Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-27
Making the Small
Boys Suits
They Arc Not Difficult II You Have
knack at Neat Stitching and an
Ego for Good Color Combinations.

THE- small boy is. after all, al
most as fascinating creature
- TO dress as is the small girl.
Not quite. perhaps. Rutiies and
lace. ribbons and sunbonnets. are all
so very attractivel And those
things, of course, are not for the
small boy. still
To begin with. there are smocks.
Is anything more attractive than a
shocked suit for the little boy up
TO four?
Hard to Get Smock Pattern.
But there is one odd thing. 1t Is
almost impossible to get smock
pattern. Many of the pattern COM
panies have no such thing. II you
can't get q pattern you can buy a
little French smock-for that's the
point-many OF the most attractive
little French suits are made smock
fashion-and rip it apart to cut
other suits by. This is perfectly
satisfactory, though rather expen-
sive way. You can cut off pattern
in paper. Perhaps you can get the
pattern from the little suit without
ripping the suit apart, and that viii
save YOU the troube of having TO
sew il I'D again. Anyway, that is
a suggestion
Next, as to materials. For smock
suits you can use a medium weight
pongee for the smock. one that is
soft and pliable. And for the
80 Ar
pongees.
Or you can combine a heavy and
a sheer linen. using the heavy quail
ity for the trousers.
Or heavy and a fine crepe-cottor
crepe. All these things come II
lovely colors, and all are quite suit
able for shocking.
Color Schemes Arc Easy.
, As for color. schemes. those ar
i not difficult TO choose There is III
! natural colored pongee smocke'
with green or brown. There is IN
blue linen or crepe smock Wit
= white, deeper blue OF orange smock
! ing. here is the green suit smocke
q with black or white. There Is III
. violet one shocked with yellow, Q
= the yellow one shocked with viole
a for violet and yellow are niue
v favored just now.,
= There are some fascinating mate
. rails in the shops just now froI
y which the small boys suits may I
made. There are ginghams. for or
: thing, In particularly suitable de
a signs. One is a gray and whit
. check that would be admirable Il
"a a cool summer play suit. Another
combination of two shades
either blue, brown, green or layeI
Oar In plain Bingham.
Professional Finishing.
re When it comes to making suits
r, the sailor order. you may be puzzle
If by the eyelets for the little lacing
d. and by the embroidery on Il
30 sleeves and collars. But you C;
I'd have this all done at a trimmil
< shop, and SO give the suit profe
v sional sort Of finish, with little e
~ pense and no trouble to yourself.
re When you are choosing the sty
lg for the small boys suit, take in
at consideration his build and type.
lie much in the way of good looks C
lit be produced by the right kind
in suit. the becoming style. 1t is wor
he a good deal of time and attention
he select the right sort OF suit. Sol
ce children look dumpy and unattrat
liz. I've in a smock. others look wierd
an a Russian blouse, and so it goes
lie. along the line. And never KNOWN
ng ly burden a child. even If he is
ut young to notice it, with an outlan
es ish or unbecoming suit. The otf
as kind cost no more and they have
p good deal to do with his mann'
and feelings later on.