The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-01-16

made clothing establishments and al
 far more reasonable prices, and inf.
 nitely more satisfactory in every par
 tieular, than the same clothing made at
 home could possibly be.
 To dress a girl as she should be
 dressed requires a great deal of
 thought and time, unless one Is fortu-
 nate enough to be able to walk into one
 of the French establishments and give
 a carte-blanche order for everything.
 In these days there are few who can do | this, and 1t is a serious question to all
 mothers how to attain the best result | with the least expenditure of money To begin with, shoes and stockings
 Which are extremely en evidence with little girls, must be carefully chosen, Until 0 girl is eleven or twelve she
 should not wear heels on her shoes;
 they seriously injure the shape of the
 foot, and are otherwise injurious to her
 physical health. Spring heels, as those
 heels are called which are only raised
 enough to have the foot placed in the always be worn. For school wear peb-
 ble-goat or straight goat shoes are the proper position when walking, should
 best Calf-slSin, even in the lightest quality, is not desirable, as it is very apt to produce corns, and children's feet are Xceedinglytender. For dan cing school or for dress wear patent leather tips with kid tops, are the pro- per thing. Slippers and low shoes should be avoided, as they are apt to induce bad habits in walking and standing. All children will stand on the sides of their feet if possible, and In slippers and low shoes the habit grows apace. No child can get along without two pairs of shoes, which must be kept in good order; no buttons off, and no dust and unbrushed look It is not at all necessary nor desirable to have more than two pairs of shoes, as chill dren outgrow them very rapidly, Black stockings are universally worn by children as well as grown people, unless with brown shoes, when brown stockings are the correct thing. A good cotton stocking is by no means cheap, and in children's sizes is much more expensive than in ladies' sizes. | It is very good plan to have a pair or two of silk-fnish stockings for dress | Woolen stockings are not very much | worn, because when there is any ten | dency to precipitation they induce it. | and ofttimes in this way make the feet | colder than cotton stocking, which | does not produce those results.
 Woolen underwear in our climate Is | for the health of any child, | but there is no need of buying very heavy weight; half wool and half cot ton is all that Is required.
 A girls under-clothing should be as dainty as possible, and she should be taught that neatness and fine materi- als are particularly desirable. Elm broidery Is very reasonable at present, and little ruffles of embroidery on pet ticoats and drawers make an exceed Ingly nice finish There is a great question as to whether money cannot be saved by, buying under-garments ready made. for they are now so well made, and sold at such low prices, that he argument advanced that they do not wear SO long as those made at nome avails nothing, for girls outgrow heir clothes much faster than they wear them out. Of course more elabo- ate ones can be made at home for the iame money, but ones time must be counted into the outlay to be absolutely ust.