The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-27
ideas for 0Wo1nen


IL Heart considers himself an authority
on womaf's wear. Mr.. Man knows IL all,
ia some instances even To the convincing
Of his wife of the fact. He tells her he
would like 10 sec her in thiso or that color.
and when she dawns upon his frowning
gage arrayed in a way she fondiy inn
AGNES will drive him into raptures-ah,
well, madame. perhaps you've passed
through this soui-searing operation your
self. Perhaps he has fairly petrided you
by asking If you really intend wearing
that thing" intimating that such a
course would only be open to one at least
partially denaented. The only course is to
mile though and go on your way a wiser
f a sadder woman. Next time you use
your own good sense. accumulated during
he years in which you've invested SO
much per annum in the dainty things
that go toward clothing and putting a
woman in her right mind. and ten to one
the villain surprises you by being delight
ed. perhaps even expresses his pleasure
hat you. nave followed his taste.
We've had unsurpassed opportunities
these last weeks to study the man who
goes with his wife when she endu~es the
ordeal of buying a new bonnet His ex-
preston, as he sits on the milliner's lit
IN chair, holding his own chapeau. half
hSide and half facing. the wife of his
bosom, whose throne of. torture is before
the mirror. is delicious. How wise he
looksi Somehow he makes you think of
Solomon. that unwisest Of wise men, and
when both his wife and another woman
set what is left of their minds upon the
same hat you expect to hear him suggest
tha they cut the splendid affair in two.
just as the gorgeously arrayed one did
when the women claimed the one baby.
But he doesn't. With all his assumed
wisdom, it's dollars to dimes he couldn't
tell who made him even if the Sunday
school teacher of his youth appeared up
On the scene and asked him
His poor wife is flushed I'M
til she can wear ten times the
amount of color which she cam safely
carry, and the glib-tongued milliner has
tailzed both of them into a state of mem
tai blankness. At last they order sent
Inc hat they both dislike most: afterward
milady insists that she got it because
hubby liked II, and he's even more GER
tain that he never said he liked ii. the ac-
cent on the never. Oh. dear, oh. dear:
lI0N TIC ~ 1OHkA1 q
Of sinfulsthoughts.
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Says another Mr.. Man:-"The sensible
woman is wearing her wheeling costume
on rainy days, This is simply crushing,
when in a whole rainy-day hunt you've
only been able to find one sensible wo-
man. and she is a tiny bit of femininity
who talked war and vengeance on Spain
,rs+F, ro,.oh fro a. -,oEa n fpaT her
conclusions were not based Upon the
deepest, most thorough Thought. But
why waste ting thinking. when you hap
pen to nave concealed about an instinct
with all tee latest improvements? Here's
to her anyway, If she would only use
some of her convincing powers on the
benighted porcion of the sisterhood who
ruin any amount OF good cloth every
rainy day,
Standing before a shop window in which
was a wonderful imported frock two
members of the sex now being exploited
thus expressed themselves; No.. II
don't like it at all; what do you think
of it," No. al do. BY jovei but it
would he fine on a tall blond woman
Now had he really real, live thoughts on
the subject. or was his adored one a tall
Dtoftu 11ul WHY SCt lIl-Etc0 up Will.
such questions when the birds are warb-
ling invitations to come out into the srn-
ny, glorious outdoors7
The tailor dress, which as the neatest
and most practicable form of walking
costume is the average woman stand
by" shows the spring certain decided
predictions
~ For the z"3hree-tier'' skirt.
() For the large cane collar.
90 For the unorthodox chiffon vest.
"a For the short basque coat or, as
an alternative, for something reminis-
cent of a mans frock coat,
III other words, the tailor dress has
broken bounds. It has demanded a
larger liberty in matters great and
small. and the demand has been grant
ed. Once the shaped bounced was eonced-
ed, there remained no possibility of MAX
ing a stand. Pipings. s~trappings. piped
strappings and narrow hens were
brought OUT in a bewildering number
Of organizations and combinations en-
the chance that concessions along
legitimate lines might check the revolt.
But all early tenets of simplicity and
severity nave been over-ridden.
"A ulFectOlr6 gdlIOf dress seems more
or less of an anomaly, but to that,
among other things. we have come: mar
row ~tunics, r~edingotes. spencers and all.
High roll collars completed by grand
fathers frills Of lace. large buttons of
an eccentric order. pink muslin and tulle
ruches, four-tier skirts-es if three were
not an elegant sufficiency-and sleeves
cut in eisht pieces to fit skin-tight are
only a few up-to-date tailor gowns at
fractions.
A strictly conservative tailor cos
may be built of fine smooth fawn
clotll. Its ~lounce, from knee to hem.
shows not a scrap of fullness but lends
a certain sweeping grace to the skirt
and TO the narrow train. A delicate silk
braiding forms a double line down each
side of the front, Stimulating the familiar
Dolonaise. The bodice shows a zouave
effect of old Damascus embroidery, |
many colors. Turning over with
pale yellow lace. it opens in a pear
shape upon a tucked and feather-stitched
vest of yellow mousseline de sole. The
sleeves are piped with black
and end in bell cuffs lined with yellow.
A picture hat of fine black straw trim
med with many feathers is demanded to
complete this tailor gown.
Less conservative but still erring. if
at, all, on the safe side is a costume