The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-08

SuSeu Will q 4uA Sokt pun OF Inc same
q fashion as pretty as It Is perfshable.
The skirt of baby's frock is quite guilt
less of trimming. unless At be one mar
row row of finest embroidered Insertion
or two or three bands of valenciennes lace,
sewn just above the hem.
Baby's shoes are almost as fine and
soft and dainty as are baby's pink feet.
Pale blu or white kid. as soft as a
glove. is generally used, and the tiny
one-piece shoe Is laced with a narrow
ribbon lined with white silk Of softest
flannel.
The afghan should be a pure white
square of e~iderdown, bound with white
satin ribbon, guiltless of bows or ems
broidery, and over this again, il the
weather is severe. should be placed a
white fur rug. as soft and white as baby
itself.
The little circular yoke is made of al
ternate rows of Valenciennes lace n
finest beading, through which narrow
white satin ribbon is run, while two
r~osettes of the same, ending in short
loops, are fastened to the shoulders where
the sleeves join the yoke.
The indispensable bib is glorifed, and
the thick quilted and embroidered affair
of long g is quite lone away with.
The newest are of finest lawn lace, fall
ing in double points of circular pieces
over a soft square of white flannel, which
is quite hidden from view.
These blustery lays baby's veil is of
the first Importance and must be large
enough to keep out the rudest blast. Big
square of chiffon or net are finished
with a narrow lace, and are so fastened
at the back as to be easily raised or
lowered, as necessity requires.
The outdoor garments for baby are
revelations of cosy elegance. cloaks of
heavy white corded silk. wadded, per-
fumed and lined with soft white silk,
are further embellished with a series of
very short capes, each edged with Rus
sian lace, at least a quarter of a yard
deep.
Baby's coach is no small item in the
modish infant outfit. First a soft white
fur rug must be laid in the bottom of
the carriage, to keep out every draught
of air. Then a Down pillow or two, COW
cred with finest lawn and daintily ruff
fed, are placed at baby's back, and in
stead of the course leather strap which
was formerly used for the purpose Of
keeping the small o%ccupan from tum-
bling out there is now an embroidered
strip of ribbon buttoned securely from
n side to the other.
IA dinner engagement, no matter
whether large or small, formal or in
formal, is the most exacting of social OBJ
legations, writes Mrs. s.. T. Rorer in the
February Ladies' Home Journal" Tn
deed, I always feel a double sense of OBJ
legation when invited to a small dinner.
In selecting the guests for the small din
ner chose those who are c~ongenial. If
among your friends. you number phys
icians. lawyers or politicians. do not in
vite n of each class, not all of one
class, simply because their professions
are the same, but select congenial spirits.
Ten small dinners, well arranged, are
much more enjoyable than one large
conventional dinner served to sixty III
selected people. The food is better, SER
vice better. and digestion better, and even
when trained help cannot be employed
the hostess may enjoy the occasion as
well as the guests. The art of dining,
remember, is quite apart from the art of
giving dinners.
A reform in dinner-giving is being insti-
gated. Simple dinners are now the ele-
CANT dinners. The man who has studied
the art of living lives frugally. A hostess
must never forget that during the short
time her guests are under her roof she is
responsible for their happiness and com
fort A huge dinner of twelve courses of
badly-blended food is not conducive to
either. Savarin said, The dinner-table is
a place where men are never bored for
the first hour':the insinuation that a
second would prove a bore is rather pro-
minent. If people in the ordinary walks
of life are to make such entertainments
elaborate dishes, or even new ways of
serving: they should simply add an extra
plate or two to the usual number, and
invite their friends"
In a very interesting paper published
by Viscount d'Avenel in a French con-
temporary abou the most expensive ma
terial ever worked into garments of any
sort, the author comes to the conclusion
that the gold brocade purchased in 1870
for a morning robe for King Louis XIV
for about ST. of our money per yard
was the dearest dress stuff he could find
any trace of. The Viscount must have
been unaware Of the material for a dress
front ordered at Lyons not long ago for
a dress for the Empress of Germany.
This Lamps is woven of white silk.
upon the fiat background of which flow
ers, leaves and birds project in relief.
This design is not an embroidery, but
woven into the material by a unique pro-
cess known only a few. This magnifi-
cent material originally intended, as men
toned above, for a dress for the Empress,
SO surprised her when it was delivered
lat Berlin not long ago, hat she consid-
cred it a sin to cut into it, and instead
used 1t Is drapery in her boudoir. The
cost Of this material was 600 francs per
meter. or about s110 per yard, the weav-
err who did the work receiving about one
sixth Of the price as his wages.
An E-nglishwoman has discovered a
new industry for women, or rather an
old one revised, in weaving artistic pat
termed silk fabrics by hand Power looms,
she says. are unable to produce these
fabrics of the high artistic merit of
which the hand loom is possible,
For rich silks 1t Is asserted that the