The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-24

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tablished fact-serious one and must
be regarded as such. If neglected, it is
not only going to make you pretty
wretched now, but 1t is going to impair
your strength when the heat of summer
reaches US. Every woman should ex-
anime her conscience In the regard with
out delay. Is she giving her constitution
what it needsEgood exercise? Take the
example of the college students. They
have opened up practice for base bali
already. They claim they can put through
a tremendous lot of good study in three
hours. after an afternoons ard outdoor
practice.
Tiny edgings are sold to both the dress
and millinery trades, a. nothing is left
with an untrimmed edge nowadays. Lace
and floral patternsabound in jet, with the
usual cut and oat beads and cabochons
| combined.
The corsage garnitures are legion, as
silk, grenadine, etarnine and fancy wooden
gowns are all ornamental with them.
They are entirely of jet or jet on a net or
mousseline foundation.
These are revers and girdie pieces, COM
bined Grecque bodices, many forms of bod
ices cross the lower part of the front only,
yokes, including epaulettes. and boleros
without number.
The latter are no longer called a high
novelty, but are the fad of the season,
and surpass all other garnitures in variety.
Exquisite pearl designe are in white and
light tints, including the boleros. revers,
girdles and lovely skirt panels.
These are also on white mousseline en-
broideded with pearl, crystal and tinted eff
fects for front and side skirt panels,
boleros, etc.
Black grounds are brought out in the
same manner, showing brilliant colors, a
mixture of gold and silk.
Silk embroidered bands in applique are
in black, white and charming colors of
| differ emit widths. with one or two straight
edges. or both will be irregular.
Mousseline bands embroidered in colors
show colored monotone effects, and are
worn on silk or mousseline gowns.
Ecru tulle, embroidered In colored beads
and silk and black tulle, with ecru APP
! pIiques, are selling according to the
European letters of this issue.
Imitation mother-of-pearl is used with
strass of colored stones for buckles, pins,
cabochons, etc. Beaded scales form
narrow galloons, and large beaded loops
are worn on waists and capes.
Gold or steel and black are combined
in galloons of various widths. Lyons is
producing soft silks beaded for vests,
boleros and girdles.
h fad of the present day is soleil, or
sun, plating, which is applied to skirts
of silk, cotton and wooden fabrics, al
though when of cotton the plaits do not
retain their folds as we'll These plaits
differ from accordion plating inasmuch
as they widen toward the lower edge,
the skirt being cut in a perfect circle.
One measuring ten yards at the lower
edge is only forty-eight inches wide at
the waist line.
1t is probably a question of interest
with most women as to how Mrs. Hun
gerford took her nom de plume of "The
Duchess" "Bab'' explains it in a con-
yersation she had with her. Mrs. Hun
gerford said
MANY years ago. just at the time
was writing Phyllis I stopped work
for awhile and went to attend a tea al
the home of one of my most intimate
friends: Just as l was going to enter
the. drawing room my host saw me, cam
/ forward. waved the footman way and
himself announced me to the guests
as:-
" Her Grace, the Duchess
HE said this with great solemnity
and as all of us knew each other well
there was a great deal of laughter ant
fun about it. Then somebody took i
up and said that the title well became
me-. because 1 am exactly five feet. ant
at that time was very slender. 1t wa!
probably foolish. very frivolous, but W,
were light hearted, all young together
and a laugh seemed the very best thins
that could happen us. So this name wal
put on the first sheets of Phyllis ant
these sheets were sent across the water
where, funnily enough, II am known b,
my title. though in England it is no
used n not recognized.
Very explicit and admirable direction
were given in these columns a week 0
two ago as to the modus operandi o
AitxuC ICASf1ltOll VI SOltcQs gloves. 80
The following, although apparentl
much less thorough, as regards the sam
operation. has stood the test of actua
and repeated trial, and has been foun
to be precisely as good as that adopte,
by the professional cleaner, it does nc
make the gloves at all stiff and unpliablt
and it works equally well with eithe
suede or dressed kid. Dc not use ben
zine but buy naphtha
Put the glove into a FOWL and pour til
fluid on it., Squeezing it up In the han
and seeing that every part is thorough
wet; so long as this is accomplished, nc
a great deal of naptha need be uses
Three or four tablespoonfuls have bee
I. made to clean a pair of gloves.
!. Lay the wet glove on a clean cloth an
use another for the rubbing which shoul
be gently continued until the glove
dry, using fresh parts of the cloth as
becomes soiled, and not neglecting an
portion Of the kid surface, or there wi
be streaks to show for this oversight.
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