The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-13

shoulders azd stii another at the belt. The
gown was made of a soft pink with cream
reflects.
The rosettes made of the narrow ribbon
are quito a fad. The ends are shipped in
stead of being made double, and that gives
them still moro of q likeness to the chys-
~anthemu1n, which is the name of that pc
culiar line of trimming.
] saw a very nest and pretty frock for a
little girl nado Of a sort of light terra Gotta
wool crepon. The skirt was plainly hem
med and gathered to q belt. The waist
had a chestnut velvet yoke and deep cuffs.
All the rest of the waist and the upper
portion of the sleeves were puf:ed and
gathered. There is one great beauty about
wool and cotton crcpons, and that is when
they are soiled they can be washed like
cotton goods, and they require no ironing.
They are for that reason especially well
adapted to cllildren's wear.
/ nave noted that there Is q revival of
black camel's hair for ladies' skirts. This
is a material whose hold on women's af-
lection is strong and lasting, but it is often
overlooked for a time for some new favor
lite, but it is always elegant and always
ladylike. The skirt of cancels hair made
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be among the combinations best liked by
true gentlewonen. Mohair and brillian-
tine, plain and swivel figured, will be very
largely used all through the coming sea-
son. Velvet will be the favored trimming
where any is employed. The sleeves and
waists being SO very ornate the wind is
tempered to the shorn lamb In the simplic-
ity Of the skirts. Very little trimming is
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oftenest seen on the 1nohairs are dots, ar
INJURED designs, bouretto knots and occa-
sionally stripes, besides the swivel flowers.
The fancy for the dresden and cheney
designs in silks has extended to ribbons,
and these are exquisitoly beautiful, but
they call for rich ard fine creamy tinted
laces. Nothing cheap or common can be
put upon these without destroying all
their beauty. The vatican designs, the
tiny wreaths, buds and blossoms in those
dainty cologings and tints made familiar
by the old time pictures, are all decidedly
"in'' this season.
The beautiful cheney ribbon and also
the dresden come very wide and are used to
give broad efects. In fact, almost all rib
bon is wider than Usual, and bows upon
hats are extremely wide. There is a pref
ty gauzo ribbon which is quite stiff. This
is often printed ard quite as often hand
painted.
Among the newest wash and other
gowns are numbers of pattern robes. That
means that the material is printed SO as to
bring a dainty and elaborate floral pattern
to the bottom Of the skirt, perhaps up the
sides, and to furnish set patterns for
sleeves, yokes or some other design. With
each Of these pattern gowns there is a col
o7ed picture which shows how the gown
is to be mado to get the best effects. There
are delicate pineapple cloths with printed
pattern, batistes, chambrays d lawns as
well as ~organdies. These gowns ought
really to DO worn over q thin taFeta slip
of some tint In the pattern, though they
can be worn with white skirts.
The mantelot is a fixed fact, and NUM-
bers Of these graceful wraps are waiting
tho warm spring days to bring them out.
Many of them arc made of cr.sp black
taffeta laid III heavy plaits to a very small
yoke. Down the fronts the tabs extend