The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-19
or SO, says the Philadelphia Press.

this year for summer urapefteS, anu tiey
are expensive, too. Among those for bed
rooms are squares having small figures
on a delicate ground that is either gray
or pale cream. The figures are in sub
dued colors, the borders only being bright
Manchester cottons are more closely
woven. but have the same patterns and
borders. They are charming couch
covers. Farruckabad prints come in pat
terms much like the challie or oId-fash-
Toned delaines. Some of the F~arruckabad
prints look very Oriental.
Race cloths have more body and show
holder patterns. They also have borders
and are stout enough to be used for por-
there's.
The Geypore cloth a knotty, chenille
looking material, is pretty for a summer
morning room or sitting room. Its fresh
est patterns come in grass green or blue
cloth with a touch of strawberry red and
duh yellow. When this material IS used,
a curtain of ordinary white ruslin is put
next to the window.
Turkish Gharga drapery will be found
useful in fitting up a Turkish room. II
is all cotton, but worked in angles and
zigzags of parti-colored embroidery, the
curly designs n centres of the figures
being set off with bits Of mica or reflect
ing glass, ringed about with oyer-stitch-
ing of flash silk.
The Hutch cloths and borderings are
particularly pretty for Ivan. head rest
and sofa pillows. These Hutch cloths are
bordered over in coarse cotton threads
that are soft and fiossy.
Some of the most effective designs IN
the French and English cretonnes have
a decidedly Japanese air. One OF these is
the Hi Kari, much used for bedroom
hangings and draperies. 1t is printed IN
shades of blue, green, yellow, red ana
gold. and shows a broad, close row OF
small blossoms, all exactly alike, growing
in a sort of well pruned hedge, appar-
antly. Above these blossoms is a straight
prim row of larger lowers, their yellow
heads supported by slim, green stems
without buds or leaves. Yet above this Is
a poppy tree, an Aubrey Beardsiey poppy
tree, the big heavy lower weighing
down the stems until the whole plant
bends like q candelabra, the puds
branching out at each side like little red
and yellow lights.
Another design, which ZONES in tones OF
bronze. terra-cotta, blue and gold, shows
big full blown peoples set far apart, the
intervening spaces filed by tightly closed
buds and serpentine stems. The hydran-
rea is very pretty. showing the pink and
blue flower in great natural looking clust-
ers against a background OF tonnage. "A
design much used for curtains and draper
les is the floral pyramid showing
clusters of curious lilies arranged IN pyrd-
mids, their stems forming a lattice WORE
through which other softly tinted bios
SONS can be seen. All of these eretonnes
are imported, and range in prices from z
cents to 70 cents a yard. They r y
inches wide.
Beautiful pieces of rich brocade, suita-
BILE for couch covers, upholstery, SOFA
| pillows or window draperies, are shcwi
In the high class shops at reduced prices
In spite of the war, new silks and new
designs are being bought for the tai
! trade and surplus stock is thus beng as
posed of to make room for the new goods
| Some of the silks are exquisite. me re
| plicas of very old styles such as the or
| nate vase and lower PATTERN ana tne
! dainty .~'shepherdess and trelhs" design
will not go out of fashion for many
long day and simply by right of old agf
have an air of distinction. The groune
| of most of the fine broeades for draperies
and furniture coverings is in some shade
| of cream. gold or buff. SheeHy fabrics
| threaded with cleaning bullion remino
one of the robes of kings and queens II
| fairy tales. Silver flowers on a white
| satin ground make a charming effect. Ons
| ornamental fabric was divided into Ear
| row stripes of MORE and satin, the iattel
| embroidered with tiny bouquets of brigh
| tinted flowers. White grounds, viii
large light. set scrolls in odd shapes o.
| blue. pink or purple. and curious designs
of birds. dragons and flowers in the pale
| clear colors of Japanese water colors arr
| also az and effective.
There is a conspicuous absence Of an,
but the absolutely requisite buttons on al
summer costumes. Now and then, but IN
| instances are rare, a few are employed
for ornament, and those without excep
| ton are jeweled or represent intagiios ant
canoes.
Obedient to the fashionable demand 10
| all things blue we saw the dainties
wedgwood buttons, small, and OF yer.
| clear blue and white. These are adapted
| TO the ornamental waistcoats wome,
wear. and to the white linen suits. tina
| as hot weather comes on, grow eve
more prominent. Braid is as sparinSi.
employed as buttons. save the STANDARD
| material for decoration, silk and hnel
soutache.
Among the minor materials of dress
/ dotted net. of the make used usually TO
| face wells, is coming more and more int
general service. White tulle, sneckle,
with black velvet dots, wrcathes nale III
stock Of spring hats. and is now CROWNS
all over the fullest parasols. Its mos
recent and charming application is to III
manufacturer of boas and sunury neci
decorations. Rufus of dotted black, white
blue or green tulle are made with straigh
| full streamers, falling to the knees, ant
/ the larger the ruff the nearer the letter .
the modish law is reached. There Is ~
| DENYING that a woman's face shows I
advantage amid so soft a RAINING ana .
net, tulle, chiffon, silk muslin ami y
! like diaphaEous facrics all the so-calle'
summer wraps are made.
Real butterflies futtering among tn
flowers on the spring hats are genuin
novelties. Very beautiful are these nev
features of millinery, and they have IN
advantage of being sufficiently rare TO b
coveted by fastidious women.
The process of preparing the butterf1ie
/ for trimming imposes is a very delicat
/ one and is kept a secret in the trade. tn
! butterflies are dried and chemically treal
ed so that all the original lustre is re
4 tanned. The brilliant dust Is most ma
tural in appearance. In fact the butter
1 dies are thorolfehIv Hfelike. The wing