Clothes for Youngsters Seem to Be Trying ' for the
HE thrifty young Parisian ma-
tron buys two or three yards
of material and makes (rocks
1. ;- hcr three children. It you do
own sewing, dressing your
costs very little now-a-
she says. For the less mats-
- -1 you use the smarter they'look.
11-? one must be clever to do that
t r? thing.
1‘. r many years the tendency of
“tail fashions has been to use
,9 .lud less material in children's
z.._=, with the result. thst skirts
tint-irons frocks have always
.1; .1 little shorter there than here.
the“ time we- have shortened ours
match theirs. they have short-
~n-l tlmirs a triile more. Bare legs
«wet as appropriate in Paris in
. ~. xv r :..- in summer. and so do bare
~ ~. for the short sleeved or sleeve-
tz-tu-k is as usual in cold
. ~'ltwr as in the warmer months.
it you are solicitous now to know
. l’iSthllS that will prevail this
.‘2 im- the little girl of two or
;. n or four. you may be interested
khnl!’ that frocks are so short
I .2 really rooms as if skirts had
put. entirely, and as it little
_ :14 “are only little loose blouses
ending about to the hips. If
homers to match go with these
-rt little t‘recks they too must be
.. r'. wry short. Don't for worlds
of letting them come below
- .. Lubes or even to the knees.
must terminate i‘ar enough
-. r: to show the curve or the little
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Slips Instead of Bloomers
‘3‘}.lh frequently the frocks are
,;.; ulthuut bloomers to match
I then they are worn over dainty
‘ 1.7 lawmtrlmmed drawers and wee
. "firm under-slips or petticoats.
;~.< {or months past. the very
”-0- :irl‘s t‘rtu'k is. made to hang
trunl the shoulder. it is so
>ltmt that anything: like yoke
«l: umulri be out of place. How-
-. Hume experts on this matter
. f vig-usirg very little glds any that
' .s {t l"l1tlt"l’lf‘_\' back to ynkcs
"lt' llnrw. and that even \‘cry
‘l- girls may be wearing ribbon
.k ir~~ wrote the year is out.
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30“”th that strikes the Amer-
‘m in Parts. who is interested in
“litters of dress. is that children or
‘11 use are dressed in bright strik-
in‘ colors. You see' tour or live
"“10 girls out together in the park
—there will be a charming flash of
rose. of pink. of scarlet. and of
green.
In our own shops you may and
frocks for little felks that gladden
the eye, and till the childless woman _
with a desire to drive straight to
The tiny girl wears a
blue and white striped
Challis frock with blue
tie and white collar.
.011!” and pocket. 0»
the pocket is a. nine
figure embroidered in
wool. One of the big
girls wears a swapemlcr
skirt of blue serge with
a white silk blouse, and
the other wears a rrd
jumper with a rod and
brown plaid skirt. There
is a plaid silk tir'.
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the nearest orphan asylum and adopt
no less than four of the inmates.
The woman with one or two or
three or so youngsters of her own
sighs to think that there is so little
in the program oi the normal Amen
ican child of today for party frills
and furbelows.
Animals Make Appeal
Pictorial frocks still malts strong
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ever shoulder, hem. and Chou. at side.
In center, pleated maul-e crepe dc
chine. with lace yoke; and at right, bro "7! crepe do China with cream llncn
blouse. ‘
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appeal. That is {recite that are
decorated with charming pictures 01
Ducky Daddies. Gray Goose. Piggy
Wing. Dog Tray. and other tabuq
lous animals of the nursery. A tiny
short-sleeved frock of white cotton
voile is hard to resist when you so.
the row of pattering ducks around
the hem.
Sometimes the pocket only carries
the pictorial motif. A short frock
of blue and white striped Challis has
roltar and cuffs of white. a blue tie
with long ends at the front, and a.
poclat at the right side that dis-
plays a tempting little figure em-
broidered in wool.
Quaint 3811M materials of vari-
uus sorts lend themselvu to the
making of children’s frocks. Cre-
tonne and hand-blocked prints make
tempting beach frocks with wide-
brimmed hats to match. You can
make an entire set with tiny bloom-
ers to match train as little as you'd
need to recover a. cushion!
Hats Are Important
The hat plays an important part
in the wardrobe of the little girl at
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Little boy’s tan linen suit with white collar and oath, and little
girl‘s frock 0! il'hi'e cotton voile embroidered in ducks.
today—important not because it
need be expensive or ornawut be-
cause in this day of the ensemble
idea. there must be a. hat to go with
every (rock or wrap.
At Southern resorts where lun-
worshipping Americans have gone
with their children to pass the resi-
due of the winter these little girls
and boys are setting the spring and
summer fashions for their neigh-
bors who have remained at home and
are still bundled up in galters and
leggings, mittens and mufflers.
There you may see charming little
poke bonnets made to match gully
printed cretonne frocks for. the
beach. There are muslin beach hats,
tno, made like the old-time eunbon-
not. that. are becoming and practical.
Every little girl's spring wardrobe
must include a. spring coat, and film.
like the frocks. is made very short
for the very young girl. Here the
fashion for so-callcd natural tones
will be seen to be as influential as
in adult wardrobes. Beige serge is
used for several charming children's
«oats, and is frequently combined
with trimming bands of bright Solar,
Much Crops do Chins
Crepe de chine is used for the
ill-
making at frocks for little girls‘ and
suits for little boys. It doesn'
Quite the thing for a suit for a. little
boy of tour or live. does it? Yet
experience has proved that it‘ is a.
good selection. It is thin enough to
be deliciously cool in warm weather;
it comes up very well after innum-
erable washings. and it has the ad-
vantage that all silks seem to have
over cottons and linens of "staying
clean" quite a time. Even little
boys are put into suits consisting of
trousers and costs. One charming
suit is of brown crepe de chine for
the trousers and little short Jacket.
with cream linen for the blouse
which has rumed collar and suds.
Pleated crepe do chine frocks (or
little girls are very sttrtictive and
have the advantage oil-er those of
mull. batiste or other cotton frocks
of needing less trequent laundering.
Suspender Skirts
For the girl who is no longer con-
sidered very little the; suspender-
sklrt which has recently been
brought into the limelight even for
women\ is surely a' blessing. It
makes the separate washable waist
or blouse.a possibility even on an
awkward girl of ten or twelve. Pot
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crops do cities at“: hook with
apple ores-n us and bolt. The m
one in yellow cretonue smock prist-
- ed in green and pink. The hot
' mtchee, and the bloomers are of
yellow.
practical purposes nothing could be
a better number in the girl's spring
wardrobe than a suspender skirt of
blue serge with two or three white
blouses to go with it. Good quality
blue serge. You know. comes up
smiling alter careful laundering-ad
this suspender skirt may easily be
cleaned by the family laundrsu—
without the expense of having to be
sent to the dry cleaners.
The jumper costume is one-of the
adult fashions that have been taken
. over into the realm of juvenile fash-
ions. Rather scant pleated skirts
with close-fitting Jumpers. worn with
detachable white collars and cm
make attractive frocks for spring.
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