The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-10
whole course OF tho evening. In many III
tie matters of This sort We arc going back

whole course OF tho evening. In many Ht-
tie matters of this sort wo nra going back
to the careful punGtil!a OF what many are
pleased to call tho good old times.
IL interests mo always to note how women
dress thor children, there In such a differ.
efce between the aeuselesa heapinR Of OffA~
inent and tho outlay of Thought and ofiRF-
nality that results i'll something removed
from n fashion plate oil Il small scale. There
is one little girl Whose succession OF frockH
has been In IL way a study to mo over aincn
she was big enough to walk alone. They
always suit her, express something Of her
own proper individuality, and IL would mot
be easily possible to imagine them worn ny
any other child. Small women OF my 40
anaintance, and large ones, | think Of 90 =
rule without reference 60 their attire, bus
this long-laahed little mistress presents har-
self to me always III | last saw her clothed.
/ am thinking OF her this evening In
tique looking hured silk in soft colortnR VI
bronze, copper and lemon yellow, cut simply
yet with a touch of fancy that suggeat9 Kate
Greenway's Illustrations. She holds a kitten
in her arms, and with her In girl cousin
whose froek is of gfay.green cashmere with
lemon silk at the throat and lemon ribbons
In her curls.
whom l noticed a few days ago In ono Of
the big dry goods stores. Her mother wnS
matching something, and there stood tho
patient mite in an empire frock Of q dull
beiqe-colored cashmere with Il deep hounce
ut the bottom. about which ran ruche and
heading of punched ribbon loops Of pale
blue. Her ribbon sash tied under her arm
pits and hung in ends on the left side. The
soft, short, loose waist came up over n
glimpse OF white muslin dotted with blue,
and epaulets of muslin without the dots
we're plated on the shoulders and brought
round i'll fans to meet Mt the points OF the
| shallow Y of the waist in front and be-
hind. These epauiets were quantity erl-
broidered and gave the effect OF = little
white pelerine. The full sleeves were
brought into cuffs at the wrists, these be-
ing headed with ribbon ruchinRs. A wide,
fat hat Of biege-colored straw went appro-
~priately enough with the dress, and was
trimmed with blue corn flowers and r~osettes
of narrow blue velvet ribbons. ssas
The small girl whose mother promotes
he" to straw hats should be very happy, for
those of drawn silk or muslin arc heavily
burdened with things meant as~ adornments.
but usually far enough from being orna-
mental. silk pompons are pretty. when
| the fancy of the trimmer can confine III
| self to anything 50 simple, but ostrich
plumes reckoned by the half dozen are
more common and 10 mixed with flowers
and lace f~uIlings and ribbon ~pufiings that a
hat top comes to look as if in joke some
body had sat down and said: Nov come
and see how much and how many | can
put on -
The children's outfits that are being pre-
pared with 80 many happy thoughts OF a
summer in the country exhibit a good deal
of shocking. With the smoking goes en-
broidery in outline. A dress just finished
for Mrs. Thomas Edison's tiny daughter il
of gray cashmere worked with deep crimson
silk. 1t is shocked ut the throat in a mar
row band, and then the ~fullnesS is set into
folds forming a yoke, upon which ia set the
bodice, having a tiny frill, below which 10
another narrow band of smoking. Tho
skirt is short. full and tucked, aud upon
the waistband, deep shoulder straps and
banded cuffs are worked light scroll pat
terms. A tiny little bag to hold a handker-
chief hangs from the waistband, and this,
too, is finished with needlework.
Quite tiny girls--in fact those just able
to ~walk-wear little frocks that are high 1t
the throat and have pulled sleeves to the
wrists. They are usually made straight
from the neck where there is a little amock-
ing or gauging, and have two or three tucks
at their lower edges. Nainsook and soft
silks and de LANES are made up in this
manner and s,shes are added or omitted a.
dictated by taste or by the occasion.
For girls of q Little larger growth it is be-
coming very usual to make dresses with