Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-05
ARE SMARTLY MADE.
Individuality Shown in Girls School
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Pleated skirts, both box and kilt, are
! holding their own for the school girls
wear, and certainly few models are more
generally becoming. The stout girl will,
however. do well to have her skirt side
pleated in groups a little distance apart
rather than close together, and it goes
without saying that the pleats should be
thoroughly pressed. Trimming, too, should
be used very sparingly, if not entirely alb
sent.
The slender maiden may indulge in box
and kilt peats, and, if quite tall, will find
horizontal trimmings improvement.
Bands, folds, tucks and braid are all
equally popular as trimmings. Another
trimming, most effective, is a band of
cloth having large disks of velvet in a
contrasting shade applied some inches
apart then rows of soutache are sewn to
the band, which also encircle the disks in
their application. A dark green frock
would be pretty with the jumper waist and
puff sleeves taken into bands of pale
mode, the disks green and the soutache
braid deeper shade of green Though en-
tirely simple. it imparts quite a good deal
of style to the little frock. The Greek key
pattern. too. is very pleasing, whether
carried out in braid cloth dress or
with satiny mlliners' folds trimming a
party frock
The Peter Pan suits have largely taken
the place of the shirt waist frock for house
and school wear, and are made from
Panama mohair and many of the soft
woollen goods. Certainly with a wide
white linen collar and soft Windsor tie Of
plaid with belt to match a somewhat dull,
somber-looking dress may be converted
into quite a CHEEKY toilet. So small wonder
that it is so popular.
Corduroy is seen a good deal in walking
suits, and tn are always better, fancy,
made up with plain gored skirts, hemmed
he in
folk, box or pony style. The plain vel
veteen may be pleated, if quite supple and
the coat will be equally correct whether
short or long, provided, of course the
length chosen is becoming to the wearer.
More latitude, too. is allowed in the way
of trimming the plain velvets or velveteens
Corduroy should not be trimmed. unless
with little leather or something equally
severe in style, while braid, fur and fancy
buttons may adorn the plain velvet
new model for small boys is a suit
half Russian blouse and half Norfolk The
trousers are in bloomer style and the Rus
sian blouse-first pleated Norfolk fashion
is made tight to the neck and closes on the
shoulder under the pleat on left side of
1t very smart little suit for the young
man who considers himself too old for the
conventional Russian blouse yet does not
quite aspire to the Norfolk coat
The belt may be of the material or of
contrasting cloth and should be passed I'M
der the pleats. The sleeves are in coat
shape and have cuff
smart and serviceable coat for a boy
about the same age is of dark blue broad
cloth, two deep side pleats coming from
the shoulders back and front, the outer
, pleat OVERLAPPING the armholes seams and
both stitched to the very lower edge of the
coat 1t closes on the left side under the
top pleat with four handsome buttons A
belt is added and the sleeves are coat
shaped. The same "chc" model could be
carried out for wear by a small girl by
adding little shoulder capes adorned with
tailor stitchings under the outer pleat, just
over the sleeve tops, and then cutting the
sleeves a little fuller, making them fit the
wrists by means of side pleats; decorate
with buttons. AS the coat fits up tight to
the neck, band collar is the only finish
to this trim, comfortable little wrap. Blue
chinchilla cloth REFERS are considered very
smart for small boys wear and are gem
orally finished with shawl collar and cuffs
of black astrakhan. When thus trimmed
the hat should be a little Russian cap of
astrakhan, made with ear tabs.
Tams made from rabbit wool are ex-
ceedingly warm, yet without the least
weight, while the tasseled toboggan will
surely never go out of fashion as long as
there are little people to wear them