Evening Star Newspaper, June 9, 1929, Page 115

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.—GRAVURE SECTION—JUNE 9, 1929, Children of the Nineties By W. E. Hill (Copyright, 1929, by the Chicago Tribune Syndicate.) The early stage child. Child actresses in Victorian days acted :H dovvf:e;tianie';-"::g g;"rgi 1":;?2“ ?;?fl:é’::dé‘;'?;ydff;'e"gan"""Efif{'}f.'{ ; }I:orld 8£aumleroy. lThe firhst recorded eftort to beautify the growing child o A e : s of the s came early in the period, when every proud mamma for miles 3‘;‘;51';: h‘i’sr fimflfiefifiufi:fi in “Fanchon the Cricket,” she gave and miles around attempted, with bewildering success, to make over her male . offspring into a replica of Miss Annie Russell’s interpretation of Little Lord Fauntleroy. Buster Brown. The pink linen Buster Browns were considered the very last word in pic- turesque childhood: They do not rightly belong to the mauve decade (although they followed the Fauntleroys), for the Buster Browns came along during what is known in historical circles as the '23 skiddoo pre-jazz era. Dressing like the grown- ups. Little girls of the period dearly loved to “dress grown-up, just like grandma,” which is quite the opposite of the present-day game played by the grandmas of today, who dearly love to dress like a little girl. The tomboy of the '90s. No end of dire and dreadful things were prophesied for the little romp who shocked all her Victorian elders in the mauve decade by doing everything the boys did! She’s a big girl now! Many a baby photograph held over from the '%0s has been dragged forth years later, spreading misery and black despair in its wake. S ———————————1 O GEED ¢ GEED ¢ GEED ¢ GEED © WD e The upholstered tot. Janice has more clothes on than you'd think one child could bear, but they were very lavish with the materials in the '90s. What you can see is nothing to what there is underneath in the way of canton flannel and heavy woolen goods. (Janice’s adenoid look was considered very fetching and naive in that day and age.) Sailor suits. The children of style-conscious parents were e o Late Victorian cuteness. Dolly is saying to Chum, “Can’t very nautical about their attire in the '90s. Juvenile latest hints 5 '00 talk?” As you can see, she's been gathering Easter eggs from Paris were lavishly decorated with anchors, steering that the bunny laid for her. This would have been a prized wheels, marlin spikes and other sea emblems. wall decoration when grandma was a girl.