The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-23

SAilt mas numDerless IoldS al the oack
and sides. but was su~ficientiy plain to
show the figure well in front. The bodice
was cut low and trimmed with a bertha
of splendid old point that cost dollars
upon dollars a yard. The sleeves were
short but full puffs of red velvet tc
match the red roses.
But the most fascinating thing about
this gown was the part that didn't show
the inside lining of the skirt, with
its finishing LOUNGES at the bottom. The
lining was pale yellow taffeta like the
yellow in the roses and around the bot
tom Were three LOUNGES of satin ribbon,
one each to match the colors in the pat
tern, namely, red, yellow and green;
when the skirt was raised these founces
showed. and the effect was exquisite.
There is not a woman living who is
not susceptible to the charms of a gown
with a pretty inner finish, or the fasci-
nations of lissome l~ingerieI These are
two things which even the tabled new
woman will stop to admire.
And now that we are talking of lin
gerie, we might as well remark that ex-
travagant though it may be, those silks
I with large patterns are used for petit
coats which are so pretty that ladies
who own them often wear them for
dress skirts with dainty tea jackets for
lounging purposes.
To be sure, they haven't SO many cores
as a dress skirt. but they have ounce
enough to compensate. First there is
the Dinked 1ounee of soft taffeta; then
a pieated one of the material of the
skirt: then a fluff of accordion pleated
chiffon yelled with exquisite lace. The
top may be finished here and there with
a tiny bow of ribbon.
Quilted net will figure prominently in
the list of trimmings, along with chif-
fon similarly treated. Malines tulie in
white. black and colors. Flowers will be
p~rofuse. and there is a great influx
of fancy ribbons from P~aris-where they
will wear plain ones themselves, be it
| added.
There are ribbons with sombre effects
and ribbons with Drescen roses and
China designs. crepon prints. printed vel
vets. mirror ~velvets, Japanese plisse and
silk muslins, plain and bordered. High
novelties are the ribbons in Per-
sian %groundings and Damascus en-
broidery, vermicelli. figures. velvet foria-
tons. ombre stripes or metal threads;
ombre groundings with a wild variety of
stripes; taffeta in narrow glace stripes;
gsace with printed borders or metal
| patterns or taffeta edges; broche fig
ures, Bayadere ribbons with stripes in
the warp. damask ribbons, plaided rib
bons. Palmer ribbons in delicate tints
will no doubt prove to better taste, es-
peeially for hats or bonnets with long
ribbon ties.
The short basque skirts still survive,
according to the universal law limited at
in the beginning of this rambling ac-
count; and there will be with the first
warm weather a sudden revival of the
rather long-skirted coat forming part of
a tailor-made costume, opening low and
wide to display a lawn or pique shirt
| front. The tailor mode will not down.
Its blessed convenience goes far to for
| give its cold and somewhat unfeminine
outlines. Later will come the blouse, be-
loved for the same. convenience.
Walking gowns will be, this Spring.
| somewhat elaborate, and pale glace skirts
with three or four tiny fiounces by way
of border to the skirt will not, after a
| little, look too fussy for the street. But
the palmer garb viii always be in better
| taste.
There is considerable favor shown TO
the not too novel idea of skirt decora-
| ton by inserted panels of darker stuffs
or by bands of ribbon or cloth running
lengthwise of the seams, all, or part of
/ the way, down..
Among the unnecessarily harsh judg-
ments pronounced upon human actions
may be classed the universal scorn ex-
pressed toward the girl who marries for
money. There are those who do not hest
tate to draw the most odious COMPARE
sons between such a girl and others of
her sex, says a writer in Vogue"
Making of love. socalled. a sort of
fetish, the world deies what is, after all,
| but an instinct, as though it were a
grander, finer thing than courage OF
probity or seIf-denial. or any other really
beautiful human trait. 1t %applauds any
insanity committed in the name of love,
provided, always, that the conventions
are observed.
Love that leads to the degraded life OF
the tenements, to alliances with the dis
eased or morally weak, that throws away
years of training in an art or a science;
that breaks the hearts of parents-al1 OF
these things. and many. as monstrous
are excused, if only love is offered as a
reason for their doing.
In a world like this. where. in spite Of
countless public and private charities fol
the alienation of their sufferings and the
permanent lettering Of their conditions
thousands Of helpless little ones expiats
by cruel suffering and acute want theil
parents scorn of money consideration
in matrimonial alliances; it cannot surel,
be wholly reprehensible to look with ia
vor on moneyed alliances.
Sentiment Is, indeed, to be preferred II
sordidness, but the girl who decides fol-
the ~decencies, as well as the Injuries, Of
life, for herself and any children tina
may be born to her, by choosing wealth
instead of poverty. is not necessarily
sordid: and. beautiful though sentimenI
may be, when to cherish It means in
evftably life in small, unwholesome quar-
tiers. the hot, stuny Town for the chill
dren, even in their critical second Sum,
mer (since the little home cannot SPAR
the services Of its mistressNnor is Their,
any money to spare for the seasons
needed outing), when, as is usually th'
case, sentiment means all this frightfu
4 injustice to little, helpless beings, th'
price is too high, and it ceases to be I
virtues
TT is all very well to get up reading
rooms and coffee .parIors and gymnas
iums for the nottingham, and thus pro
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