Evening star., 1936-12-18
sketched IN q washington shop.

streamers that reach almost to the
floor. There is a slight v at the
back and a row of buttons EXTEND
ing below the waist line.
At the right Is a delicate pink taf-
feta with its square neck outlined with
band of little taffeta flowers in the
same color. This high-waisted prin-
cess model ties in the back with a
sash that is joined at the sides under
the arms. The double putting around
the bottom OF the skirt makes a nice
finish and gives added stiffness.
The little girl seated in the FORE
ground is wearing a yellow taffeta
trimmed with rows of ruching. All
of these dresses are most reasona bly,
priced and well styled for the little
girl from to IL, and the teener from
IL to 16.
The chubby child Is often problem
when 1t comes to picking a party
dress. She always wants the kind Of
dress that she cannot possibly wear,
and there is often weeping and wall
ing before the matter can be adjusted.
To meet this dilemma some shops
have created specialized sizes, like
14l2 which are extra wide and de-
signed to make the best of those
chubby contours. There is not quite
so much of a selection among these,
but they do solve the problem beau
tifully.
IN ANOTHER shop we found "teen-
ers" trying on frocks at a great
rate and parading up and down for
their mothers to see how fine they
looked. One tall, slender, willowy
girl had on a white -howered taffeta
with a splashy rose design in sew
eral colors. Dark-blue velvet ribbon
marked q straight line down the front
and around the bottom, and the perky
little puff sleeves also had a central
line of the blue velvet.
One of the newest and most en-
chantingly youthful frocks was tea
rose marquisette shirred in squares
through the bodice and to hip length,
and then left to hang quite full to the
1IIC SQud1C CdOSA4 iiCSh was
accented across the front with small
blue and pink handmade flowers and
a belt of three rows Of narrow pink
and blue grosgrain with little bows
made the trimming. Double folds Of
the material gathered into the arm
holes covered the shoulders. The
same frock is available in cornfower
blue, and equally delightful at $16.95.
In this shop we found three-quar-
ter-length black velvet capes with
hoods that would make most accepta-
BILE gifts to young girls going out
to their first dancing parties.
Starched chiffons and pastel nets
are just beginning to come in and
will continue to be excellent style
on into the next season. A peach
colored net trimmed with peach velvet
ribbon was very good, and the jewell
toned nets are equally popular.
Spanish raisin is a well-liked color
and has an odd, old-fashioned look
that is very becoming to a young
brunette. Ivory taffeta is good. too,
and, of course, allows many changes
| of colorful accessories.
Some of the little tots Of to
years are very fond of white bunny
and lapin fur coats for dress-up oc-
casions. These have their own little
white fur muffs and berets and make
them look like little snow maidens.
Inexensive French beaver muffs might
make nice presents, and SO would
those Scotch plaid sets consisting of
hat, muff and little hand bag, all
Of the same material, bright and gay
as can be. and very inexpensive too.
For information concerning items
mentioned in this column call Ma
tional 5000. Extension ss5, between
10 and II am.