Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-02
cHILDREN's DRESSES.
Serge for Midseason Use is Smart for
School Girls.

Oftentimes at this season of the year a
, frock is needed for unexpected happenings,
as hurried short visit from home, or an
invitation to some special form of enter
tainment, calling for toilet not included
in the present wardrobe, or, again, the win
ter school frock is shabby all too soon and
something must be provided to tide over
till spring. All such emergencies may be
! met at once, both In regard to materials
| and styles. by the dresses now shown in
the shops. Warm, cozy-looking, light
weight red serge will make up into an ideal
| school frock. The skirt may be very full
| and side-pleated. resembling pleats. A
| pleated waist Joined to it without :. belt and
| the sleeves full to the elbow. meeting long
| cuffs reaching the wrists, with the neck
| finished with white linen Elton collar and
| soft black tie. should be effective. 1t may
be absolutely without trimming. and would
be smart little frock, fashioned of this
| material that is SO rich and warm in color.
The touch of black and white provides just
| the necessary contrasting features to give
| character.
A quaint dress for afternoon wear could
| be made Of wood brown cashmere, full
| skirt timmed with two folds of the goods
| headed by a narrow knife-pleated frill,
gathered into the belt, with the bodice
| sewn to the skirt. A broad taken out
both back and front from neck to belt
| would display a guimpe of finely tucked
white lawn. The shoulders. siashed sus-
| pender style. show the white between the
| slashings. All slashings, as well as those
edges meeting the white V, should be but
| tonholed in brown silk, tiny vine in the
| same shade being embroidered just INSIDE
| the buttonholed edge. The sleeves. made
| quite long, reach the wrists, with puffs to
| the elbow. confined by long cuffs. Over the
| tops fall slashed bell capes embroidered and
| buttonholed. This could best be described
as a most refined little frock, and, though
made up on the jumper and guimpe order,
would be distinctly different by reason OF
| the amount and the from in which the
white appeared.
| '.chic'' gown for best or infornal at
| fairs might be developed from q fine, soft
| wooden material In pale biscuit, with pip
| ings of velvet in a shade between copper
| and old rose. The model combination OF
| empire and princess. tucked about the waist
| line, the short bodice, by some clever ar
rangement of strappings, being fashioned
| to suggest a bolero. The sleeves, quite full
taken into cuffs of the material, combined
| with folds of the velvet. This is a partic-
| ularly stylish frock. to which no written
! description really does Justice.
| For party wear lovely CONNECTION sof
printed organdy, large pink roses running
riot over an ivory ground, would be stun.
| ming for small maid. The skirt quite full
| and edged with two ruff1es trimmed with
lace could have bodice made after the
same model as the brown cashmere. The
| v of lingerie meeting the material could be
| folded, suggesting revers. The latter
slashed on the shoulders. trimmed will
| lace. could catch the shoulder seams al
sleeve tops, with large, soft, pink ribbon
bows. The sleeves. of the printed organdy
| taken into lingerie cuffs. The belt would bt
pretty of broad pink ribbons.
The advanced shirt waist models showr
| for misses wear are In the prittiest stripes
and checks. In the daintiest colorings
Those in stripes seem to be made up on ths
straight of the goods. while the checks have
the body part cut on the bias and ths
sleeves on the s.raight. Madras and cham
| bray are largely used, and fine dimHy
the white hair line incloslng {. pin check
in rose shade. is particularly pretty. The
| material, cut in the bias, has yoke Of
beautifully stitched pun fucks. the only
| decoration. as the sleeves. bishop STYLE arr
taken into band cuffs.
| A dainty looking waist in dun blue and
| white stripes is tucked on the shoulders t.
form yoke. and Is closed down the from
under a box pleat edged with white lawr
| decoration appearing on the band Guns
. combining the bishop sleeves.