The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-22

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to appreciate it after You have i tied.
This is the time when the ummer girl,
| not Paris, leads al the well-dressed world
/ BY a system of charming ehIeanery that
we may all depiore. but which. like float
ine thistle down. Yields its influence. after
| all. She is not a trustworthy authority in
matters of clothes, she is whimsical and
almost unfergivably Independent. but her
capacity for pretty invention in the de-
tails Of dress is ~undenlable, and It leads
to extravaganza.
For example. your truly well-set-up girl
at the seaside does not wear a gold, silver
or Gun metal chain about her neck. She
cares not if the metal thread IS strung
with Jewels as big as her thumb, and as
precious as the tomb of Maholnet. They
! are incidents in her past life, not to be re-
| called, and in their stead she wears an
| elastic ribbon. one-fourth OF an ineh wide.
black or white, and long enough to pass
around the neck, having two ends TO tuck
into her belt. A side slips over the rib
bon. a jeweled slide, very small; either a
wee square turquoise. in a gypsy setting.
or three inanitesinal diamonds set in a
row. BY aid of the slide a loop Of ribbon
is made to drop over the head, while to
one end Of the narrow silk reins is fasten-
ed a watch. to the other her smoked
sailing and driving glasses.
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Geneva bands or lawyers stocks are
the newest neckties on the market. The
Geneva band is a bit Of white muslin
loneliness. 1t passes twice around the
neck and then, by a twist of the wrist,
| it's crisp. clear. starched. w~edge-shaped
ends are drawn through the folds and
down on the chest. The lawyers stocks
| are only different in detail. No fripperies
| of lace or embroidery must ma the Sc
we're beauty of the Geneva bands. the
like of which Presbyterian ~clergymen
wear in the pulpit, and English, French
and German lawyers wear daily in the
courts. A dear little mode. that ten years
ago every woman wisely adopted. is now,
after a period of neglect, coming back to
us. That is the pretty practice of tying
a bit of black velvet about the neck
Threats never look so round and white
as when clasped by the dense black band
that simply laps over and pins at the
back. No pearls or white light Of dia-
mends gives half the ornamental effect
of this quaint device, and a number of
young girls wear, as did their mothers,
wee hearted-shaped lockets strung on the
velvet band.
1t is by no means for wom-
en- to wear masks when bathing or sail
ing, though such a practice is usually
confined to private beaches and boats.
where. according to the laws of good
breeding. it attracts neither attention
nor comment. Such masks are not,
either. a sign of vanity. To a Very
susceptible and tender skin sunburn is
one OF the most painful things in the
world. A single ocean dip or sail may
put the possessor OF such an epiderInis
into pain from which she may not re-
cover all summer long. For such SUI
fering not even the fact that sunburn
is now considered the height of fashion
can atone. The ability to sunburn to a
not too extreme degree is, by the way,
q sign of health. Only one whose skin
and blood are in good condition will thus
respond to midsummer exposure. When
you see a girl who neither tans nor red
dens under the SUMS rays you may know
that she is not in as good health as she
ought to be.
Fashion has arrived at a degree of
sweet reasonableness IN the matter of
skirt lengths that though it was not ex-
pected is none the less deeply appreciated.
If yGur dressmakeS does cut your gowns
two inches too leng in front and nearly
six inches in length behind your tailor al
lows plenty room for foot expansion at
the base of your duck linen, waterproof
serge AMI tweed skirts. He thinks nothing |
OF abbreviating your outdoor petticoats
clear to Your ankles, ard of course the
daintily footed women are all on his side.
Less well endowed girls and young ma
irons, though they have qualms as TO how
their number five pigskin covered eAtrem-
tiles may appear in this bold relief, enjoy
the suggestion of extreme youthfulness
that these brief skirts undoubtedly con-
vey.
A new edition of the shirt waist is just
out. 1t is made of anything You please
in the field of gingham, but a small
check seems preferred, and the collar is
made on the garment and of similar ma
terial to that employed in the body. A
high. straight band. closing up in front
characteristic. No tie of silk. satin.
lawn or lace encircles this neckhasd, q
long piece of the shirts material and
wide as your hand must be hemmed Oh
both edges; cut the ends in points and
edge them with a double ruffle that is
very narrow: tie this scarf in a four-in-
hand. and then all wearers of more gor-
geous neck decorations will wonder at
you, envy, and finally initiate. There is
a noticeable pr~edisposition among smart
women for avoiding the use of silk rib
| Of sailing, golfing, bicycling and even
walking skirts are so trimmed at the
waist line that a belt is unnecessary.
Either a cord or fixed strap or fold of
the skirts material serves the purpose of
a belt, having an overlapping tongue at
the rear to hide the hooks.
A table should be set to please the
eye as well as the appetite. Vision sure
III retards or whets the appetite, as the
case may be, Almost anything would
taste meter served on the newest table
cloth. 1t is made of the finest plain
linen and has an empire border in scroll
work or floral design. The border comes
around the edge of the table, and in
each corner of the cloth is a floral or
scroll design. This new style is made
up for round or square table and is ex-
ceedingly rich looking. The smart thing
in table linen by the yard has a
| cosmos and goldenrod design blended.
and is so exquisite in quality as to look
like white brocaded satin. Napkins to
| match are to be had. Some fashionable
| people are having their full name en-
broidered near the center of their table,
clothes, just where the centrepiece stops.
Those of best taste stick to small en-
broidered letters or monograms in one
corner.
The agility with which the little girls
| of the present generation climb trees and
| enter into the sports of their brothers at
the most tender age has led TO The intro
duction of a new overall" which GER
tainly appeals to the advocates Of ration
al dress. 1t is made Of strong linen or
holland, reaching from the ankles TO the
| arm pits, where it is kept in place by red