Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1905-09-09
NEW FASHIONS

With the opening of the Fall school
term the problem OF the children's out
fitting becomes once more OF vital interest
to every mother. How to remodel the
leftover wardrobe so that it will look pre-.
sentable andfresh, and what to buy in new
materials and garments that will be prac-
tical and in good taste. All this must be
accomplished without overstepping the
limits set for judicious expenditure. s
:s+-n Remodelling, eeE!
The various styles of suspender frocks
lend themselves especially well to remod-
cling. Last years waist though badly
worn will easily supply the material for
the suspenders, especially as any piecing
necessary can be hidden by braid or vel
vet rihbon trimmings and by fancy but
tons that are lavishy employed on some
of the newest models shown at the up-to-
cate places in New York. For lengthen-
ing the skirt various expedients are en-
ploved, bands of contrasting material
overlaid with braid may be used or if
some of the original pattern is in hand,
tn ks may be modishly used as trimming
and the piecing done underneath them.
Contrasting Materials and Colors
Where the suspender frock is OF plain
material the waist is often of plaid and
always in contrasting effect. Plaids are
also modishly employed for the dresses
and then plain colored materials are used
for the waist. Several different waists
are worn with the same skirt, washable
cations. and silk or heavier woods for
colder weather.
Fashionable Fabrics
Serges, Henriettas and Cashmeres lead
in fashionable fabrics for the children as
they do for the grown ups with Mohalr
quite as useful as ever and i'll weaNes SO
different from the old time ones that it
is not recognizable except to the initiated.
Children's apparel of all sorts gets the
hardest kind of wear and should be
chosen with this fact in mind. Materials
should be of good quality and colors Sc
lected should be such as will stand wash
ing or exposure to the sun or rain.
Among the more satisfactory fabrics for
children's use are the Cravanettes.
Footwear
One of the most important points both
for the sake of appearance and OF comfort
is the dressing of the feet. Shoes must
be not only smart looking but should be
built on orthopoedic lines to aid in the
correct development of the growing feet,
and stockings should be well shaped and
substantial SO that they are not contin-
ually wrinkling and on the subject of the
Buster Brown stocking (now SO generally
KNOWN children and mothers are in per-
feet harmony-the former delighted to
wear anything that reminds them OF their
friend Buster, the latter equally delighted
to find so durable an article, one which
saves them to great extent from the
labor of constant darning. There seems
to be veritable craze for everything that
pertains to the mischievous Buster. The
proper washing of children's stockings is
of great importance if they are to keep
their shape and color perfectly. The
average laundress does not rinse the
stockings sufficiently and they iron them.
Stockings should never be ironed but
stretched and dried carefully.
Ladies' Autumn Walking Suits
1t is to this the mind of the modish
woman gives its first consideration,
when turned toward the subject of new
garments for the season in advent. The
skirts Of instep length are still plated,
and coats are of an embarrassing diver
sity of styles and lengths from the quite
long redingote to the short Eton. The
latter presents itself more insistently
than ever, the claim to favor justified by
its natty and varied expression in-the
new models. Lucy CARTER.