The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-20
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About a CIub-Odds and Ends.

Childrens clothing is always interesting
and dresses for little girls are among the
daintiest and prettiest specimens of the
dressmaker's art. says the New York
Ledger. A dress for a girl of eight or
nine years is made with a plain round
skirt, and an infant waist with the front
made up of alternate rows of insertion and
plain material. These rows run across
from side TO side and end at the under
arm seams The sleeves are simple puffs
sewed into a band the neck is half low,
and there are very deep shoulder frills of
the material edged with lace or embroidery
and finished with insertion to match the
waist ruffie of lace or embroidery
stands up around the neck. The same
dress is made with a narrow yoke, which
fills in the space left low for the more
dressy style. There are also close-fitting
sleeves that are set into the puffs.
The skirts of girls dresses are quite plain
few of them are trimmed, but the ma
jority of them follow the same idea as in
ladies skirts, A dress for little girl is
made of striped silk. 1t has the plain skirt
with very full plaits at the back, yoke
with the fullness gathered in front and
back, and finished with a belt; the sleeves
are half long, coming just below the elbows,
which is edged with embroidery other
suitable garniture. The yoke and neck, as
well as the very full sleeve caps, have
embroidery or lace trimming. One Pc
culiarity of most of the patterns for chill
dren is that the same model will serve for
high and low neck dresses simply by the
addition of yoke or by Ieavlng out the
little circle that fills up the neck An
model a wide
band Of insertion just above the hem. The
front and back of the waist are of UP and
down rows of tucks and insertion, ia
vorite fashion by the way and one the re-
vival of which is greeted with much salts
faction. In addition to the embroidery and
tucks there are short bolero fronts of the
silk edged with embroidery, standing
ruche of embroidery finishes the neck and
the bishop sleeves nave bands or insertion
and embroidered rut1eS.
A tiny girls dress has a yoke and
straight breadths set in in box-plaits. The
suggestion is of the Mother Hubbard order.
pretty finish for dresses of this sort is
very wide collarette of embroidery with
a ruche at the neck This is buttoned on
at the yoke and may be removed and
washed separately, which is exceedingly
convenient for dresses that have to be laun-
dered. Little cuffs of embroidery are also
arranged to button on This has it's adj
vantages in that the dress skirt or front
may be soled while the collar and cuffs
one dress to another. dress TO be worn
with a guimpe is made after Mother Hub
bard model. There is an embroidery band
across the front and back of the open neck,
and straps of embroidery with edg1ng going
over the shoulders Wide ruffles are gath
cred to the outer edges of these Straps,
witch button on to the yoke bands. There
are either elbow sleeves with .puffs or little
bishop sleeves finished with embroidery and
edgng. A mss's dress of suiting IS
made with a five gored skirt and waist
to be worn with silk guimpe The waist
has wide shoulder straps edged with galloon,
the sleeves are of the Suiting and are SeWed
into the silk guimpe pretty and
vest of lining material with the upper por-
ton covered with the fancy material There
is firmness enough to this lining to hold
the sleeves, and the fancy fabric is carried
around under the arms in such way that
there is no danger of showing the lining
when the arms are raised.
A dressy costume for girl twelve
years old is made of blue challie. The
skirt is cut after the usual fashion and is
trimmed with two rows of blue ribbon
double ruffie. The waist is made in what is
called the Dutch fashion. 1t has an inner
waist of contrasting material upon which
the outer fabric is gathered The outside
portion is cut SO as TO form low neck.
Upon the lining chiffon, India silk or any
fancy fabric is shirred into q round yoke,
which extends about two inches below the
collar. The challie is drawn up over this
and shirred down SO as to leave a standing
ruffie Of the challie about inch wide.
a. bow at the back; the belt is made of the
two colored ribbons; the sleeves are very
full puffs with frills that fall below the ell
bows. A novelty skirt has the breadthS
to a narrow yoke. The back of the skirt is
in fuIl nlaitinQS