Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-06
WEAR HAIR LONG NOW
Fashion Says That the Chill
dren's Locks MAY Grow.
SMARTWINTER CLOTHES
WHITE FOR WINTER WEAR rs
CORRECT AND HYaIENIc.
Russian Blouse Effects Desired in Top
Coats and House
Dresses.
Written for The Evening Star.

Written Tor Inc Evening Star.
Little Lord Fauntleroy and his sister are
going to let their hair grow. For a long
time they have worn locks chopped off be-
hind their ears. They have looked like the
children in the days Of King John. and the
girls have worn big bows on top of their
heads instead of the ribbon knot that once
Topped over one eyebrow. More than one>
mother has deplored the fashion that de-
creed the square couture and sacrificed
pretty hair, yet children who have worn
theirs differently have looked queer and
country beside the smart, though severe,
style Now that there is nothing distinctive
in them the shorn tresses will be allowed
to grow, and little girls will have curls and
braids. and boys will have pretty much
what they always had-the regular boys
hair cut, so dear to the young masculine
heart.
1t is also getting to be more and more the
fashion to dress children simply. The
youngsters Of smart society folk wear
clothes that have a simple cut and air: and,
no matter what the fashion books say,
these are the children who, like their elders
within the same pale, set the fashions in
America. Their dressing, simple as 1t looks
is as serious matter as their manners, and
quite as much time, thought and money are
spent on them. Every child of mice peo-
pie" must wear handmade clothes and
to pay in consequence.
The Paris Youngsters,
The children Of Paris look like modern
FAIRIES this season. They are all frills and
curls and ribbons. They wear hats and
bonnets and heavy. furry coats, and their
little buds are the acme of daintiness dis
playing, as they do, the finest sort of work
American children of wealth are quite
as picturesque, but their things look plain
er. Little girls wear hats and collars big
| enough for their mothers, and the exag-
geration Of each Item in their costume
seems consistent when in grown-up people
1T would be outrageous extravagance
Black. which once was considered fit only
for old ladies, is especially smart for
children now, and their fair faces look as
fresh as wild rose buds above the black
velvet and cloth coats and peepng out
beneath big balck-plumed hats.
The short, white socks that leave the legs
bare give chic air to a child's appearance.
but many people let their children wear
them only in very warm weather for hygi-
enic reasons. Still there are not few pa
thedc illustrations of the vanity of parents
In the little bare legs. chapped scarlet or
blue with the cold. carrying about little
bodies covered with rich furs and winter
toys. This Is more true Of French children
than of American. American mothers, gen.
orally speaking, spell common sense with
capital letters in the dressing and care Of
their little ones.
Muslin AL the Year.
1t Is fad with many to dress their little
girls In white muslin the year round, and
the plan is perfectly practicable If properly
carried out. In the first place, it is far
daintier and cleaner and more sanitary to
dress the ordinarily active youngster in a
material that will launder, no matter what
the season. than In wooden stuffs that catch
the dust, and must go to the cleaners. But
the expense must necessarily be about the
same II the child is to be kept really clean.
The extra item is the white flannel under
slips, for these are indispensable. They
should no more be left off during cool
weather than the lining of an ordinary dress
should be occasionally omitted after the
Wearer has become accustomed to its
weight.
With the white frock plan for autumn and
winter, the same set of garments can be
worn continuously until they are ready for
the old clothes man, and leftover summer
things can finish out the late autumn Then
again, there Is no question of what to do
with the wardrobe of last summer that Is
not much worn, but quite outgrown-
The simple white muslns, with wide hens
and a little handwork or trimming at neck
and wrists, box-like pique, in white col
ors, all worn over slip Of white flannel,
make ideal costumes for little girls. The
underdrawers, which reach to the boot
tops, make the legs look thick and feel
clumsy, and for that reason children who
live In cold climates are more comfortable
and graceful in long stockings of light
weight wool, with wool drawers that reach
only to the knee. The little muslin drawers
and muslin skirt are worn as usual.
The Big Box Pleats.
The dresses Of the season look like coats
with big box pleats, belted and half-f1tting
Pique, which Is particularly well adapted
to this cut, was used in variations during
a. - to-
dark blue, brown, red or any Of the stand
ard colors in pique or linen that Is heavy
enough to hold it's shape in laundering
and it is more serviceable for school and
the play room than all white The colored
frockS are pretty trimmed with a bit or
white for collars, cuffs, belt and straps. A
pretty model is made of white duck, box |
pleated, with a Russian blouse erect In |
front, and fastened diagonally at one side
from the shoulder to the hem. The only |
trimming is a band of Persian cotton en- |
broidery, done in fast colors, which out |
lines the opening and is used at the neck |
and wrists and belt line.
A blue galatea made on much the same !
lines. but more boy-lilze In its cut, has |
smart belt Of white patent leather, and Is |
trimmed with bands Of white p1Que that Is |
finished with pretty stitching around the |
edges.
Coats are frequently made Of zibeline, the |
new, soft. hairy material, and they seem |
little more than copies of the Russian |
blouse, only looser and more square, and
usually with triple cape collars that extend !
well over the shoulders. These, too, are |
worn with white belts of suede leather, |
stitched.
Beaver Is the most popular style of hat |
because of its becomfngness, generally COM
Portable appearance and feeling. but 1t is !
the most expensive in the market Either |
complete circle of flowers about the
crown well out on the brim, or large
plume fastened with ribbon bow, is the
favorite manner OF trimming. For par
ties. muslin of the finest grade more or less |
Ornamented with ribbons and lace. Is cor
rect.
Children Of this day and age 40 not wear
silk frocks except on such al. occasion as
q fancy dress ball.
Three Cornered Hats.