The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-06-24
Doings in the
World ofFashion
BY PHOEBE A. REED.

Fine lingerie models are as smart
as they are Impractical, and wherever
modish garmens for children are shown
n finds these dainty sheer coats,
charming, summary, calculated to
muss and soil with distressing readi-
ness, but ~undeniably suited to babyish
wearers. All are elaborated with fine
handiwork, but some are more in
~tricately adorned than others. Fine
hand tucks, insert laces, delicate hand
embroidery all play their parts aid
many of the loveliest models, but by
no means the least expensive, have
only the hand embroidery and embroid-
cry scallop edges for ornament, no lace
being added to the design.
Occasionally one finds q model other
than the straight full coat with dep
collar, but the prettiest things are on
the later order and the departure from
1t lose in ba~byishness what they gain In
originality.
SerVieeable Coats
Serviceable coats of tub material are
made up In pique, the soft French
pique, of white or pink or Hue, often
with hand embroidery of white and
scalloped edges embroidered in white,
and there Is q pique with fine honey
comb or check weave which makes up
very prettily. Real cluny lace and baby
Irish are used upon the pique when
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beading, giving good effect In simple
models. White pique embroidered in
colors is seen, but is less desirable for
all around use than the all white. 5~
In silk coats for the very little girl
one finds rather more variety than
usual. Some adorable little models are
shown in delicate pink s%hantung, tus-
sor and other pongee weaves. These
are made up very simply, often with q
view to laundering, for the material
will launder excellently If proper care
is taken to avoid fading the delicate
color. One straight little model, full
from the yoke, is bordered by plain
hens feather stitched by hand in white
and has a deep collar of hand embroi-
-dered lingerie and ~valenciennes lace.
Another has a collar of the silk, with
baby Irish insertion set just inside the
hem, and still another has edges of
tiny scallops embroidered in white and
a design of hand embroidered bordering
coat and practically covering the col
lar.
Wrap for Children. .
Bengaline is a silk favored for dressy
coats for children, and Is as a rule
made upon lines somewhat severe, with
a little hand embroidery or heavy lace
for trimming. Some pretty models are
quite plain, with only lace lila and
big pearl buttons for relief. The heavy
Ottoman silks in fine lustrous sort quail
ity and Bayadere stripes make very
handsome plain coats.
Among WOO materials, too, corded
weaves are frequently chosen for the
child's coat, = the season offers q
large assortment of these corded or
cotole woolens. One smart little coat
shown by a leading outfitter of children
is of rose pink Bedford cord, trimmed
with wide white silk braid and fasten-
ing with white Br~andenbourgs, and an
other is of light blue corded wool, with
a military looking trimming of narrow
white braid loops and buttons down
each side Of the front and on the
sleeves.
For small girls past the first short
frock days colors other than the tradi-
tional white and pink and blue are ad-
missable, though nothing else is yer sc
dainty and as essentially childish as
these three. Chic little coats in beige
tones are made up in broadcloth, Bed
ford cord and other woods, and the soft
dull blue and rose and brown shades
are liked. Some extremely pretty
modes are in brown and white, white
braiding or white embroidered collars
and cuffs of pique or linen, Tightening
the somewhat warm tones Of the mod
ish brown.