The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-18
for dMn1neu.

10 you remember when we wora
square yokes in our summer gowns. tbe
lower edges bearing fun ruffles Of en-
broidery?
Wen, you may wear this now and
pc entirely in the fashion. 1t is the pret-
test kind of adornpent for a summer
waist and will be probably as popular as
it was before.
Inc yoke may be of embroidery. chif-
ton, tucked muslin. The ruffies for
there should. be more than one, are about
three inches wide and do not usually
extend in the back, though they NAV. If
1t is preferred.
The form of the back is not artistic or
trig when there is any punching, to
pervert the straight lines.
Never before have women worn as
tnin and light froeks as they expect to
TINS summer Those lined, stiffened, be-
trimmed organizes were all very well
Tor beauty. but they were not any more
comfortable or cooler than a thick dress:
They will still be in vogue, suppose.
Tor dress" occasions, but the prevail
enee in thin dresses will be shown in
the many wash dresses to be worn in the
mornings and on the street.
They will be made simply without any
lining and will hold starch.
Each season as people get wiser thew
consult the thermometer and not Gus
tom. If our Summer East insists upon
playing at 50 in the shade, 1t is foolish
ness for US to persist in wearing clothes
that would do good service for a day
on the coast of Maine.
There is always a feeling that city
women should go attired in thick clothes
On the street in summer. This is nom
sense. If the heat demands a thin, un-
lined dress, wear one. There will be
fewer attacks of nervous prostration and
sunstroke.
Nothing is p~rettier for these gowns
than the pin-striped muslins. They sell
from S to Il cents a yard; and are best
made with skirt and two narrow ruffles
or a deep Spanish one, and French blouse
put on to a round or square yoke of en-
broidery.
There is nothing here to distress the
lawn dress. Make the gown a little full
to allow for necessary shrinking; better
still, send the goods to the wash before
cutting.
II these gowns are to see good SER
vice. if they are to go in and out of the
laundry as the towels do, then don't
overtrim them. Entredeux of lace and
embroidery are very well in their way.
but their way does not lie in weekly
proximity to a rubbing board.
And for 81 what an exceedingly pretty
gown can be accomplished 1 saw one
worn to dinner last evening and its
wearer assured me she had only paid
that for it.
The material, at 7 cents a yard, was
black and white striped muslin, the
stripes rather broad, The skirt had three
narrow ruffles laid close together; the
bodice was quite full. the yoke being
formed by three ruffles placed across the
front and over the shoulders.
The girdle. collar and cuffs were made
from cherry satin ribbon; the girdle
brought down to a point in the back
and tied in an up~-and-down bow under
the left arm.
Worn over fresh white linen under
wear it makes a most attractive warm
weather costume. a woman can have
FIVE of them. I'd many colored ribbons
at a cost of SO, and it will give her
plenty of dainty changes. Dress up your
model in the handsome, lined, heavy
frocks so much worn, and I'll show you
a woman in a crisp, cool muslin, with
fiuttering ribbons and spotless under
wear, and the ju-ry-especially if they
are men-wil award the prize to me.
lone more word of hot-weather econ !
Don't wear your winters skirts
shirt waists In summer. Fold the
spkirts up and keep them for october's
'ceol weather. They may be a trife out of
style, but it is better to cut them over
than to threaten your back with a plaster
Jacket.
1t is never the better part of economy
to wear out clothes out of season. You
do yourself an injustice as we'll as the
garments You weigh yourself down TO
the point of tired crossness, then blame
the weather-everything-except your
own lack of discretion.
For general wear strong linens are
the best for summer skirts. Do not in
vest in the fimsy quality; it won't pay
you. Pay a bit more to have it wear.
These can be worn with any cotton shirt
waist.
Foremost in materials for the wedding
gown is white satin-this season more
popular than ever, says 'Harper's Bazaar"
The lustre and finish of this fabric make
it particularly desirable, and as it now
can pc DOugnC at a. VIDE range OF price,
the brides are all attired in 1t. But a
cheap cotton-back satin is a bad invest
ment, and must only be used as a sep
arate lining for some thin gown.
Most of the smartest gowns are Sc
verely plain, the skirt very long; many
have a rueIing, or the front breadth may
be draped; the seams may be outlined
with pearl embroidery. All these orna-
mentations are permissible, but the abb
solutely untrimmed skirt is still the best.
A narrow front breadth and the sides
carefully fitted over the hips and 1aring
out around the foot of the gown is the
most generally becoming style.
Lace founces are the only exception to
the rule of no trimming. These are
draped across the front and brought high
on the hips, or put on horizontally. A
lace shawl also may be draped on the
front of the skirt in some graceful fash
ion, while a new fad--it cannot be digni-
fed by the name of fashions to ave
a y-shaped piece of lace extending about
a quarter of a yard below the waist APP
pliqued on the front breadth, and taper
ing off on the hips.
With the waist it is entirely different.
There a desire for trimming mousseline
gratiied. Pearl embroidered mousseline