Rensselaer Union and Jasper Republican, Volume 8, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1876 — Girls’ Dresses. [ARTICLE]

Girls’ Dresses.

What are called “ basket suitings” are the tine woolen stud's used by Parisian dress makers for the dresses recently imported for girls. The colors are cream, pale blue and French gray in small, raised squares, all of one color. The trimming is merely knit pleating and silk facing. The designs ure modifications ot the princesse dress. This serves wither for the house or for an over dress for the street. The front is sometimes straight without darts, sometimes it is fitted to the figure; in either case it is buttoned diagonally. The back may be either in kilt or box pleats. The collar is deep and square behind. A pocket slung over the shoulder is quite a feature in these dresses. The princesse style is also adopted for the pique dresses of small girls, while larger girls have overskirts that are merely aprons shirred to form a fan behind, and the basques are box-pleated, with a row of insertion between the pleats. A Hamburg ruffle edges tbe basque and over-skirt; two such ruffles are on the lower skirt. * The low sash tied around the hips and fastened behind in a large bow is made of wide gros-grain ribbon, and worn with pique princesse dresses by very small girls. Their lace caps are of close capote shape, trimmed with ribbon to match the sash. The stockings are of similar color. Cambric and priut dresses for school and general wear are blouse waists buttoned behind; this waist is separate from the skirt, with ends extending over the hips, and instead of a belt a drawing string is passed around the waist. The skirt may be trimmed with ruffles, or else be plain and have a round long overskirt shirred on the sides and simply hemmed. Turbans and white straw sailor hats will be most worn by school-girls from ten years up to misses in their teens. Deep wide round frills turned down around the neck are made of the new lace braids, and worn by small children, both girls and boys; price $1.25. There are also broad Puritan collars of the Irish cord lace that imitates antique designs; price $2. Lace to match is imported to trim the wrists of the coats with which the collar is worn. The wool de bege and other suits worn by young girls are made with basques that button behind and long deep aprons. Brown, gray and dark blue remain the colors most in favor for young folks. — Harper's Bazar.