The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-01-18
FASHIONS FOR THE FAIR.
Lovely Colors for Evening
Wear, and Who Should
Don Them.
PRETTY MASQUERADE COSTUMES.
And How TO Make Them-Chats
About G~Ioves~-0dds and
Ends.


Somehow this time Of the year has al
ways been most popular tor masquerade
parties and balls. The explanation prob
ably is that they take SO much tint and
preparation; the holiday season cannot
spare the attention which belongs Go it
from time immemorial. and so the oreath-
lug space before Lent must be utilized.
Private masquerade parties are 10 end OF
fun, aud the more ingenuity spent on
ones costume the more pleasure one en-
joys.
In making masquerade costumes, the
chief thing to be considered IN the mater
ial is its appropriateness to the character
which one wishes to impersonate. II it is
Marguerite. one does not want anything
too ha udsome or costly. The material
must be simple. If one wants to repre-
sent a Princess, on the other hand. one
wants to dress as a Princess would, richly
and elegantly. A gypsy costume calls
more for brightness and richness in
color than in material, though If one
wishes to utilize the costume again, good
material always pays.
or course it is very hard Co invent new
characters; the most one can hope to do
IL 10 QTe5S Ola CIdTdClGTS III u uOVel way.
The gypsy will always be q ~favorite cos
tune for ii dark-eyed lassie to adopt. If
she has long black hair which she is anX-
ious to show at its best, she has an excuse
for doing it. An appropriate gypsy cos
tune was mad as followS:--
The waist, pointed below the waist and
at the back and short or the hips, was
made of black velvet aud cutsquarei III the
neck. a vest of yellow satin was Eeld in
by laces, and was very effective. The
skirt, a trife short, was or yellow satin,
the bottom being cut into VS. nd a plait-
ing of red satin put i'll under. The VS.
rang merrily to little gold bells, which
were hung all around the skirt. The caps
ut The TOD of the arms were of black vel
vet laced, to correspond with the vest.
Tue gloves, stockings and slippers were
black, large bright buckles finishing the
latter. A soft turban, trimmed with bells,
was placed in studied carelessness on the
black hair, and q tambouriue gave the
gypsy opportunities to make music
wherever she goes"
THE MARGUERITE COSTUME.
This is entirely different from The gypsy
and should, l think, require an entirely
different personality as we'll as appearance.
A fair Dlue.eyed damsel with long hair
and rosy cheeks suits the character. Fol
lowing Lilli Lehman'S costume in
Faust" l should advise this:-Get IA true
blne-light. l prefer nuns yelling, it is
SUI anu uldDCo GtdCCIullH. II "dtou 10
made as the one for the gypsy Costume,
though not quite so pointed. IL is cut
SQUARE at the neck, rather low, back and
front. The neck is filed in with white
material, fine null or lawn doug nicely.
This is gathered at the neck. full, and
then brought down to the waist in slight
gathers. The neck, and the joining OF
the white and blue are finished with
black velvet ribbon about an inch wide.
The waist is laced in the back. The lower
skirt is cut plain and full. of the blue ma
terial. and has two or three rows of the
velvet ribbon around the bottom. The
upper skirt is made very full, aud quite
long in front and very long in the back,
with quite a train. On the right side Is
formeu a slight drapery which Is Topped
up slightly above the knee, by a black
bag, which is suspended from a black silk
gIrdle, which encircles the waist twice.
The sleeves are made plainly of the blue.
with Two large puffs of the white, one at
the shoulder, and the other at the elbow,
both bordered with velvet ribbon.
A coronet of white or blue flowers fin
ishes this dainty costume.
The Princess gown is very pretty and
comparatively inexpensive. Any colored
cheesecloth makes an effective gown.
The band is put about three inches above
the waist and the skirt is full. A large
coquettish hat, n bag on the arm. and a
fan in the hand help to make Il coquett-
Ism cOSUuln6. OUuGf COSUutleS WulCu are
popular are the Martha Washington,
butterfly, flags of all nations. Goddess Of
Liberty, dawn and night.
N SHADES.
Yellow, very pale, IS Il be utiful color
for evening wear. If it is becoming the
effect is most cnarming, but be sure 1T Is
becoming. l think fair girls with golden
hair and blue eyes and a clear complex
ion lock bewitching in yellow. Pale blue
on the other hand-although much worn
by blondes, who always turn 60 1t rs
their color, and are often treated very
barshly by it's to my MIND most be-
coming to ~brunettes. Blue like gray
needs good color, but not too high color.
PINK is lovely for blondes and pale green's
make them look angelic.
A symphony in yellow is thus described.
1t is. of course. an evening trock aud Is OF
pale yellow gauze over silk of the same
color; the gauze is spangled with gold,
and is caught down To- the silk slip here
and there by punches of deep yellow but
ter cups. The lowcut corsage IS bordered
with buttercuDs. and II girdle of the same
flowers finishes the waist. The sleeves
are short and very bou1fant, being of
gauZe bordered with wreaths of butter
cups. Yellow Swedish gloves, and gold
embroidered satin slippers complete this
witching frock.
GLOVES.
Gloves are an expensive attribute of
evening dress. When tan gloves were
fashionable with almost all %cnlors. some
economy could be exercised. Now a days
the gown, shoes and gloves are all the
same shade. The effect is charming and
artistic, aud very pleasing 10 the dealer
in gloves. But it is very hard to make a
pair of pale yellow, pink or blue gloves do
tor more thar TWO evenings. Some might
suggest having them cleaned, but the art
of cleaning gloves las good as new" has
not been discovered MS yet, ana when
they cost two or three dollars a pair they
count up. When they have been used up
for evening wear, undressed kids will
often take quite kindly TO being dyed.
Black is a good COLOR. Experience leads
me TO recommend this.