Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1912 — The HOME DEPARTMENT [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The HOME DEPARTMENT

RAIMENT FOR THE TOT , *» NO EASY MATTER PROPERLY TO DRESS SMALL BOY. • « That Distinctive Touch Which All Mothers Desire Is Not Easy to Give—Some Pretty Tub Suits in Colors. That little tot whose trousers are only about as long as your band is an important personage when it comes to fitting him out with raiment. There is all the difference in the world in the appearance he makes when he is just cut down and sewed UP and when he is suitably and picturesquely dressed. Not only are his little clothes carefully finished, but they often have some magic touch of handwork which quite places them in the out-of-the-usual class. Every mother wants her boy or girl to take a prominent place In this class.

—Johnny Smith may look all right In his. made-by-the-dozen suits and bo long as he is clean maybe there is no criticism due him —but the mother with alert taste just can’t bear her own child to look like any nice boy you see in the streets. He simply must bear that extra touch, which is bo hard to give to a boy, where as with a little girl it can be done easily. Just now the more small children look like .quaint little men the better. They are perfect pictures in summer with their pretty little tub suits in colors.

The little man illustrated has boyish trousers, open at the knees, with sailor collar and tie, big broad belt and pipings in a different material. Sometimes the suit, is made in striped or corded white with collar and trimmings of solid color. Sometimes the order is reversed. The belt gives the style to the suit A Russian blouse effect is obtained in another suit The kimono yoke is cross stitched in a design out on the

shoulder. ,A tiny bit of cross stitching runs down the front of the yoke and the yoke is buttoned on with crochet buttons and loops. This suit in pink and white, blue and white and brown and white is most individual and attractive.

Widely Belted Suit.