The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 24, 1907, Page 11

The San Francisco Sunday Call, HEANVY SOHITE | CLOTH CQOAT) S fashions every year re and more attractive e same time more practi- at it fsn't remarksble t of today is & very smart looking young person, whether be attired in the ordinary so t e child t or ent 1 times It was not considered or advisable to pay too much 1 to children's clothes—every- ng shou.d be neat and well made, t the studying of the change in styles vs' and girls’ clothes was almost eard of, and that such details as materials, colers and individual models should be the subject of anxious care and thought would have seemed in- redible, hence the perfectly elothed of todsy has much to be thankful comparison with the child of two ntial generations ago. Small boys no longer look as though ed in “cut downs” from corpulent rers or brothers of twice their size, like “cats in shawls,” owing clothes having no referénce the wearer thereof, for to the ever to even the cheapest are well cut and fit well, if any care et all is taken in the selection. Cheap, ready made clothing not to be despised, for it prices for clothes © be outgrown at the and unless the mate- 11 wear that length Be it understood, 3 money is no object ! are far better, 1 shape long and do c shabby. Cheviot and materials dear to the , for they are expensive, wear well in a great variety of The English chev- 4 tweeds are rather smarter and better, it must be conceded, but goods are satisfactory end there is a wide range of the domestic designs. The xed grays, and browns, plaid, check stripe, are slways in fashion and the same as used for men's busi- , and with the same new pat- ry season, sometimes the grays seing the more popular and sometimes e browns, but whichever color is the wre becoming should decide the ques- on. Dark blue serge is the best and most becoming celor to chooss. Sometimes brown serge has & tempo- X popularity, but it is really not to advised, as it s stch a hard, cold and so rerely becoming or smart. Style for the Small Boy ~ The knee length Jf trousers is the correct one at present for the knock- he mestic enough, the about suit, and the trousers can be either in knickerbocker or stralght short trousers order, the coat a double- \vaa(’tfl short one, that can be worn with the khickerbocker or the Norfolk jacket style. Sailor suits in wash ma- terfals or serge are still fashionable, but only for small boys, and rarely is a boy more than 10 years of age seen in one; the short cheviot suit for morning, and the Eton suit with long trousers and black Eton coat for afternoon wear, is the correct style. For summer the striped linen or galatea striped short trousers and the blue Serge reef- er coat are thought smart. It is a difficult problem to decide at first glance whether the long outside coats are intended for tiny boys or girls, and, In fact, there iz little or no difterence, while the hat to be worn decides the question. The long, straight coats, somewhat on the box coat order, ere alike fashionable for boys or girls, and are made in all kinds of materials —cloth, velvet, silk or fur; and here it may be said that it is very much more the fashion at present than it ever has been for children to wear fur coats. Extremely smart and trim do the little people look in their long, plain coats, that cover up completely the frock worn underneath. In spring and sum- mer the shorter coats are more fash- fonable egain, but at the moment the long coat reigns supreme, no matter of what material it is made. Both light and dark colors are fash- fonable this seasom in children's costs, decked out for some® .fannel. LATEST PARIS JTRIPED LINEN JSVIT WITH CHEVIOT COAT but it is always a temptation to dress small children in white and light col- ors, and, consequently, the white and light colors are the more in evidence. The brown caracul and pony coats, with cap to match, are worn by chil- dren as young as 5, while girls or 10 and 12 are seen in the white cluny and astrakhan. The long leather lezgings in tan color are very smart and are worn by the youngest as well as the older ones, and these leggings both ge well with all coats. Fascinating Big Bonnets Both the ptcture-qne and practical prevail in headgear. The fascinating big bonnets that frame the faces of the tiny little girls are too attractive and becoming to be allowed to go out of ‘style, while nothing smarter than the fur cap to match the cogt can be imagined. There are not many stiff felt hats to be seen. Fortunately, good sense has decreed against them, and the softer lines of beaver, velvet and fur have taken their place. Naturally the flawless complexion of childhood can withstand much that would be im- possible to older skins, but the hard lines are to be avoided all the same. The soft lace ruches, the soft beaver feit hats, with clusters of ostrich tips or ostrich plume, are, for instance, in- finitely more becoming than the stift felt hat trimmed with loops of ribbon and a stifft quill or wing. Tntil a girl i1s 8 or 9 years old the most popular fashion is for her to be dressed in white, and there are some women who pride themsalves upon their knowledge of dress who maintain that « girl looks best dressed in white until she 1is 16. This is, however, too conspicuous a fashion to be generally recommended, especially if a girl goes to school. White may be reserved for her pretty frocks, but for everyday wear the golored k is far more practical and as a rule, too, is more becoming. The small children, though, lpok best in white, and