The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-03
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WOMAN'S WORLD.

Even though we don't forget to rejoice
at the wonderful Improvement in the way
the feminine populaee dresses itself. we
can vet but be Impressed by the fact that
there Is room for still more Improvement.
There are yet dowdy people. Perhaps
there always will be. However, one is not
necessarily doomed to dowdiness, for some
have dowdiness thrust upon them, as it
were. which is only a good opportunity to
thrust it off again. You may spend all
the money il the world In expensive ma
terials. but these, unless coupled with
ideas preferably your own ideas, though
those Of a true artist followed in every de-
tail Will DOB. will not avail. Now don't
let this drive you to following blindly the
advice any painter friend may offer, nor
yet to copying bIindly the dress of such
friends, for while artists may be artists
to their finger tips, great and successful
ones, they may be as unimpressed by the
details Of dress as so many blind kittens.
Perhaps their ideas are too abstract. At
any rate, picture building and costume
tuilding are not usually mastered by one
and the same person.
There's another thing. Once 1t was
enough for a fair one to be pretty; now
one simply must be smart. OF course not
q mothers daughter Of us but would give
her eyes to be naturally lovely to look
upon, but even lowered with beauty she
must also be smart. She may have the
loveliest hair imaginable; If it be not well
kept and becomingly arranged she might
about as well come into the world like
those poor shivery little Mexican dogs.
Al well-shaped head VIII take on all man
ner of grotesquerie if the hair be badly
arranged and the shape of the hat be all
wrong. And those whom nature neglected
to provide with perfection-well, their me-
glect to consider these things only tells on
them all the more sadly. Moral: Consider
details while keeping your eye on the
finished whole.
With the reign of the shirt-waist on by
such an overwhelming majority one is
naturally led to observe the frightful ar
arrangement on every side. A good many
4 might as well be deaf. dumb and blind for
all the thought they seem to bestow on
heir get-ups. Now some busy sister will
e and in an Injured way proclaim her
kbility to spend hours a day In changes
toilet. She is wrong: we do not mean
at way. If she starts the day really
no sane person will ~criticise her.
the wrong start which stamps her
purse, it's delightful to grow more
ely attractive as the day grows old
4, that being impossible, one is not
d from being rightly set before the
Gather belt does not naturally as
with chiffony neck arrangements.
ique Ascot, string or Wales tie is
With said severe belt of leather. OF
! sash is out of the question with
re neckwear.
lirt-waist doesn't doom one to
cts. with ribbon accessories it
r garment (of course neck and
a must MATCH, while chiffony
sories have even Transformed a fine
Dthite one into decent late afternoon and
Evening attire.
The linen collar and little masculine tie
must mot complete the pretty silk waist
or the one of trimmed null; leave them
for the waist Of linen Or heavy cotton.
rLeaShar belts. Or silk betting with plain
lckles shonld masculine
(eckwear. though buckles or ribbon are
ell with the ribbon four-in-hand.
The fancy clasps are reserved for null
md silk waists.
whether you st your waist with studs
or pearl buttons Is of little Importance: If
the former avoid the made by the million
sort.
Now that there is no fullnezs round the
hips the properly cut skirt needs no hook
ing up scheme. It's the waist that needs
holding down.
So long as you've a linen collar topped
waist don't wear chains. A cord will hold
your watch.
A trimmed sailor is the dressiest hat
allowable with the plain shirt waist.
With ribbon there's a bit more latitude
Those who either dislike or find the
shirtwaist u~nbecoming are more recon
ciled to the waist that matches the skirt
This all in white pique is decidedly smart.
The great point is TO appear dressed. in
stead of suggesting the remnant counter
which isn't saying a thing against the
remnant counter. Being dressed in rem
nants. and looking it are two different
things.
Is there ever a time in the life femi-
nine that woman is satisfied with her
age7 asks the Philadelphia Times" The
hild dreams of being a woman; the young
girl adds asyear or two to her real age.
lest she be suspected of the horrible
crime Of youth; the sister a little older
longs to be considered a little younger,
and the wistful eyes of middle and old
age look back upon the early twenties as
the blissful period Of happiness and ro-
nance that they failed to appreciate when
It was In their possession.
Now, what is a remedy for this rest
less dissatisfaction with what is. this
desire for what is not? I think the an
swer comes In suitable occupation. Con-
tertment is the certain outcome of mind
and body employed. The child who sits
and dreams all day long, exempt from
healthful tasks and pleasures, is the one
who grows to be chronic In a dissatisfied,
restless desire to be older. so that he or
she can indulge in occupations thai seem
so desirable to the little idle brain and
~list1ess hands.
The young girl who wants to be old be-
fore her time would appreciate the joyful
possession Of youth. If she went heart and
soul into such pursuits az beft her tender
years. knowing that In due time the mir
age OF maturer life will resolve itself into
reality, and IL she is like most lof the 9TH
ers in its environment she viii be as far
from satisfied then as now.
To grow old gracefully is a phrase oft
repeated a process seldom seen. The first