The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 95, Ed. 2 Monday, October 6, 1930 Page: 3 of 8
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<Like Mother Like Child But Different
- —--Brj MARY MARSHALL ■ —— --
IT’S A GAME
OF FOLLOW
THE LEADER
Dress of Children
Changes But Change
Is Slower and Less
Extreme
HOW did they stand it
— those little gtrls and
boys of long ago who
wore clothes that were minia-
ture replicas of the clothes
worn by their parents? If it
was the fashion for women to
wear skirts that ballooned
out yards W the hem. then lit-
tle girls wore ballooning
skirts too. If father wore a
starched linen ruff about his
l neck then his young heir also
wore a stiff starched ruff.
It Is only within the past cen-
tury and a half that definitely dif-
ferent clothes have been designed
for little people; and the plan
originated not in France hut in
England where the ld*»a of a sim-
ple life for children had long
prevailed.
Now of course we take It for
granted that little girls will be
dressed differently from their
grown-up sisters but always there
Is a direot bearing of adult fa-h-
lons on the clothes worn by chil-
dren. It is a reflection and adap-
tation rather than a replication.
And whenever real changes occur
In adult fashions there always
follows the question as to how
far these changes will affect
clothes for smaller girls.
Mother's skirts have taken a
definite drop but skirts for little
girls remain practically as short
as ever. Mother's waistline has
been raised—and so in many cases
has little daughter's. For the very
little girl dresses that hang from
the shoulders or a yoke are gen-
erally preferred. For the girl of
nine or ten or eleven waistlines
are normal or possibly a little
lower than normal while for the
girl of twelve or over the slightly
raised waistline is rapidly gaining
favor.
Mother's skirts are no longer
straight and scant and so daugh-
« tor's skirts flare a little too and
as sleeves for women's clothes
i become more ani more compli-
cated and ornate so children's
dresses show a little more intri-
cacy of treatment. Mother wears
her hat much further bark on
her head and hats that show the
forehead are chosen for children
to whose unclouded brow the
fashion is vastly becoming.
At left plaid wool roat and
skirt costume for the small
girl. The jacket is braid
bound and the hlintse is made
of crepe de chine. At right
top. roat of ercen cloth fitted
In at the waist coll art's I and
cuffed with fnr to match the
pompous on the hat. Below
coat of Mur* cloth of Empire
suggestion with fur mounted
on wide red brabl for collar
and cuffs.
Wedding Gown
In determining the style of the
wedding gown it is well to re-
member that it will probably
serve after the day of days aa
the formal evening gown. The
train therefore should he ar-
ranged so that It can easily be
shortened for although trains are
in the picture today they .are
only slinky elongated panels or
dipping points.
Tucks and seafning mold the
gown to the figure and. where
the belt is not used mark the
waistline. This seaming may he
extended on the skirt or godets
may be let in to bring the flare
well toward the hemline. Cir-
cular flounces and tiers of chiffon
or lace may also be applied but
below the hipline. Capes and
yokes solve in a happy and be-
coming way. the problem of the
high neckline. If long sleeves
either of satin or a transparent
fabric are not desired the cape
will fall over the shoulders pos-
sibly to the elbow.
A
School Clothes
j If you want to have your chil-
dren's school clothes keep in con-
dition as long as possible make
a rule that your children shall
change to play clothes as soon
as they have come home and are
ready for romping. This ts very
helpful for little children still In
wash clothes unless you can af-
ford to have a freshly laundered
frock or suit every day In the
week.
You may think this matter of
dressing your children for school
a great nuisance. Hut it really Is
part of the value of school train-
ing. In later life it is important
for men and women to appear
neat and trim every day and the
sooner this becomes second na-
ture the better for the child.
At left blue cheviot suit for the schoolboy with knickers and conventional la poled coat. Cen-
ter. suit with shorts and coat cut on English lines. At right the small boy's top coat made of
blue or brown or gray lined with red. nml buttoned with brass.
Fabric Names Have
Meanings That Show
Their Histories
The word percale in Italian is
Percallo in Spanish Perea 1. It is
derived probably from a Persian
word. The word parqalah in mod-
ern Persian means rag.
