The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-02

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Everything depends unon rae point Of
view. One would sigh and say as she
looks upon q fair ye9ag bride, Zone mere
unfortunate while another would smile
as she said: what happiness to be we'd
ded to the one she loves! How sweet she
is.'
For me, I am able TO REV the bride
from three different points Of view. First,
from that Of Il ralher cynical WOMAN,
who has seen many happy brides but
never one truly happy wife; second, with
a plying tenderness ard sincere pleasure
in seeing how happy the child thinks her
self, and, lastly. from the point of adj
miring her bridal outet.
The brides to be are now looking for
ward to September as the proper time for
weddings. So let US see what Dame
Fashion has in store,
The handsomest bridal costume Of this
season is displayed in one Of the swell
establishments in a glass case, and il is
tried on a pretty girl for the delectation
of those who appear particularly inter-
ested in it. It is made with d very long
train and IS Of heavy peau de sole OF mat
white. There Is q four inch ruching
made of white silk muslin all around the
bottom.
The waist is short and round and has a
narrow belt made OF the silk cut bias and
folded over stif lining. The silk portion
ends at the bust with bands of silver en-
bfoidery oyer a silk null foundation. The
guin1pe is of silk null finely plated.
The high collar is made Of the silver
embroidery. The sleeves are long and
close N chatelaiae style, with lace rufies
under the 1aGfs.
The veil Is unusually iong and is OF
hemmed telie. Il is held By q coronal
wreath Of dark orange leaves and bios
SONS. Fashion says hat A large, loose
bouquet OF white roses with orange bios
som sprays and maidenhair fern is just
right, the whole tied with a broad white
satin ribbon.
A dress for a bridesmaid at a home
wedding is Of white fshnet over pale
pink taGeta. The skirt was made Of
plain fshnet, with a sort of tunic of
white lierre lace in large. bold design.
The waist is Of the lie.re lace turned
upside down, the sleeves The Same. These
are long and have pointed cuffs, There
are tiny drawn nuffs Of tnlie across the
bust.
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cipaIly in looking lovely, but wearing an
expression Of great scorn for any one so
foolish as to marry at all and least OF all
that silly looking bridegroom. They all
dock silly.
In my p~ilgrinaages to the different
shrines of fashion in New York these
days / have been struck By. the remarka-
BILE elaborateness of the eoiored petit
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made of silk, satin and the mercerized
cottons, notably that kind called oriental
silk. The skirts are cut In various
shapes, the best, / think, being the UNI
'breIla form and that with what is called
the Dewey lounce. These hounces are
covered with coraiine in narrow lines
and the Hounces covered with other cord
"a rufies, some edged with lace and
some plain. On some of these under
skirts one may find 20 frills. They are
too narrow TO be called rufies.
The oriental silk makes really elegant
skirts of this description. 1t is produced
in pink, green, lilac, violet and an ex-
quisite shade of light gray, as well as
black and several darker %colors, like
navy blues. purple and deep reds. These
look like silk, drape like it, feel like it
and wear much better. Oriental silk
takes lace as a trimming with as much
grace and effect as real silk.
All these skirts have a very full effect
nround the bottom and a sheath fit about
the hips. This adapts them to the very
snug shapes of the new gowns. These
are fitted around the bodices and fare
very widely at the bottom. They would
fall in unwieldy folds between the feet
IL not sustained by these skirts, and
they are not at all heavy. I can remen-
BIER when women wore ten petticoats Of
starched muslin to get the effect around
the bottom now brought about by one
skirt only.
White underwear also has a new boom.
Few wear white skirts except for even
ing or home. but those now made for
ouch requirements are exquisitely neat
in make and elaborate In trimming.
Nearly observation-disclosures, night robes,
rhenlises. corset covers and ail-is trim
med 9Th quantities of dainty baby rib
bon.
/ saw one chemise with the bottom
tucked and ruled and the rulies edged
again with RULED lace. The waist had a
drawing string, and there was a figaro
shape to it wrought by insertion and ruff
fe, with a row Of blue ribbon run
through the little holes. The same was
done around the neck, and cunning little
bows were put everywhere.
The matinees are extremely dainty.
One is Of striped pornpadour taffeta, fit
ting closely on the shoulders to the bust
line. There was q four inch band Of
lace brought straight around the waist,
liso around the sleeves just ADORE the