The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-26
LONDON FASHIONS
The Latest Craze Is for
Genuine Old Silver
Ornaments.
NOVELTIES In STOCKINGS.
Layander Dressed Kid Gloves AL
the Style-ligh Heels and
Pointed Toes Tabooed.

LONDON, Sept. III, 1897. &c does not
like to begin to write about the fall with
the leaves still on the trees aud the har-
vest not more than half through even in
the most forward places. Still fashion
gets along SO fast nowadays that the
women who hesitate are lost inc get
quite ~benindhand in this, to SO many of
our sex, important matter. Green is to
be q favorite. if not the ( vorite color. II
will now be worn in myrtle, bottle, grass
and the darkest moss shades. One
which is destined to be popularis called
billiard table green, and does indeed
closely resemble that fascinating board.
IL Will De much worn combined with
dead leaf brown.
Even yet, although we have advanced
miles In originality and daring of late,
we require great changes to be in some
way gradual 1t is too much to expect
US comfortably to change from almost
the eelskin tightness of skirt to draperies.
without a transition period of trimming.
Women are far more sensitive about
skirts than bodices. which is a good
thing, for II We covered our net her limbs
as grotesquely as we often do our arms,
the effect would be too much for even
Quaker-lke gravity.
SAodhS DYING OUT.
The epidemic OF sasnes is dying out. It
was very bad while it lasted. There was
no saying where 1t would break out next,
for the last sash was worn on The chest,
Ii has, however, had it's day, and for the
autumn this particular style of adorn-
ment will be abandoned by the smartest
women. Belts are worn in all shapes and
many of them are very pretty. Pretty
well-itting bodices will be more popu-
lar than they have been of late for autumn
wear, AUD these will not be SO long In the
basques as they were. We are pretty
sure to have a revival of the polonaise,
with pretty u~p-to-date adaptations. Long
coats, quite covering the dresses will be
smart, and some OF these are being made
in the dark shades of green, Autumn
fashions originate a great deal more in
london than do those for summer, and
are frequently far prettier.
NEW STYLES IN SKIRTS.
There seems to b. very lille doubt that
the umbrella skirt is doomed. Worth, of
Paris, makes none now, and for the
autumn hardly any will be worn in the
French capital. We are somewhat slower
In moving than our Vivacious sisters
across the Channel, but we are none the
less sure. Our changes are more gradual,
but not less effective, and by neXt season
not an umbrella skirt will survive. There
are one or reasons why we shall regret
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are light, n they are not troublesome;
also they wear very we'll. On the other
hand they make thin women look long
and lanky, they show the size round the
hips of stout women in a most uncom-
promising way, they never look really
nice unless they are on the ground at the
back, which Is inconvenient and u~nclean-
ly, and the pocket and placquet hole have
such a twinkle resemblance to the touch
that it is quite by good luck one deposits
ones purse in the right place. Ths new
skirts made by Worth are draped at one
side, or else are of the polonaise family,
falling out rather at the sides, and form
ing a decided contrast to our present eel
like closeness of clinginR garment.
GLOVES.
Lavender Kid gloves, with broad black
stitching, are still the height of fashion
able hand gear. They have had rather q
long reign, too, for they came in just
when the general mourning was being
lightened aud have stayed steadily in
travagant wear, but are not so in reality,
as with q stock of four pairs, cleaned in
pairs, a long time NAV be covered.
They clean quite as we'll as white
gloves, and they are considered the most
economical of all for evening wear.
Suede gloves are not so much worn as
they Were, kid being certainly again in
favor, The best gloves for the country
are those made of real reindeer skin. The
rain not them; they do not go
into holes, they are easily drawn off aud
on and they look well. They are expen-
sive to start with. but they last we'll and
will clean with good soap, SO that they
are well worth a good price.
A FOR SILVER ORNAMENTS.
There Is q perfect craze for old silver
ornaments just now. Shoe buckles of
curious workmanship and beariug the
very first Hall marks ara greatly
cherished. A lady was given as O we'd
ding present q pair Of these, a belt buckle.
u velvet bag set in silver, a lovely old fob
watch chain and set Of seals, all Of exact
" the same period and bearing the same
marks. A silver fancier told her the
other day how valuable, rare and fash
ionable they were. She has promptly sent
of to have shoes made for the buckles, a
dress specially designed for the belt and
baG, and with a fob watch pocket intro
duced somehow, and when IL is all ready
she will. of course, diligently balk old sill
yer and render her friends green with
envy by displaying her treasures. One
of the smartest adornments for q dark
autumn hat will be a genuine bic silver
buckle. or course these things will be
initiated, Hall mark and all, in modern
silver, but there are signs and tokens by
which the genuine things can always be
known, and the triumph lies in knowing
this. The fob chains and seals are the
most difficult of all to obtain row,
NOVELTIES IN STOCKINGS.
Never do women need to be more par
tIcular about their stockings than when
they are in the country or at the SEASIDE.
At such times the stockings are far more
seen. Rude Boreas plays about irrever-
emily with dainty skirts aud shows ankle
and their coverings. The walks are not
like fashionable ~promenades: there is
usually some little climbing to be done.
and then There are accidents, as iu
the case Of a lady who sprained her
ankle and said she had not only to
bear the pain, but keen anxiety as to
the conditions of her stockings. 1t
is never wise to wear black ones with tan
shoes, and q particular woman alwaya
tries tc have ner fcotgear in harmony
with her skirt. A little EN-
hroidery is pretty. but opsn work for
outdoor wear is inconsistent and not al
ways successful. The latest things in