Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17
GTRIPEO LINEN SUIT
WITH CHEvlOT COAT

proved to be by far the most popular, as it
is easily possible to make them warm
enough, even in the coolest weather, by
the underwaist of thin flannel. The heavier
fabrics, such as duck, pique and heavy
linen, are the smartest for winter wear,
and the simpler the model the smarter it
is. The all one-piece frock, loose from the
shoulders, in three pleats back and front
and worn with leather belt slipped
through straps at the sde-or worn with
out the straps-is the favorite model. 1t
can be worn with or without guimpe and
finished around the neck with q turned
down collar with scalloped edge or with
small embroidered design in the corners.
The long-waisted, straght-front effect is
given by this style OF dress, but chill
dren's fashions always follow in line with
the fashions for women the empire short
WASTED styles are now coming into favor
again. This model has always been popu-
lar for very small children and is exempli-
fled in the gumpe dresses, but the present
model is the two-piece frock, with the ex-
aggeratedly short waist and the medium
length skirt, the skirt, however, not reach
ing below the knees.
More and more popular is the fashion of
the short socks and the white colored
strap slippers without heels If a child's
ankles are weak the button shoes, ankle
length. are worn. Silk socks, white or the
color of the shoes, very attractive and
a dainty fad is the sash and ribbons to
match the Shoes and there can be a charm
ing variety in consequence with the diff
ferent colored ribbons, plain and Powered
of which there are so many to choose from
at this time. Shoulder knots and bow in
the hair also made use of to carry out
the little color scheme, sometimes in a
delicate shade of pink or blue and some
times with a dainty Powered ribbon, with
which white stockings socks and slip
pers are worn. For unusually tall children
bronze silk stockings and bronze leather
slippers are smart instead of white or COL
ored hose and shoes, with very short
| dress. With a medium short skirt black
stockings are generally worn, although, of
| course colored ones are permissible. This
| again must be governed by the individual
case.
Girls from twelve to about fifteen or six
| teen years of age are all so totally different
| in height that it is not possible to have
any special style of dress restricted to any
particular age. Some girls of twelve or
| thirteen, for example, are small enough
| to look well in the simplest dress, while
| others, again, have attained to very nearly
| their full height at that age and must
| have their skirts long enough to be grace
| full and their dresses must have some ref
erence to fit and figure. 1t is as great
| a mistake to dress growing girl in too
( juvenile manner as it is TO allow her
| to wear long skirts and put up her hair
| before she is old enough to have some
/ natural dignity. An unusually tall girl
| may put on long at sixteen, While
any number of young girls will look better
| in skirts just clearing the ground until
! their last year at school.
| Too many clothes are a mistake for a
| young girl but 1t must be remembered
| that children are always harder on their
| dresses than grown ups, and no child
| should be allowed to think that she can
be shabbily dressed. Her dresses should
all be simple and not expensive, but they
| should be in good taste, and there should
J be a suIicient number to meet every occa-
sion. At least two school dresses are
necessary, although 1t is possible for the
girl to get along with one dark cloth street
suit that can be worn with waist of the
same material or either heavy linen or fine
flannel wash waists simple silk waist
the color of the skirt. relieved only by
white lawn collar and cuffs, is quite cor.
rect even in a school room. and this Il
lighter than flannel and saves the washine
to a large extent-if this item may bt
taken into consideration. A dark plaii
suit, say, in green and blue mixture, is ex