The Jersey City news., 1899-06-13

| by a huge brass buckle. All black hats
| of the picture order are being much
| worn by tail and graceful women. and
| one was of fine black chip, with noeless
| than seven long ostrich feathers, all
! springing from one gold buckle and los
! themselves in Sordered confusion over
! brim and crown. The under side of the
| wide soft brim was lined with quilted
white satin-qulted l said. An exquisite
! little touue was of crinkled maize straw,
| market punches of forget-me-nots
around the edge, and in front two curved
| quills of pale blue painted mousseline
Painted quills are much in vogue,
| couple of brown ones bearing the most
| natural looking ears of corn painted on
| them. Cherries and grapes have sprung
| up again, and hats of fiamingo straw,
| with all fiarningo red trimmings, are
most stvlish. The rose is the flower,
| and. though toque may boast of only
| one bloom, yet that one and its attend-
ant foliage is of the rarest beauty, and
| costs in Itself, more than the whole OF
| an ordinary hat"
Pioue is a powerful rival to duck this
season. and although it is true that piaue
/
1t receives as careful finish as any tailor
! made gown 1t is cut most carefully TO
begin with. The gored front and fitted
back and side breadths are marvels OF
patient fitting. while the customer slowly
reyolves. and the filter on her hands ana
knees pins, alters and bastes and clips
! the skirt. until it is pronounced perfectly
1 hung No measurements are accepted
Quo <i5 do ma
/ trife longer than the other if the Gus
! toner is not in the habit of standing ex-
actly straight But the skirt must be ex-
| actly even to the eye. in the distance be-
/ tween the hem and the ground This is
A wearisoma process That was living
/ instance of the girl who had an elaborate
trousseau fitted and made up and when all
! her skirts were perfectly hung" and her
+! bodiees pronounced correct, went into re-
! tirement with nervous prostration from
/ the prolonged strain of over-fitting. 1t Is
! the fashion of the hour to trim pique
! of solid color with bands of white dotted
with color This is the clue to much of
the tailoring on piques. Straps OF white
pique dotted, checked or striped. are used
| to trim a costume of solid color pique.
i The Eton jacket, sailor collar chemsette,
pique, and most of them show rows of
machine stitching. The stitching should
cross the rib of the piaue whenever pos
! sible. because it shows more that way.
/ Strapping and stitching are used to finish
the open-front breadth of summer skirts.
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! The hats that have been worn during
the spring, and will be worn during the
early summer for all occasions, are the
tulle hats, says "Harper's Bazar." They
are most becoming, and not so perishable
as might at first be supposed. They will
not stand seas shore wear-that is, on damp
days; but for general everyday use they
! are quite possible. All the materials, like
net and mousseline de sole, are also
classed under the tulle ha is, the shape of
them all being very much on the same
| lines-the round turban shape. the crown
of straw, and the brim of shirred tulle,
/ the only trimming pompons of tulle at the
| left side. These pompens are perishable.
| but are quite inexpensive, and can be
bought ready made at all the shops, so
that it is very easy to make the hat look
| fresh again when it begins to look shabby.
/ Oddly enough the light tulle hats that
made their appearance last winter have
not been seen at all during the spring.
not even for dress occasions. They will
/ be seen later on at the water places with
the muslin gowns, but not until July.
! *$*
/ The Ladies' Magazine" tells women
who think they are getting too stout, no
! longer to have recourse to injudicious
| powders and other medicines for the re-
duetion of their superfuous flesh, but to
| take the natural remedy of exercise
The exercise which is of special
virtue to these cases must be
! taken with the corsets and long
skirts Off The heels should be placed
| together, with arms at the sides and the
head high, and the spine should be eurv-
ed to throw the chest out and the hips
back Then the floor should be touched
with the finger tips in front of the feet
without bending the knees. After this
the arms should be slowly lifted and held
fifteen times. This simple exercise has
been known to reduce the weight twenty
| pounds in three months, the greatest eff
/ feet being over the abdomen. 1t is quite
likely that at first there may be difficulty
| in reaching the floor without bending the
knees, but persistent practice will soon
|
/ large majority of cases. Drop the arms
and by series of up and down notions
like pumping, the tense muscles of back
and thigh will relent and the hands will
get nearer the floor. AT the end of a
week the difficulty should be overcome
and suppleness gained. The work of re-
duction will be greatly assisted by the
taking of cup of hot water an hour
before meals, being careful to take none
with food.
A business woman, whose experience
has been long and successful, said to a
writer for ''Demorest's Magazine" the
other day
IF I were asked to give the best adj
vice I could think of for young women
who are earning their own living. or who
have the cares and expenses of a house,
hold to look after, and if had to con-
fine myself to just four words, should
say: Start a bank account It is an
easy matter to do so nowadays, when