The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-21
cHILDREN's FASHIONS.
Picturesque Styles Which Predomin-
ate in Coats.

Picturesque Styles Which Predomin-
ate in Coats.
Picturesque styles predominant for
children's clothes, but it is not the so
called picturesqueness Of bizarre effects
and over elaboration, but of the use of
carefully chosen materials with artistic
grace and daintiness. Never was the
union of beauty and simplicity more
successfully achieved. While mothers
of refined taste never dress their chill
dren lavishly nor noticeably, at the
same time they realize that it is neither
wise nor just to curb their innate liking
for dress, or to mortify them by making
them wear ugly and unbecOming clothes
and perhaps suppreSsing WhatVer dndi-
vidual taste the child may possess.
Children'S clothes may be seryiceable
and not necessarily eXpensiVe\ and at
the sametime pretty and becoming.
union of simplicity and beauty more
ance. Quite little girls still wear the
Coats are now a question of import
ance. Quite little girls still wear the
pretty coats of bengaline silk, velvet or
colth. These have straight backs and
fronts, and are finished with capes or
collars. Some Of the velvet and silk
coats of the finer order are finished
with handsome lace collars, which give
them a decided air Of style and ele-
gance. To go with these coats are fire.
guently bonnets TO match. The big
poke shape is always pretty for the
tiny maid. Sometimes it is made Of the
material of the coat, ostrich tips appear
as trimming, fur, ermine, or sable tail
IS also used. and the shirrings of chif-
ion or lace lining the brim make
soft and charming framework for the
dimpled little face. A pretty notion
is to put a bunch Of tiny flowers, wee
rosebudS or forget-me-nots, for eX-
ample, inside the hrim, where it will
nestle against the hair.
A charming coat for a very little girl
is OF ivory bengaline tucked down the
fronts, on the sleeves on the wide cape
which is finished with a fat ruffie Of
lace set on with a narrow line of err
mine With this is worn a lovely pic
ture bonnet of the white bengailne
trimmed with soft. White satin ribbon,
ostrich tips and ermine, the brim hav-
ing puffed lining of chiffon. Bonnets
in pale blue and shell pink are pretty to
wear with either velvet or silk coats.
Among these dainty bits of millinery is
a quaint fluffy friiled front poke of sky
blue silk The double frilliug is edged
with several rows of tiny chenille; a
plume curls gracefully around the
front, and the trimming rs OF soft pale
blue ribbon; wide ribbon ties of the
same cerulean shade complete the bon
net.
For the sister who is a little older,
the long and the three-quarter coats
are the prevailing style. Cloth, camefs
hair, zibeline. velveteen and velvet are
among the faYorite materials. 1t IS
noticeable that velveteen and velvet
are used quite as much for frocks and
coats for children as they are for theft
grown-up sisters and mammas. Cape
collars of some sort in varied sizes and
shapes are popular finish. Green is a
favorite color for children's coats this
year and the red cloth coat is always
popular a little maid in red coat
and large black or black-trAnmed
red hat makes not only a sty-
fish picture but a very CHEEKY one
amid the chill OF winter. A coat in
almost any color you desire, however,
may be readily secured this season,
for all the standard shades are repre-
scented IN the various cloths.
With these coats are worn felt or
beaver hats. These are snartest when
trimmed very simply, preferably with
a scarf of ribbon with ends hanging
over the brin1. Plain ribbons are much
used. but gay plaids are very pretty,
esnecially for school wear.