The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-04-01

make the happy bridegroom still happier
as the new gown shed it's light and haster
upon him. They call this a dinner dress,
but its purpose is just the same. 1t affords
the bride a handsome dress for dinner with
out being too ressy. This one in question
is made Of ~chxngeable taffetas in pale blue
and magenta. which gives it a sheen like
the neck of the ringdove. The corsage is
made without darts in the new style, which
has the form outlined by the side seams.
Down every skirt gore is a row OF ribbon
an inch wide, and upon these are BOWS
about eight inches from the foot. The same
style of garniture is arranged upon the
waist and over the Irish point deep collar.
Altogether this is a gown that leaves moth
ing to be desired.
Then come two street gowns that are
very stylish and, moreover, very easily un-
derstood by those who want to make up
something that is specially handsome The
dress on the right is made of old rose and
rush green striped silk, with a band %
green rep silk of the same shade at the boz
tom headed by a very narrow band OF ful'.
The sleeves are of the green silk, and the
bretelles of the same fur. Around thu:
waist, neck and wrists are jeweled bands
a cunning little beef eater hat, with a poppy
bow of velvet and two short tips of golden
brown, complete the costume.
Another very handsome gown is Of
changeable serge twill, biscuit and pale
purple. The skirt is cut umbrella shape
and around the bottom has an upright
trimming Of black vandyke point lace and
a bias fold of royal purple velvet. A belt
and collar are made of the same. The
waist has deep folds laid, and from the
upper one falls a wide collar of the black
lace. TIL hat that goes with this dress is
of straw showing pink and green shading.
The ribbon which crosses the fiat top is
also changeable pink and green. The
feather is green and russell brown.
For wrap the long coat before mentioned
is entirely the incest chat could be for tray-.
cling on land or sea, but O. short cape OF
black cashmere, velvet or of almost any
goods, in fact, lined with shot silk, is ap-
propriate for church or ordinary wear. A
plain REFER in light cloth, with a full rufte
instead of collar, promises to be popular for
run about and the daintiest little Shout
der capes of lawn and lace with tab that
cross the bosom and tie in the back will be
seen in warm days.
Unjust mention a wonderfully dainty and
quaint gown I saw today as l speak of these
lawn capes. The dress was of black fallle,
with a full gored skirt bordered with four
very narrow rufles cut on the straight, but
bound with a bias rob of the same silk. The
waist was a plain French waist, tapping to
the left a little like a surplice waist. The
sleeves were bishop. Over this was to be
WORE a fichu cape made of the sheerest lin
en- lawn, and around all the edges were two
rufies, one overlapping the other just t,
the hemstitched hem. and these were futr
ed. This crossed the bosom and tied in the
back, the long ends reaching half way down
the dress. A poke bonnet Of white chip,
with two nodding red roses and three loops
ofblack velvet ribbon, formed the trimming
on the outside. On the inside of the poke
were a rose and foliage and a lot of fine
white lace quilted IN. The strings were OF
black velvet. A p~rettier costume could
scarcely be devised.
But / had intended only mentioning the
things belonging properly to a young lady's
wedding outfit, and so let me return to the
subject and speak of the tea gown. Who
would make the delighted bridegroom'stea
if she didn't? And she could not be expected
to do that if she did not have a proper tea
gown. The once very popular color of ma
genta is now revived for trimmings and