The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-11-07

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The day when a bridal outfit meant
dozens of each article of clothing a wom-
an wears belongs to the past. The key
note of the modern rousseau is common
sense, declares Modes. The girl of today
considers what her future life is to be,
and prepares for it as we'll as her means
allow, but without any Of the excess
which once was apparent in every outfit
of the sort. A wedding gown that can
be made to serve for evening wear, one
of less costly material or darker in color
for dinners and the like, a tailored gown
Of handsome broadcloth, a simple one Of
cheviot for travelling and later morning
and shopping use. two pretty afternoon
gowns and two for mornings with a half
dozen odd waists, means not sufficiency
\ alone, but ample and even elegant pro-
vision, while the list can be further cur
tailed If need be.
Underwear need never mean more than
a half dozen sets, and can easily be kept
/ from -ravagan if the work be done
by the girl herself. Dainty finish and fine
material there should always be, but
handrun tucks max the most elegant OF
all trimmings. and there is no need of
1 costly edges if frills be made OF fine nain-
sock rolled and whipped on by hand.
Cheap display is always vulgar. Elk
cessive elaboration on machine-made gar
ments is far from refined. To be correct
the material should be nainsook of fine
English longcloth, and all sewing except
the seams should be done by hand, but
there is no law demanding fine lace and
the like. Valenciennes edgings and fine
needlework frills are attractive and de-
sirable beyond a doubt, but they should
be a second rather than a first consider
alton. the all-important place being given
to material and workmanship.
An attic is a mixed blessing. Every
woman knows it's value between seasons.
There is nothing as convenient as tuck
ing away odd and broken pieces of fur
niture. boxes of treasured trash, half
worn clothing. etc. and nothing quite so
free from the intrusions of inquiring rel
atives and neighbors. It is only at the
advent of the dread cleaning that an at
tic is brought unpleasantly to the house
keepers notice.
When the day arrives throw open the
windows so that light can be cast-on the
subject and pitch in. Be provided with a
large wicker basket OF box, in which to
throw everything of no value. Go through
the boxes of odds and ends and harden
your heart against useless trifles. The at
tic cleaning should be a survival of the
fttest.
Pack things which are to be kept in
boxes and trunks, and label each package
so that no mistake can be made. Nothing
is so discouraging as to hunt through a
score of bundles for some one article.
For packing away dresses and hats it
is a good plan to have made strong cedar
boxes with hinged lids. These will keep
out the moths in summer. and also add
to the attractive appearance of the attic.
Before packing away summer clothing
every piece of wash material should be
washed. but not starched or ironed, and
all rents mended. Cloth dresses and coats
should be hung in the open air and
brushed thoroughly.
The floor and side walls of the attic
should be mopped with a weak solution of
chloride of lime. This is a preventive of
moths and other vermin, and will destroy
eggs which may be lurking about. The
inside of the boxes which are to contain
woolens- can be painted with the same So
luton. perhaps a little stronger thar that
used for the walls and floor.
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People who claim to know say that
there should be no color in the handker-
chief or in the note paper and no per-
fume on either or anywhere else in my
lady's toilet, says the Criterion" At a
Broadway house during the last week
some handkerehiefs have been on view
pretty enough to remove any ban from
the not all-white mouchoir. These are OF
finest linen and are from Paris. Irregu-
larly embroidered upon their surface, so
finely as to suggest hand painting, are
butterflies, dragon flies, birds and, most
beautiful of all, flowers in perfect shad-
ings, all exquisitely delicate in color. Such
a handkerchief, family odored with vio-
let or s~andlewood, is dainty enough for
the most particular of women.
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Here is a hint forlthe women who wear
low cut gowns in the evening. Many of
these have no sleeves and others only the
thinnest apology for them, and long
sleeved underwear then becomes a null
sance. An ingenious woman Of my ac-
quaintance buys undergarments with
short sleeves and wears armlets which
can easily be removed when she makes a
change to evening apparel. For the wo-
man who detests long legs in her under
wear I would suggest the plan of a ply
sician's wife who puts on wooden tights
which tuck into the tops of her boots
when she goes out. She secures warmth
when she needs it.
The change in petticoats is noticeable.
They are tighter than ever as to the
upper part, which no longer reaches the
waist. The fitted upper edge is arrang-
ed into a double bias band. through
which a runner is passed to gather up
any stray fullnees which may display it.
self. The band is kept well down at the
c~orset's edge by the assistant of a patent
clips. Below the knees-there the glories
begin. A mass of lace and tucks and
ruches flows outwards, supported on a
shaped founce of the petticoat material.
The trimming is much the same as dis
played the past summer.
Charming scarfs Of lace are deftly inter-
twisted in the hair. This seems to be
the thin end of the wedge. and as time
goes on we shall be likely to see more lace
worn as a fashionable couture. It is in