Year: 1879

very high on the sides by lengthwise shirring.
Others have the apron of the bunting made
like a scarf, with the selvedge across the bot
tom merely turned up and hemmed by blind
stitches. Machine stitching is rather heavy for
this light wool goods. Watered silk, shirred
damesse silk for bosom drapery, belts and
sashes, and much polka-dotted satin are used
for trimming these soft, graceful fabrics.


SMALL BOYS SUITS.


Small boys and girls are dressed alike-in
white or colored slips with yokes, pleated
fronts, and Spanish hounces-until they are
two and half years old; then boys are put in
kilt suits, sailor suits, or box-peated princesse
coats, and they continue to wear such gar
ments until they are six years old, when they
put ON trousers. The kilt suit is the favorite
for nice wear, it is worn at present in cordu-
roys of light weight, ladies' cloth, Middlesex
and domestic flannels, and light cassimeres.
The colors are drab, gray navy blue, blue,
brown, blue-black and dark green. These
wooden suits are worn through the greater part
of the summer, as thin woolen stuffs is found
to be almost as cool as linen, but there are also
kilt skirts of pique white or colored linen
duck, buff linen, gingham in small checks,
and also twilled drillings made up for mid
summer wear. The kilt skirt is now made
quite short, and is almost stylish when made
in large pleats. The fronts are widely Tapped
to look like great box pleats, and are buttoned
down on the right side by four or six buttons,
and there may be a corresponding row on the
left.


The sailor suit is more used for every day
wear. The kilt skirt is shaped like that just
described, and may be suspended from
sleeveless under waist Of silesia, or else it may
be buttoned to short waist. The sailor blouse
is now most often made quite high and close at
the throat but when it is slightly open there is
square plastrone of the blue flannel, or other
material of the suit, fased on the silesia waist,
so that nothing white is shown but the broad
shirt collar. Dark blue, black, gray or light
brown sailor suits are shown in flannel and
cloth. Those of blue flannel may have pale
blue braid doubled i'll narrow bindings, or else
they are trimmed with thick white braid on
the collar and down the fronts of blouse and
kilt in one row on the right, or else with two
rows.


Still simpler suits, all in one piece, are the
box-pleated prineesse blouses made with yoke,
from which hangs the remainder of the gar
ment forming three wide box pleats in front
and three behind belt confines the back, but
is not extended to the front. In imported
blouses of this kind there is another box pleat
on each side of the skirt, beginning at the waist
line under the arms. A bow of ribbon or of
bias spotted satin is used for a cravat bow for
these little fellows. Warm flannel drawers
under short muslin drawers, with perhaps one
petticoat, should be worn beneath kits; more
than one petticoat makes too much bulk, and
the kilt will not hang gracefully.


Another garment of even less weight than
this is a princesse coat that may be used either
for boys or girls OF three years of age. 1t has
long plain sacque fronts buttoning down the
middle, while the back is formed of three box
pleats held in at the waist by wide belt that
is buttoned on the seams under the arms. Large
square pockets trim the plain sides.


Long dark-colored stockings are worn at
present by small boys. Their hats are rough
straws of mixed colors in sailor shapes, or else
small Derby hats with high square crowns.
Their boots, buttoned on the side, have no
heels, or else very low ones When an over
coat is needed, it is long sacque of drab or
blue cloth of light quality, costing from $3.50
upward.