Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1915 — Dainty Frame for Baby’s Face [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Dainty Frame for Baby’s Face

NO MATTER whether the bonnet that is to frame the sweetest of all the little faces in the world, is plain or a froth of dainty ruffles and shirrings, it is made with exquisite and loving care. But rarely is the baby’s bonnet at all plain; for early in life the privileges of the gentle sex are claimed for the baby girl. When she has graduated from the little caps of lace or pretty needle-worked silk or mull, in which she makes her first journeys into society, she is decked out with bonnets that are as elaborate and exquisitely wrought as thought can make themNo sooner can she hold her head up proudly than those who know how design for her bonnets of silk or chiffon or exquisite sheer linen or cotton fabrics that are marvels of beautiful needlework. Babyhood is an inspiration which quickens the imaginations of those who provide its dainty apparel. it seema

The new bonnets that have .been prepared for the coming of spring for little ones from two to four years old are difficult to describe. They are a mass of fine materials covered with tiny, hand-run tucks, shirrings, minute embroidered flowers and delicate laces. Ribbon rosettes and bows, little nosegays of soft chiffon flowers and the' filmiest and fullest of ruchings. make them look like glorious blossoms. Bonnets designed for the baby girl of three or four years are often developed with draperies over a foundation cap that fits the head. In a very beautiful one a square of fine white ■ilk is finished about the edge with

little embroidered scallops and covered with embroidered sprays of lilies-of-the-valley. This square is caught to the foundation cap with little chiffon proses in clusters of three. They are made of palest pink chiffon. The points of the square are turned back at each side of the front and the softest and fluffiest of ruchings edges the cap. The ties afe of soft? wide satin ribbon just long enough to tie in a pretty bow under the chin. The caps for younger babies are not draped, but much fine needlework embellishes them. Tucks and embroidery are nearly always employed in making them. Fine narrow edging and insertions of lace help to fashion elaborate head-wear for even the tiny infant. JULIA BOTTOM LEY.,..