The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-03-28

WINTER AND SPRING.
The Parting and Coming
Guests Rivals in Fash
ions Favor.
POPULARITY OF The RUSSIAN BLOUSE.
A Beautiful and Artistic Gown
New Styles in Bonnets
and Wraps.
POPULARITY OF THE RUSSIAN BLOUSE

The principal streets of the great me-
tropolis across the river last Saturday
afternoon had a general air of springtime.
Not only did the windows of the leading
stores bear this aspect, but the attire Oh
the "madding crowd" was in Keeping
with the coming season. Crownless
hats were worn and wraps and sacks
freely discarded. For Sunday the weather
Indications promised cooler weather
with heavy winds and rain" Winter
had become indignant. His departure
had been too hastily speeded. SO he came
back and spoiled the holiday of the week.
He is a treacherous old fellow. is Winter,
and now he is c%huckling in his hoary
white beard at those who welcomed
spring too eagerly. ''Couldn't they bear
with me a little ionger?' he asks.
Couldn't they wait until Eastern" And
then he ponders on the fickleness OF
human nature. They all seemed to well
come him SO eagerly when he nrs5 came;
He grasified them by bringing beautlful
roses to women's Cheeks; be made them
look lovely in soft furs. Have they Tor
gotten all his kindnesses? hat is the
cause? Don't you know, Wlnter1 lts
human naIure 81 W w. ~ W."
end.
If it were at all appropriate in a fashion
article to introduce u few words of ADVICE
about health, / would urge against greet
ing spring while winters reign Is still
here, aud making too early u change OF
apparel. Remember these are treacner-
o1s days with "March winds and April
showers" and even if the sun seems to
heat the air, the dangerous winds cool IL
more thar one realizes.
THE RUSSIAN BLOUSE.
The most conspicuous OF Iasnlon's
fancies this spring is the Russian blouse.
IL can be given a French appearance by
cutting the Waist OF the oodice IKE a sur
Dllce or made Grecian by adding Grecian
bands. 1t combines, with slight modifica-
lions. the features of the short belted in
waist. and is long like the bodice so long
in vogue. Indeed many of these bodices
seem to promise, in their extreme length
reaching almost to the knees, that Ile
ideal of the fashion reformer is at hand.
This ideal of reformers is to LAY the
weight suspended from the shoulders and
held In by a band or girdle at the waist
II tue length of the bodicss keeps
on increasing there will be no need to
wear foundation skirts for gowns. The
whole gown will be in il just as these
reformers designed IL anu conservative
people will wonder how 1t all came about.
Thew will probably adopt the improve
ment and wish they had done SO long
ago.
The Russian blouse is really nothing
more nor less than a long coat, plain in
the back, and allowing of AS mnch
change and ornamentation as any other
bodice, Narrow belts of gold or silver
NAV be worn with them or The material
NAV be laid in plaits, SO as to form q belt.
Swiss girdles go prettily with shlrrsd
waists trimmed with velvet
A LOVE OF A GOWN.
A beautiful dress made for a tall,
stately blonde with brown eyes was made
of brown cancels hair cloth the xac
shade of The fair lady's eyes. The gown
became her wonderfully we'll. The skirt
was made very plain with Il band of light
gray moss trimming around the foot.
about which were two narrow rows OF
gold braid. The bodice was cut in the
Russian blouse style, with the gathers
gracefully tapering TOWARD the front OF
the waist and held in place by a narrow
gold girdle. The skirt of the waist, which
reached quite far down, was edged with
the light gray trimming. as was the collar
and the left side of the gown, where it
was Joined. Above the gray, us on the
skirt, were two rows of the gilt trim
Mugs. The sleeves were very full leg o.
mutton, with cuff edged with gray aud
trimmed with the gilt. The hat was
made Of the same material as the gown.
with gray and gilt trimming and gray
feathers. The whole effect was very ar
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