Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-25


One correspondent from cup State"
declares that "on three successive occasions when
nave purchased cap from local department
store, before the week was out I would see at
ieast a dozen caps exact duplicates Of mine.
rave determined to make few simple designs
py hand Will you assist me in making the na.
lives curious with envy?"
women who live in small towns are very sui
10 ma this state of affairs quite common. Many
annoying and even embarrassing complications
are likely to ensue unless a new source Of in
spiraton is sought
Mothers are particularly sensitive on the cues
hon OF headgear, and to see another child togQed
out IN the same fashion is quite enough to make
them desperate l have taken special pains TO
make these designs original and at the same time
not too elaborate, so that they may be copied in
comparatively short time.
No material is too fine and no handworl too
delicate for these dear little baby caps.
MATERIALS ALL SHEER AND DAINTY.
For embroidering purposes fine handkerchief
linen is very satisfactory and especially adapted
TO this sort of work. Sheer nainsook (Frenoh)
batiste SWISS null, silk muslin and china silk
arr favored materials for French caps
Caps made ct BABY Irish crochet, embroidered
batiste, all over VaJenciennes with wispy ailken
slips are the daintiest things imaginable and Of
course, are intended for best wear
If you happen to have any bits of thread lace
In your possession mount them on a little cap
An adoring young mother cut up an exquisite
thread lace barb in this manner and fashioned il
into wee cap for her first born. OF course,
such headplece will be handed down to pos.
terity.
Remnants of fine embroidery medallions and
lace may be charmingly utilized in this manner,
every little SCRAP counting.
SIMPLE DESIGNS APPROPRIATE.
Some mothers invariably make a sorry choice
in purchasing caps for their babies inasmuch as
they choose fussy or elaborate design.
The more simple the treatment, the better
taste the mother displays and the more appro
pirate for :he little wearer
have seen seme children resemble over.dressed
doll babies in their ornate caps decorated with
frils Of cheap, coarse lace and innatey wonder
ed what kind of women their mothers must
have been to make their helpless little creatures
the object of ones pity rather than admiration
A perfectly plain little cap of sheer muslin
without a trace of decoration save in the tiny
fril around the face is infinitely better than one
made conspicuous by offensive trimming.
DAINTY HANDMADE EMBELLISHMENT
If you want to see the little French cap at its
best, then go to the shops and look at those
fashioned by exquisite needlewomen renowned
the world over. the nuns in French and Irish
converts.
They are a mere handful of delicate and won
derful beauty. and retail from $3.50 to So and
$40. according to the amount and kind of hand
work put upon them.
Thread tucks in combination with fancy briar
stitching is rne sole decoration on many of the
smartest little caps. French knots, wee ones, of
course, are added to give variety. Minute thread
shirrings give the required fullness. Lines Of
feutherstitching frequently alternate with rows
of valenciennes lace or narrow Swiss embroidery.
French embroidery is used advantageously on
caps and in many of the prettier ones lacework
of stitches is cunningy introduced; as for ex-
simple, in the wings of butterfly, petals or cen
4re of flowers
SHADOW EMBROIDERY CHARMING.
Shadow embroidery, new old-comer in the
field of handwork is dainty and adaptable for
French caps. Shortly story on Venetian
shadow embroidery will appear that fully de-