Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-10-06
IN PARTY REGALlA
APPROPRIATE COSTUME FOR THE
SMALL GIRL AND BOY.
Correctness is as Much in Demand
for the Tots as for Their Sc.
niors-Some of the More
Important Points.


wee slipper or pump, the little girls
party equipment demands no end of
exacting details and her little broth
er's gala get-up, too, requires strict
attention to the small things, the
socks and pumps and gloves which
are so easily forgotten by the busy
mother.
The correct thing in party footwear
for little girls this season is the pump
with the ankle strap. This is usually
chosen in blue or pink kid to match
the color scheme of the dress, but
white kid and black patent leather are
also used. These pumps are worn
with hose to match, either in silk or
Isle thread. For little girls-that is,
girls under eleven or twelve-socks
are still as popular as ever; though,
of course, even the little tots some
times appear at parties in stockings.
Little boys wear white silk or Isle
thread socks or stockings, usually
without any color. The plain patent
leather pump continues to be the cor
rect thing for boys, both little and
big.
Gloves should always be worn at a
dancing party, although there is no
reason why they should not be dis
carded after the dancing is over. Lit
tie girls have long silk gloves to
match the ribbons on their frocks, and
little boys the one button white thread
gloves. The chief advantage of this
style is that of serviceability, for both
silk and cotton gloves are washable
and infinitely cooler than those of kid
or chamois.
The hair ribbon is surely the most
bothersome of all accessories and a
detail that nowadays costs a pretty
penny. This summer fashion dictates
very wide hair ribbons-of the same
width, in fact as those used for the
sash. OF course, there are some
mothers who always prefer the light
pinks for party wear, and these colors
are always becoming to the fair skins
of children. However, the very new
est thing is the Powered ribbons, and
such lowered ribbons as are a real
Joy to behold. They are printed in the
most delicately harmonized shades of
green, violet, blue, grays and yellows
that the combined efforts of the de-
signers and the manufacturers could
devise.
The brilliant Roman stripes are also
fashionable once more, and surely
these gay colors lend greatly to the
fresh daintiness of the little lingerie
frocks. Except for very little girls
the sashes are not tied in the back.
but either on the side or on the side
front. The bows are usually made in
the ribbon once and for all, SO as to
keep the sash free from creases
The pretty fashion of running the
ribbon under the sheer lingerie frock
and drawing it through only where the
bcw is tied-a fashion popular with
grownups as well-has been adopted
In the newest hand embroidered
French party frocks. Besides the
sashes made from ribbons, little girls
| have made-up sashes of satin or silk
designed to go with their party dress.
es. These are usually finished with
tassels or rosettes of the silk or satin.
AS children's thin dresses are al.
ways made with round or Dutch neck
never with sign of collar, pretty
though not necessary adjunct to the
gala get-up is the string of gold beads
or locket and chain. Good taste toll
crates only the simplest Of jewelry.