the dress ma
terlal. A very pretty dress for girl of
ten is made of pale willowgreen CASH
mere, and is cut in princess shape at
the front and back. At the sides the
skirt is joined to the bodice under a belt
of ribbon. A blouse front of pale green
silk is gathered at the neck and waist,
but finely plated below, and is fastened
to the dress diagonally from the right
shoulder down under band of hand
some embroidery. The back is arranged
in triple box-plait starting at the
neck under a collar of embroidery and
ornamented with long loops and ends of
narrow ribbon. The ribbon belt begins
under the plat and ties in front. The
sleeves are very full and are drawn in
above each wrist under band and bow
OF ribbon, and knot of ribbon is also
placed up the left shoulder. This dress
would be equally pretty in washing ma
terials trimmed with embroidery, and
the drapery might in this case be al
lowed to fall in natural folds instead of
being plated, style more suitable for
washing dresses.
A pretty little dress for a girl from
eight to fourteen years old is made of a
plaid fabric, either of wooden or Scotch
zephyr, and has the front and sleeves
cut on the bias, while the back is
straight. The body is gathered at the
neck and waist at both front and back,
and fastened in front invisibly among
the folds of the material. A ribbon
band around the waist is folded to a
point in front, and there are long loops
and ends on the left side of the front
and at the centerback The full sleeves
are each drawn in with ribbon at the
wrist and bow is placed at the inside
of the arm. The back part of the skirt
only is cut on the straight, mounted
with gathers at the waist, and bordered
with deep fiounce of embroidery laid
on fiat. The collar is deep ruffie Of
embroidery closing at the back.
neat summer suit for boy from
eight to eleven years is made as follows
The trousers are Of white flannel, and
are cut in true sailor fashion, while the
blouse is of marine-blue flannel, en-
broidered in white, with a white shield
The sailor cap is also of the blue flannel
Simple dresses for little boys of foul
and five years are made in sacqut
shape, either in serge or seersucker, anC
trimmed with fat bands of embroidery
The front is closed diagonally from the
left shoulder, and belt of embroider,
fastens with a buckle or metal clasp
When the material is serge, little
polo cap of the same, with broad banC
of the embroidery, is made to complete
the costume.
A great many girls hats for summer
wear are made of fancy straw in white
black, ard colors, especially beige. TIL,
crowns are low and fiat, the brims wild,
in front, and are either wide and turned
up against the crown at the back, O
very much shorter behind and concealed
by trimming. Leghorn hats are tn,
standard kind for children's broad brims
and they are allowed to droop lin,
about the face, perhaps weighted her,
and there by iower-branches. Man,
light and cool hats for little tots ar,
made of Liberty" or China silk shirret
over reeds or wire.
The most satisfactory every-da,
dresses for children, being at once cool
, durable and cheap, are make of cross
barred linen, the kind which is sold TO
glass toweling. 1t only costs twelv
, cents yard, and the prettiest possible
dresses for both little boys and girl
, are made into kilt or gathered skirt
, and blouse waists. -Leslie's Illustrate,
Newspaper.