The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-07-01
RABIES WE'LL DRESSED NOW.
pAyNTlNESs TIE KEYNOTE IN
THEIR CLOTHES

AlINTINEHS n hhI NVAD -"
THEIR CLOTHES
Lana Embroidery and Fine NeedleworS
IAyished Upon 1heir Dresses, which
NAV No % Costly - ones Purse VIII
Anoy-Handwork Much % Ne Desired.
III. ono essential Of tho baby's outfit
h daintiness, and, though modern baby
,othss do often attain monumental beights
A extzuvapnce, good taste has laid down
uIss 10 which oven the most extrava CANT
~ fashionable mothers must needs oop-
smm. Tho expenhvoly dressed baby 10
adght familiar enough, but tho overdressed
ABLY 10 q Vanishing type. and tho very
s~uartest and most costly Of dresses and
eats and caps, do. for tho infant, as for
the woe todder. aro married. By . dooeiving
simplicity.
Tho rage for hand embroidery has
e~nphadzed the always important place Of
and embroidery upon infants clothing,
and tho fashionably dressed baby. as we'll
ss is fashionsbly dressed mamma, has
delicate embroidery upon every article
Of It's attire which will admit Of such
elaboration. Tho hea w raised embroideries
Of tho mother's frooks are not, however,
psrmissible upon baby clothes.
There one finds only the finest, tho most
delicate Of work and design, delicate little
sprays and wreaths and garlands ex-
qidtely executed, and In spite Of the
hbor and skill and cost they imply, emi-
pently babyish. One sees much OF such
embroidery upon tho fine lingerie blouses
and frooks Of the grown ups this season,
but It 10 prominently suited to baby thin gs,
and no other means of elaboration can
compare with 1t for trimming the dainty
little garments.
The latest and most modish form Of
Infants lon dresses has a tiny yoke OF plain
matenal-batiste, handkerchief linen or
vha fine sheer lingerie stuff is chosen
embroidered deicately by hand and
finished around the neck by q narrow
htIl Of real valenciennes. The yoke may
b round and joined to the sdrt by q line
Of veining or may be pointed or soalloped
Of edge. as in one Of the models illustrated
here, and bordered by a little lace frill.
The skirt is not shirred full on the yoke,
but set on with only slight ~fulnees, and
shaped In the seams, with O far away echo
Of the prtnoesse lines 80 popular among
nown ups, and down each side Of tho
front runs a garland or scattered spray
design Of embroidery, turning at the bottom
10 run around the skirt above q hem or
fill.
Or perhaps the embroidery forms a panel
down the front from yoke to q point where
4 curves and uns around the skirt bottom.
No other trimming is needed save the linesof
narrow real ~vaienciennes at throat and
wrists and possibly around q bottom frill
There one has the most fashionable, the
most costly and, which Is not always the
ssme thing, the loveliest of models.
Variations Of all kinds arc rung upon
his idea, and upon q majority Of the en-
broidered models the embroidery IL con-
fined to the tiny yoke. Some Of the little
dresses have minute motifs Of valenoiennes
hoe inset to form o part Of the embroidery
design. Others show tiny medallions of
drawn work introduced into the design.
and these models, OF course, bring extrava-
CANT prices II the work Is fine.
There Is less intricate insetting Of valen-
cannes insertions than was onoe In order,
mings, usually asso ciated with hand en-
broidery; but simple inset bands Of inssr-
ton used In connection with fine tucks
and featherstitoh or herringbone stitch
tim q majority Of the little dresses upon
which embroidery docs not appear.
Coarse lace must be avoided upon baby
clothes. II the real valenoiennes ID too ex-
psnsive even for simple neck and wrist
fdlls, at least one. must choose a good imi-
Aton valenciennes, and these limitations
DOW come in excellent licensees of the real
article. Better, by far, have a good bit of
hce at neck end wrists and only tiny tuoks
q q bottom finish than more lace trimming
Of inferior quality.
II possible the baby dress should be made
entirely by hand, but this is, Of course, out
Of the question for the mother who has
little time and less money. II she does
have the time though not much money
se may still obtain excellent results by
spending her money upon. fine material
md her time upon handwork.
Hand embroidery Is too difficult and
tedious q problem for the average seam
stress, but little hand tuoks, h~erringbone
stitohery, rolled edges, seams set together
BY hand with veining, all these come within
the province Of good plain sewing, and
With their aid little dresses may be made
which will be va silly preferable to any
machine made models.
A little yoke, all Of tiny hand run tucks
and herringbone lines. Ii extremely dainty
: nd, With q group OF tucks and herring
bone above. tho hem and lines Of narrow
Mlenciennes at wrists and neck, provides
- dainty a'dress az the ordinary baby
needs, provided always that the matsria'
slime.
The fad for hand embroidery extends &c
TIE coats, wrappers, socks, shoes, bonnotsA
indeed to all Of the outer garments ane
some Of the inner garments Of the baby.
Long, comfortable wrappers Of fnesl
White flannel, embroidered daintily by hand
IN pink or blue or white, are practical ano
beautiful; and here, again, il elaborate
hand embroidery is out Of the question
herringbons of feather stitching in oolol
above the hens and ribbons to match the
sitohery give charming effects. In some
models the embroidery is confined entirely
TO scalloped edges embroidered in color, and
these wrappers are extremely dainty.
Loose. cloaklike wraps Of soft white
nannel made with little hoods are provided
Tor hall oloaks, and arc intended to shielC
the baby when passing through draughty