the wash mate- rials have proved to be by far the most popular, as it is easlly possible to make them warm enough, even in the coldest weather, by the underwaist of thin The heavier fabrics, such as duck, pique and heavy linen, are the smartest for winter wear, and the sim- pler the model the smarter it is. The all one plece frock, loose from the shoulders, in three pieats back and front and worn with a leather belt slipped through st at the side—or worn without the 18 the favor- ite model. It can be worn with or without a guimpe and finished around the meck with a turned down collar with scalloped edge, or with a small embroidered dgsign in the corners, The long waisted, straight front effect is given by this style of dress, but #s chil- dren's fashlons always follow in line with the fashions for women the BEm- pire short waisted styles are now com- ing into favor again. This model has always been popular for very small chil- dren and is exemplified in the guimpe dresses, but the present model is two-piece frock, with the exaggerated- 1y short walst and the medium length \ TAILOR. MADE DRESY skirt, the skirt, however, not reachiny below the knees. More and mere pepular {s the fashion of the short socks and the white or col- ored strap slippers t heels. If a child's ankles are a shoes, ankle len socks, white or the color of the shoes, t are very attractive, and s dainty fad is the sash sand ribbons to match m shoes, and there can be a charming riety in consequence with the llluunt colored ribbons, plain and flowered, wwhich there are so many to choose from at this time, Shoulder knots and & bow in the halr &re also made use of to carry out the little color schems, sometimes in & delicate shade of pink or blue and sometimes with a deinty flowered ribbon, with which white stockings or socks and slippers are worn, For unusually tall children bronze silk stockings nze leather slippers are smart tead of white or colored hose and shges, with a very short dress. With a medium short, skirt black stockings are lenenlly all of course colored oues are permissible. This again must be fl"lf‘lfl by the individual case. ACOTTH PLAID VEWET DRESS, N Girls from 1Z to about 15 or 18 years of age are all so totally different in helght that it is not pos- sible to have any special style of dress restricted to any particular age. Some girls of 12 or 13, for exam- Ph. are small enough to look well in dress, while others, again, Mvo attained to very nearly their full height at that 8ge, and must have their skirts long enough to be graceful and their dresses must have some reference of to fit and figure. It is as great a mis- take to dress & growing girl in too juvenile a manner as it is to allow her to wear long skirts and put up her hair before she is old enough to have some natural dignity. An unusually tall girl may put on long skirts at 16, while any number of young girls will look better in skirts just clearing the ground until thelr last year at school. Too many clothes are a mistake for a young girl, but 1t must be remem- bered that children are always harder on their dresses than grown ups, and no child should be allowed to think ‘that she can be shabbily dressed. Her dresses should all be simple and not expensive, but they should be in l'ood taste, and there should be a sufficient number to smeet every occasion. At least two school dresses are necessary, although it is possible for the girl to get along with one dark cloth street suit, that can be worn with a walst of the same material or either heavy Hnen or fine flannel wash waists. A simple silk waist the color of the skirt, relieved only by white lawn collar and cuffs, Is quite correct even in a school~ room, and this is lighter than flannel and saves the washing to a large ex- tent—if this item may be taken into consideration. A dark plaid suit, say, in green and blue mixture, is excellent for a school dress. The walst may be laid in box pleats and tucks down the back and front and finished at the throat with a soft green silk tie. Nat- urally the sleeves of a’ school dress should be long, and white embroidered linen cuffs to match the collar keep the gown looking always neat and fresh. The skirt—of whatever length is most becoming to the child, regard- less of her age—should be made in some pretty pleated model, with a stitched belt of “the eloth or a silk girdle to match the tle. The coat for CHEV'OT “OLF orUIT ATAN T CLOTH coar ‘WITH VELVET. CAF this aress should be semlfitted, short, three-quartsr length. with broadcloth collar and cuffs of either the k green of the plaid, whichever color made praminent in the dress. Suspender Frock for Girls pender dresses in various m signs are alwa ttractive for a girl ' who has just graduated from the Suimpe period. This style of frock is especially gond also for school dress, for the white waist can be changed every day if nece and yet the cloth body of the as consider- able warmth. For afterneon wear this sivle of dress, with separate-yoke aad sleeves, fs seen In light shades of cioth. pink, old rose and differeut shades blue and pale groen, and the white bodice is of fine lae 1 lingerie. The jacket may, of course, be either short or long, but the medium length plain tailor coat seems smartest, as short jackets generally call for a good deal of trimming and adornment. Party dresses are an essential part of the child’s outfit, for her little dances are to her of great importance. Here again there is a size rather than an age limit. for while the average child of 12 or 13 or even 14 will look quite