The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-16

styles for boys. | must make haste
10 tell you all about Prudy's clothes.
The other day sister and | bought her
the sweetest party frock you ever
saw. 1t is made in empire style, and
the pointed flounce at the hem is be-
witching. as you may note In illustra-
ton F. | think she is beautiful. Ev-
erybody says she Is more like me
than her mother. think, myself, she
is much like me, and SO unassuming,
not the least bit conceited. Though,
would you believe II, she sent a par
agraph to City Subjects, a society pa
per, telling all about her party, who
were among those present" and how
beautiful she looked.
like the empire model for children.
The extremely long waist and ballet
length skirt seen in so many French
models are not greatly favored by
American mothers. For school,
Prudy, OF course, has a sailor suit, and
the very latest model from Paris. Then
| like the coat seen In illustration d.
1t Is designed from a model made in
London. 1t is for q child from six to
IL years old. The coat may be cut
from rose-colored taffeta or from a
soft cashmere. The collar and cuffs
are OF embroidered linen. This is
simplicity at its sweetest. The caps
for children In London are all copied
from those seen in paintings by the
old masters. The Romney caps are
lovely. In Figure r one sees a grille
with a cannonball bonnet having ro-
settles at each side over her ears. Her
paletot is OF coachman's cloth. rasp'
berry-red In color and finished off with
straps and cloth bands. The white
vest has gold buttons and the top
revers are OF sealskin.
A sensible fad among the people or
our set is to dress the girls, even In
bitter cold weather, In fine white
pique. They wear heavy listers, but
the white skirt shows below the coat
Mrs. De Vorseigh. always so crazy TO
be in the limelight, went bit too
rar. Her little girl had bright scar
let coat. scarlet hat and old'time
pantalets (modifed biO. showing
beneath her coat You say, perhaps,
you don't believe II. Well, | really
saw her on Fifth-ave. and the nurse
had big Irish blush on her face. |
think it's shocking To put pantalets on
your baby just to become socially
prominent. simply had visiting
cards. diamond collar and little
things like that for my dog. Matthew
Launcelot H., in order To make the
society papers notice me and give
me more space.
So many of the sisters In society
dress exactly alike. One hears OF the
Sherman twins Irene and Mildred) !;
the Pratt twins Constance and Beat
rice), and they are not twins at all.
The two elder daughters of Charles
Steele (bOth schoolgirls), though one
Is much taller and older than the
other, both wore beautiful pique
frocks this summer exactly alike TO
an embroidered polka dot, with black
sailor hats. The Dutch necks were so
low they looked like adult decollet.
These suits were beautifully emoroid-
cred, but the pique tailored suits for
winter have not a scrap Of embroid-
cry or insertion.
The daughters of Mrs. William X.
Vanderbilt, Margaret and Barbara
Rutherford (children of her second
marriage) also dress alike. In winter
they wear quaint round bonnets, suits
of heavy corduroy, and carry DIS
muffs. one has fuzzy crimps stand
ing out like a big ball Of fun at eacf
side OF her face. and the other has
curls of the old-fashioned sort tina
are brushed over a stick.
Many of the little walking suits TO
fall have coats OF a bright red, or o
some other gay color, worn with l
dull striped gray skirt that has banc
at the hem OF the same gorgeous col
or as the coat. Often the hat. the