Rensselaer Union and Jasper Republican, Volume 8, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1876 — Boys’ Clothing. [ARTICLE]

Boys’ Clothing.

The prettiest and most becoming style for a boy jast in bis first suit is what is called a blouse, single or double-breasted, loose-fitting, though not of the flaring sack shape, confined at the waist by a belt of the same, and finished at the neck with a simple rolling collar; in length it should almost reach the knee 3. The doublebreasted blouse merely laps across the breast like a man’s coat, and buttons straight down; this is newer than the style which buttons on the shoulder and closes diagonally over the breast. These little garments, when made for even -day wear out of thick material, need no lining. The seams are carefully pressed open and slightly caught dowfi to prevent their curling up; or where there are many seams in a jacket or bloUse, and it. is desired, they may be covered with common skirt braid, hemmed down' so the stitches are not visible on the right side; this gives the coat a neat and handsome appearance on the inside. The bottom is finish&l wi!h a half-inch hem not turned under, but overcast, if the goods are disposed to ravel; Another row of stltchingelose to the edge addS to the finish. After the sleeve is cut the proper length, and before it is cut off at the bottom, it should be widened out to allow for a hem of an inch in depth, so that in turning up the hem it will fit the sleeve. The collar may be lined with crinoline; and in all cases the lining must be a quarter of an inch less in depth than the outside, that it may turn over neatly. Lay the right side of the collar to the wrong side of the coat, baste it on, care being taken not to stretch the neck, and sew on in a small seam; the lining is then hemmed down on the rightslde. The belt fits loosely, and is closed with any sort of buckle, or even A button, and should be strongly tacked 1n place under each arm. 1 Another pretty style is the Bailor suit, though this has become so commonly worn that many are tired of it. The Knickerbocker browsers worn with it when first introduced were abandoned for a while, but tbrf are now seen again on im-

ported eulU and with thorn made at the beet furnishing hoiine*. There are two styles ot the sailor blouse; the one with a rolling collar In front and sailor uhapo behind U the more dressy, as It shows the cramt and a portlon of the shirt-front. It buttons down in front, and yet has the appearance of being fastened by inch-wide ribbons, three of which are fastened on each side and tied in a careless fashion. The bottom of the blouse is finished with an inch-wide hem into which elastic a little narrower is passed, and fastened at each front so as to fit the waist comfortably. The other style is much the same, except that, in order to get it on or off, it haa to be drawn over the head; It saves tlje labor oi making button-holes, being closed up in ttont; but it requires such a tugging and pulling, aud such a sacrifice of patience on the part of the owner, that it ought to be put out of the catalogue entirely. Blouses embroidered In white and gilt are no longer fashionable. Indeed, the general tendency in the fashion of boys’ clothing is to plain styles and simple trimmings. Every mother may be her boy’s -tailor until he reaches that age when he insists upon “ putting away childish 'things." Then an appeal must be made to professional skill; for a home-made coat especially is not generally what it might be. Now and then, however, a woman may be found who haa the beautiAil tact of succeeding in every thing she undertakes.Harp&r'tt Batar.