Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-27
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Baby CIcvcIand's wardrobe.
The wardrobe of the new Cleveland
baby is said TO be the product of Mrs.
Cleveland's own hands. Baby Ruth's
outfit was made by New York seam
stress. Mrs. Cleveland was then in
experienced, and did not know in de-
tail the requirements of an infant But
her second girl will have all the advan-
tages of Mrs. Cleveland'S experience
with little Ruth and will enjoy the
benefit of the fine matericl3, such as
flannels, wooden goods, soft silks and
the like which have been sent to the
Presidents wife TO be made up into
baby clothes.
Like many another dainty woman,
Mrs Cleveland's preference is for
white. She says it shows at a glance
whether it is clean or soilcd, and so 1t
is more sanitary than colored goods
Besides that, it is the emblem Of pur-
ity, and is sweeter far for babyhood
tan colors can ever be.
Mrs. Cleveland carries her prefer
ence for white further than most Vo-
men do. The new baby has six outing
cloaks which are to do duty next sum
mer. They are all white and of six
different materials. One is of fine
white flannel lined with white silk. 1t
falls in gathers from the neck, and it
has very full sleeves. which are fin
ished with n silk ruflle. The neck of
the cloak has a silk ruffle around it,
high at the back of the neck and taper
ing to a very narrow frill under the
chin. This is done out of regard TO the
comfort for baby's neck. The other
white clOaks are respectively Of corded
silk, elder down, brOadcloth, satin, and
there is one of soft crepe cloth lined
with wool. They are all deliciously
soft, and there is not one among them
which weighs as heavy as the ordinary
cloak which is the outfit Of every work
aday child. You could take them all
and roll them into Il bundle small
enough to fit lady's hand satchel.
Aud the bundle would be rs soft us
pillow of down.
Baby Cleveland's shoes, and there
are twenty pairs Of them which have
been made at home, are of fine white
chamois skin embroidered with white
silk floss. The soles of the shoes are
made like n little boI-upturncd all
arOund-and the tops are put on with
a buttonhole stitching of the floss. For
summer there are 60 be some silk ones.
made after the same pattern, and half
a dozen pairs of "tennis Shoes" or
shoes Of tennis flannel.
Many of Mrs. Clevcland's SCHOOLGIRL
friends in Buffalo, with whom she still
keeps up her acquaintance, wrote to
her, begging the honor of making the
baby's dress. Many of these offers
Mrs. Cleveland accepted, knowing that
they came from kind hearts animated
nv 10 Of "a la1,
Cleveland has the honor of owning a
trousseau upon which great many
people have been at work since last
spring. When asked her preference
in the style of baby dresses Mrs. Clcve-
land has invariably replied with sweet
little note saying that she had no pref
erence, but would value the work for
the sake of the giver, no matter how
it might be fashioned.
Mrs. Cleveland bought the material
for most of her little girls dresses her.
self. They were cut out by the seams.
tress who made Dorothy Whitney'S
baby outfit years ago, and who tells
with pride that she has had n hand in
producing the outfit for every Cabinet
baby that has been born during the
last eight years.
All everyday dresses, the little after
noon gowns, the dress-up robes and the
grand christening garment are of pure
white silk. The difference in these is
An the way they are made, and not in
the material. The afternoon dresses
are finished mt the hem with n scalloT
and tracing of white silk. The fine
dresses have q deep embroidery upon
the skirt, aEd they are embroidered
at the wrist and neck RULES. The
christening robe is a mass OF soft sill
embroidery with a ruffie OF embroidered
chiffon yelling on the skirt.
The caps which Baby Cleveland Is
TO wear are the ,cunningcst part of the
outfit They are made like Tan
OShanters." The "ram" part is not
very large, but the rim. which answer:
for a headpiece. is big enough 10 iii
down over baby's brow and cover ur
the back of baby's head. The cloak
with its high ruille. comes up 20 meet
the Tam O'Shanter" And there yOu
arel
The Washington climate may prove
tickle and the winds at Gray Gables
be ever so sharp, but they cannot hope
20 penetrate the softncss OF Baby Cleve
lands hat and cloak nor get through
the soft wooden stuff which is used &c
line everything.
A Woman Traveller