Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-06
FOR CHILDREN'S WEAR.
Checked and Fine Striped Serges and
Mohairs Make Serviceable Jackets.

Seemingly never before has there been
such a diversity of coat models to choose
from, until 1t would appear that girls of
every build have been the special care OF
the designers. and occasion has been
lost sight or when n coat would be re-
quired. Certainly no figure short of
actual deformity but can find something
becoming. both in shape aud colorlng and
no need could present itself that may not
be filled from the lavish display set forth
for selection this season.
Cloths in checks and hair-lne stripes
fashioned for school use are actually of
every length from the short loose Eton
or boero to the box and pony model
just covering the hips through the three
quarter and seven-eighths to the fun
length. SO that it is possible to get the
same material in variety of models.
School suits of checked mohair will be
considered smart for spring school wear.
and very natty and fresh-looking are
some of the mixed greens and graYs.
creams and navy blues, touched off with
a collar of white pique simply button
holed on the edge. These are worn over
tailored waist of madras linen, while
in the case of smaller girls-for these
suits are for children from eight years OF
age and upward-a jumper waist Of the
mohair is provided for wear over the
guimpe. The new loose Eton model will
be found becoming to the slight, slender
better choice for a plump young woman.
short white linen coat is rather a
novelty 1t is indeed quite short, only
just covering the hips and is loose
that 1t may be described as being as broad
as 1T is long. The sleeves are a compro-
mise between a bell and a kimono shape.
ontrasting color. the sleeves being hem
med with the same. The coat closes with
fly and as a utility wrap. for slipping
over light summer frocks, 1t would fulfl
its mission. to my thinking. for only the
exceptionally beautiful child would look
well in anything so shapeless. The con-
in effect but the sleeves. of course. are
not so convenient as those described as
belonging to the former wrap.
Pleated skirts are very popular for
girls wear and it is possible to make
these up entirely of straight widths, II one
only knows just how. In the first place.
forty -four inches wide will be required.
These should be sewn selvage to selvagc.
then pressed and hemmed. Then lay
the table and pleat perfectly even and
straight, so that both edges-tOp and bot
tom of skirt-measure exactly the same.
Basic well and then thoroughly press on
take the measure OF the hips of the wear
and then. laying the pleated goods fiat
upon the table-the back is not vet sewn
up-lap each pieat evenly until the skirt
and the hips measure the same. The bacl;
seam may then be sewn and the placket
finished. The skirt should now be put
on and pinned to the petticoats straight
around the hip line, when the pleats are
Tapped from this point to the belt until
ii fits perfectly. In the case of a very
slender girl the surplus cloth at the back
of the pleats may remain; one stouter
may have 1T cut away.
The advantages of this model are many,
not the least being that 1t is impossible
for 1t to sag; IL cannot help but set per-
fectly, the same length all around.
So much time, too. may be saved,
every amateur dressmaker knows who
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pleated skirts. to say nothing of the hem
difficulties facings. In fact, the new
model Is so simple that 1t can be made
without as much as waiting for paper
pattern, and it Is. moreover, suited alike
for girls large and small. misses and
aAults.