The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-07
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Sensible Suggestions Concerning Useler
Flnery.

| Sensible Suggestions Concerning UseIeT
Flnery.
Manufacturers Of clothing have done
very little for girls at that age when
the child is mer9ing into womanhood
and is yet neither child nor woman
During this age the girl is rapidly grow
ing, and for several years it is almost
impossible to keep her in clothes, so
quickly does she outgrow the carefully
prepared garments which have been
made for her. At the stores there are
large sizes of children's clothes, and
small sizes of women's clothes, but
very little else to choose from. With
boys this is different; there are distinct
styles set down for youths, who, in the
words of the old rhyme, are neither
men nor boys, but hobble-de-hoys."
One thing is certainly true of a girls
dress at this age, when she is usually in
| school. 1t should be simple and only
sufficient for her needs The soft round
prettiness of growing babies tempts
mothers to be extravagant in providing
dainty delicate muslins carefully
hemmed by hand, but whatever tempta-
ton there may be, in girl in her teens
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gracefully she may develop into woman
hood, she is at an age when she is
growing more rapidly than ever before,
and is not likely to wear out any thing
made for her, but to grow out,of every
thing. The underwear of such a girl
should be ample to allow for her devel-
oping figure, and should be made of do
mestic muslins rather than of more
dainty materials. She should wear
warm outfit of wooden underclothes
next to her skin and a comfortable
corded waist made like woman's
waist On no account burden down q
growing girl with corsets. Let her de-
eide herself, when she has reached the
years of maturity, whether she desires
to wear them. A great many we'll
dressed women of fashion are leaving
them off, so it is no longer an outre
thing for a woman to do so. The corded
waist will give her all the support she
requires, and will allow for the greatest
activity of movement. Make all her
muslin underwear as severely plain as
possible Avoid the vulgarity of a
cheap-Hamburg ruffle of embroidery.
Linen ruffles plainly hemmed is all that
should be used, and even these may be
dispensed with. If the girl is going to
school the washing must be done in the
general laundry of the school, where it
is not possible to do ironing in
the careful manner in which it
is done at home. The English
well being and health of her child be-
fore its appearance, makes the simplest
garments for her growing girls. The
greater part of the underwear and all
the bedding in English families is not
ironed, but pressed through the mangle.
The washing is done in the most thor
ough manner, but there is no time
wasted in dampening and elaborately
ironing these pieces. Sheets that are
thoroughly dried in the sun or in the
drying-room and mangled are much
more sure to be free from dampness
than those dampened and laboriously
ironed. In cases of severe sickness
wise physicians often order that
the sheets and clothing of the
sufferer shall be simply pressed
without dampening, in order to be
certain that they shall be thoroughly
dry. 1t is pity that such genuine
labor-saving machine as the mangle is
not in more general use in this country.
The outer dress of q growing school
girl should be extremely plain and made
in loose ample style. The fashionable
blouse dresses, the pretty zouave jack
cts are all samples of simple youthful
bodices. A plain, full skirt is the best
choice at present till girl is at least
sixteen. A single simple hat of felt,
trimmed severely and plainly is all that
is necessary, and warm jacket for
winter and a light one for summer are
the essential wraps to provide a board
ing-school miss. A warm, thick wrap
per made of blanketing and comforta.
bic felt shoes are important additions
to young girls wardrobe.-N. Y. Trib.
une.