The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-08
for dMofmen


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Beauty unadorned is a thing of the past,
The wealthy woman, in order to keep
ahead of the rush and competition in
| style. is forced to spend her money in
some way, and as the latest thing in
| clothes are SO quickly copied in cheaper
materials, it has now come down TO a
Eauestion Of lavishing money on under
clothes.
To be sure, expensive undergarments,
daintily made, nave always been in vogue,
says the New York Journal and fifty
dollars is every day spent on corsets, but
to this season is given the distinction of
having been the first in which gold and
! precious stones have been used to orna-
ment this most particular article of wo-
mans attire.
Some years ago all that was required of
a corset was that 1t should be l~ong-waist-
ed and strong enough to Withstand COM
siderable pulling. Now a woman is
most particular that her corset be cut
with a straight front and carefully gored
in order to give her figure the proper
curves, if she does not possess them. The
only corset that meets all the require
ments is the one made by the French. who
have the art down to perfection. Ameri-
can women la come to demand these
articles, and in order to meet this demand
the store-keeper is nov importing the
very best French corsets.
One of the leading houses in the city
has made a startling and very expensive
innovation in the corset line, and it is that
of q jeweled corset, ranging in various
| prices to $500. The articles are kept in
stock. While it is not an everyday
| occurrence to sell one of the deliberately
| jeweled articles, still many sales are
made.
In the first place, the corset which is SO
gorgeously trimmed is made of brocaded
satin, gored and cut so that every flower
and stripe is matched, and the result is a
perfect picture.
The price of this is about thirty dollars.
Then the intended wearer allows her taste
to run riot if she has plenty Of money, or
buys enough gold and jeweled fixings to
add a little more to the beauty, and, Incl
dentally. to the expense of the corset.
Before her are arranged any number of
gold ,fixings. There are the gold '~ssteels''
for the front. Every hook is set with a
geod-sized diamond and eyed with three
of the same precious stones. The result
is five clusters of four diamonds each
Next on the list are the golden hooks,
which are placed on the corset to keep
the skirts in place. These range in price.
The plain ones are five dollars each; the
ones set with four diamonds are thirty
five dollars each. The way of arranging
these is to nave a jeweled one for the
front of the corset and two plain ones for
the back. Then the expense can be added
to by having golden eyelets for the back
of the c~orsets.
Then there m us be real lace trimming,
and when this is added to the account it
can readily be seen that it is no difficult
matter to spend a couple of hundred dol
lars for a jewelled corset. When the ex-
travagant woman tires of wearing all
these jewels where nobody can see them,
she purchases a gold eye studded with
diamonds and places it on her dainty lace
and velvet collar.
Many beautiful sets of jewelled trim
mings are being ordered. One is of tur-
quoise and diamonds set in Roman gold,
The corsets that these are to match are
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broidered on them. Another is of emeralds
and diamonds to go with pink satin. scat
tered with buds and leaves. The stocking
supporters are of pink, and on the baeK
are the initials of the fair wearer.
"The Woman's Home Companion says,
all drcss-skirts that are new are fitted
as snugly as possible from the waist to
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to flare. This is brought about both by
the mode of cutting and the method Of
trimming. The fullness is confined direct
ly in the back, and must not flare out at
the sides in its downward course. 1t now
locks very much as though the return of
the old-time sttie-back'' skirts will be the
prevailing style of the near future, which
means bustles and reed-extenders. with no
end of elastic bands to hold them in place,
and which always break at the wrong
time.
Bodices are fitted closely to the figure.
the only fullness being a very slight blousy
effect. which is confined to a narrow
space directly in front, and falls but a
fraction over the top edge of the belt.
The fad Of fashion seems at the present
writing to be as long drawn out as pos
sIble. SO long as you keep in good shape.
Yokes are as popular as ever, and will
continue to hold their own through the
ccming season. Most of them are made
round, both back and front, and do un-
Adoubtedly lend a youthful appearance,
which always makes a style taking and
popular in woman's favor. Chiffon Jokes |
in little puffs running round are dressy
ard are much used on dressy waists.
Ruffles grow more numerous as trimming !
each day. Ribbon. Is gathered as well as
applied plain in several lows upon
iounccs, and In many instances ruffles
upon ruffles run from the hem of the
dress-skirt to the knees. Black braid,
Black satin and velvet ribbon are to be
very much used for trimming on the new
spring of wool, silk and net. Gar
nitures in the form of bolero, yokes,
revers and skirt panels are seen in the
shops In endless variety, and are made of
silk, braidss and various kinds OF net and
gauzy materials, gorgeousiy embellished
with beads. jewels and spangles In the
most beautiful coloriug. Lace applique is |