12 Pages : | Pages 9-12 \ y : > -- -- in gy SEI s - -------- - A i a _ on : : . YEAR 8B. NO. 158, KiNGgsToX. ONTARIO, TE ISDAY, JULY 9, 1018 SECOND SECTION WHAT IS NEW FOR | . THE LITTLE FOLKS | HILE grown folks may | or may make them over to bring them up to date, children have to have new] make last year's clothes do! spring frocks, coats and hats--that is.| unless they have older sisters who can hand something down; but for the most part dil little girls, and boys as well, blossom out in new attire at this time | of the year. Fortunately it does not cost much, to make the little ones logk well, | especially if one bas tasté and skill in making things, for, after all, with all the talk about the inereaséd cost of living the! prides of dress materials have not ad-| vanced greatly, and many remmants suit} able for éhildren's garments are to be had | at. very reasonnble prices. There are not so many changes in the | styles of children's clothes from one year | to another as theré are in those of theiry elders, but there are always little details of design, cut or finish that show the mark of an up to date coat or frock. Frequent: | ly there is mome feature borrowed from | that of the grown folk, But mere often the changes belong to the. ihildren's) clothes only. i The first thing to be considered for the! spring wardrobe Ig the cont, or at least it is of little wge to have spring dresses while the weather continues sovolt-as to demand a eoat for outdoor wear. until these outer gdrments are provided for. | Coats for juveniles are as varied as they | are attractive. - The rather stiff, flaring! coats of winter have given way in large bart to those of straighter lines and more 'elaborate style. There is also the great:| est possible latitude in fabrics and colors. | Blue ix always a favored color. for! children, and this year it seems more | than ever in evidence, qot so much #4" navy of other Fears but We blue of the| heavens, as the French eall it, cadet blue! and kindred shades. = A charming little! cont for a five-year-old is of soft blue| ,.- broudcioth, with a braided design in al little darker shade on collar, cuffs and} pockets. Braiding, by the way, awhich is #80 popular for women's gowns thik year, finds a place on children's garments, too. | This little cout was made with a narrow yoke, the skirt being attached by a shallow inverted pleat on each side in the «front and acslightly deeper one in the centre of the buck. Another attractive coat is of sand color, with collgr, cuffs and belt of hunter's green. This Goat would look equally well with trimmings of bright blue instead of green. Cheviots and various mixed cloths are used for the coats where warmth js re- quired and for ordinary usage. Some checks are seen, not so many of the dis tinet black and white, but such combina~ tions as green and brown. Usually they sre combined with plain cloth in one of of the FHT ; the sleeves are fall 1 ; it silk or satin coats are all colors. A lovely rose. colored rows of shirring at the waist E £ ut the waist lines shirred on to the yoke a Tt is used in vary: ing designs and often in contrasting colors £0 the cout ea. s Ave little weed on [are tlie. de, 4nd many have rikbion | Bi "Ith waistline. The neck is Vshaped to and are gathered in to a fancy head' "| plege with the body of the sweater, stop cuffs, which are usoally of embroidered batiste. 2 A little coat that follows a fashion of Foun foik is that of; the sleeveless coat, his would look well over a white or other light frock. It is of blhek satin with a deep rolling collar of tan silk. Of course this cannot be worn until the weather has moderated sufficiently to leave the arms uncovered. It mizht be worn, how- ever, under a heavier coat which is te be taken off 'in the honse when some addi tional warmth is needed. 'Related to coats is the sweater, and children share in the fondness of, their elders for these useful garments. Mothers and big sisters cap make these in a muck shorter time than they ean the soldiers' All soffs of soft, fancy braids are used, the crown frequently being of contrasting material, silk for example, bordered with a wreath of tiny flowers. The brim may be faced with silk 'to match, showing along the edge. A charming Jittle bat had' the erown of small pink roses and the dark blue brim faced with rose colpred silk. s Dresses, like coats, are of many colors. Many of ie blub ones have a touch of red, either in the smecking or in the coi lar and on the sleeves, A&ide from the favorite blues, violets and lavenders are much used. There isca trond tendency io short waists. 8 wash dresses hey ine skirts fastened %o the waist with buttuns.. Sometimes the Blouse ix white sweaters. They extend-a few imehes be-tand the skirt plain colored, or of plaid low the waist and are slightly fitted at permit of its slipping on easily over the The sleeves, which are of one Just short of the elbow. These are being knitted of gray wool by colleze girls fob French children. They would be very attractive in light or bright colors for American children. ; Sa With: coats zo bats, both on the child and in an article on fashisns for children, Most of the new spring Mats for litte girls Juve a decided droop, 'coming: well over the face. 'althongh some of them turn up rekishly ot one side. Small huts oF fie ut one. side of the chim gi.gham, olies dna cuffs matching the skier. : : Pockets are shall, medivm sized or large. Sometimes they a+ sot in to the skirt, the opening being bound with ma terial matching the other trimming of the dress. Gememally, homerer, they ar onthe ontside sad a Very comspieton . Even plartime and bed Earments Bas» pockets. Dainty rotipers of crape' de Chine i white. pink or blo have pockets set on. diagonally. - Another one piece r far. I haar is made of eight col " material joke née and with short she es: the er finished with 4 rie © At The upper left is. a quaint design for a "dreseup" coat for a little girl. The volor was old blue, with a white linen collar embroidered in eye tet. A waist line on a child is wswally a matter 15 be handled with caution, but the smocking on this little coat gives only a suggestion of one, and at the samy time ffords a change from the usual straight from the shoulder model. The smocking is arranged in points, and is also wsed on the sleeves in a sveeessful way. The little hat is 8f a darker Vive stégw, with a crown & of the material. : 3 1 The large picture in the eenire illustrates uo very simple and otiractive coat, wiitable for all occasions. Very wide ore the lapels or shawl collar of aehite khaki-kool, and the cuffs are of the same material, which eontrusts with the blue used for the coat, * 3 i Vie closing 8 very muck to one side and ds emphasized by the Terge buttons which are used to button the coat $rom the belt to the hem, The cout at the upper right is one of the most ativiiotice designs for afternoon wear which nu little 9irt could possess. If iz of white Lhakd-bont and the trimmingYis in eyelet gud ond embroidery, combining light bing and white. The' side belt Lolds the fulness of the coatin veby slightly a1 the waist, . The embroidery is weed on {he collar, cvfig and belt. Below, at the vight, is a Titile girls frotk Nn rose coloved Whaki-Eool, having pleats iim the week line to the hew. A belt starts from wider fhe | ¥idos of these pleats and Srossex the back. The to in of 'white; ond ds £onerely ChE siralght round I: a sewcer. The wide oufla ales. are of shite. ; joka Ho * i } ol : ae atom % 9 desivable hat for shading he eyes of white #traw t