The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-30
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summer! She tarrieS in town much later
than usual, partly owing to our prolonged
rainy season and partly to her indecls-
ion in regard to the scene of her summer
campaign, says Rose Hortense in the
Philadelphia Enquirer" The seashore
lures not the summer girl. Visions OF
Spanish bombardment turn her shudder-
ingly inland. Mountain resorts are not
attractive when soaked in daily deluges
of rain. Town still presents attractions
and Gladys solaces her soul by coneocting
the most fetching military costumes as
a sort of r~ainy-day dress. Clad in an
army blue waterproof cloth, cut well
Aabove the trim little ankles, and a mill
nary blue cloth cape lined with scarlet
|and fastened with three brass army but
tons. Gladys is a cheerful sight as she
whisks in and out the shops purchasing
the usual summer finery. On her curly
head is set jauntily a blue Alpine nat
decorated with an audacious scarlet wing.
AS a corner of the full cape is flung over
her shoulder you see a scarlet taffeta
\ shirt waist. confined by a blue ribbon belt
and fastened with an army buckle. In
&ne hand Gladys holds over her head a
scarlet umbrella. With the other she lifts
1 daintily her blue skirts, displaying while
so doing flashes of a scarlet silk lining.
If the elements are propitious and Gladys
meditates a trip on the coach to Indian
Rock. she wears instead of the cloth cape
a trim little velvet coat suggesting a mod
fication of the Russian blouse and fasten-
en- with army buckles. Diagonally across
one shoulder is flung a a broad satin strap
to which is attached at the belt q fiat lit
tie bag containing the bric-a-brac which a
summer girl seems to consider indispen-
sable. A tiny silver bugle is also fastened
to the strap and Gladys tocts her own tai
ly-ho with the proud consciousness that
her appearance is decidedly patriotic.
That is the Gladys that has frightened
our streets for the last two months
With clear skies and the mercury climb
ing upward our summer girl trips along
in a costume of the very latest creation
for warm weather. It is a thin, white or
candle which gives Gladys a delightfully."-
cool and summer appearance. The skirt
is made with the popular Spanish f1ounce:
BY the way. she thinks of changing the
name of this decoration to the Manila
founce. Above it are two ruffles of lace
arranged Ike a simulated apron over
skirt. The shirred white yoke and plas-
tron is also outlined with three tiny ruff
fes of lace which add much f1ufiiness to
this summary costume. To give charac-
ter to this airy fairy sweetness GLADYS
wears a quaint picture hat of black and
white straw ga~rnitured with white tulle
laid softly around the crown and with
three black willowy tips at the side for
height. really must say she does un-
derstand the art of gowning her lithesome
figure, for I have never seen her wear
anything but what was not alone CONNIE
II faut but decidedly becoming. Another
one Of the hummer girls most bewitching
costumes is of pale seaweed green chif-
fonette. The bottom or skirt is trimmed
with a transparent embroidered founce
with a heading Of insertion edged with
black velvet ribbon. The bodice is
trimmed with irregular points of embroid-
cry which also form epaulettes over the
shoulders. a fashion very much in vogue
at present in Paris.
There is a sash of black velvet ribbon
which is tied in a chou ip the back. The
hat is a dashfng affair of green straw
worn very much over the face and
trimmed with black velvet and a large
cluster of cherries which fall carelessly
over the back of her hair. Another which
she has added to this lovely summer out
fit is grey crepe de chine. The skirt made
perfectly plain, save the two wide ruches
of cream lace, but do observe the long
sweeping train.4 The extreme oddity of
this gown was the bodice, which is com
posed of a one-sided draping of the ma
terial and relieved by a three-quarter
front and back of white lace outlined in
ldove color chenille. This gown for its
extreme simplicity will be admired more
than any of Gladys unique creations
49,
In all the varied materials and pretty
dresses there is nothing prettier or more
| dainty than the gray gowns which are
fashions fayorites this season. The fab
RIGS are hin and fine, and the varying
4 modes of treatment with pretty contrast
of colors can make a gown becoming to
almost any complexion.
Crepe de chine and silk warp nuns veil
ing are very popular materials and it is
the pale silvery shade which is most de-.
sirable.
One stylish model very useful for reno
waiting a last seasons gown had a bodice
and sleeves entirely of cream lace over
pale blue silk, with which the skirt is
lined, showing just a tfnge of color
through It's meshes and lace insertion set
IN deep points all around the bottom full
" four inches from the edge, where a
tiny ruche of the material is the finish.
Two ruffles of crepe de chine, with a
ruche on the edge and a row of lace inser-
ton set in above, completes the bodice,
forming a round collar at the back and
reveres in the front crossing to one side
at the waist line. The little vest and col
lar are of tucked blue silk with a lace
edged bow of white chiffon at the neck.
Flowers are the models for contrasts as
well as harmonies in our costumes, and
the true artistic point is reached when the
right shades and exact proportions of
colors are employed.
Just which tint of mauve should be
combined with blue settles the whole
question of success or failure, and so on
through the list Of colors and endless va
riety of shades.
Color has come to such a state Of per-
lection in materials that with care in se-s
Letting. almost the exact tirts in various
flowers can be reproduced. On of the
prettiest examples of present possibilities
IS a hat combining the shades in a da-
mask rose. Peculiar contrasts of color
d, noft1rn ara a1wavs harmonious because