Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-13
CLOTHES FOR LITTLE CHAPS
Russian Lines Still the Thing for
Small Boys.
SOME WHITE PIoUE MODELS
Unboyish FriIIs In some salts This
seasOn-GOOd Results in COArse
Linens In BIues and browns
and Khaki.

NEW YORK. Feb. 12-Even In this day
OF attractive ready-made clothes for small
children many mothers cling to the old ira
dillon and make the dresses worn ~ their
little girls, but the small boys clothes
usually come TO him from the shops and
the chances are that homemade garments
designed for him would not 0e half 10 at
tractive as the ready-to-wear suits.
Possibly II the mother could make them
herself they might be less expensive, hut
where the labor must be turned over TO a
hired seamstress the homemade article is
likely to turn out a poor economy IN ad-
dition to lacking the smartness which the
manufacturer succeed IN giving 10 the
suits made by them. High priced designers
are employed TO make the designs, mstcri-
ais are bought in enormous quantities,
every labor-savlng mechanical device Is en-
ployed. and as a result OF all this att-ac-
tive models are put upon the market 81
surprisingly low prices.
This season certain we'll known mer-
chants have been exploiting a line Of
clothes for little boys which depart from
tradition and certainly leave mush 10 he
desired. During January displays We're
made OF elaborate little suits lacking ut
terly the smart simplicity and noyjshuess
which have made the small boys ciIthes
thoroughly satisfactory in recent v.a,rs.
There we're tiny sailor suits o. sose brood
cloth, hsnd-emBroldered rather deliberately
in self-color, coat and kn'cker SUES Of
white serge with little waisteoats and coat
revers OF colored silk. and similar fancy
dress suggestions put forward in MI Serl-
BUSINESS. though one found It hard to associ-
ate the ordinary sturdy and healthy Amer
lean boy with such models.
Luckily, even ia the shops where these
undesirables have been a feature, the 1ulk
OF the boys QUILTING stock Is Of quite
another character, and elaboration where Il
appears is Of an unaggressive sort, con-
slsting chiefly OF hand-embroidered collar
or a linen or pique Russian coat for the
very little chap,
The Russian lines are still for him the
generally accepted thing and no mode
could better combine childishness and boy
ishness. The general idea admits, too, OF
a surprising amount OF variation, though
what In women's clothes Is called The
silhousette remains the same.
There is always the straight hanging,
loosely belted smock over the Just showing
knickerbockers but this smock may open
straight down the left side, down the mid
die front. double-breasted or df~agonaly.
1t may have the straight standing Rus
sian collar, the low-cut sailor collar or
the collar whose revers turn back quite
TO the bottom Of the smock. as In one OF
the embroidered white pique models Illus
trated here.
Ana then the supply of appropriate ma
terials is increasingly large and attrac-
tive. Not all colors are considered good
form for the small boy, but there are
enough adapted to his use and some of
these hues have been greatly improved
by the dyers during the last W or three
years.
The deeper blues are on this list, and
many or the best looking little Russian
suits offered for the new season are In
the heavy, coarse. soft linens now 20 pop
ular and in lovely dark shades OF blue.
ranging from a clear indigo through
Delft ard corn flower and dull old blue
shades up to the lighter and softer tones.
Some of the Russian suits in these
really beautiful blues with Just a note OF
relief in white buttons and touches OF
white embroidery about the collar are ex-
traordinarily smart, as well as very prac-
teal, showing soil much less quickly than
the lighter co!ors.
There are some admirable brown linens
too which are clean enough to look cool
and dark enough to be serviceable, and
which may be made still cooler looking