Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-11-26
NEW YORK FASHIONS
DRESS FOR LITTLE FOLKS MATTER
OF ABSORBING INTEREST.
What Lord Fauntleroy Has to Answer For
Charming Costumes for Young Misses
Some Dainty Underwear.
(correspondence OF the Dispatch.)

Correspondence or the Dispatcn)
NEW YORK, November &.-Dress for
the younger-even the youngest gen.
eration-has become OF recent years sub
ject of deep and, to mothers, quite alb
sorbing interest. The little ones are
dressed very charmingly nowadays-that
Is, when they are not unfortunate In the
possession Of parents with taste for the
picturesque. In the latter case they are
like TO have their little lives made bur-
densome, for these dainty little conti-
mental, cavalier, Louis XIV. and Puritan
dresses are exceedingly effective, but they
give the children a general air OF figuring
in a perpetual fancy-dress party. And
the other children make fun OF them,
and mamma scolds II they soil the pretty
garments, and altogether existence be-
comes stilted and melancholy. though,
OF course, still picturesque. Truly Lord
Fauntleroy," as the forerunner Of this
race of youngsters, has much TO answer
for.
CHARMING DRESS.
But the mother who likes 20 dress the
small, people charmingly and suitably at
once puts little Jack into something like
this for best" wear: There Is first a.
fine white linen shirt, with a deep sailor
jacket This shirt has a most elaborate
ruffied and embroidered front. much like
gentlemen wore in the '4Gs. The suit is
OF dark-brown or black velvet, with
short. roundabout jacket and tight-fit-
ting Knickerbockers, the deep collar and
ruifled cuffs OF the shirt giving an effec-
tive contrast to the velvet, and the stock
ings are of black. with buckled shoes.
LITTLE MISSES.
Maud or Ethel, aged about s or 10. wears
| a winter crepon OF grayish blue, made in
| one piece with a deep yoke Of velvet in
| a darker shade. and immense sleeves
| just like mammals, and looking very
| cute" on her little arms These are also
| Of the velvet. Edging the yoke and the
| skirt as well are bands Of silver-fox FUR
| Fur Is much favored for little folk, and
most OF the outer garments for girls are
extensively trimmed with 1t. And Of
course they all carry muffs. twice too
large for their own dimensions.
Misses dress more and more like their
| elders. in fact there has come TO De
very little distinction between misses ana
| ladies' designs Girls at II or so lengthen
out their skirts quite 10 their boot-tops.
and IN fact childhood in the fin de steele
is reduced to as brief a period as posi-
| BILE.
UNDERWEAR.
Dainty underwear is among the details
OF dress that now arrogates to itself the
position of a principal element Milady
| spends as much on this department al
most as on the outer gear. Recent IN
gerie is certainly very pretty. The new
est cainisoles are perhaps the widest
departure from older standards They
are no longer "underwaists' shaped ike
! the bodice. but are graceful little cover
| ngs for the shoulders and bust, SNAPPED
| I'm some models like you. e jackets. ara
| In no case s-aching to the waist. They
still fulfil the original ob1ect-the pre-
servation of the corset. The latter Is
being produced in fine linen, embroidered
over with tiny sprays and blossoms, In
color. The chemse also has new fea-
lures One manifestation Is called Sc
norIta." and is made with the effect or
a Spanish jacket of lace, coming beneath
the arms and almost to the waist; IL IS
prettily run through with ribbons, ana
makes n charming mode or trimming.
For the gown. cambria ruffies. embroider-
ed often in color, are seemingly prefer
red 70 lace for garniture The shoulder
capes seen in all the outer styles and the
favorite bretelles are initiated on the
night-dresses. toby" frills are also
still worn. AS TO the pantalons these are
now OF an eNtItIleF HluAu IMAM w.
heretofore, and in fact simulate brief
skirt. There Is a fancy for extending
| the trimming on the outside Of the leg,
| sometimes as far as the waist.
FASHION NOTES.
Everybody complains Of the season,
and dressmakers talk OF hard times; but
the dress parade, 10 all outward seem
! ing. Is as gay and as extensively gotten
| up as ever
| Fur is being effectively applied as
vertical form OF trimming.
A pretty house-gown OF the present
season was en- princesse, OF pale-gray
cashmere. made with train, the sleeves
Of striped gray and black velvet.
We are 10 have fur even on dancing
dresses. The corsage Of a recent evening
! gown was encircled by an edging or
/ sable; the sleeves Of sable and lace being
I particularly fetching.
The gayest and lightest brocades are
| seen in opera wraps.
The chrysanthemum, the regnant flower
of the season, is seen in some OF the late
! millinery.
The newest freak in evening dress is
the round Jacket bodice with a flare at
the bottom coming quite eight inches
below the waist. 1t is street-bodice, cut
out at the top.
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