The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-14
GOWNS, BELTS And HATS
Practical Hints and Sug-
gestions to Women De-
string to Dress
Sty1ish1Y.
BLAcK FEATHERS In THE HAIR.
Pattern Figures in Vogue-Rnssian
Velvets Again TO the Fore
Mrs. Beeres' Gowns.

Millinery is, has been. and always will
be an absorbing subject with women who
care a fig for fashions. A poem, of a pom
net shown the other day is very dainty
Indeed. made of the siivery green that
comes only in oats. The sheaf is made
wreath-shape, n lies close TO the hair,
the metallic yet soft threads OF the
beard" of the oats mingling with the
hair, as it waves from the face. Through
the crown the hair shows; or, if you
prefer, the space can be quite filed by the
perky little bow on top ant to one side.
This bow is of rose colorsd satin. Some
how the sight OF it there brings to mind
the little pink flower hat grows 'mid the
wheat, and then o decide it was the
face, not the bow at all that brought up
that line, and you fill out the quotation,
And oh, she looked SO sweet" So she is
u to, or it isn't the bonnet's fault.
The wreath of oats stops either side of
the pretty knot OF hair, and from here
narrow velvet strings are drawn to a knot
under the ear.
The strings are on one side, just the
shade of moss-green that looks prettiest
In velvet and that best harmeuizes with
the silvery green of the oats. The reverse
side OF the velvet Is rose satin. The bow
under the ear, of course. shows both sides
pfettlly. The rose color matches the
pink tip of the lear little ear, and the
green just brings out the blue of the eyes
aud the pale yellow hair over which it
has crossed. 1t is all the better if the
hair Ia the sort that will brighten against
the silvery green of the oats. A brilliant
yellow will seem a little vivid. Reddish
chestnut is charming under this bounet if
you are careful to get just the right rose
color. For a brunette, change the rose
n4n m ~ and IL H. Land
Teel herself beaten on her W ground. IL
is so nice to beat a person that way.
The hat, with a twisted brim. while
catchy over some faces. is not becoming
to all. Such exceptions will iud q well
come suggestion in a hat whose brim rolls
evenly up a little near the e ige and is a
good deal wider In front than at the back.
The crown is very small and narrows to-
ward the top. after the manner of the
sugar-loaf crowns. This one is not ab-
surdly high, however. That is a charm
about tilt is extreme in no way.
Abe under side of the brim is light brown,
the upper side and the crown are dark
brown A soft, light brown scarf is
knotted to the front of the crown, its
Loops spreading well toward the edge of
the wide front brim. The ends of the
scarf pass around the crown. O0e end
! ing short, the other longer. hangs beyond
the edge of the brim at the back. Through
GhO lin ILL khC olNO d hdih
brown quill is thrust-the only conces-
sion this pretty hat makes to the general
perkineSs of the headgear Just now fash
1onable. This stiff little feather only
brings out the softness q rounding
lines OF the hat.
The fashion of today makes small pro-
vision for the home style of girl-the
little brown sparrow" woman-the dear
quaint body whom everyone loves, and
upon whom the ftqurangle w~rangle,"
sky-reaching kind of hat is an unthinking
sacrilege. Sueh a woman does not want
to make herself conspicuous by keeping
to ting little Quaker bonnets in which
she Aally looks sweeter than anybody
else in anything else in the world, and
yet. as | say, the fashions make no pro-
vision for her. Only now and then; this
is one of the now and thens. Pull back
your soft brown hair unde this hat and
let your dear little ptim. straight bang
hang down under its rolling brim. All
the pretty hoine-hearth curves about your
lips and cheeks will have proper setting,
and your little straight nose!
FEATHERS IN THE HAIR
The introduction of black feathers in
the hair in evening dress is far from
pleasing, but the idea was to set forth the
brilliancy of q lovely diamond ~airgrette
by contrast with this sable background.
Some of the dresses are yeritable POEMS.
Who would not love to have, for instance,
al ivory c1Ulu gown nenn1eu WIN sable
u trimmed with yeliowIsh old pointi
Or a gr y velvet shot with white, en-
broidered with white silk. and bordered
with sable?
MRS. BEERE's GOWNS.
Fair Americanes will enjoy studying
Mrs. BerharI Beere's gowns. A de-
lieious one is in gray crepe-de-Ch Chine
edged with silver and worn over a skirt
of dark gray velvet. The bodice, beau
tifully draped in folds across the front, is
held in at the waist with a belt of velvet
edged with silver and fastened bv two
diamond buckles. A teagown by Worth
is in pale blue crepe. gatheredinto a yoke
of pale heliotrope velvet embroidered
with immense t~urquoises and gold thread.
Both colors being very pale. the harmony
between them is very beautiful. There
are long hanging sleeves to this dress
made of ~heliotrope tulle, which have a
very graceful effect. A charming even
ing dress is 10 black crepe-de-chine,
set into a yoke of pink velvet, I'M
broidered with green. Touches of green
here and there rival the pink. this latter
tint being repeated where the skirt is slit