Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-04-19
DRESSES FOR CHILDREN.
How to Fit Out Little Girl For the Sum.
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 A little girl needs ten or twelve dresses Get two or three of brown linen strictly for morning wear This wears and washes beautifully. and shows the dirt less than any other material. 1t can be bought for twenty five cents yard, and three yards will make dress, and d sash of the same put in from the seams under the arms. Make it very simply, with short yoke and full sleeves. Tho small red and white and blue and white check ging- hams at twenty-five cents yard make nice morning dresses, made in the same simple way. Very pretty percales can be bought for twelve and half cents a yard They wash we'll, and come in pretty blue and pink stripes and dots and little lowered patterns. Made with waist either fuil or plain, ex- tending about three inches below the armholes, and with full ruf1es of the same material cut on the bias, and edged with little narrow embroidery, starting from the middle of the waist In front. and going over the shoulder, they make a very pretty and reasona- ble dress for either morning or after noon. It is nice to have four of this kind; three yards Of material make one. If you want it a little more dressF, make the rHffie entirely of, white embroidery three or four inches wide, and vary the pattern by putting the ruffie around instead of bringing it to a point front and back. India linen at thirty cents yard, or nainsook for the same price make nice white dresses. These can be made to wear with guimpes if preferred. Cut the dress low necked, and put 8 deep rutfie of embroidery to fall all around the neck, and short puff sleeve to the elbow yard and half of em- broidery is required to trim in this way. Great bargains can often be found in remnants. A small-dotted muslin makes pretty change, trimmed with lace instead of embroidery; but the lace rarely look we'll after a few washinps. Simplicity is the principal thing to remember for it saves in money. time and washing and the child will look twice as well. A short double breasted coat made of French | flannel for everyday wear is very important thing. This cannot be bought much under three dollars and a half, anI loo.s nice but can be made with one and half yards of flannel at seventy-iive cents yard A fine brown and white stripe is service able color, and the great advantage of the French flannel is that it washes so well. A best coat is also needed. Very often one has just the right material in dress that is no longer of use. A coat can quite easily be cut from the | skirt of a dark red or blue or white serge dress Make it with big double | breasted collar and large white but tons and it will surely have an air of l its own. A white leghorn is pretty best hat, trimtn .d with bunch of daisies and big white bow, and can be gotten up for aboat two dollars ana a quarter.---IIarper's Bazar.
 -Cieaiiing Lace. An old lacemaker, who has woven many gossamer web for patterns, and has taught to fashion some of the daintiest patterns which delft fingers delight in doing, gives this simple receipt for lace cleaning: Spread the lace out carefully with ealcined magnesia; place another paper over it and put it away between the leaves ot a book for two or three days. All it needs is skillful shake to scatter the white powder and then 1t is ready for wear, with tender threads intact and as fresh as when 1t was new.-Chris- tian Inquirer.
 Brown Betty. IA gentleman recent. ly re emarlsei on hearing this name that he did not know what it was. If made by the following recipe, he would cer- tainlv have relished it: Pare and core dozen large, juicy apples. Chop fine with hash-knife. Butter deep pud- ding dish, place first lay of chopped apples. some bits of butter strewed over them. Then sprinkle with white sugar flavor with nutmeg. lemon es- sence. or the juice and little of the rind of a lemon. Next layer of bread crumbs, then layer of apples, and sa on till the dish is full, finishing with 2 layer of bread crumbs. Send it to the <. 1>Ix. I, r,t <x, orId and oaf with cran m