The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-06
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, it has just a small cluster of gathers each
| side Of the pleat. In the back at the waist
| line the fullness thai comes in from the
| shoulders is fulled in just at the centre.
I! This model is undoubtedly attributable to
| the tuck craze, for when made in this
| style, shirt waists are almost invariably
tucked, very often all over-sleeves and all
las il made from all-over tucking by the
yard. A three-quarter-inch strap, stitched
| down on the shoulder seam. is a dis
| tinguishing feature of the tailor-made
| waists. Turned-back cuffs appear on the
| majority, but straight, or ~turned-back,
they have round corners and are so mar
| row as to be little more than a band.
| Four large pearl buttons fasten the front.
| The popularity of the turned-over collar
| remains to be proven. but be this as it
NAV the large. soft bow tie will undoubt-
| eddy supersede the narrow string tie
A costume which, besides being alto
! gether smart and recent, has the adj
vantage of being easily laundered is made
of Galatea suiting. otherwise known as
Jeans. says ''Harper's Bazaar The var
iety of this fabric now most in vogue is,
in appearance, a closely woven lgnt-
weight drill with a smooth satin finish.
1t is to be had in all the new blues, beige,
and gray shades and is combined with fine
braids, embroideries, and contrasting
shades of color in the same material.
The present costume consists of jacket
and skirt, the latter having a trimmed
skirt which Stimulates a pointed peplum.
The skirt pattern consists of upper and
lower parts and facing for the scalloped
lap of the suggested peplum, together
with the usual belt, etc. The scalloped
edges lap over the under-skirt to a depth
Of four inches, at which distance the I'M
der and upper parts of the skirt are
stitched together. The skirt is fitted
smoothly over the hips, and meets in the
back in two slight in ward turning pleats.
The jacket is tight-ftting in the back,
and has a shallow dart on each side of the
front of a sufficient depth to suggest the
curve of the figure. The bottom of the
jacket is curved in shallow scallops, and
the standing collar and revers are sym
pathetically shaped. The sleeves are
easy fitting, but follow the close fitting
lines of the present mode. They are fin
ished at the wrist by fiaring cuffs (aiso
scalloped), which droop slightly over the
hand. The colors here employed are
white "drilp' bound in blue.
To make the costume as above de-
scribed, of duck. piaue, or of any fabric
of from 80 to 80 inches wide, II yards will
be required.
The material should be shrunk before 1T
is made up, to avoid shrinking in launder-
ing.
Telling girls sHow to be Pretty Though
Plain Mrs. Humphrey, in the April
Ladies' Home Journal" guarantees any
girl a good complexion who will wash her
face every night and morning, and twice
a day besides, according to her directions:
1.-The water must not be quite cold IN
winter. and soap should be used once a
day. The fingers are better than any
sponge or glove or fannel,a and they should
be used as the masseuse uses hers, press
ing them firmly but gently into the skin,
and passing them two or three times over
every inch of the face. More particular
mains should be devoted to the corners,
where dust is always liable to lodge
around the eyes, nose and mouth. IL a
washcloth is used it should be OF the
softest and finest, and plenty or wafer
should be applied after the soap so as 10
wash it all away. The drying process
should be equally thorough and effectual,
a hurried rub opening the way to all sorts
or r-oughnesses and chappings. Not one
girl in twenty knows how to wash nef
face. and that is the reason why massage
fourishes. 1t thoroughly cleanses.'
MANY of the older girls in society have
come to the conclusion that the sooner
thew to instruct their younger
sisters and brothers how to converse
agreeably at a dinner or luncheon the
easier 1t will be for them later on. With
this end in view, the fad among them
now is to give children's dinners at nve
p. M. and children's luncheons at one
p NJ. At these entertainments the older
girls are supposed to wait upon the chill
dren and personally supervise their con-
duct and conversation. They start the
topics for them, and lead and guide them.
so that after a few meetings the children
can chat with one another with wonder
full ease. Several such parties lave been
given. and it is remarkable how quickly
the little ones seize the idea of making
themselves agreeable. And they seem to
love it. too. and play lady and gentleman
with great spirit. This fad will, no doubt,
be tried by all who have ambitions for
success n Inc Soclol =
dren.
It would be well to caution those who
have sown seeds of ANIMALS during the
past few weeks that the seedlings must
be kept cool, says the "Woman'ss Home
Companion If they are subjected to the
heat Of the ordinary living-room (seventy
degrees F~ahrenheit) they will be drawn.
weak and spindling, and will perhaps not
do so well after being planted out as if
the seed had been sown directly into the
ground. Endeavor If possible to keep the
seedlings in a temperature not higher than
sixty degrees, with a night temperature
of not above, fifty. If kept no warmer
thar this they will make a stocky.
sturdy and healthy growth.
A woman gave a luncheon the other
day to a few women friends for which
the menu cards were something very new.
These were exact copies of playing cards
delfcately painted in water colors, and the
face of each queen wassa clever portrait
of the face Of one of the guests. One
woman is the president of a well known
woman's society and a member of organ
izations innumerable. She was queen of
clubs. Another has lately bought a coun-
try seat on which she is spending so
much time and money as to arouse the
jests of her acquaintances. She was pic