The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-01

sight OF Qef 1rieNu, VINO, dIref The uSudt
vigorous feminine embraces, prepared to
sit down to the luncheon that the invalid
had ordered.
n such food for an Invalid! It would
have taxed the digestive apparatus Of
the proverbial ostrich. There were little
neck clans. just sufficiently iced, a rich
green turtle soup. chicken hvers III brau-
chette-of all things-tomatoes served
with -mayonnaise and q jelly, smoth-
cred in whipped cream for dessert. I'M
agine it for a young woman spending her
days without exercise in bed, and supposed
to be making blood! The girl was asked
if her physician knew of her daily bill
of fare, and the airy reply was: Oh yes.
ne says that I may eat whatever l
choose"
Presently the trained nurse entered,
with apologies for being late for lunch
con. She was a tall. fine looking girl,
attired in a faultless light tailor gown
and black Gainsborough hat. She had been
taking her daily morning outing and had
been to see the pictures at the Academy
of Design. Such were her arduous du-
tiest
The guest made up her mind that to
live in a fine hotel. with plenty of leisure
and only to press the button to have
every want supplied, was what the college
boys called a snap for the nurse. The
girl was allowed to sit up, a few days
later. then 10 drive in a victoria in the
park. Matinees were presently added to
the list of necessities 10 effect a cure,
and the opera was also found to have a
beneficial influence.
At the end of the month the girl was
having such a good time that she didn't
wish to go home. So the two weeks
stay at Atlantic City was ordered. ae-
compansed by the artistic nurse. When
the daughter returned to her ancestral
home papa's wealth had diminished. not
by three but by four figures. This story
is an actual fact. being in no particular
a product OF the imagination. Do you
wonder Their that nervous prosperity"
is the name for the disease2
Chiffon and mousseline de sole are now
made with much more stiffness than
when the material was first brought over.
and it is quite possible to have entire
gowns made of these. ever for seaside
wear. provided the Innings used are Of
good enough quality. says Harper's
sBazar.'' BY good enough is meant
heavy enough. The most brilliant color
ings are used in these materials. but,
as has been before said, are toned down
by the Innings and trimmings. One no.
tieeably pretty gown. made of the bright
est apple green, is an exqpisitely deli
cate shade when made up over white
silk and trimmed with black. while a
yellow, so brilliant that it is dazzling to
the eyes. assumes an odd, soft, warm
shade lined with heliotrope and trimmed
with white lace and the Inevitable touches
of black, which are again seen on every
smart gown. The grass green over
white was a noticeable gown at a dance.
It was made with a ruching of the ma
terial separated and also headed by
bands of very marrow black velvet ribs
bon. the waist finished around the should
black velvet. A black velvW belt and
bow of ribbon velvet two inches wide,
an very odd sleeves in big puffs separ-
ated by the black velvet, completed this
extremely odd design. The bright yellow
gown, which was made up over hello
trope, had each seam of the skirt out
lined with a band of lace insertion. and
ruffles of lace were put on in scallops
around the skirt. The waist was also
trimmed with strips of Insertion, while
a deep frill of lace was put on bertha
fashion, but caught in at the armholes.
and then falling a second time over the
sleeves. A folded belt of black satin
shaped like a ~corselet was trimmed in
trent with two row of rhinestone but
tons. while at the back the same rib
bon was drawn down through a hin
stone buckle and fell in long ends to the
very hem of the gown. The touch of
black sounds very daring, but It gave a
point of color that was most effective.
and which intensified the colorings of
the yellow and heliotrope.
In nearly all the accounts of fashion
able dressing in Paris and London we
read of yokes, but the yokes of today are
quite different to those of past seasons.
They are either quite narrow-merely a
bana across the upper portion of the
neck attached to a rounded drapery
dropping over the arm-or they are wide
enough to cover entirely the top OF the
bodice to the bust. the ewes being a
close set white cord, braided in an i'm
portant pattern. AS the season grows
btiC OlAdAAAEAtdtl01o u oItSSCS arr tfOIE
gar;sh. Gold spider net is covered with
floral sprays in pearls, garnets and emer-
aids, and muslin Is encrusted with dia-
monds or Rhine stones, as well as with
jet and pearls. sapphires, opals and opal
escent shells.
With the. wide skirts came many novel
ties in jeweled skirt grips, and safety
pins of gold owed their popularity to the
blouse, whose belt they fastened down Sc
curely to the jupe. Grips resemble hand
some pins or clasps, and nave a strong
gold eye attached to the reverse side, in
which the hook that is usually sewed on
the band of a skirt is fastened. Some
of them are plain, but substantial; Others
are a mass of delicate filisree work., and
studded with Jewels. They are useful
articles for holding up a heavy gown.
Mrs. Astor's pet sport at present is
golf. and one of the best private nine
hole links in the country is at Fern
cliffe. Mrs. Aston played with signal
success at the Newport links last sum
mer, and she is counted on this year
fer some good scores. Another woman
with brilliant record on the golf links
is Miss Virginia Fair, who came within
one of gaining the tournament prize last
autumn at Lenox. The prize-a loving
cup presented by Nine. de Her:dia-Mfss
Lila Vanderbilt-Sloane captured by her