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Manawatu Herald, 1 March 1898, Page 4

MODES IN MINIATURE. A Glimpse p.t tlio Exclnslvo Styles of th« nisins Generation. This is tho ngo of children. Chlldrcr havo been rqiKiJly loved perhaps in nl! lisf. 1 :.'!, but ntivsr-boforo have children beer co considered, so studied. Now systeniß o1 Gclucaticn have been carefully devlsod fo> tliein. Tiicir amnsomonta, their ploasuret have become a matter of international con ccrn. Tho scientist and the artist have become employees of the toyshops. And tho making of their garments has become ns clabornto and as profltablo an industrj &* that of fashioning habiliments for adults. Especially hnvo tho rising male generation nothing to complain of this winter. Their wants have been carefully oonaulfr SMALL DOTS' SPITS. cd. For a purely original costume for a buy ono in which tan colored leather forms tho brooches and tho jnckcfc certain* ]y caiTios off tho ynhn. It is trimmed in quite a novel fashion with n line of holes punched at the cdjro, through which mauve silk is pccii matching tho vest, the collar nml the lull cull 3 from the elbow. It baa Btecl buttons. A sn:art paddock overcoat in dark bluo cloth with a velvet collar c-r in tan cloth with large pearl buttons would be singu> larly nttrnctivo to a young boy ■who likes to copy his f athor. Thero tiro shirts in every shade of silk, some plaids, with large turndown collars and frills ready for evening wear, and protty littio coats for day wear with hussar braiding, as well ns short coats in coverfi coating. Tho fur lived ones, with hussar braiding and roll collurs, represent tho acmo ol! luxurious comfort. A fanciful evening suit fora little boy is in apricot velvet, with a pouch front ma-Jo cf soft whito silk, Etnoukod nt tho neck n:nl having a large roll collar, which forms points tapnring to the waist. The cuffs turn buck over tho velvet and aro -made with a silii frill. .Another, a small boy's suit, la a tunic fastening diagonally across tbo front from tho Jaft shoulder and belted with a buckle, a basquo appearing below. As for their mothers, so for little girls, crepon continues its career of popularity, and smocking plentifully Introduced on tho littio dresses 13 not only well carried out, but applied in ingenious ways. Many of tho frocks have an accoHion plaited frill over tho sleeves. Ail light 'colors would bcclu to bo used for evr ling frocks, but whito is blended with green and pink petunia, and pink combines with green, tlio yoke being of tho pink color, CBEPOS-TROCK TOR LITTLE OIKL. the rest of tho dress of a tender cau de nil Bhado. Narrow ribbons of bright coloring are introduced ns trimming on white crepons, in various fashions as well as in perpendicular lines ending in bows. Tho very pretty crepon frock for a child baa an accordion plaited skirt and double eiili revers cut in quite a new style. Now Artificial Flowers. Tbo Parisian florists havo prepared rame wonderfully novel blossoms for the use of tho milliners io decking tho new bats and bonnets, which will be greatly adorned with Dowers of every kind. A real novelty is tho huinhlo potato blossom, which, though sounding odd, has a good effect. Largo silken peonies in rk-li deep shades aro placed in clusters of live or six at the back of bats. Foliago nkme, in upstanding piquets, will bo greatly worn — for instance, largo -green violet leaves or bunches of lilac leaves. Thoso lilac leaves in metallic colors — such as fiteel, copper, bronze— aro greatly used by tho leading modistes on itbo early spring models prepared by them, i One lovely hat of rough brown straw [was edged with littio tufts of the common (groundsel, and an upstanding tuft of Igroundscl was tied on the side of the has Iwith a careless bow of broad green satin ■ribbon. I Violets arc usually the first blotaoma for spring use, but primroses come in for liieir sharo. Roses tako a prominent place luhl will do so till the year through if klioeo who aro considered authorities on ■ho vagaries of fashion are right. But, ■hough plcnt.r of the natural yellow and ■ink tints will be worn, we shall also have ■hot roses, deep magenta and other tints. I Large sleeves havo certainly not gone ■t, whatever they may do in the immeBkito future, but the fullness droops in Biy gowns. They nro worn smaller in the ; ■ cniug. Our grandmothers used to have j Bieir sleeves padded with down, and we Hay como to this in time