The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-04-15

be very great. People indiscreetly
fond of dogs shonld bear in mind that
there is a limit they should put to
their pets endearment IL they would
avoid all risk of becoming in~oculated
with disease germs only less terrible
than those of hydrophobia-
She Wasn't Used to "Hitching."
A dressmaker in Newark, N. j.,
brought suit against a citizen of that
place for the value of two dresses made
for his wife. When the ease came up
in court the other day the defence
claimed that the dresses were too
short in the skirt, and too tight in the
waist; and that the skirt and waist
did not meet. 1t was agreed upon
that the defendants wife should put
on IN OF the dresses and submit it to
the inspection of the Court. The
Judge placed his private Don at her
disposal, and when she came out, clad
in q pink silk dress trimmed with blue
silk velvet, it was noticed that q strip
of white appeared between the skirt
and the waist. That particular strip
may probably have been a part ONO
matter what; it was doubtless some
thing necessary in forming the re-
quisite amount of covering, but the
fact that it was seen at all ought to
have convinced the Judge that there
was something wrong somewhere.
On the contrary, however, he missed
the opportunity afforded him of doing
justice to q lady who had evidently
been exposed to uncalled-for con-
ment; and at the same time he found
himself covered with confusion-and
all because he had unfortun ately
sought TO apply male methods of
remedying defects in clothing to the
case in question. He remembered that
sometimes, when dressing before the
looking glass, he noticed a strip of
white shirt showing itself between the
spot where his waistcoat ended and
needed was simply to give an upward,
trombone-slide movement to the
buckle which regulated his suspend
ers and, prestol everything was lovely.
And so. with his own case ia his
minds eye, he Strengthened himself
up and said: Madam. could the in
jury not be remedied by hitching up
the skirt Z" The look of commisera-
ton which the wearer of the dress
turned upon him, and thinly yelled
contempt with which she informed
him that any attempt at ''hitchingn
would put her waist in the wrong
place, caused the Judge las he has
since admitted, under pressure, to his
wife, greater modification than ehe
had experienced when one of his de-
cisions was reversed by the Court of
Appeals,
The story teaches the lesson that
eve a New Jersey Judge does not
know everything, and that garments
which may be safely supported in
their place by a nail or a shoe string
should not be confounded with those
fearfully and wonderfully built struc-
lures in which woman now arrays her.
self.-PhilddelphiG Record.
Dressy Prince Ferdinand.
have lately had occasion to notice
dresses ordered for Expresses and
Grand Duchesses, but they pale before
the morning gowns provided by a
fashionable couturier for Ferdinand,
Prince of Bulgaria. He has a passion
for attiring himself in silken sumptu-
osities. One of the gowns was in
electric blue, lined with the softest
surah over eiderdown, and affecting
somewhat the form of a p~rincesse
robe, with embroideries of a passe-
menterie, in which steel and tighten
ing blue beads are mixed. The sash
was of soft, brocaded silk ribbon,
having q pattern to match in tone
with the passementerie.
A creamy white silk surah shirt,
having breast ruffies of point-lace,
and pale old rose brocaded inexpressi-
bles, taking the form of a divided
skirt, with blue stockings, embroid-
cred with old rose floss and blue slip
pers matching the sash, completed the
costume, which / was told was to be
worn at a morning concert. Buttons
studded with brilliants and a Turk
ish cap of satin. having a diamond
aigrette in front were to be the Fin
ishing touches
The Prince is as aesthetic as any
English worshipper of the sunfiower.
A gown for an evening concert was in
amber brocade, lined with another
shade of yellow satin, and bordered
round the neck and down the front
with amber beads and yellow, fluffy
ostrich feathers. The shirts were in
yellow silk, -.fronted with mousseline
de sole of saffron color, arranged in a
kind of drapery, and with ruffies OF
the same material.
The ladies of the Corps Diplomat
ique at Sofia delight in the young
rulers costumes. Were it not for the
Princes gowns his visits to the Ortho-
dox (women's) Converts and all the
tittle-tattle arising from them and his
presents of bracelets, earrings, and
brooches, there would be no topics for
table talk. The Bulgarians think his
ideas about the fair sex are too Wen
nese, and that he too often shows he
has been. from the time he left school
until he set up as a sovereign, too
much the companion of the late
Prince Rudolph and other Archdukes.
Imperial personages in Austria not
only are utter scepties on the of
feminine virtue, but are always show
ing their scepticism. The Princess
Clementine, however, stands SO high
in public estimation in Bulgaria as to
be really a strong bulwark of her sons
sovereignty. She is regarded as a
Valide Sultana, who had the advan-
tage of being brought mp on the steps
of a great throne, and is a borne matt
TeSs femme with the experience of
seventy years, and a mine of
knowledge at the service of her quick
working brain.-Pdrfs Letter in
London Truth.
Behind the Scenes.
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