The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-28

t1t ~ ADtf 9eSt gowns you -eei sir
you viii come to your journeys end with
out asrag 10 wear. He puts three time
as many things in the same space as 20
would. Some goods wrinkle 50 hadl
that no care can avert catastrophe; the.
come 10 grief even in the hands Of
French mad at home. Test everything
you buy from this point OF view. Wit
material not given ever to evil you eal
learn 10 pack SO that your clothes won
tell the tale Of their prison house.
The cardinal point is to wrap UP ever.
delicate garment separately; of course. i
should be folded smoothly. and 10 teaci
how to fold clothes in print is not easy
Any good ~dressmaker. however, can give
you points on that, and the wrapping i:
the more important thing. Pin towels
or sheets of tissue paper about your gar
ment, but remember that newspapers arr
what you should fold between each layer
of pretty things in the trunk. Nothing
else is SO good: it is SO nnyielding that
wrinkles and protruberanees cannot make
themselves felt through it to mark the
fabrics beneath them any more than if
you had used sheet iron.
In packing breakable articles it is as
eonishing how many people will jam them
down in corners and sides where they get
the full force of every conclusion against
the unyielding walls. Tie on your corks
well. Put your bottle near the middle
of a compartment. and you may carry
ink and shoe dressing in safety around
the world.
In packing such things as delicate hats,
bonnets and fancy waists of il frou-
frou nature that no pressure can be al
lowed on them, it is still better to fill
up the empty space OF the boxes allotted
to them with lightly twisted sheets of
tissue paper than 10 give them a chance
to move. and with all due respect to the
best packing in the world. it is still well
to unpack as soon as you an.
Little boys from three TO four years old
wear either sailor kilt or zouave kilt
suits. Unless a child is unusually large
of his age, or there is some special
reason for doing so, 1t is best not to put
him into trousers until after he is four
years old, says the Ladies' Home Jour-
nal" The skirts are ~kilt-plaited at the
back and sides. and have a broad box
plat extending across the whole front,
edged with four buttons on either side.
These buttons are as distinctive a fea-
ture of the new costumes as the three
large buttons have been on the biouses
of the boys mothers and sisters. The
little blouses are made with sailor col
lars. rolling low to a point in front, show
ing an anchor. embroidered shield. or one
crossed with bars of braid to match the
trimming on the collar. In some patterns
the collar closes at the throat in front
r-l = tr,a1r eth ooiior ito ic Uorn THE
zouave Jacket Is open in front with la
pels that turn back. faced with a con-
trasting material, over a plain or full
vest. Below the lapels are three but
tons on each side of the short jacket,
The kilt skirts come just below the knee.
The suits may be made of Galatea. or
any striped cotton washing material, of
blue. dark red. or cream flannel or
serge. or brown and gray mixture in a
very light tweed, and of cleviot, or any
suitable. light weight, all wool fabric.
The same blouses may bs worn with
short trousers, reaching to the knee, If
desired.
The sailor hat and the shirt waist
must have one certain quality. They
be fresh and spctless. They spick-
span look so attractive in q freshly
Numbered shirt waist and in a sailor
collar worn for the first time must never
be absent. With his quality present the
sailor ana shirt waist are acceptable IN
all summer company.
To keep the shirt waist thus a simple
and plain design are necessary.
The plated front, the sleeves and the
slight blouse are best. with the turned
over collar Of the same material. A
silk tie or stock go very well with
If.
The sailor hat can be kept white with
magnesia or with any of the cleansing
soaps often and quickly applied. The
hat should be very substantial straw to
keep its shape, and the band Of ribbon
of theavy black silk. Extremely clever
girls paint the under side of the straw
nat with thin white enamel. IN that
case a slight line of black at the edge
of the straw where IT turns over Is
good. This is a simple gowning for a
hot day excursion. and unquestionably
ladyIike and becoming TO all.
valenciennes is by far the most popu-
lar lace this season. and it has the
recommendation Of laundering well. a
rare quality in lace. There are used,
to be sure. guipure Dart, point de venise,
point d1angleterre and renaissance en-
broideries, but valenciennes is the pre-
ferred style. Alternate bands of valen-
ciennes insertion and embroidery inser-
ton in the delicate. old fashioned style
are seen and are having a decided sue
cess. There are many more expensive
laees. but none that seems quite so dainty
and feminine. II is employed on taffeta.
surah and foulard quite as frequently
as on wash goods, although It seems more
appropriate on the latter.
Many of the pretty dresses of the
summer are finished at the skirt hem
with three tiny frills of ribbon tapping
each other just a trifie. These frills are
newer than those Of silk, although they
are net wholly novel: however. they are
made TO look so by the deft manner in
which they are adjusted and by the deli
cacy and beauty of the various two
toned or double-faced ribbons used. If
the frills are made a bit too wide the
effect is spoiled and they look dowdy
and old style. They must not measure,
all told. more than three and one-haif
inches. therefore ribbon a trife over an
inch wide is the proper selection.
II the babies are teething and fretful.
watch their diet closely. Summer com