Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-05-29
Spring Styles for Babies.


The selection of the new spring cap
for the baby is quite often as import
ant as the choice of the vernaI
'chapeau for baby'S mamma. Even
the woman who has no babies Of her
own is fascinated by the display of
caps which the fashionable morsels
of humanity will wear when they take
their warm weather outings.
For babies who pride themselves on
the exclusive elegance of their ward
robe, caps are imported from Paris.
They are of the sherest lawn, finely
tucked, shirred or puffed, trimmed
with dainty embroideries and laces,
and surmounted by coquettish bows of
ribbon-wieste, pink and pale blue.
Straight from Paris is cap made
of alternate rows of narrow Valen-
ciennes lace insertion, still narrower
bands of embroidery and wider bands
of finely tucked lawn. There is a
little circular crown of the lace and
embroidery insertions which is Joined
to the front with a little afrill of mar
row Nalenciennes lace. A thick
u
and fluffy frame about the; tinv face:
and the cap is finished around the
neck with a frill OF the narrow lace
A fluffy rosette OF pale blue narrow
double-faced satin Tibbon land baby
ribbon tops the cap with an air of
chic grace; and n bit of "a. bow of blue
nestles in the frilly lace3a at the bach
of the cap agains 'ther nack. The7'l'esS
are of the marrow Pal blrac|~'Sss" S1'''
bon
=. >-r,,.--.->,.4--.>ss critical baby who
coud not select a cap becoming to it's
particular style of beauty from the
displayed creations of lawn and en-
broidery frilled around the face, and
has a front OF white lawn orRsmented
with Double Rows of shirriEg and
very marrow embroidered beading
through which the pink baby Ribbon
is run. The crowR is formed OF an
embroidery wheel-liks center, around
which is ruff1eG fine white embroidery
interthreaded with the pink rIbbop..
A double rnff1e Of the ribbOn-run EN-
broidery is friled around the face. and
a similar ruff1e edges the bottom Of
the cap a rosette of pale pink rib
bon perches on top of the cap, The
ties are of lawn.
!. Very stylish affairs are the baby
honnets of white pique. An elegant
little Partisan creation of white pique
embroidery insertion and white satin
ribbon boSvs costs $3.50.
You can buy a bonnet for the baby
Tor Is cents, or you can spend a hun
dred times that amount or more if
you wish. The caps frequently come
with detachable Innings of China silk
to match the color of the ribbon trim
ming.
Paris does not monopolize the
honors in the creation of fashionable
headwear for babies. A dear little
cap of American production is com
posed entirely OF repeated ruffles of
narrow Valenciennes lace mounted on
bobinet There is a lining of pale
blue satin taffeta ribbon
The Coronation Spoon.
A novelty at the jewelers. shop is
the coronation spoon" a facsimile
OF the ancient article which is used
in the amounting of the English SOW
erefgn during the coronation cere-
mony. It is of silver, heavily gilded
and ornamented in the quaint fashion
of the original spoon The price is
$3.50.
Among Ourselves.
CLEANLINESS are ultra-fashionabIe.
The usual sp~irg rush OF work for
house painters has begun
The heart of man IN love is about
IT the consistency of rhubarb pie.
The huckster's cry of 'ripe straw
berries" is heard in the land,