Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-06-07

n closed invisibly in front. The hat to
match this gown was Of rough sunburned
straw, with bows Of indigo ribbon and
two white plu1nes. This frook was de-
signed for girl Of from 9 to II years old.
: One for pert little miss Of was Of
prasshopper green armure. Around the
bottom Of the plated skirt was q band Of
white grosgrain ribbon. The quaint little
waist had belt and stiff shoulder pieces
trimmed with the ribbon, which also
formed the collar. Big leg o. mutton
sleeves and scarf fall Of dotted crepe de
chine made this little tot look like her own
grandmother until you saw the hat she
wore. This was rough fancy straw, with
two enormous loops and two ends Of green
and white striped wire gauze ribbon, set
each side of bunch of scarlet geranium.
Little girls up to Is wear their hair loose
and flowing. After that the catogan braid
takes the place of the loose locks, and at
IS the hair may be put up If the parents
consent which they do not very readily,
as nowadays they want to keep the young
girls at home as long as they can, and it
will not do to let them put on grown up
airs any sooner than necessary.
When, however, the young girl puts on
her long dresses and draws her pretty hair
up to the top of her shapely head, she can
wear a whole rainbow if she likes in the
way of color. One young lady OF my &C.
quaintance has just put on long dresses
"for good" as she says, and one of them,
the prettiest, I think, was an ash gray
armure wool. Around the. bottom and
down each side there was an applique OF
slate color and light gray, done in chenille
and black saddlers' silk on tthe two tones
Of gray. The applique came up to point
in front The skirt was not too full, and
indeed I may mention here that think
fewer of these enormously wide skirts are
worn than most people believe. Over this
she wore waist of magenta taffeta shad-
ed with cardinal. There was yoke OF
white lace over white, and the foreparts OF
the sleeves were of lace. The upper por-
lions were Of the silk, and these were
shirred in three rows on the shoulder. The
waist was shirred very full and had
crush belt The crush stock had wide
wings at the side. Looking at that very
brilliant costume, one could scarcely blame
the wearer, for it was pretty, and that Pc
culiar combination of crimson and gray Is
decidedly Frenchy.
Another emancipated girl had hand
some tailor frock of lavender blue French
cloth. There were plastrons on each side
of the front breadth of white cloth, richly
embroidered in black chenille, which
made rich and velvety surface. There
was walking jacket with a full backed
skirt. The front was double breasted, lap
ping to the right and fastening with flat
gold buttons. The jacket wss tailor stitch
ed aud cut away to allow for a plated front
to simulate a blouse effect. There were
queerly shaped revers, rundown collar
and cuffs to match tho trimming on the
skirt The sleeves were ubiquitous gigot,
rather larger than ordinary and held out
with stiffened lining. A handsome tyro-
lese straw hat in indigo, with a velvet rib.
bon 20 match around the crown, was worn
with this. To it were added four black o.
trich tips, and touch of brightness was