FASHIONS FOR LITTLE MEN AND WOMEN.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 144, 12 March 1908, Page 3

FASHIONS FOR LITTLE MEN AND WOMEN.

;. P don't 'kiiow '.wh'y. it ; should*-:be,.'t; but ! it, always seems that, there' is/more..Jridrodu'.ality about' - the headgear of'!evcii 'tlie "tiniest -' women/jthan there is'in tho'.'frille'd. and * be- ; • decked caps ' of/ th'e, .tiniest men;,/.. .Shining out from',the ratlier :'aggrcssiyo. - '.up3i;andihg "frill, .•'ofi his.;,white';' silk,' hat,Vaiid eyeri .from\ the, iedgej6f''his''babicst round,'.caps ,ohe ■always"seems : to • see :'in'...; imagination- • ;the iroiind .red 'cheeks■ and- .ripuiid.:blue..eyes ;of character/ the ; ''bounping? baby; !boy .•',',/:. These!'..hats' may 1 .: Be/ worn#:by.,.thin babies, and black-eyed, babiesbut; they' were mpst;, certainly';-, riot . 'designed , to their charms.' Now, on ' the >other -hand, / in-"■■•a; drawer of, caps, and Sonnets:- for,. baby girls-pne/firids things-designed.to add . to. .the. ■fascination of blue-eyed/baby, girls with- fair, curls, and. babies 'with straight'dark -fringes,' babies/with ; brown ■ eyes,/; and ilwhito ■ cheeks,. ..babies ' sentimental,., solemn,' 0r,.-rollicking. :The daintiest things t arb/shown this;year for 'their, benefit,-;all••in',white,'.'silk; 'satin,' -and cloth/> with.vtrimmings/of;swarisdowri; and of lacd. the older; babiesjjand the children '■ of ; :Eiriaergarten . a .variety'.of new .ideas are' carried out in white and colours. There is ' a dainty/little; mushroom : hat /of " white cloth'■ trimiriid' with . ruchiiigs: of pale blue ■ fringed. silk)'l a; picturesque flop -hat '.of, browri\ velvet,. with beofeater 'crown,'- and : trimmed :with two"-puffs' -of-silk; ' ; 6ne-"oh' each side of •the. crown m front., >A- ' dear little' 'round' hood of astrakhan cloth r ih red was trimmed with - round- red 'ribbonjrbses. :/This was' 1 also .mado ,in: cream: 61oiHV';'^%/' i, c^ti < ''>:'Hbl{on' ..trim'mine; jAVhitf' felt binding pink 'silk, /had piiik rosettes,all round the crown. Kate Greehawayj is : 'not' ■forgotten this season'y' and there are■ one or two delightful./Greenaway/; poke> bonnets. One "of white silk \hait was particularly fetching: had a double . scoop,; ofie turned back, over the crown/ the other, poking; forward, each' edged with white '' fur.';-/. The fashions of'the grbwn-up's.'filt'er dbwn'nowa-' days to '/and as even very 'little -girls rhave , their : coat:and skirt' eos'tumes,' so !they,,have .their 'hats/of merveilleux 'or glace ; silk. //A pretty' little'niushroorii of merveilleux 'silk had binding, of 'white velvet,'..arid ' velvet rolls' on ; the ..brim/- This /was jtfimmed with.roSettes and 'long"strings.,"''-'Then,' there are little 'j)utch:bonnets, and for party !ivear • ; river;, hat^'.iniidb ,of ; glafce edged lace. r . (The fez has. come back in aVriew form in.grey. arid white and,mixbd black,arid scarr; 1 ■let. astrakhan ,cloth,with - a./hussar.-',' brush' stuck stiffly, up at 'the side. ...These, will'be as. .popular- >vith', the girls . a-s with the boys., The;frocks --for' little girls show, the irifliienco : of. American.'.fashiorisi - which i. are;; smarter .than;any,other fashions. for .children.,,, lii one..shop, they/have .very, natty,.'.frocks'■/, of. dark., blue,, serge,. with,'trimriiing of .riarrp.w braifl on the, yoke and- cußs,;, and lowrset belt. .. ■ ' "' ■' "'' / .