The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-08

Straw color and white is Il favorite
combination for the feather edge rib
bon Some of this has feather edge
only on one side, the other having a
cord for pickering the ribbon into a
ruffle, and besides there are dainty
woven figures along the edge. These
make very rich and elegant if rather
expensive trimmings to the pompadour
silks.
There are pompadour ribbons without
nd, vatican, piles of dotted ribbons,
| Greek designs, lace effects and pin head
check taffetas. These last are the high
novelty for hat trimmings. The checks
are of very bright red, blue, purple, yell
low, green or brown and white, the
checks being but two threads wide.
With this is always another ribbon of
the same quality in the solid dark col
or. The two are always combined in
the making of bows or loops for hat
trimming.
Never before has there been such a
movement as this of .~endeavoring to
nave everything made waterproof. 1t
began first with serge, and, though that
first attempt was something of a fail
ure, those interested kept at 1t until
now there is scarcely anything in the
line of wooden goods that is not era
vanetted or treated in some way that
makes it rainproof. The process, what
ever it is, leaves no trace or smell and
does not in any way affect its porosity.
l saw IN one importing house silk
warp henriettas, Grape cloth, yelling,
English craps drap d'ete, poplins, so
leil, eudora, drap d'alma. covert, mel
rose, prunella and in fact half a dozen
more distinct weaves of wool or silk
and wool mixtures, every one of which
was made ~rainproof by this process.
The rendering Of mourning Grape inn
pervious to water is boon indeed to
those who must wear black.
Another excellent invention is the
making of grenadines in such a way
that they do not crease or crush under
any provocation. This was always a
great drawback with those goods. There
are about 40 different designs. I found
several shirt waists mao of thin black
grenadine over colored silks. The new
waists are really very fine, and inven-
ton must have been taxed to design so
many different things.s Yet one of the
largest manufacturers of fine silk shirt
waists is making every one on the same
model, only varying the trimmings.
In one house / found some waists
worth special Mention and high praise
for their richness and originality.
There was one waist of pink silk. The
sleeves were shirred in four lines from
wrist to shoulder. The lower part of
the waist was bloused and almost COW
cred with a latticework of very narrow |
black velvet ribbon over black net. In
each diamond thus made was a small
jet figure wrought of fine beads. The
stock was high, of draped pink silk,
while around the neck, extending down
to the bust line in front, was a row of
long, narrow beaded lace points. The
beaded lower part came only to the
bust, where 1t was finished with a very
narrow ruching Of pink chiffon held
down In the center by a marrow row of
black velvet ribbon.
One waist made of maize taffeta was
completely covered with fine black Rus |
sian net. All over his in irregular
fashion were tiny figures wrought in
fine cut jet. At the neck there was a
band of jetted trimming put on to
simulate a pointed yoke. !
One other, and I will say no more on
waists. This was a blouse Of orange !
satin completely covered with mat
white tatted wheel lace. There was a
cunning little simulated figaro of shir-
red white silk null bordered with an
other tiny ruche. The sleeves, stock and
sleeve caps were of orange satin COW
cred smoothly with silk null.
Among the new costumes one finds
several which are called the Rejane,
with the odd little short jacket With its
wide evers This is well adapted to
sopae styles. 1t is well when the right
one gets it and a great pity when the
wrong one does.