Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-28

tacked to the dressing of a child there
should be an adequate supply of garments
of all kinds prepared at the beginning of
the summer \ dozen frocks without a par
ticIe of trimming are better il economy
must be considered than half dozen frOCks
each one Of which is twice as costly as the
lie ms making up The dozen. There are two
res sons why this should be so. In the first
place, absolute cleanliness is requisite in
Chi+dren's dress, and without it other
quality is of value, and, In the second place,
If the supply of fTocks threatens to run
short the child IS apt TO be kept fro its
fun freedom so that it may not soil its
clothes. Every little child needs to have its
clothes changed twice a day in order to be
comfortable and clean in summer without
having TO care for its clothes, and this
reCessitates a wardrobe of from two and
oue-half to three dozen dresses, If the laun-
dry IS done out OF the house. Even when
Overalls are worn in the morning 1t is
usually necessary to change them each day.
This is another reason for rigid plainness
In children's garments, as in a household
where economy is to be considered the
l2uTdry item, already sufficiently large be-
cause Of the children's clothes, will be i'm
mensely augmented by ruffied and lace
TANNED garments.
1t has for some time been the fashion to
dress children entirely in white for the
afternoons and indeed for the morning. too
among persons who did not care for the
blue and brown play suits, but, following
the passion for colors in grown-up gar
ments, pale blue, pink, scarlet and brown
will play Il part in the children's wardrobes
this year. The piques are now shown in
such soft and desirable qualities that moth
ing could be better for Russian blouse suits
and the somewhat stiff straight-up- and
Down frocks in which children look so pic
tu1 esque Pique suits in pale blue, pale
PINK and white will be much used for chill
dren. They are trimmed with pearl buttons.
and In some instances the collar, cuffs and
belt. or the tucker, is of a contrasting color.
A heavy outline embroidery like a heavy
chain stitch is also used to trim these parts
OF the blouse suits. both the Russian and
the sailor blouse. The embroidery is done
in mercerized linen thread and is of a con-
U2Stiug color.
II is used also on linen and on all the
other heavy wash materials. One suit no
GCed was OF white linen. with embroidery
of a golden brown. The patterns used are
big open scrCll-like designs. Another suit
nc ticed had embroidery of blue linen thread
ecru linen. Besides the blouse suits of
heavy wash goods these materials are
shown made into guimpe frocks for little
girls. One such dress had a skirt OF two
circular flounces and a waist trimmed with
a fitted berthe, which was decorated with
a design outlined in thread OF contrasting
color y little white guimpe was worn with
this frock. which was of brown linen en-
bToidered a red
This seasons childrens clothes include
also quaint little dresses of sprisged muslin,
in which the small maidens will look like
ellis The figured batistes also come In tiny
lowered designs of all coiors. and the
sprigged dimities are also particularly good
for little girls frocks. as the designs are
suitable and they wash well. These flow