The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-09-14
FASHION NOTES.
Odds and Ends that Complete the Dainty
Toilet


Odds and Ends that Complete the Dainty
Toilet.
Travelling dresses for autumn are made
of dust gray mohair, with plated skirt
and jacket corsare.
A pretty house dress is made Of small
figured silk, with straight skirt, round
waist and large sleeves
Nuns yelling is a la mode, and is likely
TO remain so. II has been improved OF
late by open embroidery worked upon it
Jet embroidcries are in great demand.
They are applied to net. chiffon crepe.
SILK, satin and velvet, rs well as to MORE.
The beads are very closely set, and the
patterns are so arranged that they stand
out we'll and boldly.
Kid gloves are again in favor In Eng
land, where very light shades are worn.
Some useful gloves are made OF Russian
leather, which. though dyed. possesses its
fragrant odor. For riding or driving
there are the Tyrol gloves, like soft wash
leather, formerly only made in pale buff
or gray, but now TO be had in white. with
any number of large silver buttons, or
with gauntlets to protect the wrists.
Black furs, it is said, will be the most
fashionable kind to be worn this coming
winter.
A petticoat frayed at the edge, no mat
ter how handsome the embroidery NAV
be, causes woman much vexation OF
spirit. The finer the embroidery the
sooner it shows signs of wear, and no
matter how much care Is exercised it con-
not be made to last very long A good
plan is to put a narrow lawn ruf1ie around
the bottom of the skirt first. Then put
on the fiounce of embroidery so that
about an inch Of this will show. The
lawn rutile can be renewed very easily.
Here is the fashionable recipe to pre-
vent wrinkles:--Sleep on your back and
never smile.
All the autumn NANTES will be made
with velvet sleeves.
What IS the reason the girls that wear
low gowns are always the girls with
long. thin neckse
Autumn hats will be trimmed with
apricots, cherries, plums or currants.
Ostrich tips that nod forward over the
crown are used.
Crepe is the most popular fabric for
evening wear this season. The skirts
have perceptibly heightened, and the re-
turn of the demi-train is prophesied-
Imported cloth jackets are cut longer
than those last year, but are of medium
length in preference to the "three-Quar-
ter" that are trying alike TO short ard
tall figures. The new coats are double
breasted in front and of even length all
around. The coat sleeves are cut largo
and high at the top, and there are flap
pockets on the sides.
A neat pretty dress for young girl II
made of wooden material and velvet com.
bined. The skirt is shirred full so as t<
hang in graceful pIaits, and has four or
five rows of velvet ribbon, as q trimming,
each row narrower than the other, until
the top Is scarcely half an inch wide.
The waist has pointed yoke of velvet, to
which the other material is shirred, and
then gathered in at the waist, which is
a ltf lar n wit n leo half Of he.
velvet, laced in the back The collar is a
standing up one. and the sleeves are full.
of the wooden material. and finished off
with velvet cuffs. laced like the belt.
Refer jackets come in striped cloth
with velvet trimmings cuffs, collars, and
pockets A pretty one is black, with
trimmings Of light gray.
Combinations make the prettiest
dresses for children, and economical
mothers can often turn old matt rial to
very good advantage. With the
use of a. little ammonia and q
to look as good as new, and in cutting for
the little ones the worn parts can easily
be avoided. II the material be plaid or
striped, plain goods forms a pleasing
combination, or vice versa.
Rosettes are very much worn as finish
ing touches. pretty skirt has rows OF
silk ribbon from the waist down, which
end in wide rosettes, forming plating
around the front and sides. By the way,
this fashion of wearing piaits at the bot
tom of the skirt is worthy of recon-
mendation. My lady's feet cannot help
but look dainty and small, just as full
sleeve makes the hand LOOK small.
Velvet plays an important part in trim
ming dresses, as usual. And it should,
as there is nothing which adds so much
! to the finish of a gown, or sOftens the
complexion so delicately.
Nantes and capes are longer, reaching
below the waist and requiring an inside
| belt to hold the back in shape.
There is a prediction that demi-trains
will be worn on street dresses. This is a
ridiculous as well as an untidy habit In
our cities, as very few can feel comfort
able when they realize they are perform
ing work which Is rarely done otherwise;
namely, cleaning and sweeping the
streets.
Ladies' cloth is the material used in
Paris and London for gowns for brides
maids. white cloth in preference, then
pale, shadowy gray, turquoise or pink.
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