The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-20

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c~laoviot arg the proper tEins. Tiers must
be ono Of some red cotton for gohiilG
and a striYe ono. perhaps. for tennis,
and a few plain colored lin~ens-buif,
| rale pink. pale blue and the very sty-
lsh white for general wear. with checks
where Tho ginghams arc selected. ON
the wheel. a flannel or even on cool
| days a yelvesecn waist, is de disueur.
Later in HE day organdie and batiste,
with perhaps the white linen again are
stylish. At night the sheerist Of atra-
ity and French organdie with silk. chif-
fon and ribbon trimmed, and perhaps
a stock of pink or gold colored velvet are
admissible.
The more the regulation Of peoples
| practices and preferences can be left TO
their own common sense, the better. The
Boston aldermen lately passed an ordin-
arce against the wearing of hats in thea
tres. which has been strictly enforced,
and seems to- nave been effectual in abat-
ing the theatre-hat nuisance. says Har-
per's Weekly" But some Boston women
think it too sweeping, and a petition
signed by 100 of them. many of them well
known heseeches the board to
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a covering for the head that, in the man
ayers opinion, is not large enough 70
obstruet the view At present, these
petitioners say, the enforcement of the or
dinance "often subjects persons to EN-
barrassing annoyance, and compels them,
IN the unreasonable complaint Of some
ore, to run the risk of il,ness.'' The
suggestion thus implied that some Bos-
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keep their heads warm is novel and In
teresting. and the Boston aldermen must
be very polite or very inexperienced if
they didn't receive it with smiles.
Very tempting. indeed, to the woman
who loves the delicate and dainty pro-
auctions of fashion are the new robe
dresses sent over in boxes, and formed of
the finest and sheerest of white mulls and
India muslins. The skirts and the UNI
made waist fabrics are trimmed with ex-
quisite lace insertions and embroidered
frills and ~fiounces and rows of fine tuck
ing, sometimes with only one very hand
some ruffle at the hem. but with each
seam of the narrowly gored skirt covered
with a band OF insertion. All the fulness
that formerly characterized the making
" HUSTLE QItSS Salts Is removed lIQIH
about the hips. making it possible for
many women to wear them this ummer
who have not elected for them on ae-
count of the great number of gathers at
the top of the skirt. They measure from
three and one-half to four yards at the
hem, and are narrowly gored as they near
the top of the skirt. Tamboured Swiss
~nuslins are similarly fashioned. and
other sheer textiles come in boxes with
ruffles edged with colored embroidery,
and material, frills and insertions for the
waist OF correspond. The most expensive
models are formed of soft, exquisite In
dia textiles in white, with deep embroid-
cries wrought directly upon the goods.
Other skirts are nearly covered with SUI
perb lace traeeries in point and duchess
patterns, and sprays. and bands and bor-.
dering the Venetian and guipure de-
signs in applique.
Writing of Insomnia" in the April Wo-
mans Home Companion, Ella Morris
Kretschmar calls attention to a prevalent
cause of sleeplessness.
Unless our sleep be very profound, we
still carry on a sort of self-consciousness.
We lie down and we muscularly hold
ourselves in any position assumed. We
do not abandon our head to the pillow.
our limbs to the bed. We hold them there.
We must unhinge, as it were, so that
head or any member would drop limp if
the rest of the body were lifted. Imagine
them heavy, and dropping them down.
down, and you will soon acquire the trick.
finding, as a reward, that in the grateful
release from muscular tension the mind
refaxes as well.
English side tables are now quite a
feature of complete dining-room exhibits.
The simplest of these are made with
three shelves and two small drawers be-
meath the upper shelf. The top is fitted
Will a railing across the back and ends.
Ore of these side tables was noted at a
recent sale for $3.50, in good oak, but
without the drawers. They are not ex-
pensive, any way, and provide a place for
the chatting dish, carafe and tumblers in
daily use, extra pitcher n other such
common table accessories.
japanese call bells are found in we'll
furnished dining rooms, or in the adj
Joining hall to summon the household to
meals.
The uD-to-date shirt waist is made up
with four little plaits arranged each side
of a box-plaited centre. The skirt fast
ems on an Invisible flap underneath the
box pleat. If the waist is of silk, the
box pleat is pierced at intervals to dis
play pretty buttons. The wash waist of
gingham is really more stylish without
the studs, so in hat case the box plat is
innocent of buttonholes.
Red has been first in favor as a color for
house decoration all winter, but the adj
vent of warmer days has brought green
very prominently to the fore. The shade
Of his that has obtained most favor is
known as ..jade green which, with a lib
eral use of white, makes particularly de-
lightful decoration fof a room. 1t prom
ises to be ultra-modish for summer
houses, taking the place of the erstwhile
popular Delft blue and white
The approved petticoat to wear with
the new sheath skirt fits very closely over
the hips, is plain down the front, with a
narrow ruffle at the bottom. and is fin
ished with deep full ruffles at the back,
drawn together with a ribbon run in at
the read to give the plain effect in front.
Fashion plays strange freaks, and even
the humble necessary visiting card comes
,.pda- bcr crav It's size shane and