Calico. This word comes clearly
from Calicut India from whence
it was shipped to England some
three hundred years ago. From
calicut the word was changed to
calico at an early date.
Batiste a sort of French cam-
bric. said to have been derived
from the name of the first manu-
facturer who lived in France sev-
en hundred years ago.
The term mercerized applied to
j cottons with silky finish is taken
from the name of John Mercer
who invented the process by
which materials axe so treated.
The word gingham so widely
used nowadays is derived from
the French gulngan which in turn
came from the Italian gingano.
All these words can be traced
back to the Malay word glnggang
meaning striped. The Dutch trad-
ers brought the fabric together
with tho name to the rest of
Europe calling it In their own
language gingang.
The word taffeta is found in
most European languages. In
Spanish it is spelled tafetan. The
French from whence comes our
English Word is written taffetas.
Originally these words come from
the Persian taftah a fabric name
derived from their verb meaning
to spin or twist.
Bridal Flowers
There seems to be a liking for
arm bouquets for the bride espe-
cially with princess frocks. The
bride w'ho is wearing an IS30
frock will of course want one of
the old fashioned tiny bouquets
frilled in lace paper. Other brides
with the classic type of wedding
gown believe sprays of flowers
particularly calla lillies. are the
most appropriate. Bridesmaids
usually carry loose bouquets or
sprays of flowers blending In col-
or with their frocks. Delphini-
ums and snap dragons and
flowers from the old-fashioned
garden are preferred to the typi-
cal hot house blossoms and much
of their beauty lies in the un-
usual combinations of colors.
C McClure Sevspcper Syndicate
VELVETEEN
IS CHOSEN
FOR SCHOOL
Rainy Day Clothes
Are of Utmost and
Prime Importance
To Child
SCHOOL wardrobes are
supremely important dur-
ing these first weeks of
the new school term and
mothers who put off buying
school clothes during Septem-
ber’s warmer days are now-
face to face with the problem
of getting suits and dresses
hats and wraps that are in
good taste and good fashion
and at the same time meet
the approval of the young
hopefuls who must wrear
them.
Ralny-day clothes are of special
Importance and should be chosen
with special care. The hoy in
school h;ia his own definite ideas
on the subject of what may and
may not be worn on rainy days
based invariably on what the
other hoys In his school are wear-
ing or on the specifications set
down for the school which he
attends. Little girls it seems are
more willing to depart from the
commonplace conventions more
willing to set a new fashion
among their associates.
There are attractive coats of
rubberized jersey with trim be-
rets to match that meet demands
for smartness and usefulness for
the girl of school age.
leather Jackets still find favor
Trtth both boys and girls but the
velveteen jacket is a close rival
this season for the girls. In many
of the stores it la possible to buy
flannel school dresses with vel-
veteen jackets lined with the flan-
nel of which the dress Is m&da.
Separate Blouses
The separate blouse makes Its
appearance in the wardrobe of
the school girl and is most prac-
tical when worn with a bodice-
top skirt or ns a gulmpe dress.
The skirt and bodice-top or strap-
ped girdle portion are frequently
made of wool Jersey though blue
serge is a perennial favorite. The
guimpe or separate blouse which
Is made to open down the front
and finished with a rounded turn-
down collar. Is made of white
broadcloth dimity or linen.
Hair ribbons are cited as proof
of the fact that the feminine note
in fashions for women has made
Its way to the younger generation.
You may select ribbons of four
five or six inches in width or to
be most thoroughly up to date
you may prefer narrow ribbon
r.ot more than an inch and a half
in width.
Big and Little Boys
Brother and sister costumes
still make strong appeal to dis-
criminating mothers even if they
do not appeal so strongly to
brother and sister who would
prefer to dress differently. For
every-day wear these companion
costumes are made of Jersey—a
pair of very short shorts for
brother and a separate skirt with
pleats at the side for sister with
ipull-over sweaters of the same
sort for both. Sometimes the
skirts and shorts are of navy blue
or brown worn with pull-overs of
white or other light tone edged at
neck and wrists with the darker
tone.
For boys up to ten or eleven
the really smart suit consists of
shorts of the English sort worn
with collarless short jackets to
match the shorts. The collar of
the shirt is worn over the collar-
less top of the Jacket.
