The Alaska citizen., 1916-04-10
SELECTION OF NEW GOWNS

For the boys under the age of . only wash garments are correct Piquo popin and chambray are the best fabrics. To please the child t should be remembered that many pockets are desirable. and that a few embrutI red embtems of eagles and anchors are always heart s great delight.
 There is no longer any problem about proper dress for the cherub
 Time was when dear mahmah was the only fashion plate in the family. Observe now the Dear Child. She may be only 1 years old, but she wears her clothes with way
 SartoriaI artists have turned their attention toward togas for the small fry and the results are beautiful and picturesque Day clothes are cut on the simplest lines but party froCks are revels of lovelIness and fuss For the infants there also are designed specIal costumes motoring coats, play frocks, afternoon dress dancin gtogs, travelling robes erything under the sun, in fact, that may with justice be put upon the back of an infant
 A biscuit-colored velour de laine coat Is trimmed with beaver. A blue chiffon velvet coat trimmed with gold Is mixture of sunshine and moonlight. A motor coat for the young Is of rose-colored broad cloth trimmed with white fox.
 There is a decided interest in the white swiss froek made up over fish-colored rinon.
 OId-time lIck-rack is used fo. trimming play frocks-think how many years 1t is since you made rtck-rack Or, better still, don't think
 Play frocks are embroidered with lions and elephants-and so on for. ever, Fashion Is always new and interesting
 Very clever are the many new schemes for giving fullness to skirts and for avoiding the everlasting hip yoke of which most of us have grown a bit weary
 A gown of Carpathian green faille with a hair line of black, shows little applied panels, half-breadths of the silk, shirred into four-lncb shlrrings at the top, placed at the hip line, and so joined to the gal ment as to become part of the foundation. ID this way the gar ment flares into five or six yards about the hem. The effect Is yer; good as it permits the front oF the gkirt to remain flat. The idea will not work out In heavy fabr.cs, but for the new frocks of silks and ,atins that are coming in strong. il is most desirable.
 The corsage of the fa;lle gown has a surplice arrangement, which :astens just above the wsiS. line with a single button. There is 8 cunning collar and revers effect in white ottoman silk, wh ch Is de tachable and which slips unGc, the ,7d-ber narrow collar ban of the rock itself. The sleeves are form fitting. with envelope tabs of the ottoman This is the kind 2f a sartorial joy that proves to le a true and faithful friend, ready for any need or any emergency anl a'ways looking smart and trim.
 silks and sattns are used as trim ming for mourning gowns, an un usual item worth recording n our dreambook of fashion.
 It is no longer necessary to con fine the decorative effects to ma tsrials of dull surface. Fa He is used a great deal and so IS liberty silk, charmeuse and nearly all the ordinary weaves.
 Crepe trimmings are still ( n' rloyed, but only for early mourn ing The world Is gradually ac cepting the iQea that outward trap p'ngs of woe haven't much to dc with the sorrow one feels The period of mourning grows shortt ' md shorter, and many womeE re fuse altogether to wear 1t.
 For evening the best decorative fleet is dull jet beading. which Is rich and beautiful. Delicatu chiffon and figured effects are used lav- ishly and fur Is not uncommon