Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-12

tne Mistress Of the house should sit with
her coffee or tea things before her at
breakfast or luncheon, and the vegetables
which she may serve at dinner. Opposite
her should sit the father OF the family
before him whatever OF the meal he may
serve. The arrangement gives certain
symmetry to the table, which is in itself
attractive.
Spoons should not be placed In a spoon
holder, as the custom used TO be, but
should lie at each place in sufficiently
large numbers to carry on the meal.
Celery, olives, or radlshes should be
placed In fiat dishes. There should be
as few tall dishes as possible on the
table. because Of the way in which they
Interfere with the view OF the members
OF the family across the table.
Unless you have a big family OF little
girls, and not one thorn among the roses.
you will be Interested I'm this account,
from Harper's Bazar. When baby boys
OF years, and sometimes OF only is
months old. are large enough to be
dressed differently from girls of the same
age they wear one-piece frocks of white
plque. These are pleated In various ways.
and are trimmed with embroidery with
heavy designs, or else with braid. Both
very narrow ribbed and very large ribbed
plques are used. One pretty dress that
is always popular is made of ten box
pleats. three pleats in back and front the
entire length from neck to knee. the
others added on the sides under the belt
to give the skirt more width. A belt of
pique nearly three inches wide has braid
along the edges, and Is strapped on at
the sides. The large collar may be square.
in sailor shape, or else IL Is in Vandyke
points. two in front and back alike, edged
with a scant ruffle OF embroidery. The
sleeves have gauntlet cuffs, trimmed 10
match the collar.
Another boyish little pique dress has the
long waist laid In four narrow box-plaits
In back and front, to which Is sewed a
kilt-plaited skirt, quite full and so
short that the knees are scarcely covered
A broad. full collar, deep cuffs and a
belt arc OF heavy all-over embroidery,
edged with a scalloped rufiie. Long stock
ings Of black silk and low shoes with
buckles arc worn with this frock.
Many mothers keep their boys In white
all the year. sometimes using serge II
pique Is not warm enough, while others
put them in colors In winter at the ago
OF years. For these last are house
dresses OF blue. brown tan. or cloth
or OF serge. the round waist-front hav-
aiS tno DvA-ptdtto icnStHNiSt, inc space
between crossed by many rows OF black
or white soutache braid. Large, white
pearl buttons are set on the box-plaits
The kllt-plaited skirt Is sewed on under
belt trimmed with rows Of braid, and
the turned-ove-. round collar and cuffs
are similarly trimmed. Other suits, called
"one-piece dresses" have really a sepa-
rate Jacket, jaunty. short affair, falling
wide-open to show broad vest, which
Is scwed on a silesia waist, to which
kilt skirt Is also sewed. Tho kilt may
be OF gay Scotch plaid wool and the
Jacket Of black velveteen.
We are constantly on the alert for any,
thing new In the way Of skirts, and some
times we grasp as genuinely ugly de-
signs simply because they are new. II
Is best to so bit slow with the newest
thing until one can SEQ some unfortu-
nate friend In one of the new patterna
and thus profit by her sad experience.
Two rules are bound to be observed
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