The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-02

with black. has black velvet on the bod
ice forming a knotted scarf. across the
back mi a bolero in front. Jabots Of
white lace fall from under the front Of
the bolcro. and shaded orange velvet
Sorms a knot at the neck and at the
belt.
Other gowns have the entire skirt Of
plated fnousseline de sole, enriched with
bands Of lace or ,jeweled passementerie,
running down from the belt at intervals.
With this skirt is a velvet bodice with
a chemfsette Of thef ousseline.
For remodeling soiled evening gowns
a useful adjunct is transparent ecru
lines. either embroidered or plain. II
plain, the ruffles are bound with black
velvet. It harmonizes particularly well
with pink. Add a belt and shoulder
straps of shaded velvet running from
pale rose down to red.
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The christening robe Is usually of the
finest null and trimmed with real va
lenciennes lace edging, but enc OF fine
nainsook with hemstitched hem, front
of machine-made valenciennes insertion
and nainsook embroidery, yoke to cor
respond, makes a very dainty and ser
3SCobi d1ldlt, WHITES EILlIud M. f1OOp-
er In a practical article on The Baby's
Layette." in the January Ladies Home
Journal" 1T may be made as follows
Take two lengths of fine lawn, thirty-six
inches wide. costing about fifty cents a
yards have a three-inch hem hemstitched
and a ruffle of three-inch Valenciennes
lace; whip this to the lower edge. Gather
to a short, square yoke, opening it in the
back. The yoke should be made of
stripes of lace insertion and nainsook
embroidery and edged with a ruffle of
lace. the neck being finished with a ruffle
of narrower lace. Cover the front with
alternate crosswise rows of lace and en-
broidery insertion, commencing them at
the hem twenty inches wide and tapering
toward the top to a width of six inches;
a ruffle of lace down each side. One-seam
sleeves gathered in to the armholes and
at the wrists, where there is a band of
insertion and ruffle of lace. OF three-inch
lace eight yards, of narrow edging half a
yard, and of lace and nainsook insertion
six yards of each. One yard from the
neck to the lower edge is amply long for
a dress, man being only thirty-three
inches, as it has been decided unhealthy
" tLG booy ~ bG a Guy
extra weight"
Here are some fresh Paris paragraphs
by way of lie Bon Ton':-It looks as if
the coming skirt was going to be full
on the hips, as already many skirts
tucked. pleated or shirred have been
seen. In Paris the craze for enormous
hips has caused the innovation, and
ox-orx, r,oofhnd af an1o rofo0 them fc odnnf-
ed. The hips being larger, the waist, by
force of contrast, appears more slender.
Now that we have lone away with the
voluminous sleeves, which also caused
the waist to look smaller, dressmakers
are casting about for other means of ac-
quiring a small girth at the waistline. 1t
would not be surprising did we return to
the pannier of Marie Antoinette's time
and the long, stiffly boned and pointed
waists. Everything points toward this
revival; it yet remains TO be seen
whether it will be accepted by the world
of fashion, for, although the d~ressmakers
evolve the modes, women accept or re-
ject them at their pleasure.
Doll parties, and what are these? They
are the newest notion in fancy dress on
the other side of the Atlantic. The invi-
tation cards bear the effigy of a large doll
on one side, the ball programmes are in
cardboard like the form of one, and the
guests choice IN costumes is limited to
any variety of doll they like to represent.
For Juvenile fancy dress balls the idea is
acceptable, and many of the little girls
especially desire to represent their own
favorite dolly. Dutch dolls. darby dolls.
wax dolls, rag dolls and paper dolls all
put in an appearance; WHILE the boys fall
back on costume dolls of the masculine
gender, which gives them a wide field.
One of their favorite representations is
of Nasartin, a sort of variety of Father
Christmas and Santa Claus, but still an
elderly man with a flowing white beard,
dressed in a long gown and turban, hold
ing a cane in his hand He was q famous
Eastern story-teller and always a favor
tie with children, as are also two Turkish
~reciters who go in pairs, Karaghenz and
Haji-aivat, but they are dressed like min
strels with an accompanying instrument,
though always of course in a Turkish
habit. The one wears a faNn-colored cap
pointed and high, with a band of red
where it rests ON the forehead. He has
large black boots, the tops turning down
towards the feet and showing a white
lining trimmed with black. The rouse
are full, made in blue cloth, descending
TO the top of the boots, a red scarf en-
circles the figure, and an under vest of
violet cloth fastens with buttons down
the front. Over this is a square-fronted
jacket ending at the waist like a bolero,
braided in black, with close-ftting
sleeves to the waist having Oriental
stripes of red and black. Pistols are
tucked into the belt with a long pipe, and
he carries a curious musical instrument
like a jelly bag converted into a drum
with a horn handle, by which he beats
it. The other has yellow leather Turkish
shoes and full red breeches, almost hidden
by a long robe with an ample skirt and
cloee-ftting bodice be1ted at the waist,
turned back cuffs with close-ft-
ting sleeves which button inside the arm,
ard a quaint cap made In red. formed in
to a couple of horns at the back and
front, while fitting on to the brow quite
firmly.
Elegance is reached in the Holland tea
table. its standard richly carved mahog-
any or antique oak and inlaM with
in Delft. The top IS a NOV
able tray in the beautiful china, mounted
in brass with heavily chased handles of