The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-03

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|wayss in the neighborhood of $500. and va
| ries very little.
Charming chiffon articles have wide
frills of accordion pleated chiffon at the
| ends, while the rest of the tie is plain.
Others, in liberty silk, are trimmed at
the ends. A pretty one is formed of a
knife pleating of the silk, fastened across
the tie about three inches from the bot
tom. An accordion pleating comes below
this.
Another very pretty material in high
vogue is sewing silk net. A tie made in
this will cost you about s1.50.
These affairs are not always in white.
They come often in black net and trim
med with white lace. Now and then a
narrow border of the lace is brought
around both edges of the tie with bands
of white insertion in the ends.
1t is not economical as a general thing
to spend time and work in the making of
these ties at home when they can be
bought so reasonably in the shops. But
if one has bits of real or old lace not in
use, one can put them in no better place
than on these dainty and feminine trap
pings.
All evening gowns, whether dinner or
ball gowns are now made long, with as
graceful a train as possible. says Harper's
Bazaar" There are several styles of
skirt-the gored and the circular. and
some with almost straight b~readths; some
are ruffled and founced, others are en-
broidered, and still again some are plain.
The plain ones are generally of the hand
soonest material. AS to the waists, there is
also a great variety of design. Thu French
waist, with its bias sidepieces and long
point, is seen again and mad with only
a bertha or folds of the material draped
across. Others have loose blouse fronts,
either of the material or of some figured
net. The sleeves are very small, often
only a band, again mad to fall back
from either side of the arm like a cape.
There are others again hat are puffed,
and some lave little ruffles and capped
sleeves which are really full. The great
big single or double puffed sleeves are,
however, absolutely out of style. Last
winters waists can easily be remodelled
to look quite in the present style if the
sleeves and trimming are different.
Several of the great educational insti-
tutions for girls announced this fall. for
the first time in their history, classes for
sewing as one of their chief attractions"
writes Edward w. Box in the November
Ladies Home Journal The girls of the
fashionable world are joining sewing af-
ternoons,' as they are called. Common
sense has come to the rescue in pointing
out to girls that sewing is an art, and one
of the finest of accomplishments. In olden
times the needle was the pride of the
clever maid; zone was prouder than she
who, with her own hands, could fashion
her own dainty lingerie.
1.-The modern girl, in taking up her sew
ing, only comes back to first principles.
But they are sturdy principles to which
she is returning, and she will find them
so. 1t is a small thing which sometimes
causes a revolution, and the needle, small
as it is, by a general adoption can do
much to elevate American girlhood to a
pinnacle of usefulness which will win for
her admiration the world over. So essen
TALLY feminine an art should never be al
lowed to die out. and when its POSSIBLE
tiles, artistic and useful, are better un-
derstood by our girls, their own pride
will keep it in its proper place; among
highest arts and truest accom-
plishments."
A pretty new salad is styled the
con given by a Philadelphia maid some
weeks since. Here is the scheme. On
Individual salad dishes were arranged
small leaves of the vegetable taken from
the center of the head. On these strips
500 ~ aal ,tr;v~ 0f ~ --l:<o.@ e p l,o-J
boiled egg. These were displayed to re-
present the petals of a daisy. The yolk of
egg, when it had been passed through a
strainer, was heaped in the center of a
daisy and covered with mayonnaise, thus
forming the pellow portion of the flower.
The idea is charming and well worth
in mind, since daisy luncheons
with the dollhouse blossom as decoration
are to be very popular this coming
Dainty bonbon boxes for a luncheon or
dinner may be readily made at home.
a variety of cardboard boxes and
cover them with art muslins or China
silks that have cream grounds upon them.
Cover boxes neatly on the outside and
line inside with a plain color and tie them
with ribbons the color of the flower.
When one is clever at using the brush,
cover odd shaped little boxes with white
linen or silk and paint them with differ
flowers. Put the guests name across
one corner. Such boxes are much pref
tier for a table and more highly priced
than any that can be bought.
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Christmas is already heralded in the
quairtest of Christmas cards. They nave
an oblong, the size of a visiting card,
stamped on them, leaving a border an
wide surrounding it. In the left
hand corner a spray of holly and mistle-
is painted with a narrow ribbon of
red running through it and bearing the
"A Merry Christmas and a bright
New Year" The name of the sender of
the Christmas wishes is engraved from
card plate upon the space that is left
for it.
The number of articles in the outfit fol
a young matron in a large city would, of
course, be greater han one going to a
small village. For an ordinary simple
a half dozen of each thing in
underwear, with a travelling gown in
addition to her wedding gown, a couple
pretty morning gowns, a high toilette for
her ''at homes" a stylish street dress. a
tea gown, a matinee, several fancy
or basques. wraps, hats, shoes, |
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