The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-01
Copyright 1S94.)

which of the two should receive the palm,
for if the ball brings out unhcard of splen-
doris in silks, velvets and jewels the horse
show makes greater diversity possible,
and you can see every kind of wearing APP
parel suited to the season, from silks to
the heaviest woolens, and from the sim
plest cropons to rich ~velvets. l think ]
never saw SO much velvet used as there is
this season for full costumes, and old la
dies by no means have the monopoly of it.
Young ladies wear velvet. costumes for
street and such occasions as this, hut there
the line is drawn, and no young LADY,
mean unmarried lady-can wear a velvet
evening gown.
Positively tho handsomest costume seen
at the great show was made of ruby vel
vet, the skirt very full and gathered to tho
belt, which was made of chinchilla gray
velvet. Around the bottom was a round
binding of real chinchilla fur ~ inches
wide. The sleeves were full gigots, with
cuffs Of the same fur 4 inches deep, and
there were d muff and choller collar of the
chinchilla. The waist was the new-old
Garibaldi blouse, which hangs out in front
over the belt in thick plaits. Down the
front of the waist were four largo choux
Of the gray velvet. The nat was of velvet
of the same color as tho gown, tipped
down both front and back, and had a
thick tuf5 CT shaded gray plumes. Whcr-
ever the lovely wcarer of this handsome
outfit went she was the center Of admiring
eyes, and if prizes had been given to the
prettiest gown 1 feel sure that she would
have taken it.
Some of the hats worn by the ladies
were simply enormous, piled as high with
feathers and bows as were those OF SEQ
years ago, but there were many beautiful
and dainty little toques, and medium
sized felts, and plated velvots. The pic
ture hats were for those whose faces might
nave seemed commonplace in anything
less p%retentious. Mrs. Paran Stevens wore
the merest mite of a soft gray velvet Don
net, with punches of pink coral, and a pink
spun glass aigret, and black strings. Mrs.
George Gould wore tho next to the largest
velvet hat there, and it was tilted to one
side sharply and had a large bunch OF
feathers on the upper edge. Many of the
quite elderly ladies wore large hats, and
the young ones appeared in tiny but love-
ly bonnets.
To sum up the general style observed
ut this great opportunity for the display of
The new gowns and gewgaws of fashion, I
nay Dfet. % ~ ~ ~ pau ~
the woman, and the variations upon the
gigot are more in evidence han the bal
looms, though they come next. Nearly all
the sleeves are one or tho other style. The
waists are various, and every one differs
from its neighbors. Lace is as popular as
ever, and jet apparently more SO. Fur,
naturally, on account of tho season, is seen
Oh almost everything, and the organ or
tTIlmnGt nlUlfCG ST. lr6 lG fhN f1yOr1tG.
This is the skirt that stands out SO we'll
that where it is cut in walking length it
balances in a wonderful style-a rather
taking one, though. Velvet, silk, bro
cade, corded and plain velutina, and crepon
i'll all its variations, and all the wooden
winter dress fabrics, form but part of the
infinite number of gowns commonly seen.
might mention that bits of accessories
in the shape of fans are very small; that
shoes and slippers are pointed to a ridieu-
lcus degree, and that slippers are wc"n
with silken and other similar gowns,
while boots, often with ''spats," are seen