The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-04-29

3ut after all the talk and scare it is not
ut all likely that hoops viii be worn, at
least not for a coup2eof years. If then Even
the stiffened skirts lave found few sup
porters comparatively, and they are among
She few that epjoy creating a sensation.
When it comes right down to the question,
the skirts that just clear the ground and
set out full and free around the bottom are
much more comfortable and surely health
Ter than the long scant skirts of lasbseason,
dragging an accumulation of ell sorts and
conditions of things.
Out of q hundred women that one meets in
the street or church there win be whose
dress resembles that of a French fashion
plate. The rest are neat modest and catcu-
lated to avoid notice rather than attract it.
The very best dressed lady is she who Is
least noticed.
There is happily among some Of our best
dressers q conservative spirit that binders
them from rushing a new style headlopg,
and their gowns are marvels of taste and
simple beauty. l had the good fortune to
see twcof these ladies dressed for an after
moor reception the oeher.day. Their name
is one so well known in New York and so
respected that it is considered a favorto re-
ceive an invitation to tea. and they stood
there receiving their guests in 9 quietman-
ner that somehow made each one feel that
she was the specially honored guest of the
day. The aunt wore a gown OF striped silk
aubergine and heliotrope, with. a border of
ostrich in heliotrope around the bottom.
Down the front was a narrow band OF gold
embroidery, and q little of the samea adorned
the waist. The sleeves were medium dou-
bic puff, with falls of old Flanders lace, and
the same formed a ruff around the square
neck. This lace came from Holland with
her ancestors, who were among the first to
settle in New Amsterdam.
The niece wore a changeAble taffeta
dress, pale pink and apple green without
trimming other than six mother of pearl
buttons on the shoulders. The style of the
gown was too simple to require description.
The delicate oolors brought out her pensive
blend beauty. and they both made a pretty
picture, which they would not have done in
the exaggerated fashions which we are asked
to accept.
/ have. like others, felt a fear that we
were doomed to erinoiina, but all signs go
to show that the danger is really past, and
though a few may try it the rank and file
of fen~ininity, who have grown learned in
their own best good, will let them go with
out a sigh. But funny things sometimes
happened when women did wear ~crinoline.
Ihave q photograph of Eugene Doche,
the beautiful and gifted French actress who
yves the creator OF the part Of Marguerite in
LA Dame aux Camellias.n and it was
taken in the dress that she wore the first
night. The dress has three founces of silk
tissue, with a wreath of cameaias embroid-
cred around each. The corsage was low
on the dainty round shoulders, and a lace
bertha fell to the arms. She also wore a
triangular lace shawl drawn gracefully
over her arms, falling to the waist In the
back. The hair was parted In the center
and combed down low over her ears, and a
wreath of white camellias encirclsd Der
head. All this was well enough, but there
was an crinoline, which madeher
loets much like a bell, with hen head for a
handle.
On the day for the first representation
she had ordered a new hoop. and by some
mistake the costumer sent her one of those