The courier., 1902-10-04
Fashions
tor Eif1Ye Folks

ginning to do things In q great way,
there are now dress designing estab-
lishments where all day long there sits
an artist whose one and sole duty 1t Is
to ret up plans for the gowns of lit
tie folks. His instructions are to make
the dresses a. pretty and as varied as
possible but not at all expensive. He
can run through all the chromatic col
or scale and he can use every texture
under the sun. But he must not select
q style which calls for materials that
are out Of proportion to the child.
One Of these dresses. built for Miss
Majorie Gould. daughter Of Mrs.
George Gould. illustrates this well.
says Augusta Prescott. fashion writer
Of repute. The child. girl Of eleven. is
active and fond Of play. Her newest
play suit, which Is also a schoolrooms
suit, has q skirt Of turquoise -colored
flannel Of smooth texture. 1t comes
Just below her knees.
The skirt II what is known as
ly full as "round" skirts are generally
made. It's front hangs quite plain and
II IL almost snug upon the hips, while
the back IL q very little bit fuller.
There II q waist with this skirt. cut
In Oxford shape. with three narrow
plaits In front. The back has also
three plaits. This II lined, for It Is to
be worn a. a fall suit. A little turn
over collar finishes the neck. and the
cuffs are the turnback variety.
When Miss Marjorie Is very much
dressed up she wears a wide black
velvet belt with this turquoise flannel
dress, the belt fastened with a deep
silver buckle In the middle Of the
back. Connecting with the belt are
two narrow bands Of sable that go
over the shoulders and strap the waist
In panel fashion, front and back The
whole-belt and sable bands-can be
taken Oh.
A very pretty hat belonging to this
young woman IL a wide gray felt
caught up at one side with a chou Of
blue sating ribbon. On top the wide
ribbon with little heavy lace falling
over IL trims the hat.
The plain skirted pattern is a very
nice one for little girls. but the skirt
must be not too full II 1t is to accord
with the present fashion. and most Of
the fullness must be IN the back.
A woman who studies the fashions
Of young people IL the beautiful Queen
Amelie Of Portugal. This lovely wom-
an takes all the fashion journals in the
country and reaes the fashion columns
Of the newspapers. She has two boys
to dress. and that they are the most
stylish IN Europe Is her special pride.
The future king Of Portugal dresses
mostly IN white. He owns some very
attractive white silk suits. in lznickers
and blouse design. and his school
suits are In wash silk: navy blue and
white for summer, and light cloth for
winter.
Queen Amelie is said to have been
the originator Of a dress suit for boys
which IL now considered the correct
thing for boys to wear at dinner. It
can be made Of white cashmere, and
It Is to be worn by boys from to Il.
boys who are too big for kits and
are not yet In long trousers. This
suit II In three parts. one part being
q lace blouse with very full front and
long sleeves. Over this the boy wears
a white flannel dinner coat, cut OF
after the fashion Of a Tuxedo and
buttoned at the throat, but lying open
the rest Of the way. The neck is trim
med with a deep lace collar and the
cuffs are Of turned black lace. The
lace frills Of the blouse fail over the