Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1894 — Dressing the Children. [ARTICLE]

Dressing the Children.

For the litt'le girl’s gowns, after white has been laid aside, soft cashmeres of gray, wood or steel blue are fancied, and occasionally one sees a toilette made of old rose or of the faintest shade of yellow, writes Isabel A. Mallon, in an article on “Dressing Our Little Women,” in the Ladles’ Home Journal. However, this, of course, Is the gown selected for a festivity, and not the one preferred for general wear. Pretty plaids are especially liked for the girl of seven, and with such a gown she will almost invariably have a coat of the same material, with very wide Empire revers, faced usually with a bright color, while her hat is a large felt one, trimmed with rosettes, wings, or feathers. The shoes and stockings of the small women continue to he black, the former being for state occasions es patent leather, and for general wear of soft kid.