The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-21

| the belt, with a ~blue-and-silver band and
a white binding to the visor. Gloves TO
go exclusively with this costume are
| loose-wristed affairs of white wash leath-
er. stitched with dark blue. Truly a
fetching garb for sailing on summer
| seas"
There is no reason why a family bath
house should be the uncomfortable af-
fair 1t is too often. There should be one
if not two shelves provided where the
feminine bather can deposit belts. cravat
hat and chatelaine bag and other ar
ticles which cannot conveniently be
hung up. Let there be plenty of pegs
a dozen is not too many. A small shelf
lower down should be placed Immediately
! below the looking glass to accommodate
hairpins and combs. The bathhouse
should be wide enough to allow the en-
trance of a dripping mermaid without inn
mediately drenching the hanging pegsful
of clothes on the wall, before the nymph
has time to divest herself of the damp
raiment.
The upper shelf of the bathhouse should
be placed directly over the bench on which
one sits TO button ones shoes. Care
should be taken to make it high enough
not to strike the head of the person
seated beneath and struggling with shoes
Inc stockings.
Where private lighthouses are used, one
finds a bucket of warm water waiting, in
stead of the customary pailful of cold
water.
A great many people find more enjoy
ment in sitting down on the sands than
in staying in the pavilions or on the
benches on the high board walk. Conse-
quently at the shore resorts f~requented
by cottagers one sees more and more lit
tie ~cotertes of awninged spaces-little
tents for private individuals. The gay
colored striped awnings look pretty, with
their upright post and sloping sides Sc
cured with tent pegs. But for eye-com-
fort there is nothing equal to the tent of
dark ~blueish-green duck. The happy
Individual whose bench or wheeled
chair is set inside O deep green tent,
finds the glare from the white sands en-
tirely cut off. The effect is much the
same as If one wore dark glasses n
carried an umbrella. There is no daz-
cling reflection to strain the eye. Here
one ear read in peace-an operation
which, conducted out-of-doors, is a Sc
we're strain on weak eyes. The owner
of the tent usually has his name on
one side. Sometimes there is also a
printed intimation kindly notice that
this is private" Five widths of the
dark green duck are used for these beach
tents.
Walking costumes are built up very sim
ply. The round skirt, hardly touching
the ground. is made with the least pos
siole fullness at the foot and none at all
on the hips, the plaits or gathers being
all drawn to the centre of the back.
These skirts are invariably lined with
silk, nothing equaling it in lightness and
durability.
Some skirts have their centre front
breadth cut as a panel and bordered on
either side with velvet or passementerie
of the same shade as the dress or of a
darker shade. Others have several
straight rows of narrow trimming en-
circling the hips and continuing half way
up the bodice; tucks arranged in this
style are very becoming to a slender fig
ure. In this case the dress is worn with
out a waist belt, and cut in the princess
fashion, the same trimming being. of
course. repeated on the sleeves, which
are tight fitting, with jockeys or epau-
lettes on the shoulders.
One, of lavender-blue ladies cloth, has
a broad galloon of a deeper shade, with
a few gold threads intermingled on the
hem; this also is a princess dress and is
opened on the right side, about fifteen
inches below the waist, the opening con-
tinuing up the bodice and being hidden
by a galloon similar to that on the hem.
The corsage is cut square, and low in
front, having an inner plastron of blue
velvet. The narrow sleeves have broad
epaulettes. forming capes.
When the dress is not of the princess
form it has. as a rule, an open corsage,
and is enlivened by a chemisette of
surah. corah or muslin.
A dressing sacque that is very pretty
and not expensive is made of pale blue
batiste and white lace insertion. The in
sertion sewed on down each side of the
front, with a full cascade of batiste
edged with lace, and the sleeves are
trimmed to match the body, with a large
bow of ribbon of pale blue satin on
each shoulder. The collar, made of
batiste, frills edged with lace, finishes
the bottom of this dainty sacque. They
are made of pale blue, pink, lilac, pale
green, white or straw color. They are
fluffy made UP, and look dainty and
fresh for the morning. Breakfast gowns
for the summer may be a as simple
or elaborate as one may wish, but these
dainty sheer little dressing Jackets are
seen for a small breakfast at home, or
for a private dining room of a hotel,
when only intimates are to be met. The
skirt is often made to match, but more
of a skirt of a contrasting color is worn
with them.
A beautiful Scotch Bingham frock for
the morning is in plaided black, green and
old rose. A belt tying in a bow at the
left side and a stock are of old-rose vel
vet. and all around the full waist are four
rows of fine white Swiss Insertion The
blouse closes at the left side-a novel and
pleasing feature-and the Joined edge is
covered with a strip of insertion. At the
wrist of the leg-of-mutton sleeve and on
the three shoulder ruffles are edgings OF
the Swiss, and two lows down and around
the ve-gore skirt give a pretty panel
effect. A green satin-straw shade hat has
green satin ribbon loops. two black tips
and a bunch Of wild roses, and above this
mass of millinery prettiness will be held a