The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-11-21

A0EUEilQS v II R-t~7 49,
Grace Vanderbilt was introduced 70 net
mathar,s friends at a very quiet lunch
con was at least six inches longer IN
a.. front than floor length. The baby
- bar long robes and the mother IN her
soet .ra,l,ne gown of silken Japanese
1850 n,ode a charming sight indeed.
=, eolors Of the mothers dress were
psrs,an all hues being woven into a
delightful melee of color. through Wnie''
strines of butter-colored silk ran pam
and pronounced. 1t might nave peeh an
expensive costume-it probably was such
-but It could nave been duplicated easals
Nv any home woman for a sum within
her means. provided that, in her means
INV allowance was made for a house
dress OF any kind
II is A fact that man. women 40 ny
n,an for house toilettes, trusting % Tue
ola summer gowns to take them throuen
the winter. This may do for the dainty
,,ttIe dinner dresses en- famille, put lor
+ba Loose robes Of morning and luneheoh
there must be an extra provision
THE custom of making the skirts very
long In front is found to be a pretty
one. It adds to a woman's heignt' anu
the writer can say from experience tnat
such gowns are comfortably managed"
To please a French dressmaker whose
narlors are visited by the Weaitnlest
neonle Of New York. your orrespohoei
mt on a robe of black flannel trinllaeu
around the front. around the neck ahu
around the wrists with deep nouhces "
not ,aces through which lavender rappon7
were strung. The whole was extreineis
artistic. giving it a very long s"eepins
effect that was f1attering to the nsete
The skirt which lay upon the moor 70,
six inches all round, took on eracstui
lines in motion and was not cumpef-
some to the feet.
- might be mentioned that the black
fannel was SO fine as to suggest broad
cloth and was lined with yellow SATIN.
r. was tied around the waist with iaV-
ander ribbons and if sold, was to pc
asiivsred in a case lined with yeifo"
4 Quick and easy trimming for the
o,sa drass Is the shirred ribbon when
comes at 10 cents a yard ana q
n,,Iled from either end into a pretty
puff. The trimming upon MRS. VaAuel-
b,lt,s dress was Of shirred ribbon Win
lace over it. This wa upo'
the skirt in nan rows and was !"
ranged in a founce AiNtiN
The virtue and the beauty OF a sooo
lining can be seen from the inspecaof
of any well-mad5 house dress ms IN
ing stiffens a poor material ana HakSs
II seem much better than u IS ror
these lining old silk, silk chalAe' gooo
silkolines and even mulls and ight-
weight goods answer well They can Nc
faken from last summers dresses.
matched and patched into lining lengths
and used for the interior of the com1or-
table winter gowns.
The Mother Hubbard is worn this year
In a new guise. The skirt which must
be very long, is shirred upon the YOKE,
front and back. It should, when snirfed
and sewed. hang fully a foot longer than
the wearer. The front is now gatherea
int, small folds for a space of a finger
each side of the middle OF the front.
mo aauA arrangement is carried out in
the back. This gives a belt-iine- A DOW
of ribbon. with long floating ends IS
now attached to the middle OF the back
and the ends are allowed to hang to the
border of the gowns
Two ribbons are brought around the
waist and tied in front In a "lnanlh
bow which hooks upon one side rms
does away with the very loose front
for the woman who does not admire
the Mother Hubbard. AT the same time
If Is loose enough for comfort
The trouble with most house dresses
e that they become SO soon spoiled
around the neck and the yoke. Once
robbed of their daintiness, they soon
degenerate. This is remedied this year
NV making the neck of the dress low
and round. finishing 1t with a smooth
cording. over this a fancy yoke is
worn. Or. as many prefer, the neck
WITH a narrow shirt waist oand. pro-
vi6teh with buttonhole front and back.
Over this can be worn a white coliar'
If q woman so desires. and many wom-
en- find the starched lined collar COM
Portable. Or q very fancy yoke can DC
worn. These yokes are made OF SILK
and Of lace and ribbon. of many ma
terials, and they a be taken on ana
Numbered.
Have you ever tried the experiment
of laundering your ribbons and fine
Jokes yourself? Don't make a hard work
Of it. Drop them into cold water and
let them soak. Change the water for hot
soap suds and squeeze out a few times
Dry and pull out with the fingers as the
drying progresses. If necessary, press
with a very small hatiron-
The writer received as a birthday gift.
from a girl friend, a tiny nickle-plated
fat iron, so small that it looked like a
paper weight. 1t was. a tw~o-pound press
ing iron. designed for ribbons and laces.
Such an iron heats on a gas stove in a
few minutes and the work of pressing
can be lone upon any small table with
a pillow case for an ironing blanket.
These are merely suggestions for the
busy woman who sometimes. in a fit of
Industry, feels that 1t will be both play
ful and profitable to turn laundress for a
night.
1t is to be a white season, and this
means eternal vigilance. They are MAX
ing silk ruffles double and a finger deep,
which they sew In the wrist of house
dresses. The ruffies are attached to a
band of taffeta. Points of white taffeta
are also used for the wrists great six
points that come down over the knuckiesl
These are sewed in rather full and are
immensely fashionable on house or street
dress.
Making points is the fashionable oecu-
patton of the girls of New York. The pat
tern is a triangular piece Of white taffeta
twice as wide as the hand
1t is lined with taffeta and is sewed in
the dress sleeve in such a way as to fall