The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-09-13
NOTHING TO WEAR.
Quite AS Badly Off AS
Miss Flora Nc
FlinseY.
BUT ALL THE GIRLS SAY THAT.
Hints That May Help Them to
Furnish Forth Thsir..Ward-
robes for the Com
ing Season.
ing Season,

'-fa ~Nte1S1e
"Caunot you really come to me unit
November Why. | couldn't possibly
wait 50 long. hayen't thing to wearf,'
This remark was made to a very popular
dressmaker in this city. who goes out by
the day. and who, to my. certain knowl-
edge, made engagements for November
In May. Think Of it. Giving no Thought
to the morrow, If the gospel were taken
literally, would, according to this, leave
Que very much out in the cold by the time
December and January came along.
There is no business-it is sometimes
called a profession. a high art--in which
SO much material results can be made as
IN dressmaking. and it is surprising that
more yonng women with taste aud kn0wl-
edge OF it do not follow it in preference to
harder and less PLEASANT occupations.
a good worker can easily mike from two
to three dollars day, with hours from
eight or nine to six; and she can so
arrange her work as TO take a holiday
now aud tnen-
Many women who have accommoda
tons in their homes prefer to have their
dressmaking done there. It saves tedious
Journeys. long waits with-the possibilities
that Madame cannot possibly fit you to-
day" Madame cannot fail to see thai it
is raining cats and dogs that your name
was announced within five minutes of the
time she herself appointed for your con-
terence, and that the "trip took you about
three hours there and back. You 90
again the next day, and ate. waiting for
about an hour while few seams are
being basted," you enter the royal pres
ence. Do you dare demonstrate with herY
Indeed mott Visions of q crooked back
seam or skirt longer on one side than
the other appear before you, and you are
submissive meekness itself. You inquire
after Madames health. Is sue hurriedy
What a pityi She really must take some
rest, and for that sympathy you have 10
pay dearly. She asks You whether you
would mind waiting few more days for
your dress. You say, certainly not, and
so it goes on. If, however, the work 10
done at home, the trouble of it is con-
uensed into a much shorter time. You
have your fittings done in day and
know just how the dress will be finished.
Besides it is far more economical way.
and you can generally turn out TWO
gowns made thus to one made outside.
QUIET GOWNS.
AT no season OF the year Is the luxury
of handsome, quiet, dark dress more
felt than ia the fall. There is a certain
something that makes it a fitting go be-
tween Inc eeHSO1S-r summer ID Qttts anu
the pretty, dainty cambrics and hight
silks are TOO cool. tempting as they are;
OH the other hand the winter materials
are still too heavy. IL Is now that the
dark green's blues, browns and blacks
lock and feel the best, that the quiet hat
which has succeeded the FADED roses and
violets is the most appropriate. Per
haps 1t is just this change from gorgeous
summer brightness TO qutetness and
back again That makes each season re-
freshing by contract You know candy
Tor breakfast. dinner aud supper" would
make one hate " sec D0x Oh even 1uy-
ler's best.
With the cool days and cooler evenings.
Z comes the need for heavier wraps. Every
one has seen the prevailing style or long
wrap, which fits Snugly at the back and
has loose sleeves and front. saw one OF
these on bride early IN the season, be-
fore they had become so very common,
aud thought it exceedingly stylish and
becoming. 1t was of gray cloth, match
ing her travelling gown, and the feathers
at the neck made soft coquettlsh nnlsn
All the girls wanted 70 get one at once.
TOO. wanted one very badiy, but like a
great many others, ! cannot always get
what | want, and since then | am
glad that | didn't, as have
become so familiar with them In
all colors and styles that the sight OF q
quiet, tight-dtting. jacket Is refreshing.
Isuppose one reason that dislike them
is that l have seen them on so many
women on the style of 90 by 3, who.
when arrayed in them, looked like 5-2
by4 There is great deal IL not want
ing everything you see, especially ii it is
NOT becoming; but it seems a hard thing
for many women to learn.
THOSE TRAILING SKIRTS.
fashion magazine OF recent date says
that sThe model dresses for autumn and
winter wear widen markedly from the
waist down and are made to stand out at
the lower edge by means or an inner stl1I-
enina of grass CLOTH. Not only are they
cut long in the back, but The summer
dip has heightened into o positive deml-
train"
one of the things which girl should
learn, | read recently, is ITO be neat.
no YOU think that she can be so II she IS
going 70 follow this ridiculous edict OF
Fashion 10 the letter. What is The use of
yromen CRYING against dirty streets when
thew are wiling TO sweep them along
ana carry their dirt TO their homes What.
are women going to do in winter when,
after the snow storms, the sun makes
the streets pools OF muddy1water s4Tney
cannot turn their trains up as neat men
t,,rn mn the ends of their trousers. That
fha long skirt fad has a decided unsani-
f,,rv bearing, probably has occurred TO
llnr few of its thoughtiess retainers We
are assured by physicians, however That
! sbn,t walk in our dusty streets. in
gown which trails upon the
rroIlnd. is sufficient to gather up
IN The accumulated dirt and soil or
lie sE1rt enough germ life 10 destroy
,rn,Ie family, Not only has this pro
fsssiopal opinion been voiced in this
eonnrry. pur IL has been acted upon in
V;snna where the Supreme Sanitary
ransnittee as a measure of safety for the
nrntection of the pubic health has levied
Z t,y upon each and every wearer OF the
trailing skirt, as scattering and disturb
no the disease germs Which are latent ID
,Is dnst In view OF. the fact that the
vfsnnese authorities have thus felt called
,,non Ia protect the commonwealth from
~ ,.as1its If feminine inconsiderateness,
,hev probably will not feel inclined TO
i insy r any particular favor upon the
den,ands set forth by the woman's rights
Invention which recently assembled
thare asking among other things tor par
i,s Inn suffrage and share In the
naanagement OF political affairs. Or
-.r,,rss II il somewhat Of adescent IN Dig
nitv for women to be told 10 attend 70
fhe length OF their skirts wnen they wish
instesd Ia attend to the affairs OF the
s,,f,on Int they must learn That as
rIass fhey must prove themselves sen
s,hie N small things before they are
made rulers over great. -.
There Is a great deai OF saan d apous
abolishing the corset aud mooern oIess.
There is nothing the matter WIN modern