The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-24
ideas For 1Mnnuem.

Few wisa deny that the up-to-date shirt
waists IN beauty and variety of colorine
rival the flowers h a bloom in the spring.
From pure white swiss they n to many
hued ginghams, and from the finest or
CANDIES to silks of richest quality. Indeed
the wardrobe of the summer girl which
does nor boast at least a dozen of those
useful garments, win be voted singularly
incomplete as the shtrs waist will be in
evidence everywhere. For bicycling 1t
goes without saying that it Is the finish
ing touch to neat Httle Jacket and skirt:
for golf it is IN absolute necessity. Civ
ing, as 1t does. free play to the arms, and
being easily changed when the game is
over. while for the promenade 1t will, as
of yorc, figure prominently in the fetch
ing costume of the tailor-made girl. who
VIII also affect the silk shirt for travel
ing and the one-day shopping excursion to
town.
The newest are made with the deep
pointed yoke back and front. a style par
ticularly becoming to slender figures, as
the fullness begins at the bust line and
so a~ccentuates the roundness of the fig
nre.
For the maiden of stouter proportions
the vertical inch wide box-plates are pref
t, or tucAs running iengthwise and
grouped in small buuches viii ais be
found effective.
But whatever the style of making, or
the material chosen there is one fixed
rule:-cufs and collars are invariably
white, and are made detachable. adding
much to the comfor and service of the
garment. With the high linen collar will
be worn the string necktie of black satin
or of brilliant plaid silk; or. If the wearer
have a prediction for znannish attire,
she Will aHect a black satin Ascot. tied,
mark you, by her own fair fingers. as a
ready-made affair win be as bad form
for the up-to-date maiden as it is for
her fastidious brother. The high linen
collar with he alI-rennd turned-down edge
. looks best when worn with the wide rib
bon stock. encircsing the throat twice and
tied in a stiff l.ttle crayat bow in front.
For the diaphanous organdie or Swiss
shirt waist tine prettiest finish at the
throat is the stock of bias taffeta silk
wound twice around and ending in the
stylish four-in-hand knot in the front.
Belts to be worn with the shirt waist
are legion. and range from the simplest
leather strap to the most elaborate Jew
eled girdle. For everyday wear the mar
row black suede belt, with a small buckle
is serv.ceable, or one of scarlet morocco
is effective when worn with a satin string
tie of the same ~sanguinary hue
The strictly tailor-made young woman
firmly declines to wear any but a man
built shirt. consequently she has hers
made to order, choosing madras or pure
white linen for the material; she pays
of course. just double the price asked for
the same garment ready-made In the
shops, but she imaginese there Is a diff
ference. and SO consoles herself for the
outlay of money, but to- the casual OBJ
server the boosted difference is not cas-
ily perceptible, as the s1.3 shirt waist,
when properly htted and neatly beited--
aye. there's the rub looks quite as trig
and trim as does the made-to-oriar
creation, which may have cost just four
times that amount
Ask a woman how she feels these days
and in nine cases out of ten she VIII an
swer: Miserable. my dear l hardly
know what it is. but there's something
awfully wrong somewhere. My brain
feels clogged and work Is a thorough
nan when it isn't a real impossible
fty. A month ago I could do in two hours
the work thai now drags through FIX.
I am dreadfnlly run down. That's the
amount of it 1 must have some medi-
cine In point of fact, she isn't run
dow at ALL. No medicine is needed, ex-
cept the natural tonic of healthy out-of-
door exercise
The dullness of which every woman
tshas a touch this month doesn't come
from microbic- condition of the gray mat
ter, from a tendency to typhoid or any
other dreadful malady- It is just the
seasonr+the young demonstrating itself
and calling each human being to ''come
out; into the light of things. Let nature
be your teacher
At other seasons of the year out-of-
door exercise is good. At this season 1t
is Imperative. The birds are migrating
-moving-about this time The sap is
leaping in the tree. The grass is push
ing upward nature is moving.
I have a bright, young English friend
who came to America last November.
I wish you could see her working off the
Spring fever. Every spare moment is
spent in ramps wheeling, dumb bell ex-
ercise and other things galore.
st am afraid ] don't understand YOU
Americans very we'll" she said yester-
day, with a puzzled look. AT home we
go in for something like athletic train
ing This time of the year. We hav to 4
we want to keep well. Blu American
women seem TO u themselves up as
much, If not more. than In the winter
They seem to suffer ~dreadfully from las
situde, bad appetites and headaches
which come in the spring. Instead o.
half living in the open air as we do a
home, they take a lot Of medicine. De
very little work and suffer. HEAVIER
knows what, to get that little done. oul
plan Is best, really"
OF course the English girls plan il
best, because 1t has reason upon 1T
side and follows natures lead.
It is an odd fact, too. that in the coun
try and in country towns. where open
air trarnps would seem a thorough de
light, where the charm of the afr ant
landscape ought to tempt a woman GU
Of doors for three hours zach day a