The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-04-06
IVORY SOAP
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Ivory Soap IS like sugar, all grocers keep
it, and nothing else takes its place.
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gear of any kind makes her appear top
heavy. She may delude herself with
the idea that a high hat makes her look
tail, but it more often has the sugges-
ton OF hal~f-and-half about it-the girl
forming the lower half.
TIL characteristic hat trimming this
season is tulle, which is used indiscrim-
inately on all kinds OF headgear. 1T formg
the crown or drapes the brim, or is
puckered into loops to AXE the place of
ribbon. IT is used for ties on any kind
OF hat. When the hat has been covered
with leaves and flowers and it would
seem that nothing else could be added,
a nun of tulle is allowed to settle down
over the whole like a tinted mist.
Inc most exquisite example of the use
OF tulle is in q hat that has already made
us debut, SO to speak. The wire frame
is wound with violet stems and flowers
The brim rolls up an inch or two in
front and loses itself at the back. On
the side are some dead white roses. rest
ING upon a fluff of violet tule which
falls down in loops over the hair. Stand
ing up at the side of the front are some
MY OF the valley leaves underneath a
bag OF tulle. This hat was marked SIS
at the store and has attracted more at
tention than many a $50 bonnet.
Two queer stories have recently an
peared in the English press and as thew
nave remained uncontradicted. they are
probably true. They are interesting to
Americans because they seem TO show
that Queen Victoria has certain charae-
t~eristics which have always been consid-
cred marked traits of Queen Elizabeth.
Perhaps they are aueenly. you shall Judge
for yourselves. Victoria is very short and
for many years has been very stout. Tn
til comparatively recently she has re-
ceived her dutiful subjects in the atti-
tude she considered most queenly, that
is standing. But to impress the loyal Wis
itors who consent to be put through a
police court examination by the Lord
Chamberlain, to spend not less tha 500
for a gown and accessories. to practice
for days under the instruction of a court
tutor. and then to be crushed and starved
and all for the sake of kissing the royal
hand, the Queen wished to look every
inch and a few more than she was, a
Queen So she had constructed a small
stool upon which she stood while receiv-
ing. Her gowns were made sufficiently
long to hide the pedestal, and no doubt
the maids in waiting saw to it that Her
Gracious Majesty did not tumble in get
ting down from her perch.
The other story is more pleasing, for
it shows that the Queen has courage as
well as vanity. In her youth she was
slight and delicate looking. In making
preparations for the coronation, care was
taken to have the crown altered, both as
regards size and weight. to fit her head,
but no one remembered the orb, the sym
Dol of empire, which she was obliged to
hold in her hand.
What am to do with it?' she asked
when it was handed to her.
Hold it. Your Majesty" was the re-
ply.
TT is very heavy she answered, and
no doubt her arm ached badly. But worse
was to come. The coronation ring. a mag
niicent ruby, had been altered to fit
her little finger. but the archbishop in
sisted that the rubric prescribed that it
should be placed upon the other and
pushed it down whefe he considered it
belonged. The consequences was that the
Queens finger swelled 50 badly that af-
ter the ceremony she was obliged to have
the hand bathed with ice water before
the ring could be removed. Evidently
the coronation was not an occasion of
unmixed pleasure.
There are a goodly number of basques
worn tina are really round waists fitted
to the bottom of the waist line. or slightly
pointed, and a ripple or nearly circular
basque piece added, says the Ladies
Home Journal With these are worn a
ribbon or betting bend, or soft folds of
silk or velvet fastening with a buckle or
two large buttonsi in front, or with a but
ton at either end. The ripple piece is
nearly plain in 'front.', fuller on the hips
and IN godet effect at the back, needing a
stiff interlining. This piece is five inches
deep and must be prettily lined as the
under part shows. The basque omits the
centre back only, and the fronts may be
like an Elton jacket over a full vest, or
the plastron and vest effects are applied
outside of the basque. The only double
breasted designs seen are the t~ailor-inade
gowns, worn with a chemisette and having
a rolling collar and revers. The fashion
able coat waists have the full basque eff
feet, but this is cut in one with the re-
mainder of the garment, and the skirt
part Of a Louis XVI coat is from four to
seven inches deep. These open straight |
over an elaborate vest, and may
be cut with an Elton front and long back;
they have full or at hips. always a full
back, and the skirt part may begin at
the centre front of the hips. This part
is cut according to the wearer, SO careful
fitting is required. Very large pointed or
square revers are worn on the coats, i'm
nense sleeves. crush collars. sometimes
turn-back gauntlet cuffs and a large eravat |
bow OF jabot. Such a coat win be correct |
for wear with a wool skirt, or of figured
colored silk with a black SILK or wool
skirt. They are worn by ladies of all
ages and of every form.
Very few women really know how to
lace a corset. French women might
teach. us many a secret if they were so
inclined, and his is one of them, by
means of which they secure the beauti-
fully curved figure We all SO admire. |
Whether the corset is worn loose or
tight, three laces always are used. The
aYst laeing IS put into the top in the
usual way. on each side as far as the
two eyelet holes at the waist, which are
placed near together
With another lace begin at the bottom
and lace upward, leaving two eyeIet