THE LADIES.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4149, 8 November 1884, Page 5 (Supplement)

THE LADIES.

Li. DIES' GOSSIP.

This week I intend giving a few ideas oh children's dresses, from Madamo Weigal's journal. I learn, the Fishwife will bo popular, and it is so pretty and quaint and simple for houso and suitable for prints and washing textures. It comprises a short body and tunic which are worn as a polonaise. Your skirt of lining on which a deep kilting is placed. The tunic is connected at tho top of tho body, while tho lower edge is trimmed with a striped material falling over the kilting, while the hack is arranged in downward pleats each side, and caught up in the centre, a band for the waist, sailor's collar, and sleeves, are trimmed with the striped, there are five different sizes from four to twelve years of age. To make the costume for a girl of four it requires four yards and a half of material 27 inches wide. There is also a Boy Sailor Costume. It consists of a loose blouse worn over a kilted skirt, the latter being neatly arranged in side pleats and sewn to a tightly fitting body lining, with buttons down the centre of tho back, while the blouse is conformed to the figure by shoulder and under arm seams, fastening in the front, while a narrow band round tho bottom edge, keeps the blouse nicely in position to the figure. The sleeves aro the ordinary coat shape trimmed to correspond with fronts and sailor collar, if in the employment of velvet, or any self-colored material an anchor work for satin-stitch on the sleeves and corners of the collar imparts a pretty finish. Tho pattern before me is trimmed with three rows of narrow braid, and 1 was thinking the Galatea stripes now so fashionable would bo so cool, as well as pretty in the hot summer clays to come for tho littlo ones. Among the pretty costumes for boys and girls is a slip-like dress, drawn by shirrs or gathers at the waist-line both behind and before ; its lower edge may recciveja hem, braid, or tucks may surround it. lis yoke may be in contrast with the dress, to match the pockets and facings for the wrists a model being a white camels-hair dress, cut by this pattern had a blue velvet yoke and sleeve facings, and blue velvet ribbons wore sot in fire, narrow, parallel lines above its deep horn, the stylo ia suitable for washing material with a few tucks round tho bottom. The pattern is in six different sizes for chil. (For continuation see next page.)

ren from ono to ten years of age. A pretty model of a frock for a little girl six or seven is of fancy material partly plain and pai tly brocaded. The semi-fitting frock iVof the plain material, all but the very short skirt which is a gathered flounce of brocade gauged at the neck and below the.waist, tho lower edge ofboth are lost in the folds of a very wide sash, which is tied behind in a large bow. Another for a girl from eight to ten would be suitable for cashmere. The short skirt is arranged in hollow pleats. A -long loose jacket of the same material forms the bodice; deep re vers of velvet, and fastened with one large button on the chest, this shows a plastron "chemisette finished with gau<nngs, and a frill. both top and bottom, it comes down to the heading of the flounce which forms the skirt the revcrs of velvet are continued to the edge of the •jacket, along both the fronts tho coat sleeves have velvet facings. Another style suitable to the above, could be opened over a plain • vest, buttoned down the middle. For little boys from three to four, cos tumes composed" of a frock, with a flat double pleat on each side, covered with a row of buttons, leather belt, and full short trousers buttoned at the knee. .Another model for boys from five to seven, costumes of fine cloth, consisting of trousers of the same style as above deep iacket with revers, and fastened with one button tricot over a sailor's vest of striped voilet, fitted to the waistbya wide sash of colored cashmere tied at the side, a deep shirt collar, is turned down over the shirt. Young girls wear the full plastron bodice with a round belt with double clasp. A pretty dress for a child from two to four, is a fawn cashmere. It is mado a kilted skirt, with body, over which a little jacket to the edge of "the killing is worn trimmed with four rows of narrow brown braid pockets on the fronts, bow behind collar, .lee-res, and the bottom of the skirt are trimmed with the I braid.

Tho favorite color combination for children's cost.imes is that consisting of different shades of corn color on a light tan with crimson ; tho light tan shade is known as Suede,asit closely resembles the paler variety of natural Suede* gloves. Different tints of darker ecru aro often substituted for the tan, but tho crimson reigns supreme, almost to the total oxclnsion of blue or pink. This fashion, however, specially applies to washing fabrics-, the more dressy costumes in light cashmeres and silks being principally in pale blue, delicate pink, or cream. If a dres3 is entirely in ecru or Suede color, with embroidery to match, the required brilliancy of color is obtained _by a red sash and by sewing bands of red silk or sateen beneath tho embroidered flounces, collar, and parements. A stylish costume for a girl of seven is of ecru lawn, the skirt trimmed with two flounces of ecru Madeira embroidery, beneath which are bands of crimson surah. The corsage is full, forming a blouse in front, and it closes diagonally beneath an embroidered revcrs with a red silk lining. The waistband is red, covered with embroidery, and the collar and parements are mado in the sams way. Little need be said as to young girl's toilettes, for they aro to a great extent simplified copies of ladies' costumes. Blouse costumes for younger children aro frequently gathered into a prettilyshaped velvet yoke, and kept in place below tho waist by a velvet band. The skirt below this, instead of falling^straight, is draped like a little tunic with short pointed ends at the back over a pleated skirt. The parements are of velvet, and this little costume is pretty in all plain, chequered, or striped woollen fabrics.—EDlTH.