The Jersey City news., 1892-06-13
THE WOMAN In WHITE
Always a Grateful Sight
to Fastidious Mans
Eye.
HEAVY MOURNING UNHEALTHY.
And Big Brocades Ugly-Fasbion
Pointers For Feminine
Readers.
HEAVY MOURNING UNHEALTHY

One summer evening few years ago,
group of young ladies, whom the writer
knew, were lionizing singer, who had
studied in Europe and had just returned
to this country. England was the place
he had last visited, The girls were eager
questioners. He made discreet answers.
One bright little woman yeptured to ask
him what ali wanted to know, But MIR.
p, do you think English women are
better looking than the American2" 20,
no." he answered. "but think they dress
better. They wear white go much on the
street and make such pretty pictures. In
contrast the dress of American women on
the street looks heavy"
AS matter of fact. English women do
not dress nearly as we'll as their Ameri-
can sisters. They both copy French
models, the American girl getting there
much more successfully than the English
one. But men love white. They will
see a woman arrayed in a cheap white
cheese cloth, perhaps house gown made
over from one used in amateur theatr1cals
and will rave over the effect, the drap-
cries. What will they cure about the
cost, unless it effects them. They view
the ends not the means and nine men out
of ten will always prefer to see woman
clad in some soft simple material than in
these brocaded satins and figured SILKS.
The former, to me are especially ugly. /
always feel as though woman were
expected to hold her arms and hgure
just so, so as not to destroy the
symmetry of the pattern. They are to
my mind like handsome wall paper
They should only be used on stationary
oh yphn hput1ty lipS in hPfnu mile
to stretch out the handsome patterns.
BLACK VS.. WHITE.
My chief plea Tor white, however. is
with those who are in mournipg. In the
summer especially the heavy black
dresses worn are usually very uncomfort-
in particular | would urge that black
gowns be discarded in favor of light
white ones. Some might snake the
heads in disapproval. but l go further in
spite of tnem and declare that the ''in
mourning" habit is abused to such an
extent that 1t is often ridiculous. Que
day last summer-it was awfully warm. /
remember-I met widow in The regula-
tion weeds carrying a heavy bundle of
fruit and helping along heavy bnby boy.
Sne was worn out In mind and bcdv.
But suppose she would have been yerv
much offended had any one suggestt d
that she lay aside that mourning veil
ache. And yet ut the same time she SAID
that her husband had had a good time
before he died and now size intended to
have her inning.
remember another instance. A very
wealthy American gentleman died abroad
recently, leaving a will in which he
ordered that his family should positively
not go into mourning for him. One
daughter was in Paris. She had not
heard of her fathers wish. So, before re-
turning. she got the dearest love of Paris
ian poem" in IA bonnet. Her sisters saw
it, were charmed, copied it, and went into
deep mourning. A truce to such a mourn
ing, which makes a mockery of Il custom
which when not abused is beautiful.
ALL IN WHITE.
Yesterday | saw a young girl in church,
whose attire prompted me TO write the
above. She has recently lost her mother,
but as the day was very warm, she felt
she could not bear her heavy black gowns.
She wore a pure white nuns yelling
gown, absolutely perfect in finish. but
entirely untrimmed. Her hat was IL large
white Leghorn, trimmed with black rib
bon and white flowers. With her sweet
girlish face she made such pretty pict-
nre thus clad. that, while admitting her
beauty, | was forced to acknowledge at
once her perfect taste in dress and COM
mon sense.