The times., 1899-08-27

NEW AOhh. aug % his Is lue chill
dren's hour in fashions Already the pur-
veyors of fine raiment TO their small
American highnesses, the boys and girls,
are arranging openings. with view to
attracting the worried maternal bees and
pleasing the progeny o. the same FoT
Pity tbs, tbs true, that the potential
American belle begins TO go shopping with
her mother so soon as she gets out of her
perambulator, and more and more every
year do our juveniles express and enforce
their exaggerated preferences in dress.
The consequence of this is that our young
sters apt TO be grisyousIy overloaded
with the cream OF the looms and walk from
their kindergarten days up in the showiest
silk attire.
This year the advance demonstrations in
children's clothes prove two things-that
never were they so sumptuous and so pic
turesQue before Mothers and their bread
and butter daughters used to be entirely
satisfied with what the American modiste
and mflliner designed and made up for
school, church, dancing class. and after
noon party wear, but nowadays any small
woman who hopes TO grow up a sartorial
success gets her styles all warm from
Paris.
OF course It is excessively unchildish to
adopt the tunic and the princess modes for
the wardrobe of a tweiye-g gear-old, but
that is just what is being done this year.
and some Of the sure-Io-be popular mod
els for the winter are studies in ornate
elegance. Shimmering silk, skinned Irish
poplin In lovely dyes of quartz brown,
damson red. and admiral blue, wool ben
galine In standard tones, fantasie CASH
meres in autumnal weights and smooth
drap de P~ris are some Of the favorite
cloths. Among the trimmings are bands
and borders, hand embroidered in Persian
designs, chenille treatedssiIk nets. bullion
threaded braid and silk braids worked in
many patterns.
Long cl0se-ftting sleeves. high tight
collars. and skirts laid without wrinkle
over the hips are all as much the fashion
for girls OF ten as for women of twenty,
while the effort is 70 SO brace the waist
by means of heavily boned basque lin
ing that the folded silk girdie viii lie with
graceful precision.
For the miss OF thirteen and her sister
schooimafes the overskirts is denode TO
q degree. The very gracieuse cloth or silk
petticoafs flarfng al the knee are trimmed
with judicious applications of braid that
usually take q course down from the left
hip and then near the hem turn 10 right
and left as though this answered as q
heading 70 a shaped founee.
One OF the very popular new models for
a girl in her teens is a princess redingote
that is caught in al the waist-line, drops
its iTregularly edged skirts nearly to the
shoe tops and in front or slightly TO the
left fastens from bust to knees by small
bright buttons through fancifully shaped
buttonhole flaps. Another smartiy pretty
mode is the pinafore princess that has its
long skirt edges shaped in points and but
tens the whole way up the back, or when ii
is dress Tor occasions and Is made of a
handsome poplin it laces up the rear
A goodly number of pretty suits in dark
winter flannel embossed over In tiny en-
brcidered scarlet and blue or dark red
and brown silk dots viii be sure 10 come
well 70 the fore as hard wear school gowns
They are made Up with undecorated flannel
used in stitches on straps and hands. and
then the waist is adorned with wide revers
overlaid with heavy twine- -colored guipure
that Is as non expensive as il is thorou ghly
durable Ribbon seems put rather 20 one
side for girdles and neck-bows, and a twill
ed silk kerchief. patterned over in rich
Oriental designs, is more often than not
knotted about a dress waist.
Chic and exceedingly pretty are the vari-
Gus manifestations of the school girls even
ing dress and maimaison pink either flash
es from tha silk underslip through the whole
costume, or is used IN shoulder straps and
girdles. A high-necked. long -sleeved even
ing dress for miss Of fourteen years. de-
signed by famous modste. is well worth
quoting, for almost anyone can copy il. The
undersiip and body were Of malmaison pink
clouded lightly over with veil Of coarse
cream Russian net on which malmaison
pink and cream bebe velvet ribbon
were run in wide meshed lattice pattern
Between the pink-foundation skirt and the
be-ribboned veu one yelling OF white cotton
Brussels net was hung TO give the proper
light diaphanous result. The waist was cut
with round baby decollete. the net fulled
over tl-S bodice and tucks and ribbon
stripes adorned the sleeves On one
shoulder and in the wearer's hair taft Of
artificial maimaison carnations were ar
ranged.
Until her sixteenth year the fashionable
girls wears her hair flowing upon her
shoulders. Il Is the one distinctiyeiy girlish
touch IN her toilet and the proper coiffure
shows the side hair caught back 70 point
lust below the crown and fastened with an
ornanented pin The ends OF the side
pieNs are curled in large corkscrews, no
matter how straight the rest Of the fleece
may be-
Braided box capes and beaver or box
cloth coats are the wraps that now engage
motherly attention. The idea Of real
Highland plaid has been utterly lost in the
passion for pale tints. and many Of them
with which the manufacturers satisfy the
popular demand. A girls school cape falls
nearly TO her dress hem, is made of cloth
tSat has mink-brown foundation, and on
this run cross bars in hands Of pale blue.
pink, and yellow II slopes away a trffe
in front, and has collar so high il serves
as a ssSall second cape when turned back,
and bsoad and narrow dark braid. in a
Bourbon pattern. runs down the back, UP
the frcst. and stifens the border. Girls
small and large have their attention turned
TO brown. red. and green coats showing
cuffs collars. and long front revers Of
toned plaid. But the smart walking
coat for the season is a perfect box shape,
the seSms strapped s-ad then stitched, the
buttons broad enamel disks.
For young ladies whose parents enjoy
long purses, the richest satin faced French
melton viii be used, and under the chin
viii fare out a pair Of large pointed re-
gers faced with cream moire. over which.
in white silk braid, an Intricate pattern
curIs and twirlE.
Boys under twelve are still subject 10
feminine influences in their wardrobes.
and never viii little lads present more
picturesque appearance than iB the COM
ing season The knickerbockered class
will wear to school the toughest OF blue
and brown serge suits stitched in red or
lhe edges OF their wide collars bound with
bxight ribbon Hats made Of serge. the
wide br1ms stiffened with stitchings are
among the good novelties. and coats OF
brown box cloth sre as rePiete with ade-
quate pockets as those Of real growu-up
men
For Eancing school and evening wear the
preftiest Of costumes, in fawn or bottle
green cloth. have found favor with the
Frt.