The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-07-20

SO very pretty, but on the other hand
they are serious inconvenience to the
baby. It looks cunning to see the little
tots gather up their petticoats whenever
they want to run or climb, but they
often step on them and tumble over,
and they do seriously hamper their free
movement.
I think it would be good plan to
make the little dresses shorter for play
and long only for show or outside wear
when child is expected to be still.
Up in Central park and Bryant's park,
the two places where the children con-
gregate in the greatest numbers with
their nurses, one sees little mites in
white muslin, with long skirts and blue
or pink sashes, toddling around with at
least one hand useless for any other pur
pose than to lift up the long skirt.
But you see '.the latest" in all the
grades. One little gimp dress struck
me as being very pretty, if little odd.
The gimp was of pale blue India silk.
with the rest of black pongee. There
were little butterfly bows of blue on the
shoulders and three of the same down
the front of the dress.
Another had gretchen waist and
full plain skirt of black pongee, with
the upper part of the waist and full
bishop sleeves of orange India silk. The
black skirt was feather stitched above
the hem with orange silk. 1t made q
very becoming dress.
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baby of three was of moss green surah
''shot" with peachblow, so that the little
thing looked like dove in the changing
lights. The skirt was long and plainly
hemmed. The waist was sort of mod
flied Russian, with squares of Russian
embroidery around the neck over the
gimp of pink silk. The balloon sleeves
ended at the elbow with a narrow frill
of lace.
The dress for her motherly little sis
ter was Of blue and white striped wash
surah, made with blouse waist, plain
skirt and sleeves pulled to the elbow.
The forearm, bottom of the skirt and
the ruff on the shoulders all had rows Of
narrow dark blue ribbon sewn on fiat.
The skirt came to a little below the
knees.
For little boys in dresses the most sat-
isfactory gown for summer is made of
pique, with little sailor blouse, the
whole trimmed with narrow strips of
blue percale stitched on fiat. This will
stand no end of washing and hard wear.
For wooden nothing is as good as blue
serge or flannel, and they can be trim
med with few yards of white braid
and can be washed as often as need be,
and that is pretty often.
Natty little suits for boys in pants are
made of pink and white or blue and
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blue sailor collar ~
for the blue one <lH}TAI1A
or Turkey red for (MfT| IN
the other. They H. IN S0
are inexpensive, -T
easy to make and NJ HIM
prettier than any N@sEAEA-A
thing. Gray Hol- E5/UtA M
land linen is also MTNT
used for small W. | ~
boys, and it is ! IN
stout and will ILM
bear washing in tWlM
definitely. Hi
For the pretty
elder sister who
is standing with
reluctant feet III
where the brook IA
and river meet" IA
present sim ~
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just the kind she ---------Sp
wants. The body |p-r-r-@a~
of the gown is ~
plain, with Mar SIMPLE AND DAINTY.
guerite bodice of white crepe or null,
bound all around with blue MORE rib
bon. The same makes point at the
front and forms collar. The sleeves
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