LITTLE GIRLS' BELTS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 11975, 12 May 1914, Page 3

LITTLE GIRLS' BELTS.

CORRECT MODE OF DRESS

A little girl should never have any- j thing tight round her waist or across her chest. All her skirts should be sown to loose under-bodies. which button up the back. Her knickers and petticoats should be fastened iv the same way to a soft corset bodice, so that the weight of all her garments hanga from her shoulders. ' r j If she wears a belt at all, by way of j a finish to her dress, it should be put on in French style, well below the waist. And she should be taught to pull it down at the front. This action of pulling the belt down towards the front makes her stand nicely, with her spine well curved and her hips kept back. Children who wear French belts nearly always grow up with nicelypoised figures. Very few people use those cruel garters now, but tight suspenders tiro almost as bad. They cramp a child's legs, and make her walk from the knee instead of from the hip. The suspenders should always be quite loose, and their elastics should be new mi id springy; so that the child may hardly feel their presence at all. Knickers with tight elastics which come below the knee are very uncomfortable things. The elastic should always be large and loose enough to be worn above the knee, so that the garments do not catch the child when she stoops or sits. Low collars are nearly always prettier than high ones, and there is hardly ever any need to put on a high collar on a child's frock or blouse. The front of the neck is so pretty that it may quite well be seen, while the back —which is a less beautiful part —is covered by her long hair. Shoes should have rounded toes —not square or pointed ones. Square toes make the foot grow into n clumsy shape, while pointed ones induce corny. A low heel is better than no heol .-t all, unless the shoes are going to be worn at a dancing class, when absolutely fiat soles are necessary. A little bit of heel reminds the wearer that she Must put her too down first, instead of treading with all her weight on the l-nck part of her foot. Hard hats with tight elastics are very cruel things, for they hurt a child's li.tad most terribly. Let the hats be made of soft straw or felt and sow the elastic to the lining instead of to tin place where, the brim joins the crown. An elastic, stitched to this .join is sure t:< press into the head, but one sewn, to the liniiiLT is not felt at all.