ader- able In" a dress of white organdy or lawns simply trimmed with hem tucks and lace, a tall girl needs a handsomer style of dress, as, for example, crepa de chine, chiffon or even a soft silk. Accordion side pleating is particularly pretty .in a short skirt and the ac- cordion pleated crepe de chine of white or some delicate, becoming shade is sure to make an attractive dress. This should be trimmed with lace at the neck and sleeves, and an Irish lace crepe or collar is appropriate for any age. The square Dutch neck is gen- erally becoming to all children and is more comfortable for dancing than a Stift collar band. There are many pretty printed silks that are decidedly youthful in effect, and others require but little trimming in the making up to be really effective. For school brown or gray caracul or squirrel, or else mink, make attractive fur sets, while for afternoon there is nothing sq pretty as the white fox, which is so fashional just now. It is possible at this time of year to pur- chase furs so inexpensively that it is well worth while to give the girl her set just now, and it can do for next winter as well. A long cloth wrap is practically & necessity to wear over a light dress in the afterncon or when- ever an evening wrap Is required, and for this purpose the fur-lined costs that ave at present so greatly reduced fn price are altogether the best. Red, tan, lght blue or white is useful, and any one of thess shades is sure to be becoming with bright, youthful color- ing. The long white fur coats are also charming for young girls. So much depends upon the arrange- ment of the hair that it !s astonishing how many women will allow their chil- dren to fix it In some hideously un- bacoming fashion. While a girl is still quite short the halr should be allowed to hang loose down the back if it Is at all thick or wavy, just enough being taken up In front and tied loosely with a large ribbon bow to be becoming to the face. For school it is better to tie the hair in the center with another ribbon bow, and If it is very long the ends can be turned up and tied n the middle of the back. When the halr is braided a soft pompadour should be left, held In place by a comb and rid- ben. As soon as the girl is suficlently tall to have her braid turned up in the back, colored ribbons should Dde ex- changed for black. Brown satin ribbon is often pecullarly becoming, in which case this may be worn altogether in-. stead of black. Not until the balr is all the way up, or at any rate arranged low on the neck with the ribbom bow, should long skirts be donned, and vice versa, for there is nothing ugifer than | the hair worn on top of the head with comparatively short skirts exgept the effect of a long dress with the Balr still arranged In some too youthful manner. Have Giants Dwindled? CIENCE says the gilant Is an anomaly. The latest investiga- tors of this interesting subject are two eminent Frenchmen, Pro- fessor P. E. Launois and Dr. Pigrre Roy, who have searched all tedleal litera- ture on the subject and made Inyestiga- nd have been an ing subject. for the earliest concerned with gigantic Every child has trembled terast- tales are human beings. at o story of “Jack, the Giant Ki and the “Fée, fle, fo, fum, T smell blood of an Englishman!” A the Rab binical writings Ac stature before came of ordinar Genesis, chapter vi, “When the sons of daughters of men” their glants. The famous gifnt of ea * but then be- the boek of stated that the oftspring "wers Og. King of Bashan s have been of more than ordinary size as well as of extraordinary strength, but the most fam of all Biblical giants was Goliath, whom David siew How tall he was no account-states, but he gnust have been most awe inspiring to Judge from the reluctance of any of the warrlors to meet him in single com- bat until David offered to meet the redoubtable champion. Hestod and other poets of antiquity sang of the Titans, or Sons of Earth, of huge proportions and great strength. There are tales of the contests be- tween the giants and the gods running through Greek mytholegy. The theme is always the same, the contest of brute unintelligent strength against divipe, harmonious powe The weak, but intelligent. always conquer, just as in the David-Goliath story. The giant is always a huge caild. There was instinctive appreciation of the fact that the growth of the body is at the expense of the brain. The Greeks un- derstood this so well that they made their Apollo of only medium helght, with broad, high forehead, radlating in- telligence, while their H!'(‘u!n had the head of an idiet. In Henrion pre- sented a very lea to the Freach Academie scriptions et Belles Lettres, in Wi \e conclusively proved the degeneration of mankind to his own satisfaction. claiming that the records showed the following heights of the world's great men Adam ... Noah Abraham Moses Hertules Alexander Caesar Plutarch states thak lho skelaton of Antaeus when dug up was no less than sixty cubits (ninety feet) tall. Accord- ing to Pliny the skeleton of Orion brought to the surface by an earth- quake was forty-six cubits tall. It is evident that In all ages men spoke of sporadic instances of men of abnormal size. but tradition always makes the oldest giants the largest, for imagination has added not enly inches but feet to their staturea In more or less historic times we have excellent evidence of the existence of glants. Quetelet reports details cen- cerning a Scottish giant enreiled In his famous regiment of tall men by Fred- erick the Great stating that he was 8 feet 3 inches tall