Navy blue is now as ever dis-
tinctly smart for both boys and
girls. Hut green in various shades
is decidedly in evidence this au
Two .school dresses of figured
print*. The one above Is trim-
med witli sntoeklnK and witb
collar and cuffs of white linen.
! The one below for an tdder
I girl. Is made with a frilled col-
lar and cuffs and a band of
smocking below the yoke.
tumn for little Kiri’s coats and
school dresses. Jlrowns. too are
often chosen for little girls—
darker more serviceable tones
for every day with lighter tones
for “best."
•sa^y.
Left. Jersrr drew In yellow buttoned on the shoulders. Rijrht
scrjrp dress with unusual figured silk collar and cuffs and a
patent leather belt
DID YOU KNOW?
That the overblouse to go wit!
separate skirts and jacket sulti
had been revived this autumn—
and is a close rival of the tuck-in
blouse with well dressed women 1
That so called off-blacks an
decidedly smart for daytime coau
and suits these tones consistini
of very- dark green deep pluir
and a dark brown?
That there are new short fui
Jackets made with elbow-lengtf
flaring sleeves which are worr
with elbow-length gloves—usu-
ally of dark toned suede?
That both for daytime and eve-
ning suede gloves of very darl
tones are comnlg into fashionahlt
importance and that dark browi
suede gloves tire decidedly smnr
with the all-wliite evening dress'
That narrow bands of fur an
used to trim many of the nev
street dresses?
That wool lace Is steadily gain
lng In favor and is used foi
dresses suits and even for hati
of the beret sort?
New Retroussee
Silhouette Showr
We shall hear much of the re
troussee silhouette which ha
been emphasised by many of th<
important French dressmaker
and is part of the general 18 8'
revival. It consists of an up
ward curving of the lines of tb
skirt toward the back and ma
be achieved by upward drapery o
the skirt about the knees in tru
1880 fashion or merely an upwan
curving of the lower edge of th
skirt often accentuated by tb
use of ruffles or flounces.
BRASSIERE
This week’s pattern diagram
shows nnd tells how to make
a simple and useful brassiere.
If yon would like It. send a
stamped. self-addres«ed envel-
ope to iietsy < alllsler. once of
this paper anti It will be for-
warded to you.
SILK NEEDS
CARE WHEN
LAUNDERED
It Can Be Made To
Look Like New If
It Is Washed With
Care
ONE reason why silk gar-
ments are often not sent
out of the house to be
washed and ironed is because
the task is not an unpleasant
one. Slany women who
would not think of doing the
heavy part of the laundry
take real pleasure in washing
and ironing their pretty silk
nnderthings. They do the
work nicely too.
Here are some rules for the
proper laundering of silk.
Never allow U to become very
soiled. Grime actually Injure* the
silk and the hard washing neoae-
s&ry to remove It Injures the flue
texture.
Never use extremely hot water.
Do not rub the surface of the silk
with soap. Use soap chips or Jelly
and ha vs this thoroughly die-
solved in the water when the silk
Is entered. Never use strong soap
powders. All that Is necessary
for the washing is gentle working
up and down in the soap and
warm water never rubbing any
part that does not especially
need it.
If you nse mfld soap and water
that is not too hot excellent re-
sults can be obtained In the elec-
tric. washing machine with silks
though they should not be washed
with cotton or woolen garments
but in a bath made especially for
them.
After rinsing thoroughly In
warm water rinse finally In cold
water. One expert says that in
order to restore the gloss to the
silk they should then be rinsed
again in cold water to which vine-
gar has been added In the propor-
tion of one dessertspoon to one
quart of water.
Never wring silk dry. Careful
wringing through a circular
wringer is a good method.
Now remember that silk should
not be dried in sunshine nor In
strong wind. In fact it should not
be allowed to become perfectly
dry even in spots but should be
ironed when the entire garment is
slightly wet without being actu-
ally soaked.
Care should be taken with the
heat of the iron. Silk bums more
quickly than cotton so a very hot
iron should be avoided but the
iron should be hot enough to In-
sure getting the material smooth
without repeated rubbing* Most
sorts of silk should be Ironed only
on the wrong side.
Dmu of polluMfcitted silk with
embroidered collar and sleere
frill and trimming of braid.
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