Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-01
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Lingerie Materials Favored for
Girls Dresses.
LIGHT WINTER TEXTILES
Wash Ginghams to Be Worn Over
Heavy Underfrocks.
SOME DURABLE SCOTCH PLAIDS
French Styles Piquantly Short for the
Smallest Girls-Sash Of Scar
let an Accessory for Boys.
SOME DURABLE SCOTCH PLAIDS
Special Correspondence Of The Star.


NEW YORK, August 81. 1905.
There are no costumes for children more
suggestive of infantile charm than those
made of white lingerie materials. These
dainty washable toilets show many ex-
quisIte details, and in the well-heated
American houses they are often carried
over all winter for house wear. Under
slips of tinted or white flannel or maybe
Of silk, make them possible for the coolest
days. and there Is an elegance about them
that non-washable stuffs, however rich.
never could achieve.
So admired are these costumes, in fact,
that of late seasons 1t has been the thing
to make up many lightweight winter tex
tiles on lingerie lines. Wash embroideries
and laces areremployed with thin lawn for
the camps of low frocks. this white. fresh
note giving a most pleasing touch. And
with hand-run tucks. puffings. shirrings
and all the ornamental stitchery USED on
the wash things, the more wintry textiles
still present look OF baby sweetness.
The white lingerie styles are usually for
girls between the baby age and seven,
French challies, delaine. wash silk, merino.
cashmere and French flannel are durable
and rewarding materials. Many little
wash ginghams are also used, In brighter
plaids than those for summer wear, and
among these the Scotch sorts and those
with a silk warp, are especially adaptable
to handsome and durable results.
For smart afternoon wear the most sum-
merry swlsses and fine linens over silk are
largely employed. Swiss needework or
lace. with furnishings of gay ribbon. con-
stituting the trimmings Of these. Such gay
little gowns are indispensable for smart
children: the afternoon child party. at
which there is dancing. games or a birth
day spread. requires festive attire. Even
small boys need to be begayed for the &C.
caslon. and so their sailor and Russian
suits are of handsome white wash linen
and white and tinted cloths Of great rich
ness.
Smart Yoke and Tucks.
The models for the timer maids. those
between two and four, are very simple.
A little Mother Hubbard slip. made dressy
with smart yoke and shirt tucks or in
sets above a wide hem is the one most
used The sleeves. whatever the material.
may be only elbow length, or those for a
hardy child may even be in the shortest
pun. which style goes admirably with the
dimpled bare legs that emerge from the
short socks worn with strap slippers or
heelless kid boots.
The throat of many a little frock may
likewise be cut square round but unless
the child Is tempered to such exposing raj
ment II is best to have a high, long-sleeved
CAMP to wear with the dress. Bare legs do
not seem to matter, but only the hardest
children can stand exposure OF the throat
once winter winds have begun.
one-piece frock with a long or short
wasted bodice Is the model used after four
years, the sleeves of these wrist or elbow
length. and the skirt cut short enough to
show the ball OF the knee.
The French styles for the smallest girls
are always piquantly short In the skirt.
and this fashion, together with the huge
shirred hats and big bonnets worn, gives a
delightful doll-baby look. A Paris Journal
writes: "All the smart children especially
the baby ones. are dressed en- poupee-after
the manner OF dolls. An exaggerated
do oil LOFT
and when they are seen in the Champs
ulysses, seated solemnly before the Guignol
Punch and Judy shows, they are adorably
like their waxen presentments."
Further down word Is said as to the
adoption OF lingerie styles-"after the mode
Americaine"-for house use; for. singular
as II may seem, America gives many ideas
as to children's clothes to the city of fine
dress.
Shirrings for Empire Stripes.
But to return to winter house things. The
accomplishment OF a bodice Is often made
by shirring In loose slip at the waist line
chosen. This effect Is charming for the
short empire body line which goes most
prettily with sleeves In short shoulder puffs.
From the neck OF the body, which has
square. round OF pointed yoke. hang many
handsome bertha effects. some of which
are merely half circles. put on in two
pieces.
CAMP dress is prettiest for any smart
material. such as silk, challie. French mer-
tno. etc. narrow satin ribbon In a match
Ing or contrasting shade also trims these
prettily. this put on the skirt In narrow
rows above wide hem, and trimming the
bertha, belt and sleeve edges. Shirrings,
puffs and tucks are trimmings for silk and
delicate woods. but wash textiles must be
confined to pleats. tucks and founces.
The colored Bingham frocks have for the
most part white yokes. cuffs and belts OF
wash embroidery. and there may even be
some little trimming or other Of this upon
the skirt. As this dafaf fhera a
Eored skirts among the lingerie styles.
upes fall with an fingered fullness. for
straight breadths are mainly used, the
ers at the front Some of the long body
fiocks have the bodice laid In heavy side