The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-06-23
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= camera GIT mas not died, She has
multiplied. The warm days sec her out
In glory. At Bryn Mawr. Devon, valley
Forge, all the lovely suburban spots. one
tumbles over her kind everywhere.
The camera girl hasn't any specially
distinctive characteristic about her. I'M
less 1t IS the air Of inquisitiveness, which
she naturally acquires in her search for
victims" She is generally up to date
In her appearance-so much SO that it is
SAFE to follow her style in outing suits.
The camera girl whom our artist nsapped
this week at Devon. taking ii shots
herself of the horse show. wears the most
fetching shirt waist. It is made of a
linen batiste that has recently been put
on the market.
IT has fine, black lines that form a
crossbar pattern and is interspersed here
and there with silk polka dots in pinks,
blues, lavenders and other dainty hues.
II is very expensive, sbeirg ninety-fve
cents a yard, but it has sold enormously
tfor waists to be worn during the expected
lot weather. being at once cool, dressy
nd serviceable. Al silk waist in some
retty color is very usefulst to take the
a of lining for all sorts of thin waists.
Being made separately. it can be worn.
under any waist. China silk is the best
material to use for this purpose, as it
washes well and is thin end cool. How
ever. on very hot days, the lining will be
discarded and the. hin waist worn with
the thihnest sort of corset cover.
Plaid is introduced into every possible
article of dress. 1t appears in belts, in
ties and ever stockings. The really chic
combination is a plaid belt and tic with
plaid hat band or hat trimming of plaid
silk knotted around a pair of wings.
If there is a Jacket, a plaid silk waist
with white collar and bow tie is correct.
Most of the jackets for outing suits
are trimmed either with braid or with
scroll patterns in contrasting colors.
There are a few blazers among the made
up summer suits, but they are not made
With fun backs, being finished off with
coat tabs and buttons. Plain linen will
not be as much Ola favorite as last year.
Crash is preferrsd. or else a figured or
twilled linen. The blazer jackets are
trimmed with braid which forms frog
fastenings in front and edges the ackets.
Skirts have a braid trimming to bar
monte with that on the blazer. is
sewed down the four front seams, stop
ping at the top of the five inch hem. For
skirt trimming, a crinkled or scalloped
braid is preferred, but the jacket has
plain. silk braid. Blazer jackets run to
decided points at the bottom of the fronts
and should be starched stiff when laun-
dered.
One of the prettiest crash suits I have
seen was made with an Elton jacket that
reached to the skirt band In the back
and far d open in front. 1t was trim
med with light blue. which formed the
revers and collar. These in turn were
trimmed with scroll patterns of the
crash. The cuffs were made in the same
way.
White serge of a very coarse will Is
a great favorite for summer outing
suits A pretty dress with a waist that
is half blouse and half Jacket and yet
extremely simple is on its way to Bar
Harbor now. The skirt is plain, but the
bodice is rimmed with a twisted silk
cord with a touch of tan in it. The bod
Ice has a pouch front and is gathered
under a girdle of green silk that fas-
tens in front with a gold buckle. It fas-
tens invisibly straight up the front and
then turns back in revers and collar
that are edged with silk cord. Frogs Of
braid-two pairs of them-simulate a
fastening, but the Jacket is really hook
ed together underneath. Al chemisette is
worn to fill in the neck.
Piuue vests are very fashionable for
those who wear blazer jackets, or Etons
that reach the belt in the back. Al sug-
gestion Se useful right here as to
the proper way I'd fix an Elton jacket to
prevent its slipping up and wrinkling
across the back. 1t is merely to sew a
hook on he jacket and an eye on the
skirt banda practice which enough peo-
pie neglect to make it worth while to
mention it.
There is a new kind Of pique on the
market which makes very stunning OUT
ing suits. 1t comes in solid reds or blues
with white polka dots. It is prettiest
when made up with white braid and a
plain white pique vest.
The sailor blouse is a great favorfte
with the makers of summer suits. II
is not very full n reaches almost to
the neck where it turns back in lapels
and narrow collar, but, paradoxicalIy
enough, it has not the sailor collar. All
sorts of waists are made with pouch
fronts. If the front is of different mate
rial from that of the rest of the dress,
it usually has a bolero trimming also.
Soft, white, pleated mousseline makes
the prettiest fronts and lace the dainti-
est boleros.
Leather is a favorite trimming for
outing n travelling costumes.
Feathers and flowers are combined in
discriminatory in the trimming of sum-
mer hats. We have had a surfeit of
lowers. in the past year, and there has
been an effort to substitute wings and
feathers in their place, but, hanks to
the Audubon societiest there are not
many aigrettes.
Parasols have parallel stripes running
around the end, with plain borders
about six inches wide in solid colors
around the edge. One of the latest 0
elites is a parasol Of good tinsel veiled
with clinton and trimmed with a knot
of gold cloth ribbon.
At a recent luncheon. the chicken salad
was both delicious and especially artistic.
It was served upon a large chop platter
with a gold edge, thus making a pretty
color contrast with the small greanish
white leaves OF lettuce which formed the
outer circle. inside the lettuce was a
lining of clear amber chicken jelly stand
ing an inch high. The salad, made Of