The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-03
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sum required for a really good silk I'M
derskirt or the material for one. But
then, it is one of those apparent extrava-
gances which repays tenfold.l +
Yesterday, in a little tour of our shops,
says the Philadelphia Press / en-
tered into the question Of winter I'M
derskirts. l saw charming affairs in shot
silks and stripes from IS. to $50. The
higher prices related to imported skirts.
/ found a very smart French article in
duh red color, shot with gold, at slf. 1t
had a half yard ruffle in thessame goods.
capped with a narrow filling in black,
which impaired a very chic effect. Two
ruffies, mounted in back, from the bot
tom of the skirt to the waist line-a new
French scheme toward the proper adjust
ment of the new and narrow dress skirt,
A number of the French petticoats in
stripes were trimmed with heavy f1oun-
ces OF black lace. hut in the majority sim
pie ruffles of the goods seemed the favor
tie idea. Even as low as IS l saw very
trim and very excellent skirts.
A raw material for u~nderskirts, which
seems TO grow in popularity. is wool mo-
reen. 1t can be had IN both checks and
stripes-dark. These are trimmed with ruff
fies of their own material or whit silk
f1ounces. Silk moreen. which is better still
comes higher. l saw excellent skirts of
silk moreen at Sc and 81.
Flowered silks are a French novelty
noted here and there. Most of these are
designed for evening wear-or in any case
to accompany house gowns. The floral
figuring is large and prominent, when to
this are added two half-yard fiounces OF
white or yellow lace and rosettes, or bows
of ribbon. 1t is hard to realize that the
nuffy creation is intended to be worn
under another skirt. These varieties vary
so much in price, according to the grade
of silk n lace. that 1t is difficult to
name the prices. All, however, are above
the S12 mark.
Sateen skirts are on the market at
many prices. But these are not articles
which one would advise a friend to buy.
Unless lined with some clinging material
they clog the limbs badly in walking.
I wonder If many women have known
the satisfaction which lies in a couple of
good seersucker underskirts with gener-
Gus rulings of like material. They are
most serviceable for street or office wear
and do not require the constant launder-
ing of a white skirt.
AS to prices-the shot silk for your silk
skirt comes at 81, per yard and is forty
two inches in width. Wool moreen is at
65 cents a yard. Five yards are required
for an ordinary skirt-less if your ruffling
be in silk. S~eersucker. in pretty stripes,
10 cents the yard.
ssFrom the time the world began there
has probably never been any race char
acteristics more intensely vital than those
resulting from the founding of Plymouth
colony" writes Ella Morris Kretschmar in
the November .sWoman's Home Compan-
fcn." To-day there is not a nook or cor
ner in our land that does not in some de-
gree reflect the influence.
New England household customs were
an addenda to New England religion, and
once established were observed with great
preciseness. The celebration of Thanks
giving. instituted in true thankfulness.
and therefore intensely significant, was
studied In its every detail with a degree
of earnestness and interest which we to-
day can scarcely understand. The best
the new land afforded was of course in
evidence grateful display made in hon
est pride. What wonders after comforts
had multiplied, limitations given way to
Injuries, that the features of the original
feast should be reproduced. the customs
of the day re-enacted in the spirit, half
reverential, half festive, that now marks
the occasion?
eve Americans are not given to senti-
ment. AS a people we have been forced
to be altogether practical; but alasl that
the practical should have crowded the
picturesque out of our lives. Recognizing
that this is the fact. let us, when occasion
warrants, do our utmost to encourage
the growth of that tender young plant,
American tradition. Thanks to the des-
cendants of the New Highlander, every
village has it's quota of enthusiasts. But
why should we not all celebrate our yari-
Gus national days? Such things give color,
warmth, interest, to life. detract from our
national nervousness, and break the aw-
full monotony of business, domestic and
ordinary social routine.
1--WE really are patriots, all of us, as a
call to arms to defend our land would
quickly prove. But why wait for an in
vading foe to remember that we are loyal
Americans? Why regard the Fourth of
July as a bore? Why, If we do celebrate
to please the children. do we do it per-
functorily. without enthusiasm? 1t is not
undignifed to be interested in such mat
ters. The heart that does not swell to
an occasional Jubliate, that is not some
times stirred by sentiments involving no
personal or material interest, is but a
dull, sapless organ
"Let US try TO give real welcome to this
end-of-the-century Thanksgiving: though
we skip the long service and sermon of
our forefathers' day, let US make it a
genuine festival, revive the old feast, the
old spirit, with all the enthusiasm we can
muster. Let us gather the kim to share
our cheer, nor forget the homeless friend
who might otherwise find the day sad and
irksome. One cannot force hilarity, but
given the occasion and condition for max
ing merry, it needs but a willing spirit to
fall into line"
The smartest of gowns this season, un-
less it have smart neckwear TO combine
with it, is null and void. Luckily most
charming creations are coming at reason
able rates. and one can be set out well
in fuffs and frills within a five dollar
limit. This either by work at home or by
culling in the shops.
Are you generously supplied with the
long scarfs of the moment, which ruche
the neck or the coat collar SO prettily