Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-20
Sensible but Stylish Garments for
Fall.
PRETTY COLORS and MATERIALS
How Mothers Should Clothe Their
Children.
PICTURESQUE COSTUMES


Written Exclusively for The Evening Star.
Sensibly indeed are the children Of our
day dressed. They can enjoy life. They
are not starched and befriIled until exist
ence is burden; and. thank goodness. they
are clad warmly enough to make 1t possible
for them TO play in the clear. cold air with
out any danger OF taking cold. The little
brains that have gotten overheated in the
close school room have an opportunity to
freshen up IL the cool air. and the healthy
rOmping makes the small bodies grow bet
ter and stronger. and all because they are
sensibly as well as prettiy clothed.
The picturesque element still holds Its
place for diminutive wraps and head COW
erings. and while the tiny f-ocks are quaint
enough TO satisfy the most exacting de-
mands there is but little change in general
style-Wise mothers having discovered a
sensible and pretty designs, are clinging
ID II.
No one likes to see the little ones sac
rifced to their clothes, and while the small
lady will not Intentionally soil or muss her
gown, still it IS little hard for her to be
hampered by the consciousness that her
dress Is her first consideration. Dame
Fashion has offered US suitable styles and
sensible materials for the chiIdren's wear.
anu II tUcy are not uTeSSeu properly no one
will be to blame but ourselves.
Two OF the most elaborate wraps 1 have
seen this season are shown IN the first illus
tration- While exceedingly rich and
''modish," they are essentially children's
wraps. There is nothing to indicate that
any ideas have been borrowed from their
mothers or big sisters.
Two Pretty Wraps.
The little wrap Is of pale gray camers
hair, with capes of black velvet and trim
mfngs Of cOney fur. The coat ITS tightly in
the back, but has straight seamless fronts.
The Capes are arranged in a decidedly odd
and quite new fashion. The two upper
edges are joined and placed ON the coat so
as TO leave a deep V-shaped opening-back
and frOnt-Of the gray cloth. The lower
cape measures just as wide again as the
upper one, the latter being edged with fur.
The lower ole Is left with plain edge, and
10th are lined with palest violet surah.
The sleeves. while full, are not extremely
30. the pun reaching midway between ell
bow and wrist, while the band OF fur covers
the upper half Of that space. With this
Of pale gray felt. faced with black velvet.
and trimmed with a mass Of soft fluffy
black feathers over the crown.
This was somewhat elaborate. but the
other IS still more so, the material being
satin marveilleux and silk velvet, with
trimmings Of shaggy bear fur. The original
coat has been very recently imported, and
while the materials are anything but de-
slrable for other than milionaires' daugh-
tiers, there Is no reason in the world why
less luxurious materials should not be used
and very charming results obtained. Take,
for instance, dark brown velvet at SI25 a
yard: for a girl of eight or nine years not
more than four and a half--or at most five
yards would be required. Then, with
gathered front and cape ruffies of golden
brown surah, and narrow borderings of
cinnamon bear fur, what could possibly be
richer or more elegant? Much more Iati-
tude in the way of rich materials Is al
lowed Tor dressy cold weather wraps
than for cold weather dresses; that Is. for
the little folks whose ages range from one
to nine years. When older than this such
elaborate dressing Is considered in ex.
tremely bad form.