Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-16
CORRECT COSTUMES FOR GROWING GIRLS

VERY mother I'm the land will
IL agree with every other mother
IL that the growing girl is not easy
10 dress. Her age makes hei
awkward; she is likely TO be young
looking with the stature of a woman
or cirish in development with a wom-
anIv face Until this period of mental
and physical adjustment has passed.
simplicity Of design is the Keynote OIL
correct dressing for all young girls.
The models on the figures in todays
sketch are a remarkable collection OF
costumes. showing the absolutely cor
rect in sirIish outlines and in simple de-
sign and construction. They all are SO
apparently youthful as to appeal at once
TO the mother, and yet approach 50
nearly in effect the Older styles as 10
be satisfying to the daughter.
The artist has sketched from models
by famous makers i'm Paris. and mas
done them with thought of the late
ness of the winter season and in recos-
milton of the habit of early sewing for
spring and summer. Built on advance
lines. they will be entirely safe in any
chosen material.
ATTRACTIVE SIMPLICITY
The first at the left is one OF the
pretty frocks that young girls love for
little evening affairs that escape the
formality of a party. 1t is pink crepe
having a cord design the same shade,
which was made by covering a cotton
cord with silk to match the crepe. The
narrowest of soutache could be subsu-
tuted and would bring the dress within
Of let
original RAJ into an enormous price.
For the guimpe. which is a whole bod
ice showing through slashes in the side
of the crepe dress. valenciennes lace
has been joined together with beading.
One charm of this little frock Is the
very simplicity of the braiding pattern.
Dark blue linen braided in similar
way with light blue or white braid and
worn with a guimpe Of allover or eye
let embroidery would prove an effective
summer model. and in heavy linen or
pongee the result would be equally
good.
The crossed girdle of the next model
draws ones eye at once. Black satin.
crushed and tied at the back, has been
used on a brown coarse linen with
few fiat brass buttons. Black and white
checked linen or worsted will look well
as background for the black girdle
and white buttons embroidered with
black Some Of the checked frocks have
plain coats to match, showing a touch
of the girdle satin on the collar and
cuffs
A RUSSIAN EFFECT
The pongee model shows an embroid-
cred panel across the bodice front
worked on the material of the garment
not appliqued in separate band. This is
a padded embroidery done with coarse
linen thread of pongee color, and the
numerous buttons used to give the Rus
sian effect at the side opening are
dull Gilt. Old china blue embroidery OF
linen threads may be used on pongee;
or. again. any white or colored linen
thus embroidered in it's own color will
be most striking.
The lace collar and cuffs are note o.
the young girls dress, for almost all OF
the Youthful models are made only TO
the neck line and involve an outside
collar or lace. linen or embroidered
suimpe Frequently those gowns worn
with a long sleeved guimpe are made
with three-quarter sleeves.
And now for an advance style in linen
suits for early spring (or later. as the
weather may permit. The coat suit
has been given TO show the length OF
coat. the style of pleated skirt and the
general collar and sleeve line that will
prevail when winter suits begin to be
burden. Brown linen, this one, with
white pique collar and cuffs dotted with
brown. This fascinating model Will
work out in many attractive ways.
Dark blue linen demands a collar OF
the same with white dots. The all-white
suit implies heavily embroidered dots Of
coarse cotton on collar of the same