The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-01-21

London Telegraphi l will begin with
what is so often found serious diff
culty-the suitable dressing of young
girls not yet launched on the social
stream and yet, in holiday times. al
lowed to take some part in the gay do
ings of their elders. Nothing can be
nicer than dress recently duplicated
for the two daughters of a very popular
nobleman, aged respectively IA and IL,
both exceedingly pretty girls and tall
for their years. These gowns were OF
white Liberty gauze, with a crinkle and
fancy stripe in it, made up over white
lawn. The bodices we're fulled in, baby
fashion, and drawn in round the neck
and waist. The skirts were finished
with tiny frills. There were folded belts
OF gsuze and pufed sleeves, the bodices
being cut low round the neck and the
sleeves short. These were home dresses
for wearing in well warmed rooms. AS
young girls 60 out good deal at Christ
mas time, and our climate Is sort OF
see-saw in temperature, it is necessary
to provide dresses which are warm and
yet smart. Very expensive materials
are unsuitable in style and most extrav-
agant, as gowns for growing girls are
never worn for long. Artistic shades in
velveteen are, therefore, most useful.
A dress for nice looking maiden OF Is
ia in palest fawn colored velveteen, the
skirt finished with deep hem. The
bodice is made with pleated vest of
soft, pale pink silk, embroidered by
hand, in pretty, simple design, with
pink silk ell round. There iB broad
band of velvet forming belt, with
line of fawn and pink silk embroidery
in the center. The sleeves are pink silk,
with capes Of the velvet edged with en-
broidery falling over them. Some of
the shades in art velveteens are lovely,
particularly the pale blues and green's,
and the dresses made in it in rosebud
pink, canary yellow, and hedge sparrow's
egg-blue for tiny people of and years
old are most charming. Accordion
pleating 10 pretty for tall yonng girls.
and gowns of it look we'll on wearers be-
tween15 and IL. One ID made in sui
phur colored liberty Hilk--it is not wise
to have more perishable materials, such
as gauze or silk crepe, used in this way,
az they cut and do not give much satis-
faction after the first few times OF wear
ing--it was furnished with an oriental
embroidered belt and a round baby
bodice with berth OF lace and ruche
of gauze. This was made for q girl OF
l612 and her l6-year-old sister ia wear
ing one in palest lilac, so that they make
duet in delicate color very pleasing to
the eye. Smart English crepe blouses
are very excellent things for young girls
to have, since they are in the most love-
ly delicate colors, are trimmed dressily
with lace, and yet warm and made with
high necks and long sleeves. They are
arranged 80 that they can be worn as
blouses, with the skirts drawn up over
them under pretty sashes or waistbelts,
or with well cut full deep basqucs at
tached to belt, which transforms them
into simple editions of the smart thea.
ter Jacket. Many of the dresses for
little maids of "a or 8, adapted from his
torioal pictures, are very quaint and
fascinating. They require, however,
picturesque, interesting looking children
to wear them effectively. One, in cop
per colored velveteen, had long skirt
fulled on and little square, seamlesa
back, q deep collar OF carnation pink
silk and front Of pleated silk of this soft
shade, the velveteen, turned back in
front from the pink silk, with broad
revers, having belt across at the waist.
The lower portion OF the sleeves was
pink silk, and the upper of velveteen.