The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-02

the white are considered smartest. The
expense of laundering is considerable, and
| anybody with an idea Of arithmetic can
easily count up how much It costs to keep
looking well.
The taffeta silk waists stay clean long
er. They are expensive to start with, As
fashion demands they must be tucked BY
hand and infnitesimal tGcks and hem
stitched. Such waists cannot be bought
under twenty-five dollars. They are Of
delicate shades. viii stand two or three
weeks wear, and must then be sent to the
cleaners.
The white linen and duck skirts made BY
the tailors are many times Taore expensive
than those bought ready made. but they
possess the great advantage of not
shrinking. The good tailors guarantee TO
make linen, pique and duck gowns so thar
they viii not shrink. They claim that
they allow the material TO soak for a
length of time, and thereafter there is no
possible danger of shrinking, even with
many launderings. The re~ady-nade, of
| course. do not receive this treatment, and
have a most unfortunate fashion Of grow
ing shorter and smaller every time they
are sent to the laundry.
Dark piques and linens are very smart
| this year. They do not require such con-
slant washing. and will look very well.
There are some in bright blue, others in
yellow. hi are particularly good. They
are to be worn with the wash shirt
waists. or with little jackets to match and
full front of white.
''By all means have a small Kitchen"
writes Mrs. 5. T. Rorer, in reply TO an
inquirer, in the August Ladies Home
Journal" "A large kitchen, with a cellar
door at one side, a table at another, a
range at another, and the sink at still an
other. requires too much walking. Time
is consumed in going from one place to
| another rather than with actual work
Have your range placed in a light and
convenient part of the Kitchen; in front
| nave a good-sized table, containing draw
ers and spaces underneath for keeping
utensils. one portion of the top covered
with zinc and the other half left plain.
Have underneath the top a baking-board
which you can easily pull out. The sink
should be near at hand. The pantry nay
be on either side of the kitchen, and be
sufficiently large to hold a barrel of flour,
a small p~astry-table and a convenient ar
rangement of shelves. The floor may be
of hardwood, or it may be covered with
linoleum or oilcloth, or the ordinary rub
Der covering, A tile floor is exceedingly
handsome, but rather hard on the feet,
making small rugs or bits of carpet a ne
cessity If comfort is to be considered
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Since one of this summers brides broke
through the rule of being married in
white, and was married in rose color. it
is believed quite the correct thing to hav
a tinted wedding gown. White will. of
course. always be the proper color for
the brides gown; yet any young woman
who has the courage to once break
through the ice of conyentlonality is sure
to have imitators and followers. White
is very trying to some compilations, par
ticularly in the daytime. in the full glare
of the midday sun; hence. women who
care for effect. and who wish to look
their best, win do well to assert their
independence, and be married in pale rose
color, pale green. blue, or any shade
which suits them best. The bride spoken
of as having been married in rose color.
not only wore a gown of hat shade, but
her veil, which was most becomingly ar
ranged, and long enough to reach the
bottom of her train, was of tulle of the
most exquisite rose shade. and fell about
her like a soft pink cloud.
Man dislikes nothing more than TO see
his Ascot tie on woman. But she has
elected to wear it and wear it she will in
spite of his disapproval. She wears it
with a thin lawn shirt waist just as read
lily as she does with a severe tailor-made
coat. never stopping to think that man
considers the Ascot bad form unless the
coat is worn buttoned to hide the ends.
But never mind; woman says that the
Ascot is swell and becoming to her. so
man might just as well make himself
contented about her wearing it. Every
day sees something new in the Ascots.
They are made of duck. cotton cheviot,
Japanese silk, bingham, canvas silk, sat
in and even wool. The very latest are of
a conspicuous plaid material.
A sensible fad has sprung up, says DEM
orest's Magazine" Young women have
taken to rising very early in the morning. |
No more loliing in bed until ten O'Clock,
and having one's breakfast brought up.
to be eaten in the bedroom. Many of the
fashionable girls of today get up at half
past six o'clock in the morning. take a
cold bath, breakfast either in their golf
or bicycle suit, or riding habit. at seven !
o'clock, and are off. out into the open air
until after eleven. when the summer sun
is too warm for violent exercise. An early
breakfast is. without exception, one of the
most practical fads of the day, and one |
which viii appeal strongly to women who
live in the country.
If twenty chapters were to be written
on skirts they would be chapters which
treated of ruffles. So very many ruffIes
are used that you wonder why a ruffling
machine is not made and sold at popu-
lar prices. There are small rufflers that
come. but they are not large enough nor
are they complete enough to supply the
great demand for ruffling. Dressmakers
keep a dozen hands at work making moth
ing but ~ruffles. and then the story of ruff
fes is not half told.
Satin striped zephyr goods are very
dainty and attractive this season, with
plain white or neutral stripes IN satin
finish and woven about an inch and a half
apart and flied in with little checks or |