Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-05
HINTS FOR BABY CLOTHES.
With a shop Garment for a Model
Ideals are Possible.
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
To tell young mother how TO make baby's
outfit is as ponderous a task as teaching
stenography IL six lessons. In the first place
woman must have some knowledge OF sewing.
and in the next il is essential that she know
something about the fitness OF things. Babies.
as a rule, are shapeless little creatures and
defy measurement IL is sufficient that the
garments DO not bind at any place. and SO long
as they can be kept from gathering up aud
smothering the little one they pass judgment.
1t goes without saying that they must be
touched with beauty and made of the finest
loom.
As one object lesson is better to class than
a term Of theoreuc instruction the maternal
novice will find it advantageous TO 20 to dry
goods shop to buy a set of baby clothes for
models. The copy need not cost 81 all told,
and in the purchase the amateur has all the
suggestions needed to fashion a really beGUtl-
full outfit. Being designed in cheap material
the garments can be ripped apart and used an.
place of patterns. The attempt at decoratioa
will serve for improvements in trimming aad
the careless sewing be a silent reproOf 20 lhe
student The number of slips. linen bfnds
Barrie coats. pettlcoRts and long dresses. the
supply of plaids. blankets. shawls. Jacques
socks aud shirts will depend entirely on the
fancy OF the mother. But like the X, MIN of the
modern bride who lays in lot Of underwear
to get yellow in a trunk, there is "A good deal Of
nonsense in stocking a linen BASKET, hamper
a bassinet. for the reason that the dot of
humanity is flower OF rapid growth, and
given half chance will be Ready for short
clothes before the real value of his trailing
robes has been exhausted.
To be sure, the embroidered fiannels and
company dresses will cut down but for tie
sentimental aversion a mother has OF desc
Grating the garments Of her first born by the
application of steel or economy.
Given the model and one tour of inspection
through an infants supply department OF dry
goods shop, any needlewomap can collect a
trosseau at less than a third OF the shop cost.
When short clothes are donned il will be found
profitable to buy pongee or India silk instead
of the delicate bombaZlnes. mulls. batiste aud
French cambrics, SO costly TO trim and so
troublesome to laundry. The shop keepers
will make silk dress TO order for SO, and. al
lowing the same amount for silk ana lace to
finish the neck and sleeves, a garment superior
TO one that retails for sll will be the outcome.
As before stated, shop model may be had for
60 cents or less TO guide the RmR-
teur IL does not pay % attempt TO
make boys clothes. For - complete suits are
offered and a boy OF fourteen may be rugged
out from head 10 foot for ell. There Is a
temptation on the part Of visionary mothers 20
cat down fathers trousers, but unless she has
served an apprenticeship TO a tailor IL is cru
city to the child A casual glance at the home-
humorous but Tor the misery endured by their
respective occupants. In the majority OF cases
both sides are cut on the same principle and
the boys head concealed il would be impossi-
BILE to tell whether he was going TO school or
coming home. There are many ways of econ
omizing, but the small boy and his growing
brother should have the advantage Of male az
tire