The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-26
FASHIONS FANCIES.
Feather aad Coque Boas Stylish Again
Change in Skirts.

Feather and Coque Boas. Stylish Again
Change in Skirts.
The question of fastening the stays
from the top down or vice versa is one
that is best decided by ones sslf, though
the French corset maker claims that a
stout woman should always clasp her cor
set from the top down, and a slender one
reverse this mode. The broad bone with
an under lining of plush is most de sirable
iu all stays. but Is really the one most
seldom seen. People write an d talk
against stays without ever having tried
those that are really proper to wear.
Short skirts, it Ia said, are growing
narrower at bottom and wider at top
The following proportions will be found
valuable for the style of skirt to be
worn this autumn:-It is composed of a
front and a back, the front slightly the
narrower, the seams of the back aud
front edges Rored equally, and gored at
an angle of from Is TO 40 degrees. These
proportions are important to the hang Of
the skirt, and also. IN case of striped ma
terial, permit the stripes to meet. The
back Il straight, or else Is gcred at the
same angle AS the sides. The extra full
ness In the back ~ gathered under
TWO large plaits. There are four short
cores on each side. but the trout
being narrower the third gore comes In
the seam and the fourth in the pack
BREADTH Another advantage of this cut
Is that IL allows striped material to run
vertically instead of d~iaGonslly in the
pack.
Many women fritter away a great deal
OF money in buying things that they do
not need simply because They are cheap.
They will buy two cheap gowns instead of
one good one, which is the poorest sort of
economy. What Is of no use to you is an
extravaganza, no matter how little it may
cost, Wise women make up their minds
What they need before they start out on a
shopping expedition and purchase goods
to meet that need. Altar looking through
the shops they often select something diff
ferept from what they first intended. be-
cause they find iG is better suited to their
purpose, or hat 1t will be difficult to get
exactly what they had planned. 1t is
always best to make out Il shopping list
with the limit of price which you in-
tend 10 pay opposite each article, and
keep yourself, IL possible, within this
limit. The value, of keeping a petty cash
account hook in which every Item is set
down and balanced with the amour Of
money received at the bottom of every
set of pages cannot be too highly COM
mended. 1t keeps expenses within bounds
and Is useful to ths housekeeper In e,ti-
mating the value of articles she Intends
purchasing. 1t shows how long the good,
and clothing have lasted aud many other
things which the mother cannot keep In
her memory.
Dull Steel spangles make an effective
trimming for q waist made Of heavy
| black silk.
Canes of hip length, having a deep cape
collar OF heavy lace, are uery stylish.
The feather boa. product OF the North,
SO mDch liked IN England. is Que Of the
mpffings thst will. for a certsinty, be
worn through the sutumn. Light color
ed feathers make some boas, but those
are in taste only with elaborate carriage
dress; the general wear Is black. Coque
feathers have not Disappeared, but the
choicest tippets are of the ostrich feathers.
In general they ara long, but a recent
fancy in Paris is 10 dock them to a yard,
SO that they Just cover the bust.