The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-12
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Every other woman sees has an
opinion about a winter hat. And every
shop seems to verify every opinion. There
are hats for everybody.
If you don't want a picture hat, a
turban is equally stylish. If your taste
runs to great hats. everything from a
Scotch bonnet to a Devonshire is at your
disposal.
Those who have considered the picture
hat worn by the Duchess of Devonshire
in her famous picture, a thing merely for
art and not for use, can buy. and wear
the same thing today and not be CONF
mented on-unless they wear it at III Z
play.
One style is noticeable by it's absence,
that is the tip-tilted affair that hid the
eyes and cut the nose of the extremists
who went in for them last year. In
truth. hats seem to be taking the OPP
posite direction this year. They are in
clined to show the forehead in all its nat
ural or acquired oval.
1t was hoped by the humane that the
workings of the Audubon Society would
have a measure of effect on bird wearing
this season-but brilliant plumage is
strongly in evidence.
A new development as trimming is
furnished by the owl. His head in "fuz-
zy' brown with solemn yellow eyes peers
over the narrow front brim of many
walking hats. The best milliners are us
ing the bird of wisdom-and asking an
unwise price for him. That woman had
best beware how she wears Minerva's
bird with carelessnesst 1t is the fitness
of things that she should have, at least,
the gift of silence if not of speech!
$50
Ospreys and aigrettes are not very much
used and the Audubons should give one
cheer of praise for this omission Eagles
wings are smart things for walking hats.
A woman of short stature had best be-
ware here also.
As for walking hats the style known as
the United States cavalry hat is shown by
the modish man milliners, these who
make. a speciality of the latest for the
woman who wants such
A clerk showed me one yesterday of
dark brown with a fiaring eagle quill and
1 said:-.Are you sure his is quite the
smart thing?"
ooh. yes. Mrs. Megargee Wright wears
one" was the answer in a fnality of tone
that left no room for argument. But who
would want to argue? Mrs. Wright is so
notably a well dressed woman that no
better inducement could ave been offer
ed to her customer. But l couldn't help
smilingt
This hat was brought out first at he
Wissahickon Horse Show. by Messrs.
John C. Groome. Edward Browning. VIII
liam Fotterill and those h go to make
up the coaching set They wound a Pug
garee scarf about the brim. tying it loose
ly at the side. From patriotic reasons
the Indian sash doesn't fit with the cav
airy hat and the eagles quill, but it soft
ems the -sternness. Now hat the men
have set the fashion, modish women will
follow. However, it is rather well recog-
nized that nothing fits so aptly with the
trig tailor frock-even if it costs $50 or
SO than the Alpine hat in its various
phases.
A trimmed morning hat is not consid-
cred good form by the well dressed
woman.
Fancy runs riot in large hat. I saw
Gle royal purple velvet, trimmed pro
fusely but artistieally with yellow plum
age. streaked with black, held in place
with cut steel buckles.
Black velvet is the pride of the seasons
millinery. though. Great black hats with
stiff little Puritan crowns and two or
six great long ostrich plumes that cost
from S. to SO a piece. If you have your
own plumes-well, you are in luck
One of the favored wodels has g fiat.
large crown. with widely rolling brims.
From a buckle in the centre flow two
gerat plumes that curl over thec collar at
the back.
Black picture hats with white plumes
are also favored, but nowhere is seen the
formerly ubiquitous bunch of violets or
red roses.
Wear nothing under the corsets but a
silk or lisle-thread knitted vest, advises
..Harper's Bazaar, Over the vest put on
the drawers as smoothly fitted to the hips
as possible, all fulness drawn back, with
the yoke edge below the waist line. Moth
ing else belongs under corsets.
With a pair of long silk laees lace in
the usual way, but will the draw-holes a
little lower han the belt line. Open out
the lacings to their utmost stretch, even
all the length of back. Take q rough
Turkish towel, double, and hold one end
by the chin pressed against the breast, so
that the towel hangs doubled over the
front of the body, almost to knees. Hook
4he corsets loosely around the body with
the towel inside.
Begin slowly at the bottom to draw in
the laces. Stop, bend forward, pull the
bottom of corsets down with one hand,
at the same time pull the towel slowly up
with the other for a space of a few inches
then draw a little tighter the bottom of
the laeing.
Bend forward and draw up the towel
while pulling down c~orsets, first on one
side, then on the other. Work the hips
into place by twisting to right and left.
In this way draw up the towel while
Tightening the laces from bottom up.
When the towel is drawn out pull the
laees taut, tie firmly either at back or
crossed and drawn to the front and tied
under one edge of busk. The back open
irg must present a slender V-shape,
meeting at the bottom. Don't wear a
corset cover except when it is fully
boned as a blouse lining.
The upper skirt should not have a band,
but be fatty fitted to the hips; a small
hook on the Dusk prevents the skirts
from riding up in front. Except for
slender figures / advise the under skirt
basted to the lower edge of corsets. I
do not think that a few hours of tight
corsets put on in this way can injure a
woman if there is no dragging weight at
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