The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-08-18
BABY'S SHORT Clothes:
SOME PRACTICAL HINTS

For a number of years babies have
been advanced to short clothes at a
much earlier age than formerly, and
1 to S months old Is non too soon to
nave the short garments in readiness.
! or course. there are many times when
Z would seem to be the part OF wisdom
20 sherten some OF the long garments.
and where this is the case surely no In
/ wtruction Is needed, the usua method
being to take off the necessary number
ct inches on dresses where they are
Joined to the yoke and then attaching
! themselves to the yoke again. Petit
| coats are taken off the band, shortened,
and put back again.
When It seems more practical to
make new things for the kaby first be-
ing put into short clothes the most
fascinating array Of ideas will doubt
less present itself, second only In Inn
portance to the f%ashioning Of the lay
cite. 1t is well to remember that a
baby is so sweet and attractive in it
self that elaborate clothes are not
needed to help out. Let materials be
as fine and beautiful as ones purse VIII
allow and the handiwork absolutely
perfect. but adopt simple styles and use
but little trimming.
which is put into a band should De
made as fiat and smooth as possible
and the bands should be made plenty
large and loose.
For the baby's white dresses there are
the plain and sheer Persian lawns
India linens, nainsooks, n the striped
and checked dimities, n while in gen.
eral style they may conform to the
straight or fancy shaped yoke, with the
lower portion fulled into 1t, quite
variety of designs may be made IRON
this general one.
Children sometimes seem to outGioV
their chothes about as soon as they are
made, so care should be used In con-
forming to easy measurements, refer
ring especially to breadth of yoke In
front and back, size of neck and wris'
bands, armholes, and shoulder lengths
Then II Is an easy matter to allow To-
extra length Of sleeve and skirt parts
An attractive dress Nas a rounding
shaped yoke front n back, made o.
sheer nainsook. the dress material. ant
on this a delicate design of leaves will
their vines Is embroidered. The SAM
design is carried out on the back. The
French beading is used Il
finish the yoke on its lower edges. A
narrow margin Of the plain material 1!
left on and this is rolled. as Is also tn
yoke edge, and these are whipped to-
gether. After the edges OF each ar
rolled, the middle Of the beading shoult
be pinned to the middle OF the Yoke ant
then pin the beading at each end. al
lowing the yoke to seem slightly full
after pinning. Then, in sewing. hole
the yoke mex to you. On the backs Pill
tho beading to each section at each enc
before sewing.
The lengths for h skirt should o.
torn Off and the seams put together
and the skirt finished around the bot
tom. There Is a plain, hem three inches
deep on the bottom OF the skirt, which
should be put in by hand. Before lay
ing this there should be laid on tn
wrong side a tuck one and one-hal
inches wide, which will come on tn,
wrong side Of the deep hem M whicl
can be used later on to lengthen tn
skirt part. !.
Above this three inch hem there !
q group of four pin tucks. These cal
be increased and run through the ma
chine, not using any thread, and the
the tucking IL done by hand, doing tn
running of the tucks In h holes mad
BY the machine needle. In this wa.
one will be certain to have stitches o
even length. Above these tucks Is al
embroidery design matching that OF
the yoke, and above this Is anothe
cluster Of tucks.
The fullness at the top is laid in mar
row l~engthwise tucks, n or n and
half inches being long enough to max
NlGIn. 1H0 ShlIl ID thSh y
the yoke by a French seam.
A good way to allow for lengtheninI
the sleeves is to suit them a couple o
inches longer around the top, then turl
them in all around the top an evel
depth to the right length, and put Their
into the dress. On a fine dress like thi
1t makes a pretty finish to set tn
at the neck and wrists with tho same
A thread lace edge not over q quartz
VI an inch in width sho-ia De whippe
0 the edge of the beading arcdnd tn
,eck and sleeves.
Two of the other dresses Are simila
in character to the n just described
the main difference being in the treat
ment Of the hens. Also on n dres
the yoke is straight cross the lowe
edge, and on the third one 1t is pointed
The fullness Of the skirts is laid
groups of tucks where the skirts attac
to the Jokes.
A four-inch hem makes a prett
width. Mark off the width, making tn
first and second turning the same a
for a plain hem, then with a spool mar
off scallops on the right side, at the to
of the hem simply marking the upper
outer edge. Basic the hem a little be
low the scallops, to hold in place, an
then, turning the dress to the wron
side, cut the edge which is turned u
to match the scallops. This car b
done by tracing from the right side an
cutting off the hem e-eighth of a
inch above the traced line.
Turn in the scalloped edge by han'
clipping at the corners SO it will nc
draw at these places. This scallope
edge has to be hemmed, and thel
working from the right side. outline tn
scalloped edge with a small sing
feather stitch. Small French knots