The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-29
for dWornen

Odd shapes and unusual tints have a
good deal to do with the admiration
which these new summer Furnishings in
gpire to the beholder. but comfort and
convenience are also combined in them
, In a most ingenious fashion
For. Instance. there is a couch of green
and white woven grass as cool and pref
ty for a hall or a piazza corner as a
couch of rushes.
The ends of the couch are big. roomy,
lounging chairs, with broad arms to rest
ones book or cup or work, while betWeen
the two seats is an arrangement OF
shelves where can be placed the cups
and plates of the afternoon tea set,
hooks. writing materials, or the pipes
and cigarettes of the smokers para
phernalia.
The shelves are graduated. the high
est being the smallest. thus making It
easy to reach whatever is needed
A set of piazza furniture in red, gold
and green m reed has cushlons OF
red. yellow and brown linen.
The low. ~high-backed chairs have broad
arms and little receptacles for books or
work at the sides.
The table is round and low, with an
undershelf. and the broad couch is ease
and comfort personified.
These sets in enameled reed rave taken
the place of wood to a considerable ex-
tessts hut hirch4-hird,s eye maple and
forest green and white enameled wood
are very pretty with cretonne and chintz
upholstery.
Al forest green set. with cushions OF
pale green scattered with huge scarlet
peoples, is very smart and effective,
and for a very daintfly appointed cot
tage nothing more charming could be
Imagined than white and maple furni-
ture upholstered with pink and blue or
white and yellow chintz.
The slim, cool-looking chairs and
couches upholstered with figured mat
ting are very pretty for summer draw
5ng-rooms. They are a bit hard and un-
yielding. and. consequently not the most
comfortable seat in the world. but their
beauty is ~undeniable. and they have the
advantage of never becoming wrinkled
and untidy. as the cretonne cushions are
apt to.
Piazza swings and luxuries which low
ers of summer comfort think as neces-
sary to happiness as good beds or good
golf links. They are made of wood or
enameled reed and are suspended from
the porch roof by four strong iron
chains. The seat of the swing is about
three feet broad and three and a half
feet long. Three sides are carefully
'sfenced in so that cushions and occu-
pant cannot be spilled out. These swing
are idealized couches and glorified ham
mocks, and with their wrought iron
chains and decorated seats are extreme
" ornamental as well as useful. In green
or lark wood adorned with copper or
wrought out designs, they cost from
Ss5 to $50. In colored reed they cost $50.
.Most women will. of course. follow
their own tastes in dressing for outdoor
exercises, and many of them present a
w~oefully nisapplied appearance" writes
Mary Katharine Howard describing Cos
TUNES fer outdoor Sports in the July
..Womanss Home Companion" "Especi-
ally is this true of the wheelwoman. many.
of whom seem to go on the plan that
nothing shows on a galloping horse and
feel that when the wheel is in motion no
one remark about her clothes. But right
here she is mistaken. Whether riding or
resting her costume is always the point of
observation. and bystanders overlook a
multitude of sins in grace and speed if
the costume be suitable, becoming and
fetching. Many women-yes. the major
ity of ~them-affect a foolish modesty con
corning the length of the bicycle skirt,
and are not slow to vote the short skirt
ed girl as bold and rapid. Neither do we
advocate an ungainly abbreviated skirt,
but we do indorse the skirt that is short
enough not to go Hopping in the breeze
skirt to the shoe tops does. to be sure.
conceal the stocking. but that is the only
point in its favor for it is ugly and un-
graceful both on and off the wheel. Wear
the short skirt, and conceal the stocking
by the use of the high bicycle boot. which
is an addition to all wheeling costumes.
To be sure. they are warm in summer, but
your only alternative is a low cut boot or
an oxford tie. The latter should never be
worn except by boys, men and very small
girls. while the former displays the stock
ing when riding.
s.For both looks and comfort a moder-
ately heavy glove should be worn. Never
wear a trimmed hat; that is. in the sense
of lowers and lace or fiuffy effects. The
more severe the hat the more suitable.