The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-17
1aeas for JWotnen


As may be supposed. d.essmaksrs are
not only occupied In devIsiug new methods
Of decoration for shapes already adopted,
but they are also busy on the probable
alterations to which these shapes must in
the course of events be subjected, says the
DRY Goods Economist
For the present their attention is only
turned to the sleeves of reception dresses
and very smart out OF door toilettes. A
few of the m propose to make
these short to the elbow. maintaining the
close fitting shape of the Louis XIV style.
and finishing OF with appropriately deep
ruffles.
To these sleeves is sometimes added a
transparent covering for the forearm in
black or white lace, fttel quite closely
and coming well down over the wrist.
which has something the effect of q nit
ter. Evening dresses are being made
with very short sleeves or merely frilled
epaulettes. with which very long gloves
are worn.
Among other questions agitating tins
dressmaking world is the one of double
skirts. Undoubtedly a great many sum-
mer dresses will be made in this way and
some few of those designed for the au-
tumn, but for the present it is impossible
to speak more confidently Of the latter.
Some of the summer lresses made in
this way are in foulard. tile upper skirt
about ten inches shorter than the lower,
and both are cut in circular form. Others
generally In the princess style. are open
in front or have an elongated triangle cut
out of a plain front beneath.
Plain soft silks and veilings are the ma
a-ials best suited to the princess robe
and fancy silks or plain ~taffetas covered
with lace or muslin for the foundation
skirts.
There are also shawl-shaped TUNES; the
point in front is close fitting as a sheath.
whereas the one at the back hangs in
plaits. Plain and spotted Or other figured
taffetas may be combined in this way, the
latter being chosen for the skirt and the
former for the tunic. with a broad band
of the figured silk laid on the edge AMI
bordered on each side with a ruching of
ribbon or gauze.
TUNES reaching about two-thirds dow
the skirt at the back and open in front,
appearing to be the combination of an
open vest without sleeves, are made OF
different fabrics to the chemisette and
skirt by which they are completed.
More often than not. however. the same
effect is obtained by applications of gui-
pure or embroidery on a plain bodice and
skirt. just as the effect of a double skirt
Is obtained by trimming or the addition
of a shaped founce.
But the ~polonaise is quite a new acquisi-
ton. It is being made in iaffetas, bor-
dered with deep founces Of lace or mus
lin. which are carried all round the edge
and up the front. They come down D
within a few inches, of the ground at the
back and are rounded gently off at the
sides. These may be worn with any sor1
of plain cloth
I have also seen a cloth costume COM
posed of a tight fitting ~polonaise. reaching
to the knees in front and slanting down.
ward towar the back, and Of a skirt only
visible in front and at the sides. A
shaped unc borders the edge Of the
tunic and the front of the skirt is trimmed
with interlaced bands of cloth,
There is no ignorance 50 dense as that
Of the city-bred child. One pfties the boy
or girl who, rich or poor. has known only
two conventionaMties during his child
hood. Many parents realize this. and
plan that their y~oungster shall spend
some time each summer I'm some village
home where the routine OF farm life goes
on; where cows and hfckens and pigs
and sheep as web as horses are kept. Ex-
pensive country homes where the cere-
monials Of life ale preserved are not at
all what the young child Graves. To get
up at five in the morning and follow the
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last chore is done at night, spells bliss
In capital letters to the average ~youagster,
and it means. too, health in large doses.
One wealthy family has seen to it that
the five sons and daughters have had in
succession long ~draughts each summer of
this free invigorating life. AS neither
father nor mother had relatives living
on farms, the refuge in this household
has been the comfortable home of the
former nurse of the mother. This woman
Is married to a well-to-do farmer, in a
Western New York dairy district. end
the children have had until each was well
up to his teens. three months every sea-
son at "Mary's-" Better than Newport
or Europe. where they might nave gone
has been the life In this simple country
home. Almost any family who will look
for it can find some similar place for
their children, and the Investment.
which need not be large, will well repay
them.
Among nursery errors few are more
TO be condemned than that which con-
verts the friendly policeman into a buga-
boo wherewdrh to terrify naughty chill