HOLIDAY ROMPERS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 243, 14 October 1931, Page 2

HOLIDAY ROMPERS

In this enlightened age, torn clothes are no longer counted among the cardinal nursery sins, ana it is the privilege of the modern child to get as dirty as it pleases. A passion for mud pies may be mistakenly interpreted as the budding genius of an Epstein, but it certainly will not be reproved as a token of original sin. This welcome change in outlook is reflected iu the clothes worn by the modern child, especially those designated for holiday wear. They are easy to make, easy to wash, and easy to wear (states a writer in the Queen). Most French children from two to five years of age wear the barbotteuse, a very simple foim of romper, for holiday pursuits. And really nothing could be more attractive for a chubby person of either sex, who intends to devote his or her time making sand castles. It is far simpler to make than the romper planned on the combination principle, with a flap behind, and easier to iron, because it can be laid flat on the table, points which will appeal to busy mothers. The garment is slipped on over the child’s head, and fastened with buttons and buttonholes between the legs. All the best dressed small people disporting themselves at St. Jean de Luz last summer wore this type of garment when they were not in their bathing dresses, and nothing could have looked more attractive. The older girls wore simple frocks oyer bloomers of the same material, and young people who had reached the stage were becomingly arrayed in frocks of two-piece effect. Sun bathing is, of course, one’s chief amusement at St. Jean de Luz, and tiny knickers, held up by straps crossing at the back, were wore by the younger children.