Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-04
LUXURY'S TRIBUTES
WHAT 1904 BABIES MAY USE
EVERY DAY.
A New Continuance Supplants
Cradles 1nfantila
Trinkets.

The baby Of 1904 faces divided comforts
and luxuries. Never were slips and robes
SO sensible In length and trimming, wrap
pers and cloaks SO roomy and "cumfy.
On the other hand, the new baby whose
mother would be of the elect must endure
the horrors of the perambulator in which
her grandmother rode. And the heavier,
the darker and the gloomier the thing SO
much the better.
After the reign of the wicker carriage,
with it's light, graceful lines and its fluffy
parasol, 1t is hard to understand why Dame
| Fashion unearthed the old-fashioned per-
ambulator, built of wood and finished in
glazed oilcloth, with a hood like a top
buggy, to defy every summer breeze Black
and dark green are the preferred finishes,
but few buggies are seen in an impossi-
BILE shade of tan with reddish-brown trim
mings.
To be sure, the white-capped little face.
with wide wondering eyes looks quaint in
it's old-fashioned setting OF dark oilcloth.
but there are mothers who will hunger for
the flesh pots Of wicker and point desprit,
even when they bow to the mandate for
perambulators.
The most expensive robes are made from
fine lawn or linen batfste exquisitely en-
broidered, but otherwise unadorned From
a Partisan convent comes robe thirty-one
inches in length, which sells at $15 The
material in linon batiSte, the tiny yoke is
star-shaped. each medallion being embrold-
cred by hand in wee bowknots. From this
yoke run fine pin tucks to the depth Of sew
eral inches.
Pin-Tucked Hem.
The hem has pin tucks to match the yoke,
and a ruff1e, headed by an exquisite bead
ing, an eighth of an inch wide, and finished
with real Valenciennes. three-eighths of an
inch wide. The wee bishop sleeve is fulled
into a nd-embroidered cuff. edged with
lace even narrower than that on the skirt
ruff1e. ~ =
wear over the slips are unusually roomy,
and follow lkimona lines. A fayorite COM
binatfon is fine white cashmere, with the
finishing band in pale blue or pale pink
These wrappers, small replicas of moth
er's own kimona, are as long as the slip
worn beneath. Even the short sacques
show kimona influence, a pretty pattern In
white cashmere being cut from circular
piece of cloth. The center forms the neck
when cut out in smaller circle.
A pretty hood and shawl combined is
made from a square of silky cashmere, en-
broidered all the way round, and with one
corner rounded off for the front of the hood.
Eyelets are worked in this curved corner,
and through them is run narrow ribbon to
match the embroidered edge. The little
round hood is then drawn into shape. the
remaining three corners Of the square form
ing points for the cape.
Roller Carryettes.
Carryettes on rollers have replaced
cradles for his babyship. They are merely
cradles which do not rock, set on a wicker
frame. The wicker body is padded, then
covered with exquisite lingerie effects, with
pillow, blankets AMI tufted down quilt to
match. The carryette has hood, like the
leather perambulator, for Tending off
draughts, and this can be raised or dropped
at will.
A carryette recently completed to order
by a firm which makes q speciality of lay
cites. came near reaching the half-hundred
dollar mark. 1t was lined with tufted silk,
covered with point d'esprit. The deep
fiounce of net, which hung all round the
body, completely hiding the wicker, was
edged with point de Paris lace, and run with
four rows of pink satin baby ribbon. Great
finished off the founces at top and bottom
of the carryette and were attached to the
rings on either side, where baby is strapped
in, for these carryettes can be transformed
into indoor coaches when baby Is old
enough to sit up
The hood was covered with shirred NOUS
seine over pink silk and finished with
pinked ruchtng of China silk. The blankets
were of silky wool light as feathers and
striped with pink; the down quilt was of
pink China silk and the pillow slip of
sheerest lawn over pink silk and edged
with point de Paris lace.
Other Conveniences.
The safety pin cases, which afford dainty
gifts for the rev baby. are like wee chests
of drawers. six in all, made from satin and
delicately painted. Each of the drawers is
for safety pins of different sizes. from
smallest to largest not forgetting the gold
link set. $50 ao
A dainty gift for the proud young mother
Is thermometer on a burnt wood PLAGUE,
tinted to match the prevailing color of
babys layette. A PLAGUE, shaped like
square hand mirror, in burnt wood, has
spray OF pink apple blossoms, on which IL
Cupid swings. The thermometer is on the
handle, which is finished with a bow of
pink ribbon.