The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1901-12-20
FOR GROWING GIRLS.

Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-Children's par
ties are now In order. and the mothers
| would like to know what TO get for
the little ones. 1t Is no easy matter
| to know just what Is best. Some are
led to get the thin and perishable
stuffs because they look so dainty ut
the first. but there are many exceed
ingly handsome things which with rea-
sonable care can be made to last q
whole season.
China silk is one OF the prettiest and
best OF party frOcks for girls because ii
may be washed and suffer no iii ef-
fects If reasonable care is taken. In
the Illustration is such Il dress for a
girl Of fourteen. the design being clus.
tiers Of faint green dots on ground
of soft coral pink. Around the skirt
where the fiounce joins is row of In
sertiOn edged by narrow line of
green ribbon on each side. The lace
and ribbon extend up on each side
quite to the waist. A sash belt of rib
bon is tied in double loops and bows.
The waist is baby" style and has u
yoke and epaulets. The yoke is sim
ulated. but the epaulets are set on
to give apparent width to the slen-
der shoulders The sleeves are tucked
down on the arms. and the forearm il
made close and trimmed with lace and
ribbon. The pretty fiounce is tucked
in clusters. Altogether this is girlIsh
and graceful dress and one easy for
the home dressmaker.
White is always In order for the
young. There are so many kinds OF
materials that 1t is useless to enumer-
ate them. especially as there Is abso
lutely nothing new in white. AlbatrOss
cloth makes pretty frocks where it is
not for evening dancing. 1t is mex
pensive. but durable. With a little
lace and ribbon II can be made to look
very festive at a small cost. Albatross
Is all wool. Next to that comes the
whole line of veilings. These are par
ticularly adapted for the young. Tucks
and shirrings make the most suitable
trimmings.
Ribbon seems to belong to youth. and
no dress where it can be placed should
be finished without it. Lace also Is
dainty for the young. hut Ii should be
the iightest kind and not the heavy
kinds in vogue for Older ones.
A very pretty frOck for girl of
twelve Is made of striped gauze. which
Is strong In spite of its delicate appear
ance. The skirt to this Is plain. save
for an applied row OF insertion at the
bottom of the skirt and another at
about six inches above H. ruffle of
lace to match is set directly on the
this set up on the skirt just its own
width. and then when the girl has
grown that much ii can be heightened
by sewing the lace at the extreme
edge. This. too has the baby shaped
waist. but with semilOw necstd eff
feet. A bertha of the lace is set around
the top. The sleeves are pulled TO the
elbow and end there with a fall of the
lace.
For evening wear and for generally
festive occasions the young girls have
silk or Isle hosiery In light tints 10
match the dress. and all girls wearing
short dresses wear white skirts. The
slippers are Of kid and may be black.
white or I'm colors to match the dress.
Some have straps across the instep.
and others have bows. Almost any
thing can be put on evening slippers.
Some mothers purchase tarlatan for
dancing frOcks for their young daugh-
tiers and make them with much fancy
work In the way of tucks and ruffles;
but. though tarlatan dress looks
pretty at first. there is no wear In II. 1t
Is far better to get a fine soft null. or