The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-23
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ent.
Attractive little frocks for girls
are made from nainsook, batiste or
Swiss muslin, trimmed with edgings
sewed together in the middle and
applied as a band trimming. These
bands may pass over the shoulders
as brstelles and be connected by the
trimming at yoke depths, both in
front and back.
The present day fashions of the
grown-up people have a perceptible
| influence on the frocks of the chill
ldren, and this is true not only In the
cut of the little garments but in
| employed. Thus In the frocks of this
season a growing tendency to longer
| lines and princess effects is noticed
an echo from the fashionable
world, which, though remote, is
quite a thing to be reckoned with in
| selecting the outfit for the little sum-
| mer girl of this year. Almost all Of
the expensive lingerie frocks Of
swiss, batiste and fine nainsook are
along modified princess lines, and
even where the little frock is made
In two pieces, as is often the case, the
insertings and frills are SO cleverly
matched on both portions of the
dress that look of continuity is the
| result.
| While plain materials are always
| first choice for really dainty chill
| dren's frocks, there are now shown
/ some delightful little dresses of en-
| broidered swiss in small design
which are more unusual and also
more childish than the well known
dot with which swiss muslin always
| seems to be closely associated. There
| is also a decided interest among
| some of the manufactures of chill
| dren's frocks to utilize the fine cross
| bar handkerchief linen in their con-
struction. The fact that the fancy
white fabrics are lovelier than usual
this season perhaps accounts in
! they have assumed in connection
with children's apparel.
1t is fad with some fastidious
women to dress their children, both
boys and girls, entirely in white dur
ing the summer. white linen, duck or
pique for boys tub suits; white serge
for his wool suits. The idea is char
ming one, but impracticable, unless
! money is of no consequence, for
| white. to be attractive, must be i'm
maculate white. and demands ire
mendous supply of suits, constant
changing and an interchangeable laun-
dress. Even the mothers with the
white fad put their tiny Whitehead
laddies into overalls or jumpers for
rough play hours, and in this way
the white suits are spared much.
The semi-princess effect is ideal
terials, the best effects being obtain
ed when the waist and skirt are join
/ ed with a belt of the trimming ma
! terial. The skirt is tucked in groups,
and joined to the blouse. The belt
may be in round style or raised in
! the back in Empire effect. The round
! yoke can be made of all over lace
or of the dress material embroidered
or rows of insertion joined together
! Five cores are used in the skirt and
! two wide tucks are made above the
hem. The lower edge measures
about three yeards and seven Fights.
This dress can. be attractively
made in light weight linen, fine
bingham, Persian lawn or dimity,
batiste, cotton wolfe, China silk, mes
saline or rajah.
The different varieties of Valen-
ciennes lace are far and away the
most suitable and babyish for these
frocks, but there have been some
pretty models shown this season
trimmed with the finest OF Cluny, and
at least for novelty, this suggestion
Is not to be ignored. 1t washes per-