The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-03-29
FASHIONS FANClES.


Jewels as misunderstanding Capes-
Sailor Hats.
For stout people. the riding habit is
| made with a round waist without the Gus
toniary tiny coat tails at the back.
Tortoise shell chatelaines are the very
latest and come with London indorse-
ment.
The latest Partisan novelty in dress
trimming is gold and steel edging,
studded with cut jet nail heads.
| Among imitation jewels with which
! dress trimmings are studded are cats eyes
and tiger eyes.
The Cleopatra yellow and bronze shades
are very rich and effective.
| In Cleopatra, Bernhardr wears stock
| ings.on which a serpent is embroidered,
the scales being raised in an "awfuily'
1 life-like way.
Fashion seems likely to proscribe bus
ties for some time to come. The long,
| plain, sinuous skirts with pitts behind
continue as popular as ever.
Scotch zephyrs are bound to be among
the most fashionable of summer dress
goods. ana the newest importations are
very pretty.
The beaded veil has come back once
more to add to the brilliancy of women In
the sunlight, ana to impair their eyes
Summer travelling costumes are to be
made severely plain" and with the
absurdity.
Beaded capes are announced to have
another season. They were too pretty
and convenient to be given up at once.
A military pompon OF pleated lace is
often seen in the middle of round hats
and capotes. 1t is sometimes encircled
by an asp of jet with ruby or emerald
eyes. or else it springs from circle of
large gilt or Jet balls tnat are really large
beads.
Among old colors which are appearing
again in the once popular bun or corn
color.
Orange-coiored facings, cordings, lin-
ings and trimmings are in high vogue
abroad
Sentiment is against trained skirts for
the street. There is everything to be said
against and nothing in favor of-shall it
be saio--the slovenly fashion.
Tea gowns grow more like dresses every
day. They are all fashioned on the ines
of the princess robe.
Quite the newest fans are of shaded
gold colored crede de Chine, decorated
with seasonable blossoms.
BraidiDg and embroidery are seen on
many imported gowns.
The sailor hat again appears among
fashionable head coverings, but it is lower
of crown and smaller OF DrIm than ever,
and has thus dwindled to a style fit only
for young children.
bonnets, now popular in London. Some
have their gold gauzs crowns attached
behind only to their jeweIed brims, the
hair being pulled out between, the better
to accentuate the brightness. Soberer
are the little velvet bonnets trimmed with
Jewels. One of mouse-colored velvet set
in a frame of gold gallon, sparingty
adorned with erueralds. had a glitteriug
emerald butterfly Ia front aud three de-
mure brown pompons behind, and seemed
to hit the happy mean between tasteful
sobriety ana fashionable brilliancy.
Flannelettes for tennis gowns are
ribbed like Bedford cords. and come in
narrow stripes OF lilac, pale blue or pink,
with white. More dressy white wooliens
as sheer and soft are also in the popular
length wise ribs.
Snull waists are not cultivated now,
but every woman likes her waist to look
as long as possible. Waists, indeed, are
as much matter of fashion as bopnets
OF any other article of dress. They are
going to be worn very long this year;
season or two hence they will be worn
under the armpits, no doubt. Fashion
generally runs from one extreme TO
another Twenty-four inches Is the aver
age size of girls waist. That means
that the vaist uf her stays Is Twenty-Five
inches. They should be left open an inch
or two at the back for ventilntjou Cam
vas stays are nice and cool for summer