The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-07
THIS WINTERS FROCKS
FOR THE LITTLE Mann
They Haze None Bat the Simplest Co61,
and Wear Jacket and Skirt Salts f.,
SchooL--Neyesf In Party Gozvns.

~ o much attention is being paid
now to children's clothes that
dresmakers find it profitable
to devote a great part OF their
U time to planning out costumes
for young girls. The day is
past when 1t was considered necessary for
q girl simply to have any sort Of gown
for any sort of occasion, and made-over
clothes were given to girls of Is and 16
without the slightest regard as to whether
the material. coloring or style were suita-
blc The freshness Of youth generally can
stand good deal in the way OF unbecom-
ing clothes, hut the Improvement In the
appearance Of the younger girls OF today
is SO great that 1t is devoutly to be hoped
the old Ideas never will prevail again.
x x X
Simplicity Is the keynote for the frocks
of all children, from babyhood until they
put on their contingent frocks. 1t is not
at all requisite that expensive materials
should be used, but 1t Is necessary that
the clothes should be cut with reference
to the figure Of the child Some color that
Is becoming should be selected also. Small
children wear white. but as soon as child
goes to kindergarten-and 1t is the fad now
TO have them go young-she wears light
wooden frocks, with the old-fashioned
white apron over them. These little WOOL
en- frocks are worn with a guimpe or have
a yoke that Is shocked. There is never a
waistband, the idea being to leave every
thing around the waist as free as possi-
BILE. (This. however, does not apply to the
flannel bandage worn to prevent colds as
the child grows older.) The little frocks
are finished with hem and two or three
tucks. The sleeves are small, somewhat
in bishop shape. with two or three rows Of
smoking around the wrist. The. colors
should be pale blue, pale pink or red the
latter the least preferable. Soft cashmere
or French flannel are the best materials.
x x X
For afternoon and party wear frocks OF
fine lawn and cambricB trimmed with lace
or hand embroidery are still fashionable.
They should be made either with guimpes
or with guimpe effect. and as much lace
as is desired. Girls of 10 and older are
wearing this winter dotted Swiss muslins
great deal. Small children have their
frocks gathered on to the band but the
front breadth and side seams must be
gored. or the skirt does not hang well.
After girl Is 8 years old she should wear
a gored skirt, unless she be abnormally
slight. This rule applies to all materials.
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X The hardest age to dress girl becom-
ingly Is between 10 and is, for girls are
either tall and lanky or short and fat,
ard 1t requires q great deal of care to
have clothes that look well made for
them. Fortunately, all the large depart
ment shops now turn out capital walking
suits in skirts and coats that in some In
stances are cheap, extremely well made
and in the latest fashion. This autumn
and winter the prettiest have been in
the double-faced materials, made with
gored skirts, finished with several rows
of machine stitching, and tight-fitting,
double-breasted REFER Jackets. The dou-
BILE faced cloths are warm and clinging,
and when worn with furs are quite heavy
enough to do duty all winter. The pretti-
est are in gray and brown-the blues are
not good, but there are some heavy chew
lot gowns in that color that are attrac-
tive. They are made in this same style
a little more deliberately because they are
trimmed with braid. These suits are par
ticularly good for wear with the flannel
shirt waist, which is the best thing that
a girl can have for school. The daintiest
shirt waists are in the French flannels
in plain colors. with tiny polka dots Of
white.
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A charming frock that il suitable for