Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 55, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1916 — STYLES FOR SMALL GIRLS [ARTICLE]

STYLES FOR SMALL GIRLS

Sk i rts of Serge Buttoned to Waists of Cotton or Linen Are Liked —Velvet Coats Popular. - Skirts of serge plaited in wide side or box plaits and buttoning sta-vwy high waist line to plain little waists of white heavy cotton or linen are youthful versions of the separate skirt and waist costume, and the sailor suit and one-piece Russian smock, low belted, are as popular as ever for children. Plain smocks over plaid or striped skirts are shown in very attractive combinations, and sometimes a clever little smock of black or dark blue velvet is worn over a skirt of rather gay stripe or plaid wool, but little of the skirt bettfg in evidence if the model is for a small child. Apropos of velvet, which is such a mania with older folk, the small girls are wearing .much of it, too, but chiefly in eoats.Bticb adorable velveteoats, trimmed, like the coat of the grownup, in fur. The fur is not, however, applied with a lavish band, as in the case of the gvownup. It is used most discreetly. A little turnover collar and

cuffs to match, of beaver or ermine orseal perhaps, or more often a mere' border of fur on collar and cuffs of the coat material, give just the needed note of contrast on velvet of some lovely color, soft ©ld blue or rose on brown or red.