The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-10-07

( other was OF pale blue Sam, with a
whole lot of narrow chiffon rufles at the
bottom, each Of them being ~buttonholed
with black floss. The upper dress Of
| spangled net was empire shape, low on
the neck and sleeveless and but slightly
| curved to follow the outlines Of the hand
| some wearer. 1t was finished with a
| solid mass OF spangles In a scalloped
band around the bottom. The design on
| all the rest was a series of stripes from
| top to bottom.
There are silk renaissance all over nets
| for elegant evening wear. These are
made up over a lining Of silk null and
this, in turn, over silk Of some light color.
| This interlining gives them lightness.
Some are high in the neck for receptions,
dinners, etc., and others have low bod
ices. Many ladies have two bodices to
each skirt
There are robe patterns of luxeuil gui-
pure, and these are superb. They are
applied to silk or velvet, or they may be
made over any other color. There are
real laces in all these and very close imi-
tations costing very much less. The
sRangled nets can be purchased by the
yard and made up at home into bodices or
full dresses. They are q inches wide
and cost all the way from $1.50 to $40 a
yard
There are many things Of this sort ar
ranged SO that any lady can apply them
to a gown herself, a new one or to fresh
en- up an old one. Full vests of the SPAN
gled nets, with a plain dog collar Of the
same, are easy to make. There is plated
and rufaed chiffon, all fixed with black or
white lace insertion, to be had by the
yard, and many dainty things can be
made of it.
Evening dresses will soon be in de-
mand. For them there is a new line of
corded taffetas, very bright and pretty.
They are not expensive, but are just suit
ed to the purpose. Trimmed with span
gled lace, they are snowy and have a pc
c~uliarly festive look. With lace garni-
ture or chiffon rufnes they are dainty,
and with lace applique and fringe to
match they are handsome.
There are other richer silks for ma
irons, among them being mcieskin satin,
satin meryeilleux, metallic, Cleopatra
satin, drab de fcie, satin regence, pastille
MORE, gonache meteore, Lyons Grape
satin eblouissante, black satin brocades,
pekin stripes and positively no limit to
the velvets of all grades, colors and de-
grees of richness. Yet the richest of
these goods are not anywhere near SO
costly as they were Is years ago.
The American silks are so much bet
ter than the most of the foreign goods
that we are enabled to have handsome
silks made here at about half what the
same quality Of the foreign silks used to
cost. The mills of South Manchester and
the Paterson silk manufacturers produce
just as good and just as handsome silks
and velvets as the best Lyons mills. In
fact, more than half the silks women
buy of their exclusive private dressmak-
ers as imported are American goods, and
they pay accordingly. / have seen pieces
of goods on the looms in Paterson and
had samples given me, and these very
pieces of goods were put into splendid
costumes and charged for as imported
goods.
But what is the use of talking? Wom-
en- do love to be humbugged, and l hon
estly believe that not a dozen women in
America are patriotic enough to insist on
having American silks because they are
American.
/ call to mind a beautiful gown for a
grand dinner for o young married lady.
The dress was Of cream colored silk, rich
and heavy, with a figure Of brocaded vio-
let's In natural colors in tiny lunches.
There was q simulated pointed tunic,
outlined with black lace insertion and
white lace rufles. There were many of