The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-05-03


waistcoats with the wooden stuffs now in
favor.
Imitation Jewels and gold trimmings
arp more popular than eveE before IN
millinery.
Sleeves are being worn SO abnormally
long that only the fingers IRE visible oe-
meath then. The newest sleeve is cut In
q point over the hand.
Smau waists are not cultivated now.
but every woman likes her waist to look
as long rs possible. Waists indeed are as
much matter Of fashion as hornets or
any other article of dress. They are GO
ing 10 be worn very long this year
Twenty-f0uf inches is the average size Of
4 girls waist That means that the waist
OF her stays is twenty-five inches They
should be left open an inch or two at the
back for ventilation.
Pocketbooks, card cases, ETC., in
smooth, richly colored lizard skin, show
neat patterns in thin gold and silver
mountings.
An attractive bracelet Of two gold
chains mas for fastening two little owls
with pearl plumage, diamond heads and
ruby eyes.
Dark green velvet ribbon, the color Of
flower stems is used for hats
Chine wooden goods of light coIors is
seen with black and white srreaks.
Old rose fine WOODEN dress goods have
white dots of long silky hairs.
For street wear the most fashionable
boots are Che low heeled. broad, common
sense makes. Novelties in misses boots
are some that are made with morocco
lowers and glove kid uppers, the tops
being so high that they button TO the
knee, taking the place of leggings These
must be made to order, and are * pensive,
though elegant in appearance, giving an
exquisite contour to the leg.
Turkish slippers for boudoir use have
somewhat taken the place OF the toilet
slippers. as being cooler TO the feet and
more prone to keep their shape. The
Turkish slippers come in red, blue, bronze
and black. They are worn much longer
than the foot and turn up TO a long point
at the ftoe Kin true Turkish picturesque
style. The instep is heavily embroidered
ia silver or gold And ali this from SIXTY
five to eightyhve cents
Gored skirts and long basqued bodices
are the characteristic features of the
spring costumes. In the first instance
the cores extend TO the back breadth.
orite short train The basques are as
often set on. as cut ia a piece with the
bodice; sometimes they go all round, at
others are only seen at the back, or set
in on patterns at the side. Basques made
of lace, braid embroidery or passmen-
terie are a great help in doing up old
dresses, as they can easily be attached to
shorter bodice.
Most of the new French dresses are a
combination of silk aud cloth They re-
semble each other SO closely In the mat
ter OF style that one can't help wondering
whether they were all bailt from one
model. The designers are evidently very
hard up for ideas. Skirts have under
gone no change and bo1ices are all worn
three-quarGers length. The Louis XIV.
coat is the best model for a smart bodice
It reaches the knees and is generally
worn with a waistcoat of pompadour
brOcade. 0ne gown was in gendarme
blue, IL consisted OF a plain cloth skirt q
lowered silk waistcoat Trim med with a
/ 5abbot Of old lace. and coat bodice made
Of peau de sofia variation on the Louis
XIV. The other gown was a counterpart
Of this, and was carried ont in cloth and
silk OF golden brown shade. All smart
dresses are trimmed more or less lavishly
with jewelled passementerie.
Large sleeves OF net will be worn in
silk dresses, with a tablier of the sam
for the skirt ana pretty drapery of it
from the shoulders TO the point of the
bodice. Effective patterns come with
chenille dots that enrich the design
Hand-wrought nets in star ana rose pat
terms are handsome for sleeves and parts
Of bOdices, and French nets have inter
linked rings. heur-de-lis, and spots OF vel
vet along the edges. Black lace dounces
and draperies grow In favor for trimming
| silks of every description.
When the cloth or princess gown is
made up without foundation skirt, with
/ it are Invariably worn sheath petticoats
/ OF surah or taffeta silk matching the color
of the dress. These are closely gored and
| finished with a ruche or triple-pinked
| friIls that are made very narrow ami
\ placed at the extreme edge of the hem
The new dress bonnets are smaller than
ever. and the shape of some of them
4 makes it necessary to wear the hair
dressed high on the head. A pretty one
| of dark blue, opsn-work straw, and mar
row row Of forget-me-nots inside which
rested on the hair. and trimming con
sisted of loops OF blue velvet rlbDon and a
I bunch of flowers in the back. These lit
tie bonpets all nave strings which taste n
under the chin and have the advantage I
being unusually becoming.