Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-10-13

trical qualities, it is claimed At any rate
these hanuels are taking the place of wool
and wash silks wherever they can be used
in place of cotton or linen For their LONG
coaks there is a new flannel with a long
silky wooden fleece that is very pretty. 1t
comes only in white and pearl gray and i.
to be lined with florentine silk, pink OF
blue, according to the sex of the baby-blue
for boy and pink for girl. For very
cold weather there will be little hoods
made of this same material and having a
full ribbon rosette border. The tiny knit.
ted sacks that babies wear have gigot
sleeves and ripple collars! Poor little
things to have to begin so early.
The babies little feet are covered with
silk stockings anG knitted wool shoes up to
the time they put on short clothes, and
then there are mites of white, blue, pink
and bronze shoes made with soft soles and
very wide at the toes, so as to give them a
chance to grow as God intended they
should. To each little cold weather hood
is attached white wooden lace veil, which
keeps the nose warm. Those who can af.
ford it get white moufllon fur robe for the
baby carriage. and in that warm nest the
infant can thrive and be comfy" Mort.
arty's baby can be just as warm in an old
ragged shawl. but he won't look SO nice,
poor little chap!
Then come the little tots whose fat feet
have just learned to toddle, and for them
we find an endless array of warm little
frocks, nearly all in dark colors, plaids and
mixtures. The boys have their skirts
killed and have loose but warm sailor
shaped blouses fastened to the skirt and
nearly always of the same material. Trcot,
bedford mixtures, lightweight cheviot and
cashmere are all seen in the dresses for lit.
tle boys and the coiors are, as said, dark.
Plaids are well adapted for such wear, but
they should be washable and hemmed o,
tucked with view to lengthening as the
child outgrows or washing shrinks them.
A yard of wide goods will make full suit
for such mite of humanity.
When boy has reached the mature
age of 3, he can have a figaro jacket and
white silk or percale shirt waist, made
blouse fashion, with double frills down the
front and with wide fancy collar and a
bow nearly as big as himself under mis-
chin. Over this he can have tiny figaro,
braided or otherwise decorated to please
his mothers taste. His kilt may be plain,
or it may be plaid, box plated. Under
this, if the weather is cold. he can have
a small pair of real panties, or he can
ones reaching the shoes. On his busy lit
tie head he can wear n velvet polo cap or a
Tam OShanter
His brother can, if he likes, have pretty
serge sailor suit, blouse and kilt. with &
soft Tam O'Shanter cap and wear a REFER
when he goes out but the ; -year-old broth
er can wear-oh, delightful-a coachman' 5
coat with four capes and an alpine hat.
The coat is of drab kersey and he has high
boots. Oh, my And he always tries to
cary Il whip if he can. His box coat has
just as many capes and just us big pockets
as "A real coachmans.
There is the 7-year-old, and the little
mother in the store twines the soft curls
around her fingers and smiles misty,
dreamy smile and asks for a Norfolk suit.
The 7-year-old loathes and hates kits and
despises curls, and so the next day he ap-
pears in brown mixture Norfolk jacket,
with knee pants and these have "A hip peck
etl And the curlsY Oh, they are all swept
away out of the BARRIERS shop-all except