The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-06-18

with folds Of dainty cream lace, bows OF
pink ribbo and posies of pink roses and
delicate green leaves This would make
an ideal bridesmaids hat or lawn party
chapeau.
Very different in shape but equally
pretty is a picture hat of black tulle.
panaehe of ostrich piumes and pale
blue ribbon is twisted around the crown
a bunch of pink. red and white rosebuds
Is tucked meath the brim. Long strings
OF blue ribbon fasten under the chin in
delightfully."- quaint and becoming FASH
ion. An oddly pretty hat is of hyacinth
blue straw with q moderate brim; a
thick wreath Of very natural looking
hyae1nths entwines the upper part Of the
crown. These are loosely tied together
ana stand out, giving a very full effect.
Al the sid a single red rose stands erect.
A trim little hat for every day wear is
OF mixed cream and yellow straw. In
front are loops of crisp green ~taffeta. On
the left side feathery lilacs and green
leaves rear their full clusters Of flowers.
On the right side and in the back is a
mass OF natural-looking geranium leaves.
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says a Paris correspondent:-A little
zone of silk or satin, with the fewest
possible bones, is the new corset. For
this decrease in the size and strength of
stays the new American passion Tor sport
Is directly responsible, and the same thing
Is becoming the case in Paris. It is all
the fault OF the wheel and the golf clubs.
Inc women who come into my shop to
be hfted and measured demand less and
less Whaiebone, fewer steels than ever
before, and some of them wish they need
ed to wear no corset at all. Just look,
Tor instance, upon this corset and on
that, and the French woman laid two
pairs of stays side by side. The first was
a shapely affair, measuring seventeen
inches from top to bottom of the front
steel. compounded of the stiffest eoutille
fifty choice whalebones, six side steels
and ten steel bust braces. 1t was the
approved corset, according to the pat
tern of which thousand were made two
years ago.. The other was the ~ corset,
a perfect pigmy in proportions. in which
just twelve bones appear, while the length
Is but nine inches. Instead of coutille, silk
or satin, a durable cotton net is the
material used. sfYou could hardly call
thai a hand of steel in a glove of velvet,
could your said the Frenchwoman.
especially as there are only two steels.
instead of six, any longer used in our
best ~corsets. and those two must be very
thin and flexible. The idea of this mere
belt is but to give the figure slight sup
port. and to leave the hips, waist and
arms free for athletic action
80.
Although efforts ave been made on the
part of those interested in the sale of
fabrics for skirts in silk and in dress
goods departments, separate skirts con-
tinue to find favor with III buying pub
lie.
particularly for evening wear silk waists
in opera shades are not to be enjoyed
without a separate skirt, and this leads
us to the discussion of materials suitable
for such dressy occasions.
There is no doubt that the black silks.
plain n figured, under the various titles
accorded this sombre and stately fabric,
will find sale in ready-made skirts for
such occasions.
Black satin skirts may also be safely
assured a fair sale, as they are certain
to be in demand to set off to advantage
silk waists in evening shades.
II black satin skirts are salable, pure
black mohairs, which in lustre and beauty
of fold are second only to satin, may be
accorded a fair amount of popularity.
Black jacquards, which seem to have
taken deep root in the Estimation of the
buying public, will also be in demand
A heavy black wool separate skirt in a
lady's wardrobe is as necessary as a fall
costume, and nothing is any more certain
to sell than a black or blue cheviot serge.
What a high-bred, well-groomed look
there is about an envelope that is proper
iy prepared for the mails. A little
thing, of course! But one of the little
things which tells. The handwriting!
No, the handwriting doesn't stand for
much, because each individual has his
own especial chirographly and it is more
characteristic that she should. But
the writing upon a well-looking envelope
is begun far enough to the left to be well
balanced. The last word is not saueez-
ed and cramped. The address with name
Of State and city is written in full. The
stamps are evenly placed in the upper
right hand corner with a slight margin
left between the top of the envelope and
the edge of the stamp. The flap. too,
of the well-bred envelope is mucilaged
down in a cleanly, orderly manner. 1t
is often rendered modish with sealing
wax and the sender's monogram.
Ladies' Home Journal give the follow
ing recipe:-
Steamed cherry pudding may be made
by separating two eggs, and add to the
yolks a cup of milk; stir in one and a
halp cups Of flour n a tablespoonful of
butter melted; beat thoroughly and add
one rounding ~teaspoonful of baking pow
der. Stir in one cup of stoned cherries
well Toured, or a cup of seeded rasins,
or the same of currants, or you may sub
stitute blackberries for. currants; then
stir in the well-beaten white of one
egg, turn into a creased mould and steam
one and a half hours.
Get an Italian vase made of red clay
and soak it in water for a couple of
days. Then sprinkle t~imothy-grass seed
over all the outside, and in a week or
ten days the seed will sprout and grow
until the whole vase is covered with a
coat Of the loveliest, softest green mag
Unable. FIJI the vase with water as soon
as the seeds are sprinkled on the out
side and always keep it filed. also sprink-
ling the growing grass frequently. Put
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