The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-07
ldeas for Juoamen

SS4ss Ia HIS 4HStTNollIHe OIL let
tiers and social aims. tells the delightful
aneedote OF a lady who declared that the
sense Of being perfectly well dressed gavf
her a comfort which religion itself could
hot impart.
Perhaps il is owing TO this desire to be
perfectly well dressed that at least ninety.
nine women out of every hundred are i'm
duced TO wear wells over their faces. The
ven undoubtedly dds a finish to u cos,
tune that is not noticeable without 1t
and gives al air of tidfness. Many women
also claim tlas they are devoted to the
VEIL. as it makes the face appear more
youthful.
The pity is that of all the women tina
wear wells SO few know how to arrange
them properly. Almost everything is be-
ing taught in this modern age. but as YET
little Instruction has been given in the
tying Of wells. 1t is really a high art.
The majority OF women tie their wells
too tightly, which makes them feel UNI
comfortable and results in the most horri-
bic facial contortions. Then many women
fdget necessarily with their wells, pulling
them out from the nose and dragging
them higher up OF the hat. Often they
are put on so that a deep fold is made in
line with the ~jawbone, which. at a dis
tanee, Invariably adds in appearance
about ten years TO a womanfs age.
"
Fashion at present Is decreeing that
spotted wells shall be worn, and, if rightly
chosen and arranged with dIscreetness,
they are certainly becoming. When, how
ever, two of the dots are placed so That
they touch the corners of the moush, they
give to that feature a drawn-down, mel
ancholy expression that is distressing to
look upon. On the other side. If the dots
are placed just above the corners of the
mouth. a ~sanguine, silly expression is pro-
duced, which may be ridiculously out OF
harmony with the expression of the eyes
ara brovgs. 1t is also bad policy to allow
aust to rest just on the end Of the nose,
as it adds p~erceptibsy to its length. When
the dots are placed just above the corners
Of the eyes they make even the most soft
expression quite vixerfsh.
But apart from these FRANKS OF ex-
preston in which the dotted veil abounds
the real danger is in wearing the dots
over the eyes ard causing them to dodge
and strain for a natural focus. DR.. Ran
rey of New York, the well-known oculist,
who is consulted by these from every
State in the Union, and whose profession
Yields him about 500, 600 a year, says that
every dot on a veil is worth to him $l,0W.
Probably the doctor spoke in exaggera-
ton. or to frighten his patients inso
choosing wells without dots for their use.
But. in spite of his efforis, for every plain
ward of yelling that is sold in the shcps
4hare is disposed of twenty-five yards OF
the dotted.
Tn colonial times the aides
thai little pieces of black court plaster
dtscreetly placed on the face, lent a faar-
ness to the skin ard a pertness OF express
sion mat was quite irresistible. Without
da,,bt me generation Of today is tninkln
the same thing about the spots on the
wells.
The newest notion in petticoats is the
stdrop" skirt.
1 Ton of white or dark silk comes just
to the knee. and to this buttons a hounce
of silk or muslin, says the Phiiadeipnla
Press.
A good many women sew the founce
ia the ton Of the skirt. instead of button
ing it.
The top of the founce is, of course,
finished with a straight band. often form
ed of a wide tape. and the top of the skirt
has a substantial facing about two inches
deep.
Since skirts must fit so smoothly about
the hips and fall full about the feet, the
drop skirt becomes almost a necessity.
SILK being the best for the top part OF
the skirt. a fluffy flounce Of nainsook or
cambria and lace buttons to a top OF
white taffeta, and various colored SILK
founees-changed 70 match skirts with
which they are to be worn-button or
are sewed TO a dark silk top, preferably
black.
There is economy in this method also
1t takes a good many yards to make a
top to every petticoat. One woman. who
knows lust what is what in matters of
dress. buttons her washable petticoat
fiounces to tops of smooth. heavy white
linen.
with very lightweight gowns double
lace trimmed ~iounces are attached to the
top. This gives an effect that is very
pretty and fluffy about the feet.
The laundering of the extra fiounces is
a much easier matter than the doing up
Of a petticoat made after the usual model.
Everyone who has ironed a white petit
coat knows that it is not an easy matter
to turn and twist it over an ironing board.
It is a comparatively easy matter to
iron a separate aounce on a table and
this the best laundress will tell you is her
favorite way of ironing.
Though this is the original form of drop
skirt. there is another that bears the same
rame.
This is the foundation upon which are
built skirts of gauzy fabrics.
This underskirt. either of silk or wash
able material, is completely finished and
is only attached to the top skirt at the
waist.
Again this is a practical idea, for in this
way one foundation may do for several
frocks or a gown may be completely
changed by a change of lining.
The tailor-made gowns are now hung
over the separately finished skirts and
very much improved. indeed, are they.
Seams may be pressed flatter and
smoother and there is not the slightest
suspicion of the puckering hat sometimes
will happen when silk and cloth are sewed
into the same seam.
Some of the parasols are entirely COW
cred xith ribbon ruffles-sometimes
very narrow and sometimes graduated in
Width. These are among the special