The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-08
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WOMAN'S WORLD.
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At this time of year the ta.lors and
modistes are busily at work ON bathing
suits, for no summer trousseau is COM
plete without them. There are all kinds of
bathing suits. One kind is a novelty-the
tailor-made. 1t is as carefully fitted as a
riding habit and serupulously boned. With
this bathing suit only a corset is worn I'M
derneath.
1t may be remarked here that it is the
custom to wear a corset in the water.
Bathing corsets are OF white material, so
made that the steels and bones can be
slipped out and dried.
When the corset has summed on the line.
it is roughly ironed and the steels and
bones are put back in Less fastidious
persons do not remove the steels, but
content themselves with hanging the cor
7et over the line to dry. No woman ac-
customed to the support of a corset IS
comfortable without one. even for an
hour in the waves. and the number Of
bathing corsets sold at this time of year
is. therefore, surprisingly great.
The loose bathing gown is a blouse
will skirt attached. Never commit the in
discretion of going In the water without
a belt.
"A DdlHlHS dress WHICH Is peins iuduS
for Newport is of black and white shep-
herds plaid. perhaps the plaid
thai could be selected. 1t is trimmed
with bands of white flannel in al effective
way. The broad white sailor collar on
this gown terminates in revers. which Go
not end until they form short tabs below
the waist line. A broad. crush girdle of
the white flannel holds the blouse in
place.
The front of the skirt shows a large APP
plique design of white flannel. The sleeves
are short. scant puffs. The skirt is cut
gored and is TO be worn over knickerbock-
ers of the plaid cloth.
Knickerbockers, by the way, are part Of
every bathing suit.
Another gown showing some thought
was of army blue serge. combined with
white serge. The blouse and upper parI
of the skirt was of white, covered with a
vermicelli pattern of blue braid. An odd
little bolero was of blue, and the lower
part of the skirt was of the same ma
terial. The large white collar shows a
vine pattern of blue braid around it. Dark
blue tights were worn with this suit and
blue stockings, with white bands around
the legs.
Mohair is much used for bathing suits.
One very dainty suit of bright blue was
trimmed with black mohair braid.
This suit was not made with the reguld-
ton sailor collar, but with a bolero butt
toned high on one side, which was cut "
shaped at the back, in front and at the
throat.
The braid outlined this little jacket, and
five rows were laid in waves around the.
scant circular skint. From under the boil
ero fell a plated blouse of white CASH
mere. which was caught into a belt of
black mohair.
Still another pretty suit of cherry-col-
ored mohair, trimmed with yards and
yards of black soutache braid. The wide
collar was cut with revers and covered
with the braid, as was also the broad box
plat. which was formed upon the front
of the blouse. Rows of braid formed a
deep yoke upon the skirt.
When a rubber cloth cap is worn a bright
plaid or cherry colored silk handkerchief
is tied over it.
II fitted up a most delightful den in my
house last week" remarked a young pro-
fessional mar over midday lunch" says
the New Orleans "Tlmes-Demoerat." w
had a big square room at the rear of the
second floor that l had annexed for my
own personal uses, but ! hesitated about
attempting to furnish it on account of the
expense. Last week I got a lot of cheap
buff c~retonne,. with a small lavender fig
ure. and hung ii, curtain fashion, all over
the walls. Then l carried the same stuff
from the outer edge OF the ceiling to the
chandelier rod in the centre. letting it sag
about three feet in a sort of festoon. The
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breadths were fastened so close together
hat it looked like all one piece. The next
thing I did Yves 10 remove the handle
from an enormous Japanese umbrella,
and slide the cover. wide open. up the
rod of the chandelier. first unscrewing
the ineandeseent fixtures below, so as to
leave merely a straight pipe. The umbrel-
la hid the place where the cretonne came
together, and when the chandelier fix
lures were screwed on again it a a
beautiful paper dome above the lights.
The effect of the drapery on the ceiling
and walls was exactly like the interior
of a huge square tent, and was wonder
fully odd and inviting. The furniture
consists of a few bamboo 1ounging chairs
and a big centre table for books and mag
azines and smoking paraphernalia, and
there are plenty of cushions, which my
wife covered with some of the eretonne.
OF course there are no pictures, because
they couldn't well be hung against the
folds of the cloth, but they aren't needed
in the decorative scheme. 1 forgot to
mention that the wall draperies may be
drawn apart at the windows and do duty
as curtains. When we got things in place
the result ~astonished the neighborhood.
It is the most attractive room in the
house, and is 50 cool and cosy and SO
irresistibly suggestive of the dolce far
niente that ] can hardly tear myself
away. We have christened it the tent
and my wife simply camps there, in
spite of the fact that it was intended as
my private den. To be sure, it's a sum-
mer decoration purely, but we have a
3xed rule in our family against planning
more than six months ahead"
The feminine portion of the world does
not always want entire novelties, or,
rather a novelty thai will entirely reyo-
iutionize the current mode, but gladly
takes hold of the opportunity to use ar
tfeles that have been In vogue SO many
wears ago that they are new to the pres
ent generation. Thus, fringes, which for
ty or fifty years ago entirely governed