Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 181, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1914 — Masculine Outfit for Tiny Boy [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Masculine Outfit for Tiny Boy

ON THAT happy day when the baby boy discards dresses and proudly disdains them forever afterward he dons a distinctly masculine outfit like that pictured In the pleasing illustration given here. Laces and thiu fabrics are a thing of the past with him, and he is hereafter to be clothed in substantial stuffs to fit the rough-and-tumble experiences of his boyhood which lie before him. All the world over mothers might follow this manner of dressing the small man, and find it In every way the most satisfactory of styles. It allows the child absolute freedom, Is easily kept clean and Is smart in appearance. It is so simple In construction that the most ordinary of needlewomen can undertake the making. All the strongly-woven cotton, linen and plain woolen fabrics, and especially those that will stand tubbing, are used for ‘the tiny boy. Serges, cheviots, velveteens (for dressy wear), ginghams, coarse, unbleached linens, ootton or wool corduroy, pique and white linens (the last two for dressup occasions in summer time) and other desirable fabrics make it easy to choose something for him. In the picture shown here the blouse Is of a gray flannel, with collar and cuffs of a ribbed fabric in red. The panto are of the tame material as the blouse.

The little gray hat of felt has a ribbon band of red and ribbon ties In gray. These ties and the lad’s curls are all that Is left to him of babyhood, and by the time his years amount to four they must disappear. It is usual to make two or three pairs of pants to one blouse and to provide a generous hem on the blouse in case of shrinkage. A belt made of two thicknesses of the material in the blouse and strengthened by machine stitching is best fastened with button .And buttonhole. Waßh fabrics should be shrunk before the suit is made. * Plain fabrics make the most attractive clothes for little boys. On linens or other material suited to embroidering, small patterns appear on the cuffs and collars. Machine stitching makes an appropriate decoration also for boys' clothes. But no ornament* tlon at all 1b better than touch ornamentation, and embroidery or machine stitching or braiding is to b« sparingly used. JULIA BOTTOMLEY.