The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-23
7HE SMALL GIRLS BEST PROCK
~ ytST SEEM SIMPLE, EVEN IF
JT rs Not REALLY so.
n,,ntInrss Of Material and Delieacy Of
workmanship should Mark t-LAngerIe
Materials Preferred-Lace and Hand
embroidery Preferred Trimmings.

Materials Preferred Lace and lar
Embroidery Preferred Trimmings.
The small girls party frock must conform
~ certain prescribed laws Of taste. 1t may
he costly. but the costliness must find its
o,cpsn in daintiness of material and exquis-
ne delicacv Of workmanship rather than
in elements more pretentious and spec
t~acular
The smartest Of little heiresses must
haze an air Of simplicity even though that
,Ir : p daIlsive and misleading thing, and
indeed childish simplicity may be Of a
modoratoly expensive kind and yet preserve
tie snarncss il taste and skilful home
reedlcwork are called into play.
Lingerie materials of one sort or another
are the accepted thing for the child's party
flock OF dressy summer frock. but there is
wide latitude for variety even within such
accented limitation. for a wealth Of needle
work may be lavished upon a little frook
n lawn or batiste or linon or null. Natu-
ralv hand work is the touchstone OF modish-
ness in such a frook, and hand embroidery
IL the highest and most extravagant express
sion Of this hand work.
The finest and most exquisite Of en-
broiderv ornaments the yokes and sleeves
and skirts Of many OF the pretty frocks,
delicate trailings, garlands and wreaths
and snrays combined with Unset ~valenci-
ennes. real valenoiennes il expense is not a
matter for consideration. Or perhaps there
is embroidery only upon the yoke and the
rest Of the trimmings depends upon tiny
hand tucks and valenoiennes.
English openwork embroidery is the
distinguishing feature Of some Of the frooks
belonging emphatically to the deceitfully
simple class, such a frock, for example. as
ia pictured in one Of the sketches. Blouse
and skirt are OF allover embroidery. not
OF machine made. by the yard. embroidery,
be it understood, but of finest linon en-
broidered all over by hand in dainty OPEN
work design.
~ The skirt bottom is finished in en-
broidered scallops, but bordering the
square neck and short sleeves is a line OF
narrow real baby Irish insertion, Joined
to the linon by a line Of veining. The rather
long blouse and the skirt are Joined by a
VIDE plain band Of linon worked in button
holed Sits through which pink Liberty
satin ribbon is drawn. finished with a Knot
and ends al the left front.
Around the square neck also runs a
similar 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
flssy and p%retentious little frocks shown
with this model and leaving an impression
Of perfection in it's own line.
A similar effect might be obtained by
using one of the very fine batiste or linon
-x.rz.1 a-,,-4~-1 TO- .a,N-s A.
scalloped~ founcing edge finishing the skirt
bottom, and the model would be pretty
even if carried out in plain materials with
tucking and lace or a plain hem at the
skirt bottom, for the arrangement of en-
broidered slashes and ribbon around the
square neck and at the waist line would
give cachet to a frock much simpler than
the original embroidered model.
All the seam and joining. save the skirt
gore. II such there be. must OF course be
set together with veining and preferably
by hand and every line of lace or embroid-
cry is also set in with the narrow veining.
The narrow veinings or headings for such
purposes are indescribably dainty this
year and the narrow laces. not only in
valenciennes but in cluny and Irish as well,
are remarkably pretty.
A very narrow real Irish edge, set on
fat Of course and forming merely a sharply
indented finish is used in connection with
very narrow baby Irish insertion upon
many exquisite little frocks but is usually
soitened by a mixture Of valenciennes,
though this was not the case in the en-
broidered model already described.
Minute hand tucks will do wonders in
tho at,o,as,ruI .; -,o,,nr ~ n ItAror;a frooL
and often hand embroidery in the form Of
a line Of p~astilles proves effective though
requiring little labor or n edlework skill.
An instance in point was furnished by a
pretty null frock sketched here.
On the skirt bottom was a group of small
tucks beaded by a line Of valenciennes
insertion set in by hand and just above
the insertion ran a line of large embroidered
dots placed at inch intervals. The blouse,
cut in Y form front and back and filed In
by a guimpe Of valenciennes insertion put
together by hand, had a line Of valenciennes
Insertion running from shoulder to waist
line.
On the inner side Of this lace was a two
inch band Of null edged with hand en-
broidered scallops and with a pastille en-
oroidered in each scallop. The outer edge
was finished in the same ann save that
here the embroidered piece ran out over
The shoulder in collar fashion and narrowed
toward the waist.
Where hand embroidery is not practicable
and any great amount of tedious hand
work is too troublesome dotted swiss is a
nice choice for the little girls party frock.
II Is not so delightfully."- dainty as the very
line and sheer plain lingerie materials, but
u requires less trimming and is very pretty
ID Its uwn way.
The exceedingly small dots closely set
give a more childish effect than the larger
cots and are usually chosen for the child's
rock while a little good valenciennes
merton set in by hand and valenciennes
eaglngs are the accepted trimming. 0c-
casionally one find a more ornate frock
o. dotted swiss, as in the case OF the little
french model shown among the sketches.
his model had the short wasted line
shIch has echoed in the province of chill
u'ens dress the marked tendency in dress
Tor grown ups, A number Of very smart
pule empire frocks have been in evidence
among Children's outhts during the last