The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-11
DAINTY RETICULES
Useful Additions to the Toi
let Which French Wo-
men Are Affect
ing.
GORGEOUS AND c0MM0DIOUs
Seen in Church and ~Theatre-Ex-
actions of the American
Husbana-Tolstoi's
Translator.

phia Record The middle-class English
woman for her purchases clings with
affection to the ragged-looking net, which
IN more senses than one is worthy Of its
original title of .sr~idicule,s' but which
would be seorned by her Partisan sister
equally with the ugly. though service
able, pettfcoat, which the Londoner dis.
plays when she lifts her gown.
A pretty bag of some kind or another
is carried by almost every French lady
nowadays, whether she is on shopping
thoughts intent, whether she is intending
merely to- sauntcr for an afternoon on
the boulevards or in the Champs Ely
sees, or whether she is on her way to
mass or to the theatre. Some of these
receptacles are large enough only to con-
tain a purse and handkerchief; others
are sufficiently capacious for the recep-
ton of several small parcels besides;
but others, again, serve to hold nothing
more serious han the fan and possibly
a playful. The smaller bags are not
~infreQuently made of a scrap of the
same material as that of which the
dress Is made; but in any case the gem
eral coloring of the reticule corresponds
exactly what that of the costume with
which 1t is used. Sometimes some extra
decoration is added to those made of
the dress MATERIAL, such as a frill of
butter-colored lace. This is run along
the base of the casing which holds the
'draw-string and is scarcely gathered at
all, as it becomes sufficiently fussy by
the time the strings are pulled up. La
dies h are in mourning usually nave
reticules made of dull, corded silk, bro
cade and satin being chosen when the
mourning is only slight. For use with
crape-trimmed costumes thera are the
prettiest of little bags to be had made
of dull black silk. trimmed with en-
broidered Grape arranged exactly in the
same way as, the lace above described.
Now for the smarter reticuleS, which
are frequently lavishly embroidered with
iridescent paillettes on a background of
black or colored satin. The ,sequins are
arranged in as simple a fashion as can
be imagined, but it is surpris ng how
good is the effect gained. Shimmering
blue .paillettes are the prime fayorites,
lines, starting from the base of the bag
and spreading outwards. much like the
ribs OF a fan or the feathers in a pea
cocks tail. In one instance the paillettes
were of several colors, bronze, copper
and red being mingled with the popular
blue ws ones sen About dnnf four I'd discs sne Of ! 9ne col
ond. and SO on, the tints being used in
the same sequence throughout. The
made up with black satin strings, which
are passed through metal rings covered
with buttenhole stitches made OF coars
black silk. Beautiful are similar reticules
made of cream or pale pink, or blue satin,
and ornainented with gold or sils pail
lettes. One lovely cream satin b the
usual sack shape. but with the ages at
the bottom rounded off. had a charming
copy Of an old engraving let into the
front. This was surrounded by a delicate
frame and a tracery of flowing scrolls
executed solely in minute silver ~spangles.
much like those which are used now
upon fashionable fans. Yet another bag
as far as the Wickerwork was concerned.
in fine colored chenille and gold cord,
Over thu. edges of the basket fslt a
executed in the minute ribbon embroid-
cry for which French workers have long
been famous.
Some of the most useful of bags are
made of brocade. often with a black
background, upon which are scattered
tiny sprays of pink or, blue flowers and
their accompanying pale green leaves.
A f~avorite shape made in this style has
q round base of cardboard. round which
ronnd the h s Rag its while s othsrs are are cut nea aat
in {, series of yandykes round the top.
which when the bag is drawn up; fail
points are not i~nfreauently finished with
a frill Of narrow butter-colored lace.
A blush shade of gray satin was made
embroidered with sprays of tiny lowers.
worked with pale blue. pink and greel
silk and touched up. as it We're. with the
wear there are bags composed Of the
pointed velvet that IS SO fashionable Just
now for blouses:. These are generally
which the draw-strings. matching one Of
the predominant colors of the velvet. are
passed.
Fan bags follow the lead for the larger
reticules in decoration. and literally
blaze with spangles. gold thread and
painting : q They are. Of course. long and
rounded. The front and back are left
separate at the top to allow of the free
gefheraiy t takes the place zee Of ofn' the a''d ribbon obon
draw-string. Tiny engravings not in
frequently appear upon bags of this
their display; and. on the whole. the
spangle decoration is the most success
ful FloTing loops and ends Of ribbon
tom of bags of all shapes. and greatly
Increase their ''dressy' appearance.
Exacifon of the American Husband
There is a theory that the patient. I'M
exacting financial agent who is supposed
to typify the genus husband in America
who. like charity, suffereth long and is
kind. thinketh no evil. and giveth all his
goods-is woman's ideal of a mate, but
this is Islander. The duh submission of the
overladen ass is not the quality which or
dinarily excites feminine respect. That
brilliant, greedy figure, hung with jewels,
who stands aloft in the social car laying
the goad upon the bowed shoulders of the
humble, overworked married slave who
draws her chariot, is purely a Pigment,
evolved out of the notebooks of shallow
foreigners rushing express through the
country to make a volume of travels. IN
reality the American husband is the most
~exaeting of his kind.eHe demands gayety,
physical and mental charm, a high. cult
Walton of all her movers and an inHpifvr lof
carefully performed duties from his wife.
If the American woman is brilliant and or
namentall, 1t is because the American hus-
band VIII put up with nothing less. In
older civilizations woman finds in married
life all the conditions prepared for her;
rules made which she has only to obey;
q careful code of precedents which she has
only to follow. Here a woman may be
within a period OF, seven days transported
most conspicuous position in the land. and
without previous training be called upon
to receive ambassadors and preside at
dinners. The husband who ele-
Yates his wife from the washtub in a min
ing camp to~ the palace expects her to
out of the chaos of her previous
experience an ordered social world
wealth-and she does it and likes il,
ard loudly proclaims that this exacting
creature IS the most delightful examDie
of a husband known.-North American Re-
view. for January.
A WoMAN'S HOTEL.
London Ba. an Excellent one That
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