The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-18


sense has gained the ascendency over
sentimental tradition. The passing of
mendable departures from the conven-
tionality of fashion that the thinking
woman has yet made.
I am sometimes inclined to believe, says
| .sHarper's Bazaar" that in a generation
or two we will have no more middle
at any rate, filling the corners of country
piazzas, specialized and stout, absorbed in.
new stitches for worsted work, and new
evidences to prove the deterioration OF the
young since their day.
Instead, the piazzas of country houses
and hotels are quite swept of every one
women only strolled through the woods
near by, sat under the trees, sauntered
to the postoftiee once a day, or to the
station tc meet some friend, they now go
off for hours on their wheels. You meet
them everywhere on COUNTRY roads. Com
ing upon them from behind you fancy,
and the simness of their fingers, that
you have come upon young girls. But
turn and look! and you find women OF
fifty or sixty. Their hair, to be sure, may
be gray and their faces scanned, but their
cheeks will be flushed with health and
their eyes brilliant with excitement.
| | CHANGED to fall into conversation with
| one | met. She told me she was seventy,
and she confessed, with a reluctance l
thought delightful and piquant, that she
was amazed to discover that her youth
had come back to her. Something in the
sense of freedom which the bicycle gave
| her-the exhiIaration of the exercise, the
play of the wind about her face, soIneA
thing in the new possession of herself
had brought back feelings she thought
dead these thirty years at least.
Golf has regenerated many a WORKOUT
body and mind. Outdoor sports, in fact,
| as we all known. have enticed women
away from sedentary pursuits ana e
emancipating them meanwhile from many
an iron prejudice, binding them hopeiess-
ly, and which neither philosophy nor
legislation could loose them from. But
the real secret of many of the changes
that we see lies in the fact that each of
| these women has learned to be master of
some new medium OF expression.
Golden brown seems to be a favorite
color for autumnal outing suits; covert
cloth. mohair or diagonal or plain broad
cloth being all useful. Sometimes the
Jacket is cut double-breasted,' and fast
ening toward the left, is sloped out in a
sometimes the waist is q plain blouse
basque, belted at the waist. Occasionally
the upper portion of a cloth bodice. IS
braided to simulate a yoke. Black, white;
sometimes three kinds are employed to
work out an elaborate pattern.
The high cloth collar is divided, either
front and back or at the sides. This gives
| q chance to use up more braiding in rows,
which follow every angle. The plain
dress. The skirt would be short, just
reaehif1g the shoe tops, and rows Of
stitching are used instead Of rows @
wanted that might catch in a briar and
come undone. The Skin is sometimes
lined with silk instead of perealne, and
four-inch depth to prevent the hem cock
ling" from dampness.
49, or1on NEIIocpita1 -
the beneficial effect of a good cry is pro
verbal. This is partly due to the IN
creased depth of respiration and the I'M
proyenlent in the often languid circula-
zion thereby induced, but to a large ex-
tent it is the result of the muscular exer-
else involved, by which the ennera h1 yas5
clllar tension. and especially the Dloou
pressure in the brain, are most reduced.
THE profuse flow of tears no doubt acts
strongly or the cerebral .clrculaTion IN
still further reducing tension. Inc SOD
bling movements, again, have a good IN
fuence upon the circulation. We should
NOT then. too hastily intervene to stop a
woman from haylng OUT her cry.
The barharic queens of the Hawa ian
Islands ore wore what is thought to.be
the c~ost1iest cloak in the. world. The
cloak is now in the national museum and
fhe foundation is of olona or native hemp.
Stitched to the foundation with henpen
birds Of the islands, the feathers over
laping and making a soft, beautiful and
! perfectly smooth surface. The feathers
are put on in the form of crescents, m
yellow. red and black. The black and
Fellow feathers are from the Moho no,
bills, and the bird is extremely shy and
nard TO capture. making the feathers of
great value. 1t took nearly 100 years
70 make the cloak, and it is estimated to
be worth 81, 900.
often seen in small fancy rocking chairs.
1t is usually Of stamped leather, put on
slightly concaye. after the style Of the
seat a cobbler has in the end of his
bench. whence it derives its name. a
saddle seat is the roper seat to have
these days for your desk or hall chair
a desk or hall chair to be strictly up-to-
date should be all of wood in CHARTERED or
| Flemish oak, mahogany or curly birch,
with saddle seat, French legs and high,
narrow back.
We have always been taught to believe.
says the .sWoman's Home Companion :
that one of the canons of good dressing
is the harmony of color in eyes and gown;
has been clearly demonstrated by women
Of good taste that nothing is more fatal
to good effect than a bfue-eyed woman
gowned in blue, or a brown-eyed woman
I dressed all IN brown. CoIors of contrast
ing shades are always becoming and sty-
fish If properly combined, and If well
suited to the wearer are very e1ectlve-
Blouses of net, chiffons or lace are
most effective as we'll as economical, made
/ to wear with separate under-bodices of
colored six. Cherry. apple-green and.
deep rose are all equally desirable and
equally becoming to the average complex.
ion. The fortunate possessor of a pref
ty arm is ap TO have these under-bodies
rade without sleeves, and nobody blames
A leading feature Of the more chic fall
costume is the sash of gauze or WOODEN
grenadine to match the gown tied in a
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