The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-26


full sash and neck ribbons,
A very new ribbon used for s2shes Is a
cream brpcade. with immense patsIes; a
narrow strip Of white insertion ON either
side of the brocade Is edged with q mar
row edge of purple satin
Thu tri-colored effects such as Parma
violet in three shades. toning to pale
peach or deep green shading to pale vel
low, are much in demand by the smart
dressmakers who are not sparing frills
and bows ON the thin frocks.
In some of The more fanciful ribbons
for millinery or sashes. moire, taffetas,
satin and anvases are all blended in one
ribbon.
There is an age OF progression in rag
carpets, as in the more elaborate works
of life. One may even go into the noun
tains ard learn many new things. There
the old women, who for years have been
carpet weavers. 10 longer sew their
woollen strips together for their rag balls
but follow an ingenious method of slip
knotting two ends together, aysFHarper's
Bazaar"
Cut the rags in strips about one-half
inch broad. Snip near each end of each
| strip a little slit or opening large enough
for a rag strip to slip through. Place the
slits OF two strips to be Joined one over
the other; take the opposite end of one
of them and pass it through both sits;
pull the loop together gently and firmly;
then it holds as thread never can The
mountaineers of Maryland use this plan
In preference to the old-time style with
satisfaction.
Extremely pretty rugs for the bath
room are made by having balls of white
cotton strips woven upon a blue thread.
| These rugs should be three yards ii.
| length. and have fringe of the blue thread
| at each end.
They wash easily, and are very pretty,
and quite repay the trouble of cutting up
all the old bits OF white cotton, which
would otherwise descend to the rag-bag.
But all these simple fashions are not
to be mentioned in connection with the
beautiful .catalon" made by the weavers
in Quebec. They manufacture the most
beautiful and artistic carpets or hangings
out of cotton scraps. and it is well to
know. now that there is so much travel
into the Queens dominion in summer
that the Quebec weavers will work up for
a tfiiiiag price any quantity of colored
cotton into beautiful designs. 1t is not
necessary either that the cotton goods
shall be prepared into strips for them,
as there is no additional charge for cut
ting and piecing out the balls. Quebec
also makes a specially of silk portieres,
and its workers take the utmost pains in
their combination of colors. Rag carpet
tapestry, and sometimes in out-of-the-
way corners one comes upon an unex-
pected display of native taste.
Ahout the last literary work comnletea
by the late Cora Stuart Wheeler was a
beautiful tribute to Some Court Painters
to Queen Rose published in the June
..Woman's Home Companion in which
she says
AS a rule women makes the best
flower painters. The men who excel in
this branch of art are comparatively few,
even when we consider the small number
of artists of both sexes who nave acquired
reputation in the picturing of flowers.
Tbs reason is not difficult to see. The
average woman has a fondness for flowers
which brings her into the closest SYM
pathy with them. and enables her to APP
preciate and understand them as men
seldom do. In the Interpretation of GER
tain subtle phases OF floral life her sensi-
tive temperament and the peculiarly SYM
pathetic feeling that she is apt to bring
to her labor of love, especially qualify
her for engaging in this department of
picture-making. In point of technical
ability some marvelously clever work has
been done by artists of the gentier sex
IL the reproduction OF flowers ana IN the
treatment of difficult subjects"
The sornbrero hat of the Western plains
IS all the fashion in New York.
1t. is the favOrite outing hat of the Fifth
avenue girl. And also of her brother.
Whether he has gone off to the war with
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt's band of
rough riders or whether he plans to be
among the chosen few at the summer re-
SORTS
Fashion has sanctioned the sombrero,
hence the most up-to-date young persons
IN town are wearing it.
It is big and flashing and Western-like,
but not becoming until the modern girl
has given it an indefinable touch all her
OWL. Then it is the most picturesque
thing in town.
The somb.ero is carrying off all the
laurels as the correct hat for outdoor
sports. The bicycle hat. the golf cap and
the long popular soft felt Alpine are los
ing their popularity
And then the Fifth avenue hat is trim
med in its own Individual way. A band
of finely striped ribbon encircIes the
crown. generally in the Roman hades
AT the left side a single quill IS caught
with q silver buckle, and the stem Of the
quill to be absolutely correct must not
only be thrust through the buckle, but
the end of it must be bert up.
The hats come in cream color, gray.
black and a dun shade.
Many OF them are sold with just a
plain leather strap around the crown fas-
tening at the side with a small buckle.
LII HI liz lizttS LIE StSk lflt SGlIQll6
cowboy the more they are to be desired.
Such are fashions eccentricities.
A recent inner of a mems club, which
meets when it feels like it and discusses
all SORTS of questions, was specially in
structed by the address of Mrs. Charlotte
Perkins Stetson, who WAS a guest of the
evening.
The said most truthfully, apropos of
that masculine idea hat women are in
stinctively cooks, or should be, that cook
ing is a trade and not a feminine func-
tor.
1T is as foolish, she said. ssto expect
all women to be able to cook as it would
be to turn to home tailoring and shoe
making.
Most housekeeping is done by ever
lasting amateurs. who pick up things
here and there and are subjected to con-
tinua1 criticism by ignorant men folks.
"Just imagine the results If men should
try TO carry on their daily business in
the same way"
This remark was received with much
applause by the ladies who heard it, and
in the different speeches from the men
who followed Mrs. Stetson it was not
c-ontroyeTted.
Every hour now seems to bring forward
some new development OF fashion. Not a
few OF the reigning modes have been re-
taired-after due OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
have been rejected Internationally. But
among those which have not been repu-
dated is the heightened walking-skirt.
Alasi its vogue Is confirmed, as one has
only to note On promenades where the
best-dressed women c-ongregate. The
great majority of handsome new spring
costumes worn by leaders of fashion are
now daily doing the work OF brOOTnS.