The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-12
1deas for duomen


I know nothing more utterly hopeless
than TO line up before a set of chiHonler
drawers hoping to find something IN rlD-
bon. lace or chiffon that VIII just go with
Il certain costume, says Dorothy Maoao@
in the Philadelphia Enquirer.
If ii were not for our necks and waists
We women might live twice as long, we
might avoid wrinkles. we might, m fact'
manage to look upon this world as a right
decent sort of place to s~ojourn in.
It is the neck and waist business tnat
does the mischief We buy and buy and
buy and still nothing ever seems to be
quite right,
There is the chiffon that Wits in an
evening and the ribbon that looks solied
after one wearing. Both are white. Both
are e-xtrayaganees that We try to put up
with for fashions saks.
Matters were not so desperate before
we took to dressing our throats with TINS
p~erishable color, if white may be calied a
color. There is constant mind friction
going on. =
Shall a certain stock be discarded! II
was white yesterday. 1t is off color TO-
dav. we look at the waste basket, then
finger the stock. A certain recipe said
TO make neck fxings and waist beautiflers
look as good as new pops into our 1nlno.
We fail to make the recipe work. The
ribbon is smeary, the null or muslin pc
dragged. It is always so. And then we
chuck back the sorry-looking material
into an empty corner with half a hope
that some time it may be made to do.
1t is this trying to make things do"
that worries us women half to DEATH II
we could keep our neck stocks and our
waist sashes in fresh condition by con-
slant replenishing we might be able to
There is a rush to go somewhere or to do
pass Jour summer more comfortably.
IN summer. we suffer, actually suffer,
and keenly. from this dread uncertainty.
something. We bundle into a right decent
looking froek, at least it would be decent
if it could be finished at the neck and
waist smartlv.
Ard yet ii seems only yesterday that
this blessed froek was all right so far as
accessories were concerned.
There is a scratching and paving about
for something. The something proves a
sight TO soc, and the pretty dimity is
spoiled at tho neck and waist.
Women have had a good deal to say to
each other lately about their troubles in
this direction. Many plans have been
made. and still no solution to a vexed
question has been found.
Truth is we must fairly sow our dollars
broadcast if we are. ever to have any real
comfort. Doing over damaged dress de-
tails is a waste of time; putting up with
~disreputahle hangers-on just as irritating.
One lady, whom I heard bitterly COM
planning of this neck and waist nuisance,
claimed she had hit upon a plan for next
season that would save her hours of wor-
ry. She intends TO nave all light wash
dresses finished at the waist and neck
with collar and sash made of the material
of the gown or of some white fabric that
will stand rubbing.
She is to have every gown made so
that she can slip right into it without
bothering about the neck and waist. I
-euppose it might be done. I am sceptical,
5wever, as to the chicness of such
throat ~anaswaist trimmings
Few materials tub ~exquisitely enough
for such q purpose. We need to soften
the lines of the face. Wash materials
rarely do this. If fluffy up about our
cars. laces and ribbons we must nave,
and neither should suggest the slightest
soil.
One young woman told me that she de-
termined she would have enough hxings
to 70 around, and so she sat down last
spring and made up a perfect wealth of
chiffon bows, null scarfs, mousseline de
sole bands and goodness knows how many
other materials.
remember she had a dozen stocks with
bows. and as for ribbon she bought one
bolt of white satin ribbon and yards of
white gauze. and yet the other day ] hap
pened into her dressing room just as she
was scurryinG into a gown for ar unex-
pected visitor. and the way that girl toss
ed and turned her ribbons and her chif-
fons to find something that would do to
swathe her neck and waist ini
MY, but she was mad all the way
through. "a lot of horrid old trumpery,'
I heard her say. and then she peered I'M
der this ribbon and hauled over that scarf.
Finally she got together something she
declared looked like a fright and switch
ed out with a scowl that completely spoil
ed her pretty face.
We women nave other trials and plenty
of them, but | rather think this trial of
keeping our neck and waist In presentable
condition. especially in warm weather. is
the one that we face with less angelic pa
thence. less %equanimity of soul. than any
other
New veilings for the autumn are already
shown in some of the shops. Smaller dots
set closer together than they were last
winter are shown. says the Philadelphia
PRESS
Gray, white and blue silk mesh with
black or white small dots is effective.
White with black dots and black with
white dots are seen again. A decidedly
new yelling is a fine black silk net. with
small motifs of cream or white lace scat
tered over it. The effect is different from
that of the ordinary lace veil and the edge
is finished by a narrow border of cream or
white embroidery.
Another new veil has small black
chenille dots set close together in groups
of five, the groups set about their own
width apart. The edge is finished by a
triple dow of chenille dots, set close to-
gether in straight lines.
Red and blue yelling. with fine crisis