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. II Is made in empire style. and
the pointed fiounce 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 it, she sent a par
agraph to City Subjects. 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 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 ID.
IL is designed from model made in
London. II is for child from six 10
- 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 a. 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 cannonball bonnet having ro-
settes 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.
y sensible tad among the people OF
our set is to dress the girls, even in
bitter cold weather. I'm fine white
pique They wear heavy listers, but
the white skirt shows below the coat.
Mrs. De Vorseigh, always 80 crazy TO
be in the limelight. went a bit too
far Her little girl had a bright scar
lei coat. scarlet hat and old-time
pantalets (modified biU, showing
beneath her coat. You say, perhaps.
YOU don't believe IT, 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 10 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 Qrene and Mildred);
the Pratt twins constance and Beat
rice). and they are not twins at all
The two elder daughters of Charles
Steele 1both 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 decollete
THESE suits were beautifully emorold-
cred. but the pique tailored suits FOR
winter have not a scrap of emorold-
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 big
NUTS. one has fuzzy crimps stand
ing out like a big ball of fluff at each
side of her face. and the other has
curls of the old.fashioned sort that
are brushed over a stick.
Many OF the little walking suits for
fall have coats OF bright red, or of
some other gay color. worn with a
dull striped gray skirt that has a band
at the hem OF the same gorgeous col
or as the coat often the hat, the