The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-03-01
SPRING Is COMING.
Forecasts Of Her Apparel Bright
ness and Excellent Taste
Displayed.

The fascinating Spring time is nigh at
hand and the usual preparations are
going on for The openings. The array
promised is as bright, as howery and as
tempting as it usually is at this season Of
the year. And i5 is especially tempting
because the materials are often danger
ously cheap. None but women can rea-
Iize how hard it is to resist buying these
beautiful materials--One gets them for
almost son9--but the making, there's
home dressmaKer gets ahead of her less
inventive sister. Asaay a dress can be
bought. material and accessories all told,
for half the price of making. And as one
sees many one wants many.
The ginghams this season are tastefully
represe nteu. The Scotch and Tartan
ones, with big fancy plads or solid
becoming shades. Some very quaint
ones are the silk ones striped. Jaccard
ginghams in Old rose or China blue With
Marie AntoineIte flower patterns are
very becoming, when the right shade
is carefully selected.
Among bastistes are some sheer white
ones with borders of briar roses hand
worked above hemstitched hens, and
pale gold bastistes with borders Of valley
lilies in white and shaded greens. The
black batis6es come frightened up by
flowers and embroidery
NEW MATERIALS.
For walking aud substantial gowns
come rough woods, very hairy of surface
and fine twiled woods plaided.
Palegray Czarina, much like French
camels hair in appearance, comes in all
the pretty neutral tints so popular this
season, aud this. with other soft wool
fabrics, forms the majority OF the stylish
carriage and walking costumes that are
made resdv for immediate use.
The prevalence of very light colored
cloths and fine woods for street wear this
spring viii be very marked. In addition
TO pilot, faced, and LADIES' cloth, and the
lighter Venetian qualities, plain soft
camefs hair will be in vogue. This has
an unusually hairy and rough looking
surface. but is extremely fine, light. aud
supple
Black polka dotted camels hair, with
raised stripe in glossy wool IS also seen.
SILKS AND SHADES.
The rose aud reseda shades, used sep
ara5ely or in omDination, appear TO have
lost none of their popularity, these coiors
appearing among the favorlte dyes OF the
season. Persian brocaded stripes appe r
on faille silks in amber, stem green, april
cot aud deep Spanish yellow, and mag
nificently Illuminated metelaSse satIuS,
striped with velvet in black or rich fruit
shades, are outlined at the edges with
gold or silver initiating gimps and gall
looms.
The display of six and silk and wool
plaids for the season is remarkably rich
and attractive, and while less elected for
among grown people are a positive rage
for school girls and very youthful women.
The color schemes are lovely. and some
of the prettiest silk plaids are made up
with plain silk III com hinaticn, cream,
white, and Persian mauve. strawberry.
magnolia-wnite, and cell blue: pale stem
green, dahlia and primrose; sapphire
blue. dove gray, and rose pink
are among the most popular patterns.
There are other beautiful combinations, as
foliows:--W India silks. gay with
buttercups and violels. Lavender India
silks dainty with pink cyclamens. Polka
dotted India silks Black India silks,
with small brilliant pompadour garlands-
Pale blue India pongees, patterned with
struggling stems OF clover. White
pongees with jonquils. Cream colored
pongees. with hanging sprays Of yellow
acacia bloom. CrinKled crepes, alive
with flowers. birds, bees or butterflies of
japan. Silver or white cballies, with
vines of purple blossomed wisteria