South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-08
Children s Clothes


coat for the little girl is the faring
effect in the skirt. The favorite
fabrics for these coats are fancy
cheviots ad serges. In the sport
coats, striking effects in wide stripes
are noticeable. echo.ng the brilliant
plaids and checks. in worsted and
silk of the wOmen's sport suits.
The chic headwear for little girls
from eight 10 16 is the duplex hat
made of straw, with a rim of felt
For the little girl still younger
say, two TO six, the dresses are in
long tailored lines. A popular ma
terial is the new japanese crepe,
which is often trimmed with nov
city shocking and much embroid-
cry. I'VE sell more of the plain
tailored dresses for this age. with
the white shocking. than anything
else. for our smart trade" said one
of the leading mechants in chill
dren's wear in the middle west.
Among these little tots there is the
same tendency TO large plaids and
broad stripes, in the japanese
crepes. as among tbs larger girls
and women.
when it comes TO the suits for
the girls from eight to 16, we have
the tailored Norfolk style, some
what the same as last year. with a
few changes in the plaits. The fav-
orite stuff is the fine worsted serge.
For the little girls at this sea
son, the change is very sudden
from wOrsted to the lighter cotton
and silk ADMINISTRATIONS. cham
brays and crepes being favorites.
Very little wooden cloth is sold after
the holidays.
THE younger boys suits change
little in style from season to sea
son. In the smaller sizes there
seems to be a demand for the one
piece effects, with belt, not romp-
ers. The MILDLY blouses and knee
trousers are as popular as ever this
season. An interesting fact is that
they are using the crepe as much
for the boys suits as for the girls
dresses. These Japanese crepes are
practically the only new feature in
the spring styles for the young
boys.
For baby boys. from one to four,
we are selling for the early spring
REFER coats, buttoned straight TO
the throat for the younger boys, and
lapel coats for the older ones. The
little REFER coats are often of blue
serge, with the new sailor collar of
blue linen, or white linen, trimmed
with blue
shoes change but little this sea-
son, owing to the great expense in
the leather, and to the difficulty in
getting foreign leather. There will
be, for boys and girls from four to
10, the pony leather of soft gray.
These shoes outwear any other kind
and can be so easily washed with
ivory soap or CASTLE that they are
really the most economical; at the
same time. they are smart looking.
1t is an interesting fact that we sell
more misses shoes for boys up to
a certain age than of strictly boys
shoes. for both demand low heels
and broad toes for the growing
child. Black and white, and black,
tan. and white are going to be worn
a great deal. All you have TO do
this season is to clean up your last
years shoes, for the change in style
is so unnOticeable that no attention
need be paid To it."
The cOlors for all children's wear
are beautiful this season, and fol-
low closely the colOrs in the spring
suits and sport suits of the women
The Japanese crepe referred to
comes in shades of blue. old gold.
rose, olive, green, pink and red. II
is very durable. warm and pretty
The striking stripes and plaidS are
set off with pretty throws and col
lars. that give a natty effect TO the
gown of the young miss. a few
hannels and striped serges are
shown in some of the shops. Very
effective large plaids of olive green.
blue, burgundy and blue on a white
ground are shown, overshot with
fine black stripes, about a quarter
of an inch apart. The red and the
black stripes re set upon a yellow
ground. This material. the shop
keeper declares. is one OF the smart
est spring dress materials for the
young girl.