The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-30
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charming novelties for the coming au-
tumn and winter. but Information con-
corning the details may be only obtained
in whispers!
The Brussels Exhibition. said to be the
daintiest, as it is the smallest, interna-
tional exposition eve given, furnishes
the keynote of coming modes. notably
in lingerie, and all the charming Freuehy
accessories of the feminine toilet.
A strong effort has been made to intro
duee the fashions of 1890, but women
of today are too thoroughly artistic to
go back willingly to the cumbrous and
over-ornate modes of the early Victorian
era. Paris, it is said by buyers just re-
turning from that fascinating shrine of
fashion seekers has never since the
, Second Empire produced such a bewilder-
ing array of frou-frous and chiffons. The
Louis Quinze and Louis Seize styles
prevail, superseding for the nonce the
s graceful empire modes. A glimpse of
some of these luxurious trifies fully JUS
titled the promise of pretty things to
come.
For example, an idealized pale pink
surah silk corset cover and skirt COM
bined seemed as if made for a veritable
Titania. A peasant bodice of fnely-tuck-
ed pink silk Joined he two garments, the
skirt being acco~rdion-plaited and edged
with a fiounce of deep yellow lace, while
the low-necked baby waist, fastened at
the pack with tiny pearl buttons, was
also accordion-plaited, finished round the
neck and arin-holes with narrow lace.
The Keynote of the newest lingerie is
simplicity-the simplicity OF elegance.
which is as unmistakable as it is ex-
pensive!
The styles are plain and the trimming
chaste, the real beauty of the garments
consisting of the exquisite materials and
the finest of needlework. Medallions OF
lace of Brussels, or of point de Flandre,
are employed wherever possible-a novel
trimming, which will have the merit of
not being easily initiated in cheap sub
stitutes for the real article.
The graceful accordion plat is in high
favor for all underwear. The newest
night-gowns are of me null, accordion
plated from the waist line, which Is di-
vided from the upper portion by a Mar
guerite band of insertion, the bodice part,
in turn. being aceordion-plaited. but so
scantily that If pulled in place when
damp the folds fall in place without the
application of the hot iron.
The Delft craze. which seems still to
rags unahated in bric-a-brac and house
decoration. has also reached milady's lin
gerie. as was manifested in a silk pet
ticoat not yet out of is Partisan wrap.
pings. This pretty garment was of Delft
blue silk, finished at the bottom with a
deep and full fiounce, ON which was APP
pliqued in the form of the arms of a
Holland windmill, a heavy pattern of
renaissance lace insertion. On the edge
of the deep ruffle was a tiny knife
plating, finished also top and bottom
with a narrow friH of lace.
$50
The care of an infant is always the
cause of deep and anxious thought or
the part of the mother, but especially SO
when the mother is a young girl who.
up to the present time, has been free
from care and anxiety and enters upon
the duties of motherhood without suffi-
Gent knowledge of judgment.
When we consider that the young moth
er has had little or no experience with
children and the entire responsibility
has fallen upon inexperienced shoulders,
Is it to be wondered at that theA mortal
ity among young children is so large?
Take a young girl fresh from school
or college (where all instruction as to the
care and the training of children is no.
ticeably absent), who has been an only
child or perhaps the youngest of a family,
and put an infant into her inexperienced
hands. What else is to be expected but
that mistakes will be made and the poor
little child, with all the love and devotion
in the world heaped upon it, will natural
ly fall a victim to the ignorance and mis-
takes of the parents?
1t is only a wonder that SO many chill
dren survive, rather than that so many
die.
Every young mother should ask her
family physician to instruct her as to
the best method of taking care of her
child The following instructions have
been given by one who has a a large
experience in the rearing of children.
During the warm ummer weather in
fants should be covered from head to
foot with all-wool gauze, and over this
a simple cambria slip or night dress.
A crib with a thin hair mattress should
be provided and placed in a well-ventil-
ated room, but out of a direct current of
air, and here the child should spend the
greater part of the day, untrammeled and
undisturbed.
There is always a strong temptation
to nurse and cuddle the precious little
piece of humanity, but for the sake of
the future welfare of the child this temp
tation should be resisted. and for at least
three months the child should be allowed
10 merely sleep and grow.
Another difficulty frequently encount-
cred is the injudicious feeding of the
child.
Once in three hours is sufficiently often
for food to be given.
Do not feed the child whenever it cries:
this is a certain means of producing in
digestion and cholera infantum.
II a child is properly raine from the
day of its birth there is every chance
that it will be an even-tempered, healthy
child. and. with judicious care and train
ing. will grow and thrive and become
daily q greater delight to its parents.
1t is wan of thought and the lack of
proper training that makes a family of
Small children appear to the public in
the Light of a menagerie.
A well-trained child is certain to be
greatly loved and is a pleasure to all