The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-17
for 0Mnmen

a linen lawn. l am not RECOMMENDING
this article TO the attention or those "o-
men whom rheumatism or inciinailoh
leads to consider seriously the charms
of fannelette. the joys OF NlyeHa aiiu
the unquestionable durability of muslin.
Having secured the finest quall1y OF lawn
and what an exquisite thing it is when
YOU get it. so soft to. the touch-you
should always cut your nightgown some
three or four inches on the ground, ana
YOU should always make 1t to hasten
down the front. No matter how elaborate
may be your trimming, the adjustment
should be quite easy.
The simplest form of making an at
tractive nightgown is with a n
shaped collar. which ties in the front
with bows and ends. This hehu may pc
elaborated with dozens of little tueks
and strips of real yalenciennes inser-
tion and frills of real Valencienpes lace,
the same to decorate the ends OF the bow;
while the front of the nightgown should
again show a series of tucks and insef-
ATOMS and the sleeves should be striped
fron, the armhole ITO below the efbow
with tucks and Insertions, and trimmed
with a deep frilI.
very attractive nightgown may DE
made with a lace yoke-piece at the IRON.
and at rhe pack of the neck. with a snhan
turnover piece of lawn edged win
lace tying in the front with a piece 81
ribbon passed through a beading. Inc
nishtgown will need no other decora-
tion save a frill of lawn and lace at .he
end of the sleeves, and a piece OF riopoh
drawn in gathers round the waist 10 ne
In the front. So hat the Vaienclehles
woke be real. and the frills on the enaS
of the sleeves match it this Will not pe
found a very cheap possession Al .he
nishtgowns of the more extravaganza KIM
are made a little low in the neck, square
or round.
vet ono more simple method of max
ing an attractive n~ightgown is to cut
# = little open at sthe neck and to supply
II with n large sailor collar or tucks ana
lace with lace at the edge of the coiiar,
70 be flowed. to wander down the fronts
y,bic,, should be literally tucked. Inc
hack of such n~ishtgown might wen pc
set into three box pleats.
Cbemises admit of endless elaboration,
the best of the simple one being formed
Of two straight pieces Of tucks ana m
sertion crossed over in the front They
are made guiltless of sleeves. with Just
a frilIa of lace around the armhole- very
,re.tv. cbenises may be made OF lawn
band-embroidered with butterflies and
inst edged with valenciennes lace val
e~neiennes lace is par excellence the lace
with which to trim all underclothing,
and for those who cannot afford the
real thing the latest imitation lace. which
- viii n n m ryplOlS ldelIly,
may be cordially recommended
As 7 have suggested. the art of under
clothing is an important one, and is not
~aceomnlisbed when you have bought
chemises and night gowns. Flannel pet
ticoats have been invested with much
charm of late years. and the most novel
STYLE of treating them is with a founce
of white pongee silk striped with lace
insertion. and edged with lace The
Zenana silk. which is with
wool and of ribbed surface, takes the
place of the flannel petticoat in the affec-
lions of the most fastidious.
If we turn to the tales, we find that
nearly all are such -as would cause the
sympathetic reader to drop a tear. And
bv no means i~nfrequently a tombstone
figures IN the ilIdit- tilSCi4oCU VIZ
i single word .Leonora." Helena "Lo-
NAH. as the case might be, says %Llppih-
fott.s Magazine" No one, by the way,
who has tried his hand at story wrltlng
Ian help looking with wistful eyes upon a
climax so. neat. so convenient, SO toueh-
ingly simple. How often one would IKE
to break off and present to the public this
~time-honored tombstone by way OF ac-
counting for some refractory hero or hero
Inc, But the frame of mind to which 1t
successfully appealed. the "dainty-woeful
sympathies," are no longer to be counted
On.
The heroine of these stories inyariapiy
has a complexion of dazzling fairness,
though her luxuriant tresses range from
1axen to the t..blackness of a ravens
wing; her form, with absolutely no ex-
,eption SO far as l know. is, while beau
tifully rounded of miraculous fragility,
sometimes almost infantine in its fragile
tightness,'' or almost i~mpalpable'; she
is addicted to simple white" and a
..single rosebud in her hair" and habit
uaIlv exhibits the tenderest and most
thrilling emotions
But. with cause or without cause, tears
are essential to every heroine. We read
in another tale that drawing her gently
toward him, he playfully twined a long
ringlet of her luxuriant hair around ms
fingers. and kissed the downcast has OF
her modest eyes now swelled with tears
In another, She burst into tears, anu
hastily extending her hand to De- Lor-
ency. she murmured a few words of part
ing regret"
In yet another. "Poor Kate burst into
Tears; she sobbed heavily and heartily,
TOO when her Iover"-who had overheard
her singing his favorite songs and seen
her gazing at "a little group of flowers
oainted on ivory, which he had given her
challenged her on the subject
Tears s.gush'' upon every occasion OF
gentle emotion. and swoons accent the
more intense situations. This, again, is a
device which the would-be story teller OF
today may well covet.
A lady in a swoon is an impressive and
tragic figure. She is at the same time
perfectly simple to d%elineate. She says
nothing. thinks nothing, does nothing
and yet admirably adorns a climax-as
well almost as the ever-to-be-regretted
4 tombstone
A short skirted girl, flying along on her
bicycle. with merely a mocking backward
glance at the masculine world, is perhaps
more inspiring picture than Amelia
weeping over Georges letters. A calm
syed. athletic college woman is certainly
in many ways superior to Lady Castle