Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-26
Novelties Displayed for Little Misses
to Wear.
CHILDREN WEAR WHITE STOCKINGS
Only Simple JeweIry is Worn by a
WeII-Dressed Child.
QUAINT STYLES POPULAR
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
NEW YORK, January "A, 1901.
A spring opening Of frocks for five and
seven-year-old would be an attractive ba-
Zaar. 1t seems a pity some enterprising dry
goods house does not order one for the ben
eft of proud and ambitious mammas, who
will stint their own WardrobeS in order TO
garnish the plump persons Of their youthful
daughters. This conviction Is strong upon
one who enters the department of any one
Of the big emporiums where ready-made
gowns for girls of all ages are shown. The
winter fashions and fabrics have almost dis
appeared, and 1t is like walking into spring
time to stroll among the lay figures, decked
with picturesque little toilets Of light twilled
flannel, Abbess cloth, yelling, crisp Swiss
and crepe Nubienne. Constructed on larger
lines. any one Of these charming gowns
would be suitable for the most fastidious
debutante. for the child of the day does not
dress moment behind the fashions.
demonstrations of lace, panne, boleros,
paste buckles and buttons, taffeta drop
skirts, lingerie tuckings of silk muslin, tin
sci chenille and lawn undersleeves, all play
an important part in the construction of the
little maids costume, and the Fashionable
dreSsmakerS for children do not blush 20
ask $50 for a taffeta waist for girl Of ten
or $121 for knee-long frock for a child of
thirteen. IneSe, however, are exceptions 10
rules that obtain in the shops where pretty
ready made suits are for sale. Suits too,
boasting all the latest and most important
features in children's fashions.
Open-ThrOated Waists.
Five little women are sketched this week
in the most recent finery their fashions
have to show. Though every one Of the
gowns shows an open throat, they do not
all pretend to be dancing. costumes. In
fact, only one, and that one with the short
sleeves and the lace mittens, is arrayed for
party. while the necks of the others go to
prove that the mode now is in favor of
showing as much as is admissible for
health's sake Of pretty round baby Threats.
Until a girl is fifteen her play and school
gowns should be shaped thus, and there is
very decided tendency toward cutting
sleeves off at the elbow. This is a rever-
sion to the fashion of the childrens grand
mammas, who wore 1ow-necked and short
sleeved suits summer and winter, and were
pronounced immune from colds and chlls
in consequence.
The dress Of the little girl in the single
sketch, who holds her accordion pleat ed
empire skirt in both hands, is a most in
expensive and pretty frock of corn-colored
crepe Nub1enne. An imitation cream Irish
point is inserted in sharp zigZags and points
about the hem of the very full jupe, which
is attached under the arms and across the
bust to a very short Josephine waist. The
waist Is we'll nigh hidden by very wide
collar of the imitation point. Under this
collar is laid a lining of yellow chiffon
which Is, all about the edges, made fast to
the lace by braid of gilt. Lace Of the