The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-24
ideas for dMon1en.

There are any quantity of beautiful
toiIettes, but to me one OF the most
charming is a gown made OF ecru cam
brio, with garlands Of vine leaves ana
punches of grapes in white batiste
placed thereon. 1t is positively charming
and the beauty Of II all Is that it need
not be at all expensive, for the idea can
be utilized with any material desired
For those of us who are so fortunate
as to be able to regard the question OF
expense as comparatively unimportant
this same original and strikingly beauti-
full designs can be carried out in more
costly, though not more dainty, ma
terials. For instance, let the ground
work of the costume be of silk, with APP
plications of lace. An especially eftec-
tive arrangement of this sort has a
foundation of white tafeta silk, with
an iris pattern in black Chantiliy lace
anplioued on the skirt bodice
sleeves. The flowers appeared TO pc
thrown qcarelessly over the entire cos
tune. but were really placed with great
care in order to give the best artstic
effect. The materials were. in them
selves. so rich and decorative that the
only other trimming on the gown con-
sisted of two tiny frills of black taile'
which finished the bottom of the skirt.
Lace appears on all. our gowns TINS
vaar and II seems as if everyone should
be suited. for novel ways of arrange
ment are constantly appearing. the very
latest is to have the lace tied in knots
and placed on the dresses in such a way
as to completely trim them. One cos
tune, arranged after this style, was
made of batiste covered with mauve
gauze. the decoration being entireiy
composed of great Louis XVI knots OIL
lace. These knots are SO very large tnat
it requires only one to trim the front
OF the skirt, while two more are sum
cient for the sides and back. This is en-
tirely new. and for our fortunate sisters
who are tall. is a particularly graeeful
style.
There is such a wealth of beautiful
dresses to be seen that the great difl-
GUILTY is to choose from among them
Perhaps the palm should be given TO a
coral pink and white mousseline de sole
made over white silk and circled from
hin to hem with soft yellow insertions of
old Malines lace. The upper part OF the
body was softly bloused and caught In
at the waist with a betting of white
satin. trimmed very prettily with trans
verse lines of lace. The hat which was
worn with this lovely gown was made
of yellow straw. turned up boldly on
the left side. 1t was trimmed with white
gauze. white feathers and raised hlgn.
with a large black velvet rosette, CEN
tered by a small. artistic rhinestone
buckle.
One very pretty costume. made especiai-
" TO be worn at the races in New York,
was of white silk muslin, hand-painted
with punches of ~hydrangea and follage-
The soft mauve pink and blue green pc
culiar 10 these blossoms made the pref
test coloring imaginable. especially when
shown at its best by the waving sheen
of the silk material on which the flowers
were painted. The skirt fell softly and
separately from waist TO hem without
trimming of any sort, The corsage, in
blorsette style, was composed of two pam
els, back and front, handpainted with the
same blossoms, and very originally en-
framed with seroli-woFk lace Insertion of
white Chantilly. following closely the lines
of the figure. At the neck it formed a
shallow. arching yoke. descending on
either side with gradually narrowing eff
feet TO the waist, where It was confined
by white satin ribbon, gracefully tied in
a bow. The hat was entirely of white,
the material being white chip. and the
trimming white ostrich plumes-
Another really delightful dress was of
blue taffetas. entirely yelled with black
Chantilly net, and belted with blue satin
AT the neck was a large bow of fluffy
white tulle. which proved singularly be-
coming. The hat worn with this cos
J. tune was Of pale blue straw, in graceful
q ~ + = -~n- %-:1o-nA6 with hlank
tulle, lightly yelling the turquoise feath-
ers that s~urneunted 1t. The blue was of
just the right shade to be brought out by
the black net, and the whole effect was
excellent
The most recent addition to the sum-
mer girls outfit is a genuins n and
may really be said to fill a long felt
want 1t is apparently a ZAP that may
be worn as such On any occasion when
capes are desirable, but it possesses the
additional virtue of having sleeves when
sleeves are wanted. These sleeves are in
side, and are entirely hidden, when not
in use, by the lapels which decorate the
side fronts of the cape. For driving. fish
ing or cycling. or, In fact, for any out
of-door pursuit, where one needs to have
the use of ones arms and yet have them
protected from the elements, this cape
would be invaluable.
We are destined to wear ruffles or boas
or rucnes of some sort this season. vary
ing them in accordance with the degree
of ealorfc with which we are favored.
The chief difficulty is to decide just
what kline they shall be, but certainly
either of these two would be suitable for
most occasions. The first is a ruching
of black lisse with pendant ends of lace
and lisse IN a sort Of corkscrew appear
ance, which exactly resembles the ends
OF a feather boa. The second is Of white
lisse, worked all over in a pretty design
with lace braid stitches, having a couple
OF ends in front. This latter one would
be a good accompaniment to a white cap
made entirely of white ruching and nous
seline de soie-
In pale yellow dotted muslin a charming
gown was made with ruffles, each edged
with narrow Valeneiennes lace, and put
on to overlap one another from the waist
to the hem, says Harper's '.Bazar." The
waist was made tight-ftting in the back,
but in the front was loose and like a
blouse, and trimmed with marrow ruffles
edged with lace. AT the top of the sleeves
was a puff. but the lower part was shirred
In clusters of infinitesimal tueks and