The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-17

hi various spring openings held at
present are most attractive. but just a
tri1e bewildering in the quantities of diff
ferent gowns that are displayed, says
Harper's Bazaar There is no one par
ticular style of gown exhibited, but there
are Street gowns, evening gowns, and
gowns for every known and many UNI
known occasions-each and all of which
are Fascinating in texture, color and de-
sign. Undoubtedly the fashions for the
spring and summer of 1899 are more allur-
ing than usual. The fabrics that are used
are so many and varied that too much
monotony is prevented. n although, OF
course, three or four different distinctive
colors are particularly fashionable. as IS
always the case, there is a wider range
than usual. and this makes more variety
of choice. The new styles as regards the
change in the cut of the skirts IS very
marked-too marked altogether 10 pc sale
for the generality of people TO atlempt'
and. indeed, too much cannot be saia as
to the danger of adopting the present Elk
IRENE styles without due consultation as
to ones shape and size. for there IS aan-
ger of a graceful, almost artistic, 1ashloh
being made a caricature OF by amaleu.
dress-making and poor taste comoiheo'
There is no reason why the present eAas-
gerated style of skirt should not De ihoui-
fed TO be becoming to everybody, out uh-
ouestionably most of the styles are M
tended for slender people, ana conse-
ouently are quite unsuitable TO stout OF
short women.
There are more midsummer gowns az
they appear to be, exhibited ar the OPEN
ings of the modistes than there are Oh any
other kind except the tailor-made gowns
The reason for this is probably. that peo-
pie like to get their summer things out u
the way very early in the season. Juosiis
from what we see exhibited, 1t is TO Ne d
great year for the wearing of WASH ma
terials. Last summers intense neat Seems
to be taken as a warning or what We
are to expect again, and everybody -
busy preparing for the worst. thsre arg
are a great many more materials, sucn a.
are worn by people in tropical climates
now being exhibited. There are plneappie
gauges. muslins of every texture, dlmltles,
Madras suitings. ginghams, percales' ano
lawns. Many of them are SO woven thal
they look like silk. and are OF a color oarh
enough to wear in the street even LOT
hard wear. The piques are to be as iash-
ionable as ever, and are even lghter III
weight than they were. Pique IS a Mate
rial that has stood the test OF puonc
criticism, and is firmly established as a
good material for hard wear. 1t IS TO pc
used in the jacket and skirt costumes
that are sold ready made. some OF the
skirts are circular, others nave the at-
tached founce of last year, ana sun
Others are gored. The jackets are an
short. on the blazer style, and are 10 pc
worn open to show the shirt-waist or raise
front. The jacket finished all around IN
scallops. with scalloped revers, is very
smart. There are, too, the hy-front coats
t,.At were seen last year, and also the CUT
aways. The dark plques are trimmed WIN
bands of the same material, or with
white luck or linen; somerimes Win
black luck or black linen. The smartest
are trimmed with the same color as the
costume.
A girl whose birthday falls on March ~
has determined that a party to be given
in her honor shall also show regard Tor
the good saint st. Patrick. AS a luncheon
was decided on the invitation bears a re-
quest that each guest come prepared TO
tell an Irish anecdote. or story, or recite
a poem about ST. Patrick.
when the day and the guests arrive
they viii gather around a table profusely
decorated with soft green foliage. A
harp. wound gracefully with smilax and
It's strings of tiny white '.immortelles,
viii for the eentrepiece, raised on a
mound covered with ferns.
The dishes holding bonbons, sman
cakes and sailed almonds will be wreath
ed with smilax and delicate ground-pine,
and the name cards are painted with and
cut in the shape of the shamrock SO
green.
The bonbons are to be merely round
sticks of chocolate six inches long, made
thicker at one end by the confectioner,
at the request Of the young hostess. IN
order to resemble the blackthorn or bog
oak '.shillalah,' while the little cakes are
excellent spraties," their surface covered
with chocolate dust and having bits OF
almonds for eyes.
The candelabra will be trimmed with
smilax, and the candle shades made Of
small tissue paper flags crimped into
shape.
The menu could only be made to con-
form to the prevailing character in two
or three dishes. The single entree Is a
most savory and highly seasoned Irish
stew, served very hot in little silver
sauce-pans. At that stage of the lunch
con where a vegetable is served as a sep
arate course, instead Of asparagus or cell
cry a silver salver will be brought In garn-
ished with much parsley, and heaped high
with potatoes in their Jackets"
For a little frmness and sacrifice of
present ease, mothers are more often
than they know responsible for their
children's growing up with ugly mouths,
deformed jaws and irregular teeth.
Everyone knows how mucl, less apt
a baby is to be frethfu. If it has
the habit of sucking its thumb, and It
does not take long for the average nurse
girl to learn to pop the rubber top of the
bottle into the baby's mouth to stop its
crying. Yet so soft and pliable is the
cartilaginous framework Of an infants
head and face that it is affected by the
slightest pressure If more or less COM
tinuous. The ugly feature known as 'rab-
bit mouth" is more often than not due to
keeping the thumb in the mouth for hours
at a time. Protrusion of the lower jaw is
caused by sucking the first and second
fingers. the weight Of the hand and arm
forcing the lower jaw to project and take
that permanent form.