The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-20

had the ben&ft ofsfoaeign travea and have
aearmed' by actual Observation how marked
are their tonal defcieqcbes compared with
those of the average English woman.
The low round throaty tones, character
istic Of the woman OF ~ tight little
lsiste;;r are largely inherent, and are not
impaired as with us by climatic infu-
ences. But in spite of lack of early train
ing. of example and of the favorable eli
mate, we American women-whose boast
1t is that nothing rs too difficult for us to
accotnpIsh-may attain that chiefest
charm-a low. full voice.
First Of an our defects Is the pitch. We
usually speak as If our fnterlocutor were
a block or two away, and we talk through
the nose instead of with the throat.
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Enter a street car, for example, and lis
ten to the average voice of the average
woman-thin, high, grating. nasal-it ac-
tuatly repels the hearer! Why is it that a
woman with a beautiful voice attracts?
It is simply because she soothes our
nerves, instead of rasping them, and her
lightest word has a sympathetic charm
a charm we may all acquire II we will
but stop to listen to our own voice and
speech.
We are all busy nowadays with physi
cal culture; we count the day as worse
than lost If we miss our cold bath in the
morning and our ten-minute dumbbeH ex-
ercise afterward. And we wouldn't think
of going to bed without carefully wiping
off the days dust with cold cream, and
gently massaging the lines about the eyes
and mouth.
And quite right, tool But let US go one
step further-let us, so to speak, exercise
our vocal chords properly; let us oil our
speaking tones as well, and let us, above
am things, denasalize our voices! The
trouble will be found well worth while,
and the first time somebody says What
a charming voice Mrs. So-and-So has"
YOU will find more absolute comfort in
that compliment than in any you have
ever before received in the course OF your
whole existence; for roses and Hides fade,
bright eyes grow dim and the s~traightest
and gracefulest of figures in time grows
bent n feeble: but the charm of a low.
sweet voice win endure as long as life it
self lasts
Deliciously coquettish are the Empire
tea jackets, half fitted, rather long and
edged with a knife plating. The fronts
open to reveal a tight fitting waistcoat,
while a plating stands high about the
neck and frames the head piquantly.
The tight sleeves end at the elbows
with plaitings and inside frflls Of lace.
In white poplin such a model is very
dainty, the plaitings of orange MORE SILK
with fringed edges. The waistcoat is Oh
orange silk, with a lace scarf wound
about the throat, the ends jaboting I'M
der the chin.
Another empire tea jacket has a Wat
teau back and a rounded neck about
which Is laid a fiat lace collar in the
Charles I fashion. White gowns in cash
mere, face cloths, and broadcloth are
used extensively for house gowns, with
bright silk Innings.
One especially lovely broadcloth had
strips of lace insertion arranged verti-
cally all over it, the lace set its own width
apart on the bodice, tapering nicely at
the waistline. and then diverging toward
the hem of the gown. The coral silk lin
ing CLEANED through the lace, black silk
cords separating the entredeux from the
strips Of gray green cloth.
Miss Katharine Gordon Breed, of Chi
cage, is known to people the country
over as Gordon Breed, and is by many
supposed to be a man, though why tits
not possible to tell. except 1t be that
| some persons think superficial excellence
must necessarily be masculine. Miss
Breed is an artict In a way all her own.
She finds a lucrative field of employment
in c~oioring the slides used in st~ereopti-
o~uc tx forn~s1o 1oof11rcrS Tho r1ronaco
by. which she works is a secret one, pa
tented by her uncle, the Rev. DR.. David
r. Breed, of Pittsburg. 1t has met with
4 great favor, and Miss Breed is now doing
the most beautiful work produced by
John Z. S~toddard. Burton Holmes and
Others.
Very stylish French tailor costumes Of
Napoleon blue cloth have the jacket bod
ices trimmed with rows of fiat gold bull
lien and fastened with expensive buttons
Of blus and gold enamel. Other hand
some quits of this cloth have bolero
Jackets Of mink fur with centuries of
rich Persian Satin brocade that show
color blending of blue. olive, fawn brown
and gold. Suits of s.lver-blue cloth nave
vests of pale almond cloth braided or
striped with brown soutache and faster-
ed with gold and old bronze buttons.
Points of ~untarnfshed silver braid are
put, upon imported costumes of Russian
blue cloth trimmed with ch:nchiTla with
vests of cream satin triulmed la Bre-
ton. with silver gimp.
Yolks pointed or round will be fash
ionab1e again, but as heretofore, will be
only on the back, not on the front of the
waist. Inc there will not be so much
fullness in front and more slope at the
side seams; so that the garment will be
much trimmer and neater than that Of
last season.
Washing lists in etched leather show
a grinning Chinaman in pa5amas, pig.
tail and stubby shoes. uttering in decora-
tive Illumination his familiar dictum:-
N checkee, no washee." Which is moi
quite the height of realism that IL
reached in a cheese doiley with small
gray mice IN scampering haste embroi-
derd upon it.
Gold braid and gold and silver threads
are a telling feature of dress decoration
this season. and boleros and entire waists
are made of a cloth Of gold. Military
braid is employed for belts, with a gold
clasp in rocco designs. Gold effects ii