The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-04-11
FASHIONS FANCIES.

Other Oddsa and Ends.
Bell skirts are very stylish.
Light tinted ladies' cloths are very
fashionable. Old rose, dull toned hello
trope, reds. grays, creams and white are
all worn.
Lace barbes are used for trimming hats
as we'll as hat strings.
Silk moss trimmings are headed with
silver and crystal beads.
Dressy sandal slippers are worn for
house wear.
Silk moss ruchirg is used for the neck
and wrists.
Fashionable modistes are making dainty
chemisettes and blouse vests of pink,
white, cream and pale blue surah or silk
batiste, to be worn with the open-fron ted
toilets they are finishing for summer
wear. They are made with turnover col
lar, edged with Valeucienues lace about
two inches wide, and are in line tuckS
down the front. with a ruff1e OF lace at
the edge. Cuffs to match are frequently
added.
Almost every woman wears a lace veil,
and in consequence women look young
and handsome, for a veil renders 1nvisi-
BILE all the marks that mex orable time is
LIZ Ia W. tCSSDs NA
tor they no longer end at the nose, but
, fall below the chin. aud promise to be-
come as expansive as those our grand
mothers wore, that were a yard long.
Newest wells are sprigged, not dotted,
are finished at the edge like Il lace
flounce, and cream white is bidding for
| favor against black. A deep veil affixed
| to a Paris model hat was caught up in
| front and fastened to the brim with a
buckle, whence it depended on either
| side like a festooued curtain, and long
ends of the wells streamed down behind.
A new fad is the mirror glove. The
mirror is set in the palm of the glove.
and the wenrer is thus enabled to view
| herself without attracting notice.
The newest pocketbooks are made of
every shade of bright-colored leather, and
are heavily ornamented with silver.
White euameled leather makes pretty
purses, and it is said to wash without the
| least harm. Those of a pretty pale
lavender are more "chic,' but when once
soiled there is no way of cleaning them.
| Pretty silver mountings can be trans
ferred from the old Dockethook or card
tie expense.
French fashions may be pretty and
striking, but they are not always i'll good
tasta. One of the latest novelties in
vented by that c%hangable people is the
fancy shoe button. In place Of the COM
mon every day black button, shoes are
fastened with gold or silver buttons. some
of which are set with the cheaper jewels
such as turquoise and garnets. These
buttons come in sets of twenty-four aud
are very expensive. Speaking OF French
women and their jeweled shoe buttons
makes ME think Of a statement in n
foreign newspaper which stated Amer.cin
girls, not content with The natural brill
liancy of tIeir p4arly teeth, had them set
With small diamonds and other shining
stones. AS Amer | is generally con
sidered by foreigners the home o. every
thing eccentric, they did not find any
thing so very strange in this fashion.
Evening shoes will continue 10 match
the toilet. In order to give the ankle an
appearance OF extreme sienderness, the
tongues on the latest shoes are very much
elongated. Open work gold and silver
slippers are something new and the old
fashioned rosette Is taking the place OF
the buckle rs an ornament.
Nearly all of the spring walking dresses
have "a deep band of waterproof goods on
the underside OF the skirts that are cut 10
sweep the ground. This baud can be
brushed and sponged each time that ii
| has dragged the mud after it. This clean
ing process must be a most distasteful one
to either mistress or maid, but is under
taken daily.
Not shaggy clotn, but smooth, finest
hroaGcloth is used for the most stylish
jackets and wraps. A ,cKet Tor a girlish
wearer has the adjustable triple overlap
ping cape ana big, smoked pearl buttons.
| Most of the jackets are of the three
quarter lensth and tight fitting, though
lew of the English whole hack sacques
are seen. Some OF the light colored jackets
have all the seams outlined with Il black
jetted braid, the collars are less f1lring
than those worn in the winter and are
edged with feather trimming. Wraps OF
lightest tan or drab cloth have heavy jet
garniture aud deep rufdes of black lace
defiue the yoke or pelerine.