AN ORIGINAL FANCY DRESS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 591, 20 August 1909, Page 3

AN ORIGINAL FANCY DRESS.

':' Quite. a v .refreshing .idea 'in-, ; these •.times of pampered-small.folks (says .an.Australian 1 writer) has ; of ;;late ■ come •. under my .notice. A lady gave a'.faiicy.. ball .'.to- her children and their>young /friends, with/.itlic. proviso that" each'-child.: was 'to: contrive their oiyii idross and' fashion' it in-the'- best .'way they pnuld;: a»d that : :one / :shilling;only;"was to bespent ;by ; each. ..A; grtat many of fthe.dresses, w.ere' really iingonioiisiind., picturesque;,; one' in' - ; particular j , ( .'wprn" ,by' a. fairy',' and,-; composed -of -penny-sheets of gold paper.-,-' pasted upon white calico, was;beautiful. -.Tho suc-r cess :of . ; the evening■ was four, littlfe.'girls'as indiaii squaws y they .wer.e .dressed, in brown, paper,. with •: fringed edges, • which .looked, exactly. :liko leather, hands of gaudy, red. arid blue"w,e re .-painted"arbund.-the skirts; niany necklaces of beads were about their necks; they. l wore , , brown-paper -leggings and headdresses' of. gaudy feathers, -and' each Indian brandished a terrible hatchet;- made of brown paper, and-silver, paper!'.. They, entered, the ballroom in, a , rush,: arid', with a /wild Indian yell. ; ,!'ln the frqnt'of their dresses.they wore eaih;, a placard,' ."The ; .tribeplease don't;' tear..'; us I".- ; , ''■",',; . ' "." OF.;nAmesl;.■'..;■ of Spain- has .been much more fortunate in the matter of names : than-the little; Dutch, .iirincess. 'Queen Victoria- Jiugenio: was anxious not;- to,'give her little daughter a fureimi ''name, and,' niiturally;- she ..wished '[ to ; call her* afteri-her own mother. /.< Tho 'baby 'also'; bears ; the , .names, of .he'r./.Spanish grandinotheri , ; Queen '.ChriatiinaV and'-' her.' aunt,' "the. Infanta Maria, Theresa; ahdj'.beihg /also" called .Elizabeth,; this' little 1 lloyal girl*, is' following a> prevailing fashion' in. 'girls'.• names, ; for,•Elizabeths 'are many, just-now.. 'But' really : ;' ; the .prettiest and quaintest.;,of,; : her names 'is -that, of Uierivenicla,: : or. Welcome. Truly,; her; wasan occasion of, joy to her young parentJß,' and;they'gave-'her bestovnhg.- upbii her this iuucommSn'cogno-' ■men:..'-.',';'.'-'..'.-.-'..-''-'.-■' '•■"' V •'■";.■' • ■'.•: •!?■■'''.! r -'; -'.'