The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-28

shoes are also shown which look odd
but comfortable. They have extremely
long vamps and rounded toes.
On this question Of toes. the testimony
is most bewilderlng. Some are seen which
are more rounded than those of the last
few seasons. Again, / found several doz-
en- different varieties. including patent
leather, bronze and silk bali slippers, with
points longer thar those of other SUM
mers, and which, moreover, turned up
ward to the degree of bringing to mind
the medieval gear seen in old muse
ums.
The Louis Quinze heel is very little
seen this summer, except for slippers
and indoor wear. Probably owing to the
great increase in athletics the favorite
heel is rather low and quite substantial
For costumed garden parties and other
summer entertainments come silken
shoes and slippers of Powered silk. These
are built on different styles stolen from
bygone centuries, and very pretty and
quaint they will make her look who can
afford a pair. Some further Id to their
piquant effect by the addition of red
heels. I Shoes to evening
gowns in pale greens, blues and yellows
are found galore.
A new idea has been carried out re-
garding these by lacing them with cord
or ribbon. or lacing of another color, one
which combines well with that of the
shoe-as lacing a pea green shoe with a
yellow cord.
In the June Ladies Home Journal
EduorI Wy Dol uo+,r- o1;+a,iol x,1+oc+
against progressive card parties, as they
are at present conducted. and against
card playing IN the daytime. Progress
sive card playing. Mr.. Box contends,
has passed from its primary mission-a
pleasant form of diversion-and taken
a place as a social function, creating
rivalries in the magnificence of the hos
pitality, and in the vahie of the prizes
bestowed by the hostesses. In fact, the
writer asserts that 'the progressive card
playing of today is nothing more nor
less than a system of gambling. 1t may
be a proper and eninently respectable
form Of gambling. but the element of
chance has come into the game, and
that most distinctly. 1t is SIMPLY a
question of how respectable gambling
can be made. That is ALL.
With reference to the impropriety of
card playing in the daytime Mr.. Box
asserts that it is worse and more seri-
Gus than a waste of time. sit has a
bad moral influence; it engenders a spirit
that is fatal to woman's happiest way
of living. I make no distinction here
he says, between women who have
home ties and women who have not:
the wrong of the thing is simply a oues-
ton of degrees. The one has no right
to play cards during the daytime: the
other women cannot afford to. 1t is
not my pleasure, but my misfortune. to
TINS card habit, and the study of them
IS poth interesting and pitiable. Evident
~ their thoughts rarely rise above the
caro- table Tank to them about books,
art music, the theatre. the topics of the
o~ay-anythang care not what, and their
answers are as monosyllabic as their in
terest is 1anguid. But mention cards.
ana IN a moment a sparkle of interest
comes to their eyes, and they are ready
for business! What a subject, after all,
to arouse interest, when one thinks of
it! What an ambition, what a dis
t~inction, to be adjudged a good card
player. Do not adjudge me severe or
uncharitable until your next appearance
at a progressive card party and then
taxi a few moments and look calmly
around you. Study the women who are
there. They may be your friends. Blu
look at them away from thai standpoint.
Judge them impartially and quietly. Stop
and think a little of what they repre-
sent. And then, if you nave eyes and
will see, I think you will agree with
me in the kindly-intentioned statement
that the best type of our American
woman is not to be found at the card
table during daylight hours"
$50.
A novelty in fancy waists Go Tho =
made entirely of ribbon that will he a
source of wonderment and beu,;1darn,ont
to the amateur in dressmaking de,,,cos
Designed expressly for ono 81 +ba 1,rga
houses of the citv the waist will ao,,ht-
less serve as q model to many who bava
and are ready to adopt something as
striking as it is altogether new.
Two pieces of Persian ribbon five inches
wide were employed in the making of this
waist. The foundation was of thin silk,
ana black chiffon was used in combination
Ine RIBBON Is an especially pretty design,
IN Which pink predominates, dull greens,
piues ana yeliows being used as subor-
climate tones A black border and three