The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-13

years celebrated for its wafflets. as was
also Hornellsville. N. y. Travellers IN
those parts counted that trip lost In
which they failed to stop and indulge IN
the noted Wand of the vicinity. Many a
tourist has gone miles out of his way
in order to strike some famous waf1le
center. But today this is all changed.
In railways stations, at hotels, and upon
private tables the waffle isararely seen.
Even in the South it is much less in evil
dence than formerly. Only upon the
most unprogressive menus anywhere
does one encounter it. No n seems
to know why the waffle is no longer
fashionable. 1t is certain that many
would be glad to. waffle revival
would be sure to be popular.
Ornament ought to be carefully CON
sidered in fashions. There are snowy
women who can stand a redundancy OF
ornament and over brilliancy OF Color
but they are quite exceptional, ana, alter
all. We have to consider in dress, hrst
and foremost, what is over
dressing is a. feature of the age, part ana
parcel of the mania for wealth and the
alteration paid to money. It is Quite nat
ural for people who have MADE their
money to put undue value on it, knowing
how much it has cost them to acquire
but experience teaches us that good taste
and suitability are all important. ours
il a vulgar age. and we prove it by our
pretentiousness. 1t is perfect adness
for those with a few hundreds a year to
attempt to vie with others who are pos
sessed of as many thousands. It goes,
together with a certain fastness of speech,
which characterizes a section OF smart
society. This season it is to be feared
that everything in dress is inclined 70
encourage these undesirable features, ana
there has certainly never been a time
when the influence of dress has been so
potent, or when it is more difficult to keep
in touch with the fashions and sim
plicity at the same time.
So
I wonder whether YOU remember when
.spatter work" was a fashionable decora-
ton in our drawing rooms. 1t must be-
we'll, it was when lace mits and pull
backs were in vogue that we did spatter
work.
Yet day before yesterday I went to
see a woman who was actually making
a sofa pillow cover with it.
She had a large square of heavy white
duck. and to it she had pinned a num-
Der of pressed ferns and leaves in a
| graceful design. She had an old nail
brush, a fine comb, and a bottle OF in
delfble ink.
She dipped the brush into the ink, held
it over the design and gently combed
it. The black drops fell on the leaves
| and on the duck. When she had finished
ana removed the terms thelr forms re-
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Springs yery newest fashion has de-
creed that the very Young girl who wants
tn he sssypart, n,,,st hava a hlaop aven-
ing frock. This ruling is verv much at
variance with the idea. Of the mast few
years. which has always been thai # was
very mrch better for > vo,,ng ...hudv-for
any woman in fact under 2l-not IN
wear black at all. Yet the fashion has
~souarely yeered around. A girl can hard
" be said to he f,,l1v in tha mode and
correct unless she has This evening gown
of black in her wardrobe.
black silks and satins are the favorites
and a few wear what a few wears 400
would have been considered rather odd,
toilo+sZh1aa .,alyat ana noint looa
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material which is hepin ming ~ cell
well being more dressv than ordinary
fon1a rde is nrinted elae 90 fo,,lar "a sill In
tbe naw- select,ons ar tbesa sinks nrenon-
deranra 10 given "a "a tber ia nix grounds
the n-rintinp being generally done in light
on,v n. ! I;ob+ aro,,nd with q hlack Or
darl, aas,gn mon II Same bave q verv
decided sat;n t6nisb. in others tbis Is lass