Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-10
THE FASHIONS.
What New York Women Are
Wearing.
Points About Proper Clothes
for Children.
The Fashionable Length and Details
of Girls Dresses.
Spring Jackets and Capes-The Skirts
of New Spring Costumes.
The Latest in
ParasOls.

absence of extremes is noticeable; vari-
eties in color, style and combination,
however, are always interesting. During
the coming season, fashionably dressed
boys will wear brown in all shades, from
the lightest tan to the darkest seal
brown, and English serge cheviots in
stripes of various sizes and also in mixed
grounds, are brought out for this pur-
pose. Pretty little suits of lightweight
cheviot are made in Nassau style, with
white embroidered blouse and knicker-
booker trousers, for boys from to years
of age; while for those from years and
upwards, similar material is used for
suits with the same kind of trousers,
and stylish dou ble- breasted jackets, hav-
ing three "patch" pockets. The intro
duction of zouave trousers ls quite a
novelty in boys clothing, and "middy"
suits in cheviot or blue flannel are
shown in this new style. "Galatea," in
blue and white or pink and white
stripes, has been found so satisfactory
in every respect that scarcely any other
material will be used for wash suits.
THE FASHIONABLE LENGTH
For little girls dresses is half way be-
tween the knee and shoetop, and waists
are now natural length, for the first
| time in several seasons. Cotton Bedford
cord, ginghams in plaids or stripes,
French nainsook, or dimity are the most
popular fabrics for girls school or COM
mon dresses, trimmed with turned
down embroidered ruffle around the
neck and embroidered cuffs to match,
or pointed yoke of embroidery with
pointed belt. Guimpes are more fash
ionable than ever, and high-necked
waists are often simulated guimpes, the
real ones being used with low-necked
dresses. For dancing-schoola and afternoon
parties, lovely little dresses of pink or
light-colored crepe de Chine, crepon,
challie or China silk are trimmed with
ecru Point de Gene lace and butterfly
| bows of ribbon.
No higher guarantee as to fit and
style can be given than to say these
goods are kept by Best & Co., of the
Liliputian bazaar. Families without
number living out of town depend on
them for the semi-annual fitting of each
juvenile from babyhood to incipient
man or womanhood, and in doing so
save money, as this house makes this
their exclusive business; manufactur-
ing in immense quantities., thereby
| possessing great advantage over gen.
eral stores which have merely chill
dren's department.
SPRING JACKETS AND CAPEs
are still in three-quarter lengths, but
considerable change in trimmings may
be observed, and ecru point de Gene or
Spanish guipure lace is lavishly used on
light tan or gray garments, and black
lace on those of a darker hue. Circular
capes, or those fitted in to the figure,
are trimmed with ecru lace several
inches deep around the edge, and one
or two rows of insertion above. Similar
lace is on yoke and collar, often with
the addition of ribbon shoulder knots,
| and bow and ends at the throat.
Stylish jackets have wide
lace frill around the neck, gathered very
full and falling over the shoulders, fin
ished off with a handsome ribbon bow.
Black passementerie isvery fashionable
on light.colored jackets, frequently put
on in corselet shape, with shoulder
pieces to match, or black lace draped on
the shoulder is pretty substitute.
THE SKIRTS OF NEW SPRING COSTUMES :
are almost all bell shaped-quite long,
dragging at the back from six to ten
inches, and all the fullness is laid in
one large double box plait, which has to
small plaits. Foot trimmings are op-
tional; two or three rows of braid,
narrow ruffle, a tull puff with double
full at the top, or folds entwiped with
ribbon, are all stylish many handsome
costumes, however, have no skirt
trimming, and few skirt braids are.
seen. The princesse style and coat
bodice are on the decline; pointed
waists or short pointed baaques, jacket
effects, yokes, guimpes, corselets and
everything that partakes of invisible
fastenings, are now the most fashion
able styles. The only really new corsage
is the Russian blouse, a long, loose gar
ment, gathered in over fitted lining,
to round, square or pointed yoke,
belted in and falling from fourteen to
eighteen inches below the waist. The
sleeves are of medium size, and hand
some fiat braid trims the skirt, neck,
belt and sleeves.
PARAsOLs FOR ORDINARY USE
are in all stylish changeable hues with
"tape edges"-an improvement on the
hemmed edge-and soft surahs with
one, two or three pinked ruffles have
been found 80 desirable that they con-
tinue in favor. Handsome black pongee
silk parasols, edged with wide black
chiffon ruffies, embroidered in delicate,
colored sprigs, or white dots, are very
attractive style, and bunchings of
chiffon or lace at the top are universal.
White parasols still lead in the most
recherche styles, and white pongee of
special beauty is bordered by white
chiffon ruffle, edged with black
silk embroidered palm leaves in
two sizes, go deity put on that
they appear to be woven in the fabric.
A rather fiat rosette showing these beau
! tiful leaves, with plated chiffon above,
is placed at the top. Another exquisite
parasol, designed especially for Saratoga
or Newport, is of striped changeable
MORE silk in pink or heliotrope, with a
white silk embroidered crepe de Chine
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