The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-28
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Tailor-made suits and gowns are sharing
with the millinery departments the atten-
tion of the fan shoppers The state OF
the weather is not the only thing THAI is
making these garments attractive just
now. Their matersals and prices render
them very desirable.
The number OF people in the suit de-
partments every day testify to the truth
of this fact.s Ashley enter the room they
can begin by looking at cneviot suits In
black and navy blue. The silk-lined suits
OF this sort are marked So and SIS. A
checked taffeta lining in one OF these
suits has a very pleasing appearance and
makes the dress worth SIS. In the Scotch
eheviots there are plaid stuffs with satin
lined jackets for SIT. and suits whose
seams are all strapped for Se1. The covert
cloths, too. are numerous among the
stock. One very pretty suit of striped
blue covert cloth was marked SIS. The
Jacket was lined with satin and the skirt
had a camhrie lining. Some plaid poplin
skirts held a noticeable place among the
suits and looked serviceable and good
for $3.50.
The skirts of all the suits are cut much
as they were last fall. but they are not
SO wide. -Four yards is the limit in
width. The coats. too. are longer and
most Of the trimming and braiding on a
suit is found on them. This is especially
true of the Prussian blouses. But there
were few of these found except in the
imported tailor gowns.
Another Of the firms had a large line
Of suits with blouses and declared that
they were the most popular as well as
the most becoming suits sold by them
One suit made of green hop seeking
with a braided jacket having a double
row of buttons down the front they
offered for SIS. 1t had a taffeta lined
Jacket.
Another Russian blouse suit of mixed
cloth. having a silk lined jacket, was
priced SIS. Its double with a silk lining
throughout cost SIS.
A style of suit that is closely akin to
the Russian blouse was exhibited by the
same firm. This. however, had a fly front
and the loose back was belted in to make
it nit closely at the waist. In the novelty
cloth a silk-lined suit of this style cost s35.
The Prussian blouses are also made in
to double breasted jackets, which are
generally braided in some way. These
come in the. better and higher priced line
of suits. One of gray tweed cost $40; an
other one s3s.
A firm on Market street shows an
especially good line of suits in coyerts
and whip cords. The shades of their
fail suits are all in tanz and browns and
grays.
A whipeord with check silk lining was
szz.5a; another. whose jacket alone was
lined with silk, was marked $17.50-
The heavy Scotch eheviot. siIk-Iined,
jacket. cost s2a
Many of these whipcords and mixed
suits a jacket Innings of Roman striped
silk The effect was very gay. But in
most of the suits the silk Innings are quiet
in color and the jackets and skirts are
lined with the same shade.
School frocks are a most, perhaps the
most important factor in a girls ward
robe, and they must be iladc ~ S,o.i SER
vieeabie material thzt will stand he hard
service Of daily wear. says "Harper's
Bazaar A good plan is to start with
two. so that they can be worn alternate
ly; and. II need be, more can be added af-
ter the Christmas holidays. 1t is a most
foolish plan to accumulate many frocks
for any young girl; far better to buy
them wheh needed. Scotch plaids are
rampant this season. and come in several
different materials. all of which are smart
and servieeabie. To begin with there is
the regular all wool Scotch plaid; then
there is the silk and wool. the poplin and
the silks. For school wear the first is
the best, and the darker plaids are to be
strongly advocated. A frock made all of
plaid is sometimes unbeeoming. and when
this is the case 1T is well to use with it
some plain goodsEerge or cancels hair
green. blue or red. One smart design
has a round yoke, sleeves and belt of
plaIn green trimmed with rows of mohair
braid a quarter below the yoke. and hangs
In blouse effect over the belt. The skirt
of this frock is made with gored front
and straight sides and back. Another
plaid frock has a deep pointed collar of
dark blue edged WITH a paid ribbon-the
same plaid as the frock; the collar is so
deep that the points come to the belt in
the baek and front. There is a sash of
blue kaotted loosely, with the ends left
long enough to fall to the hem of the
skirt, and there are also pointed cuffs.
The skirt is gathered all around on this
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ten.
Plain rough serge trimmed with plaid
is also fashionable for school frocks, and
is thought 10 be more becoming a pref
ty design Is in dark blue, with a full
sleeveless waist of green and blue plaid
cut over the shoulders and showing a
yoke of the blue. The sleeves are Of the
blue TO match the yoke n skirt. and the
Only other plaid is a band around the
skirt. Another style which is attractive
is of dark blue serge with skirt trimmed
with four rows Of black braid. The. skirt
is gored all around. The waist is like a
blouse, and opens in front to show a full
vest of scarlet selset; on either side OF
the front are small gilt buttons. and a
laeinS of black silk cord fastcns around
them and hoMs The fronts together. The
waist has a stock-coilar and belt of the
scarlet velvet.
DIR. Simon. writing in the tHygienic
Magazine says that he considers that
the bicycle AZ present SURPRISES all other
popular methods of taking exercise, and
Should therefore be an important means
Of promoting the present and future
health of children. but believes that some
restrictions are in order to prevent defeat
of this purpose. He pronounces strong
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