The Jersey City news., 1899-03-21

satin ribbon or a fancy killed glace head
ed and edged by a ruche. Two examples
of these are handsome white and pc
tunia brocade, with white lace insertion
and rich red mauye ribbon and light ap-
pie green silk poult de sole with the kilted
fiounce and ruche. On this class of silk
petticoats and glaces the inevitable cord
ing finds a place. 1t gives hrmness, and is
an inseparable feature in ornamentation
that is likely to continue in many depart
ments of dress. and we must duly recog-
nize it. Many rich black poult de sole
petticoats have deep flounces treated with
these pipings or cordings, and they find
great favor in shirts. BY the bye, these
are once more called Garibaldis, as they
used to be years ago, when General Carl
baldi came over to England was the lion
of the moment, arrayed in red woolen
shirt that gave the name to the garment
( which ladies adopted in compliment to
him. In the plain silks we are giving up
yokes. that used to cover the back of the
shoulders, and in their place are substitute
ing whole back Shirts without any seam
at all. These are made in the front with
a centre box pleat and small perpendicular
tucks divided by two or three rows of
cording and sometimes by open hem
stitching; the collars are all high and
dainty. while some of the Garibaldis are
made in Pongee and Japanese silks OF
light coloring, with small Killed hounces
carried down the box pleat. Very pretty
striped silks are employed for the same
purpose, and they generally boast of a
regatta tie, which is, in fact. sailor
knot, and these are made up separately
in various colored silk, and also attached
/ to the silk stocks and collars. Many of
the sleeves are made with points falling
over the back and front of the band.
White silk will be a good deal worn for
shirts, but. according to the parlance of
trade, there is just now very great
feeling for turquoise, which runs through
everything.
There is a new game called initials
1t is variation on many of the old
games. but it goes with sparkle and
rush that is exhilarating.
The sparkle and rush are due largely to
the personality of those playing, but set
of .-witted merry people can make
4 the game full of laughter.
The elementaries of the game are
simple; the variations depend upon the
people.
/ An initial painted on white circle of
pasteboard is turned up on a table; the
group of players must give the name of a
book beginning with that initial; the first
person who responds is marked one; at
the end of the game that person who has
made the most correct responses is given
a prize.
This all sounds very simple, but it is
not so easy when one starts to playing it.
You may know a hundred books whose
mama Begins with that letter, but, to save
your life, you can't think of them at that
! moment.
Some people make the game very laugh
able by insisting upon making up the
names of books, and to hear them try to
argue themselves right when the judge in
sists upon their giving the name of the
author and the plot of the story is one
of the brightest side issues of the game.
The game only calls for one turn at
the initials, but people who like it have
broadened it by going over the initials
once on the name of books, then again on
authors, and birds and plants
In truth the game may be played on
any given topic; anything in which a GER
tain set of people are very much inter-
ested
1t is entirely unnecessary to buy box
of initials.One can make them at home in
an evenings leisure with sheet of fresh
white pasteboard and. some good black
ink
Common sense and fashion very seldom
go hand in hand, and it is really pitiable
+r, .f ipn
men will go through in order to keep
faithful to the dictates of current modes.
Some of the trimmings on dresses are so
been exceedingly heavy that they weigh
down the wearer, and, though sequins
have been made now almost as light as
feathers, tinseled threads and jewels must
have certain weight, and some of the
gowns are so overturned with lace that
they impede the movements of the
weHrer.
The inconvenience of skirts unduly long
iE front as been painfully visible to most
women ever since they came in: but,
though one sees every day how ungraceful
they look when they are held up, and how
easy it is to stumble over them, no one at
tempts to back up their opinion by abjur-
ing them. No woman can walk very far in
cUlulOTI Will uSelS Ol the slelSnI ln9I
fashionable people consider the cor
rect thing; but they forego the walks and
wear the shoes.
Fashion is really store of lace, for
there is no dress complete without il, and
all the best of the evening gowns are en-
tirely made of lace-a fancy this which
can be easily indulged, and therefore may
not live long; for, in truth, it might have
been said of modes: Those whom the pop
ulace love, die young
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An English woman in Georgetown,
British Guiana has established a boom
ing business in the restaurant line 1t
is a combination. Of sound sense and gen-5'
uine philanthropy. The originator Of the
scheme is the wife of the Auditor General
of the colony, and five years ago she
opened two dining rooms, one for children |
and one for grown people, where food was
obtainable at just enough cost to make
the restaurant self-supporting. More than
600 people came the first day; and more
than 1900 are fed daily, and the finances |
of Success House, as it is called. are in
a fourishing condition. The head cook is |
a Frenchman, the food is daintily cooked |
and served, and twenty-five servants are |
employed in the two dining rooms. The |
customers are of nearly all nationalities, /
embracing whites, blacks, Chinese, East I