The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-26
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How proud is the School gtfl Wnen pro-
NOTED to her first black dress. It is diff
cait to explain the half-suppressed ex-
ultation, for she has all her life before
her IN which to wear black, after the
earlier years when colors seem appropri-
ate. Looking backward, it must be adj
nlitted that one never again feels so old,
so really mature, as upon accomplishing
ones nineteenth birthday Black is al
ways well suited for street, afternoon
ard reception frocks. This season there
is a fairly large variety Of materials from
which to select.
Corded poplins are extremely handsome.
The price seems to depend on the breadth
Of the ''~cora'quite as much as the width
Of the material. Choose a cloth with hor-
izontal cording, for both are shown, but
the new fashion is entirely in favor of
the side-to-side cording. A quarter-inch
cord can even be had wide enough to
simulate fine t~uelzing. Other pieces of
paplir have fine cords, n the shiny
surface of the silk-and-wool mixture is
much admired.
The frosty sparkle of a Northern ice
scape in full of sunshine has been the
model for the. designs shown in new
lcHltE NGifelS. U 4 AclSANi A1&' Inns
sheeny surface. yelours bouillon does
not in the least suggest beef tea, as might
have been expected. Velvet. and satin
striped cloth. with the waving shadow
pattern. is one of the showiest materials
for a handsome reception frock. The
velvets repeat, to some extent, the de-
signs seen in the new winter wooiens. The
plain velvets and veiveteens are less ex-
pensive than those woven in fancy pat
terms. SHRED velvet is provided in yard
lengths for the yoke and other empiece-
ments of a winter dress. 1t can be had
in almost any color except light blue.
There is a turquoise and q faint blue,
Just off white, but one does not easily
find a clear, light morning glory blue.
That sportive animal, the zebra, that
looks as if it had trotted out of a toy
Noah's ark, with its peculiarly comic
markings, has suggested the design for
moire zebra. This is a handsome water
ed silk. The Bengaline ombre is another
novelty; so is cameo renaissance. Faiile.
Sicilienne and plain bengalines are still
for some reason in demand, but black
bengalines are not so handsome as this
silk in any other color. Bayadere effects
plain moire antique, MORE in fancy pat
terms and broche silk grenadines are all
used this season.
Satin duchesse, satin rhadames and the
popular peau-de-soie are inexpensive fab
RIGS that wear well, if they are properly
selected. Moire velours, so much of which
was used last winter, can be had this
season in as good a quality, but at much
reduced prices.
The cheyiots and camelshair eheviots
are always in fashion. Warm and light
in weight, and soft to the touch, these
black cheviots are a fine background for
the braiding now. so popular. Creepy
weaves are becoming to a dulled com
plexion, and a large assortment of these
silk and weelen goods are always found
on the shepman,s counters. Black broad
cloth and ladies' cloth are used for tailor
gowns. jacquard and arnure cloths are
bought by many women. H-op-sacking,
frise cloth, shaggy and smooth-faced
cloths, granite cloth, morine cloth, mate
rials called birdseye. sailcloth, are multi
piled in the shops, to the confusion of a
purchaser. who would be perfectly well
satisfied with any one had not a neigh
boring novelty weave suggested other at
fractions. To be in black" is by no
means to be badly off for a choice of
new frocks.
Whipeords are being made up by smart
d-ressmakers for "betwixt and between"
gowns, quiet enough for second mourn
ing or for women of uncertain age, yet
distinctly dressy in appearance. The di-
agonal weav is extremely handsome.
Besides the drap d'ete soft cashmeres
and Henriettas, one sees black woolens
with barre and '.ondule' effects. The
barre. are, of course, barred, with a
raised stripe of heavy pile or frise ma
teriaI. The %.ondule cloth has the wav-
ing design, either in fine lines or in broad
bands. The ondule bands as broad as
mohair braid show off better than the
finer waving.
One could spare anything else from the
wardrobe rather the useful serge. It's
charms have long been sung, and it de-
serves every good word that can be said
of it. Being of worsted instead of wool
en-, the hard twisted thread repels dust
and damp; it passes the Scylla of broken
lock fixtures or barbed wire or brarabled
fencing without giving way to a trian--
gular tear (the despair of the domestic
searnstress), and it energies from contact
with the Charbydis of dirty streets with
equally triumphant composure. 1t can be
brushed without becoming frayed, and ac-
cidental spotting with food can be re-
moved with hot water and soap or our
cid friend the ammonia bottle.
Children are now on the qui vive for
the Christmas holidays, and already we.
hear on every side: What shall give
for Christnlas?7 Let the childrei, set to
work during these long wiuter evenings
ard make ornaments to use for decorat-
Ing the Christmas tree, and you will find
that the days and evenings will be hap
ply spent. and all too short for the little
ones II thus employed.
Purchase several sheets of glazed pa
per of different colors and cut them into
strips two inches long and t~hree-quarters
OF IN inch wide. Place The ends together
ard glue, being careful to get them as
even as possible. Now slip a different
colored strip into this one, and paste the
ends of this together, so continuing until
Il chain is formed two or three yards
in length. This makes a very pretty
trimming for the tree.
The older children who can handle a
needle can make a number of bags out