The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-10-25
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Many a girl rode because it was FASH
ionable and she wished to be included in
the numerous bicycling parties.
But now the trend of fashionable amuse-
ment lies in another direction the honest
bicyclers, masculine and feminine, VINO
take joy in the wheel, or do ride on the
recommendation of the physician. Will
nave the monopoly of cycling. No one
can calculate the good cycling is to many
a nervous woman. or to a girl disinelined
to take sufficient fresh air exercise. BIZ
cycling continues Its virtues ay an OUT
door sport, bringing refreshment from
Office or housekeeping cares to many q
tired man or woman. Its good points
are numerous. But unwilling cyclers
will now become rarer and rarer. Bicy-
cling is no longer the fad.
The first gowns ordered in the autumn
/, are those intended for street wear, and
this year there have been a greater num-
Der of models brought over than has been
the case for some years, says "Harper's
Bazar.' 1t is easy to see how some one
model has attracted the attention of all
the buyers of the different large shops,
as well as the private dressmakers, and
this one gown is brought over in all diff
ferent shades of color and sold at many
different prices. One of the smartest
gowns this season is of Venetian cloth,
the skirt made to fit absolutely tight over
the hips, but below the knees there are
gussets let in which flare out and make
it look very full. There are rows of
black braid around the foot of the skirt.
The waist is made tight-titting, with ex-
aggeratedly long round coat tails in the
back hat reach to the hem of the skirt,
and these tails are trimmed with braid
to match the skirt. In front the waist
has a bolero jacket trimmed with the
braid; outside the bolero are two bias
bands of velvet on which are rows Of
fancy buttons, and there is d full vest of
white silk fastened with bright gold but
tons; a high collar shows the bright vel
vet around the. top. and a stock of white
silk to match the vest, while at the throat
a lace bow is fastened with a rhinestone
buckle. The sleeves are tight-ftting,
very long, with white faring cuffs faced
with velvet ard trimrned on the outside
with braid. This gown has been shown
in purple cloth with gray velvet and white
silk; in green cloth with cherry velvet
and yellow silk, and in dark blue with
dove-gray and bright cherry silk. In
every combination of c~oloring it is exceed
ingly smart.
A tour of the great carpet stores deter
mines the fact that the new fall carpets
are nearly all dark, and nearly all
startlingly gorgeous. In the rebound from
the light, delicately colored and patterned
carpets which we have furnished our
houses in late years, we have now gone
to quite the other extreme, and the would
be customer finds herself halting between
what she has come to believe the ex-
preston of the non of good taste and
the nondeseript brilliancy and pattern of
a carpet that 4'swears at every other
bit of furniture Green Is the prevailing
body color of the new carpets, while
flowers of all shades and sizes run
riotously unchecked. Cabbage roses,
dahlias and conventional garlands of
pinks and poppies afford abundant choice
of design One hardly need, however, to
mind the housewife of frugal mind that
no carpet shows every football or bit of
dust so quickly as one of dark ground
work. and that a large pattern can be
ripped and turned to advantage. With
these points borne in mind, a compromise
between the extreme Of fashion, may oc-
casionally be found by much seeking.
Many of the new carpets come now with
"a border the same width as the carpet
breadths.
A bride should have three hats-one
with her going-away gown, a second for
visiting and church, and the third for
OF underwear she should have at least
a dozen sets, some plain, substantial, and
others of dainty make. If possible, a cou-
pie of silk gowns should be provided.
A half dozen morning gowns are an abb
solute necessity; some of dainty lawns
and others of cotton crepe. but at least
one of warm flannel material into which
our bride can snuggle on the wintry morn
ings to come.
A dozen pairs of stockings and three
pairs Of shoes should be added to the list,
with no mention of handkerchiefs, gloves
and innumerable laces, collars and rib
CONS.
And beside these, the bride should lay
aside enough money for her next seasons
gowns, for she is required by the unwrit-
ten law of good taste to provide herself
with clothing for one year.
With the smart fall tailor made gowns
are worn such a variety of pretty becom-
ing neck trimmings. Until the furs are
called out by the wintry weather the neck
capes will be one Of the principal features
of the fan toilette, for high neck effects
are as much in vogue as ever.
Even the 'severest tailor made gown
boasts some softening effect at the neck,
whether it be only a full butterfly bow OF
some gauzy material, or a long full boa of
frilled nnousseline de sole or net.
The lace searfs that We're SO much in
favor years ago are worn again. Some of
them that / noticed particularly were
made of the finest net and were trimmed
around the edges and ends with appliaues
of lace. All of the popular laces. both
heavy and delicate, being used.
They are unusually long his year, and
are a tthe broader at the ends, for they
are supposed to be knotted into a short
bow at the throat, while the ends fail
nearly to the bottom of the gown Tie
addition of a wired lace Medicis at the
back of the scarf gives a touch of chic to
a scarf.
MISS B. kEARNEY TO LECTURE.