The Washington times., 1907-07-16
DOinQS in the
World Of Fashion

Where hand embroidery is not prac-
ticable and any great amount Of tedious
handwork is too troublesome, dOttei
swiss is a nice choice for the little girls
party frock. II is not so delightfully."-
dainty as the fine and sheer plain lin
Eerie materials. but it requires less
trimming and is very pretty in its own
way. The exceedingly small dots closely
set give a more childish effect than the
larger dots chosen for the chIId's
frock, while a little good Valenciennes
insertion set in by hand and Valen-
ciennes edgings are the accepted trim
ming. Occasionally one finds a more
ornate frock OF dotted swiss, but these
are usually among the French models.
One model Of this type, which we have
in mind. had the short waisted line
which has echoed in the province Of
children's the marked tendency in dress
for grown ups. A number Of very smart
little empire frocks have been evidence
among children's outfits during the last
year, although the popular French
blouse and skirt with the waist line
nearer the natural point than Of old.
Is SILL first in popular favor. The dot
ted swiss frock in question was Of the
finest pin head dot description and the
skirt was trimmed in many alternating
lines Of narrow Valenciennes insertion
and plain bands Of dotted swiss On
the upper edge Of each swiss band was
set a narrow Valenciennes edging very
slightly fuIled and falling over the swiss
band. A little bolero and a wide collar
were entirely of Yalenciennes insertion
set together by hand and finished on the
edges by Valenciennes frills, and the
yoke and sleeve cuffs were also Of Val
enciennes.
Often one sees a frock with the skirt
composed entirely Of fine embroidery
bouncing and the blouse showing very
little OF the embroidery and almost
wholly lace trimming. the embroidery
note being, perhaps. introduced in the
form of medallions or motifs. As a
rule. however. applied medallions and
spotted detached effects OF heavy trim
ming are 10 be Stunned in the child's
frock. Fine lines Of dainty trimming
are more effective.
English openwork embroidery is the
distinguishing feature of some of the
frocks belonging emphatically to the
deceitfully simple class. For example,
blouse and skirt are of allover embrOid-
cry. not of machine made. by the yard,
embroidery. be it understood, but of
finest linen embroidered all over by
hand in dainty openwork design. The
skirt bottom is finished I'm embroidered
scallops. but bordering the square neck
and short sleeves Is a line of narrow
real baby Irish insertion, joined to the
linen by line of veining. The rather
long blouse and the skirt are Joined by
wide plain band Of linen worked In
button-holed Sits, through which pink
liberty satin ribOn is drawn, finished
with a knot, and ends at the left front
Around the square neck also runs a sim
liar band, the ribbon being knotted at the
front left-hand corner. Nothing phe-
nomenal in outline here. but a charm
and originality far surprising that Of
the more fussy are pretenuOus little
frocks shown in the shops.
A similar effect might be obtained by
using one of the very fine batiste or
linen openwOrk houncings for material
the scauoped fiouncing edge finishing
toe skirt bottom. and the model would
be pretty even IL carried out in plain
materials, with tucking and lace or a
plain hem at the skirt bottom. for the
arrangement OF embroidery slashes and
rionon around the square neck and at the
waist line would give cachet to a frock
much simpler than the original embroid-
All the seams and joining. save the
skirt gore, If such there be, must be
SET together with veining and pre-
IeraDly by hand. and every line of
iace or embroidery is also set In with
the narrow Veining. The narrow bead
ings or Nelnings for such purposes are
1ndescribably dainty this Season AMI
the narrow laces in cIunv and irish ore
remarkably pretty. o.