The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-28

door woman that she is rarely the Vietihi
of the complaint to which women OF d
less energetic age were subject. yet
.shouse nerves used to be a specific COM
plaint recognized by doctors. Its victims
were always women. Never was a man
known to suffer from the ailment. Only
the women who stayed at home felt the
effects of ii, which came wholly from a
lack of sufficient enjoyment of outdoor
life. The amount of time which women
sometimes spend indoors astonished them
when the hours were estimated by a
physician
The result of the disorder were usually
a depression and nervousness, which
manifested themselves quite as other
nervous ailments do. It was surprising
how frequently young women complained
of these discomforts, although the ma
jority of the sufferers were made up OF
older women. House nerves are a thing
of the past now" said a physician the
other day. 1.-The exact opposite is the
trouble now, even if 1t has not yet re-
ceived a name. Street nerves would, l
. be the right thing to cali it.
..The only women who have house
nerves nowadays are the kind That can
not get out of the house much because
they are either Ill or old. l have never
seen anything to equal the desire OF Wohn-
en- to be constantly on the go, l see young
girls out of doors when l am paying my
calls who are to be found there with
such regularity that half their time must
be spent in walking. l don't know Wheh
they are ever at home. It is not enough
that they GO out Immediately after break
fast. and again after lunch start on a
round of visits or shopping or something
that keeps them until nearly seven.
They must GO out again Immediately
after dinner, if not to the theatre TO some
substitute for it. That IS the daily course
of most young women that l know, as
well as of a number who are not SO
young-who are at least old enough 10
find some comfort in their homes But the
whole tendency of their lives is to get out
of the house as soon as they can in the
morning and stay out until the last mo-
ment.
Maybe this is only a passing tendency
among women, likely to continue no long
er than the conditions which created
sshouse nerves. Perhaps the new stale
of affairs is better. although 1 am not
so sure of it. The fact is that one is as
unnatural as the other was. Both are Too
excessive to be advantageous. The
.shouse nerves. epidemic did not continue
so long as this one. Women are said to
be stronger today and generally healthier
than they were. So / suppose the new
direrder has a better effect on their con-
stitutions in the long run than the Old
one did.
The stripes run sideways and with hand
some eolors on the stiff bosomed shirts
assumed by school boys with a feeling OF
promotion. The round white collars wnlcn
once marked the school boy have vanished
from his wardrobe. Besides these SUN
shirts, for all the world like a ~collegians,
the lad is provided with new madras
blouses or neglige shirts. These haye a
soft body and laundered collars and cuffs
The shirt has an easy fit over the chest.
The smaller brother is equipped with ms
-Gaiatea sailor blouse in the familiar
stripes in variety of colors. The cord ana
boatswain's whistle is never omitted, and
the fiat round cap with ship ribbon and
ssgrummet' to keep the crown in shape $
often sold to match the shirt. When boys
reach the climbing era they should have a
pair of corduroy trousers to wear with
sailor waists. The lad won't mind the
heat except in extreme weather, and these
trousers free him from the rebukes earned
by tearing and staining wash trousers.
A better suit for a small boy is of chew
dot serge. black, brown or blue as pre-
ferred. The trousers are elose-fitting and
cut off above the knee. The blouse has
an over-eellar of white duck or pale blue
Galatea- The shield is of white embroid-
cred with the familiar sign of the anchor.
The tie should be of black surah silk.
Black ribbed stockings are de rigueur.
The midshipman suits never seem to go
out of fashion, but boys feel foolish in
them. preferring more conventional garb.
A more dressy costume for the boy not
old enough to wear a Tuxedo is of dark
serge, with tight trousers finished at the
knee with strap and steel buckle The
coat is trimmed with a good deal of fine
b1se1 silk braid. The waistcoat also is
braided. Boys invariably prefer plain
cloth suits to the elaborate devices of a
tailor with Imagination.
While girls of 10 years occasionally are
gratifed by having a frock made like
their elders, as a rule the fashionable
mdfue1 10 IcStllStCd " nanny
The schoo girl is expected to wear a
shirt waist, jacket and plain skirt during
the day, and of an evening the rigor OF
the regime is somewhat relaxed. The
guimpe or the sailor-made dress is usually
worn all day in thin or wash fabrics,
But one never sees a little girl belonging
to fashionable parents bedizened with
fnery inappropriate to her age. Fancy
ruffIes. flowers, laces and ribbons are not
for her. Her tailor-made Jacket, blouse
and skirt cost as much as fancy attire.
but her mother understands that this is
the dress proper for school days.
For evening a white dress and sash is
allowed This is the uniform in which
Queen Victoria allows little girls to be
presented to her, and very pretty and
suitable to ender years 1t is. But no
nonsense or frippery of silk dresses or
~fanciful ornamnts are worn by the little
daughters of a society woman Formerly
all pretty colors were worn as hair rib
bons, but the girl of 10 years old wears
now black watered silk ribbon to tie her
braid or eurls. Serge is pre-eminently
The fabric for school girls dress. TIT
blue cloth capes lined with red are very
popular.
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