The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-17

Just now we're UP to our eyes in French
~cottons. those dainty silk and cotton Gre
atoms which make us feel simplicity per-
sonihed during the dog days. You see, we
feminines go a step in advance of even
the busy bee; it's something, of course,
to pass the summer laying aside the win
ter's store, but it's infinitely more. you'll
admit, to be putting aside fine raiment
for the summer campaign while were yet
in grim winters grip Ga pun is really
allowable when you have this vile all
ment).
First, wen take a peep at beautiful
ginghams, which are synonymous 1or
soft, silky simplicity, though containing
no silk. Indeed. a woman who looks truly
elegant in a gingham always impresses
us much more than the one who has at
tanned the same effect in extravaSant
raiment. The little checks are always
among the most attractive patterns. one
with quarter-inch squares marked on by
double pin lines of black is no end OF quiet
and effective. Light blue and white IN the
same pattern, or with the eoiors equah5
distributed, is dainty, too. A very enc
one is in orange, dull rose, white ana
black. AS for Scottish plaids. all the
clans are represented. Miss Littlegirl
doesn't monooolize them, either. These
ginghams are 81 inches wide and 80 cents
per yard. to come down to figures.
TIC replenish your stock of shirt waists
means taking the cotton cheviots into
consideration. They come in a variety OF
moderate colorings, among which
matches or pleasing contrasts IN any
number may be found. The stripes
Il q re the TAX
ing ones ard cost 40 cents.
70 return to our first loves, the glng-
hams. at 60 cents, there's a combination
check and stripe so mixed up that you
can't tell where one begins and the other
laa yes off This is especially lovely in blue
and white. At the same cost are what
1oot 70 he changeable white and a color
hlne gray. la-vender-with the white coro
r+r;nas more or less distance apart, as one
desires.
/ 80 cents there are ginghams with ohe
prenadine effects. These prettiest ones
come in plain colors-soft rose, reese a.
mauve. baby blue and cream. But they
don't look plain, for, in ADDITION 70 -
omen. lace-like g~renadine stripe, theiss
the inch wide stripe, which IS puite nNs
brocaded satin. There are more colors'
too. even dark ones, though thess y"
the. microscopically lattice IKE ene0' %
the g~renadine beautifully. -
For five cents more there's a mohaii
stuff, and it's very pretty IN Nthe y
pink. with whole families OF SILKY poiAa
dots in a lighter shade picnlcklhg oNsi
It's inviting surface. Another sllh=anu-
linen novelty, with perhaps a lllle eos
ton at liz, is in a soft silky gray
tween the white cord stripes SILKY "hi'e
polka dots disport themselves. ms i,'V
+arial comes in all celors and IS ~ inches
wide.
Ahaut the same width is a dainty nov
eltv which comes in all the favored cor
ors IT is especially pretty in violet ana
white Little checks form one stripe. d
ro,daserint little mix-up the other. Inc
,,nnractieed eye might think it costs !
dime a yard-it is marked a dollar
The embroidered Swisses were never
horn "a blush unseen. especially a rleh
rosvj affair. with a wide floral stripe en-
broidered in black, and a gay LOT Oh placA
noika dots frolieking between stripes lne
babv blue and the gray are pretty WIN
either black or white embroidery, whlle
tbs white with black or vice versa are
equally effective. These are 40 inches
wide and cost s1.75.
The irresistible batistes come al the
same figures. but are narrower. The pref
fest have the still ubiquitous polka spoes
making merry over their sheer, SILKY sur
face. The changeable effect comes lfoni
having the warp one color, the WOOL an
other. A gray (white and black IS en-
livened with black dots; a light piue WIN
white. But-the variety is endless!
we've to do is to decide.
Tn the Japanese tea, says 'Nhal 70
Fat ;, several small tables are used, SCI az
intervals in the room; these are generalIy
nreside9 over by the hostess and the
ladies who receive with her, each pelng
f,rnssbea with a tea service. They are
laid in white damask or linen embroidereu
~ . Jananese design. the centre is occu-
MED by a circular mound of red blossoms
rh;oh mbolize the emblem of the Flow
cry Kingdoms flag, combining the ia
: tionaI coIors also, red and white
In the middle Of the mound, signify
elevated, there is placed a JlhrlAi-sna
which is the riding vehicle of japan, d
two-wheeled affair resembling our moaein
dog-cart; it is drawn by a man IN costume
and seated in II Is a WoiiaH' oiso
tumeg holding above her and large enough
10 extend over the table, one OF those
x.rotesoue paper umbrellas, which are as
1n,,cb a part of that country as ITS rice
and tea. The edges of these are festoonea
with red and white flowers and hung with
the smaller sized, globe shaped lanterns
that are used profusely about the roo"
also. for decorating and lights.
candelabra likewise are used ano
should be of that quaint looking black
material thatsis decidedly Oriental in ap-
pearance and is the latest thing IN sucn
brie-a-brac. White tapers with red snades
show off to advantage above this DARK
fancifully wrought material, shedding q
softly subdued radiance, at once pretty
and restful to the eye.
The chrysanthemum. while not the ma
tional flower, is the Imperial favorite ana
hest beloved bloom Of the people, there
fore it is the proper one for decoration
united with ported plans, palms, vines
etc.
OF course Japanese china is used. ana
as to the things to eat there can be oI-
fered thin sardine sandwiches, deilcale
waters. fruits, CONNECTIONS. This is mercy
a suggestion; individuals use their own
ideas. and at different places customs
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