South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-10
Negligee Set for
The Little Girl
Boudoir Cap, Kimona and
Bedroom Slippers That
Anyone Can Make.

The little girl who goes a-week
ending is quite as much in need Of
pretty negligee, dainty bedroom slip
pers and a boudoir cap as are her
mother and older sisters. If she is
taught the use of dainty accessories
from her early years, daintiness will
be a part of her when she at last
comes to young ladyhoOd.
The little negligee set should be
made to match. The three pieces may
be given by three different people if
they form a conspiracy of Christmas
gifts.
\ child'S boudoir cap is made quite
the same as for grown-ups, only that
Il is smaller, and the ruffling, If there
is any. about the face, is not so deep.
Indeed, the bow upon the child's cap
may be much larger than the bows
used for the older persons cap, as the
larger the bow the more youthful VIII
be the effect A little Miss Muffet cap
is made very much like a full, round
dust cap, having rather deep rutile
even for a child. About the top or TINS
ruffle is tied a broad crushed ribbon,
SO that it Will appear as though tied
about the cap, after the cap is upon
the head of the wearer. This Miss
Muffet bow should perch at the center
front of the cap and be encouraged
to stick up.
AS for the negligee. there are any
number of pretty patterns, from the
easy lined kimono to those more IN
tricate and inclined to be French
rather than comfortably Japanese. a
kimOno can be made of a lowered SILK
or of a plain color. 1t should be, how
ever. Of a tone to harmonic with the
cap ribbon 1t is a saving idea, so far
as laundering is concerned, to nave
flowers of a deeper hue on a pale
ground. or vice versa. comDlnatloh
of shades will not show the SOIL so
much as plain color. The bands upon
the kimono may be of a different color
or they may be embroidered. In the
latter case. the material should be
plain. Nothing could be pretuer than
a blue kimonO with a trail OF forget
me-nots. in a slightly deeper blue ana
with pale green foliage, about the
edge Of the kimono. Pink Wild roses
upon blue form a pretty contrast. A
negligee of organdie can be made with
empire waist and NeIgings of valen-
ciennes lace. In this case the boudolr
cap should be Of the same material.
Ribbons tie such a negligee at the hlgh
waist line.
The prettiest of slippers can be
made at the expense or very niue
money and very little time. LAMBS
wool soles should be used for winter
slippers. A piece of broad RIBBON
NAV be shirred about the sole and
fastened with a strong over-and-oVer
stitch on the inside. 1t might be well
to use strong white patent thread Tor
this inside sewing of the upper part
of the slipper to the soles. Kun
tinv casing of ribbon about the top OF
the slipper on the wrong side ana
through this run an elastic. AT the
front of the slipper should be placed
bow or rosette G = ribbon or tiny
bunch of roses made from ribbon and
chiffon. The bow would probably be
more practical for the rough handling
which children are likely to give even
the daintiest of things. If warmer
slippers are desired, they may be knit
ted of wooden yarn in some dainty
shade. 1t is a simple matter to re-
move the soles from such slippers each
time the tops need washing.
Even when visiting, child should
not be allowed to run about IN her
bare feet or without something both
pretty and protecting over her nightle,
and certainly towseled heads, whether
large or small, should be covered with
a cOncealing bit of daintiness such as
the boudOir cap.