The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-12

WOMAN'S WORLD.

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aa@ &as
are better made to order than in a ready
made suit. for the price paid for the
ready-made is usually very low. and this
is apt to mean that the lining of COLLAR
and belt may shrink away from the cloth,
and that the button holes have not been
Sc carefully made.
A stylish and useful bathing dress is
made of brilliantine, the fine glistenine
material with weave like a mohair or
alpaca. This does not become heavy in
the water, as a flannel suit will do. often
dragging upon the wearer with tiresome
weight. Five yards of briliiartine are
required to make this suit. The Turkish
trousers are almost entirely concealed by
the pretty skirt. which is gored in front
to fit the figure smoothly. The fullness of
the skirt is disposed gracefully in the
middle of the back, for a st1at-back'
bathing skirt is not to be contemplated
for a moment. The bodice is cut down to
show a guimpe piece to which the stand
ing collar is attached. This and the
broad sailor collar are made of white or
pale blue pique. The bodice is slightly
full in the front. the fullness being drawn
down toward the middle of the waist. 1t
is slightly bloused and pointed DOWN
ward. The slight fullness of the back of
the bodice is gathered in three pleats in
the middle of the back at the waist. The
belt follows the waist line in the back.
but droops at the front two inches lower.
The corners of the sailor collar are sharp
ly pointed. The collar is sometimes of
white duck with a border two inches wide
of colored duck or pique, pink, blue or
scarlet.
Black taffeta silk is used for the sailor
strings and knot. which is tied just below
the sailor collar with assumed profess
sional skill. The sleeve is a mere puff,
very short and full. 1t does cover the
! shoulder, but only comes half way 10 the
elbow.
Honey. and it must be of the newest
and most delectabie flower. is claiming just
now an unusual amount of attention at
the fashionable breakfast table. In fact,
it's place there is becoming quit an undis-
puted as that of wines at dinner parties
Men of wealth and leisure are assiduously
testing and experimenting with the differ
ent brands of honey and ~wrinkling their
brows over the problem of producing what
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during the coming summer
For the bee is no longer allowed to pur-
sue its w sweet peregrinations and sip
of the hector of flowers wherever he
chooses. His actions are restricted and
guided. AS a result. such honey as never
was tasted before is offered at smart ta-
bles.
If it is the white sweet clover flavor that
hoe ,roi,aJ ox-a. u-ifh fha opial1rp
He has it kept carefully kept from weeds
or any other variety of clover that might
endeavorH to find a footing there. The
whole bed is enclosed and rooted with a
fine wire netting and the beehives are then
placed within the enclosure. Try as he
will, the bee, he can produce none other
thar white sweet clover honey. In flavor
it is very delicate and almost white in
color.
Yellow sweet clover honey it preferred
by others. The fiavor is slightly stronger.
than that made from the White variety
and its color is a deep yellow.
Then there is a honey that is made from
such flowers as thistles and milk weeds; it
is most amusing to hear producers of such
flavors toll of their tribulations in making
these hayward plants grow within their
restriction. Some of the wild flower hon
ey is almost black n color and the flavor is
certainly very different from what it was
in the days when honey was honey, and
that fact settled the question.
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The fashion of sending flowers to the
graduating classes upon commencement
day is not nearly SO popular as in former
times. 1t is all very well in small institu-
tons. but it is now discouraged by the
greater ones, as an outward garment is
discarded. AT a university commencement
for instance, the authorities do not wish
to have their platform encountered with
heaps of punches of the vegetable king
dom. no matter how beautiful they may be.
1t is all very well for a young lady,s school
but flowers are not an appropriate offering
to young men just receiving their degree
as physicians. lawyers or dentists. or B..
A. or NJ A. Something more appropriate
can be given and the money invested use
fully. In fact. flowers are a nuisance to
the budding bachelors. who are not at all
grateful for the American beauties be-
slowed by admiring friends. So an expen-
sfve law book or clinical Thermometer viii
prove a more welcome gift than the flowers
to some of the students, while golf sticks.
searfpins, fishing rod, useful books. etc.
would be generally acceptable.
Highly glazed or polished silks are not
permissible in the present season. saws
"Harper's Bazaar" Among the startling
innovations are parasols in bright green
silk of the same brilliant shade that is
shown in the novel ties and outing jack
cts. Wedgwood blues and brilliant reds
have, as usual, a large representation
among the sunshades designed for gener-
al use or among those made to go with
outing costumes. The new parasols,
whether of five or eight cores, have the
tips of the ribs finished with ivory or
finely polished bone This fashion also
extends to the small shades designed for
carriage use. These are all elaborated
greatly by rich trimmings of lace, ribbon
or mousseline or sometimes by cut steel
or jet figures set in between the cores.
Where ribbon ruches are employed car
riage parasols are not i~nfrequently COW
cred by rows of alternating black and
white ruchings, blue and White and 9th
err combinations, which extend from the
outer edge of the shade to its capital.
Carriage parasols of a larger size are
preferred by younger ladies, and are to
be had in chiffon over taffeta or of the
latter silk with large and small lace fg-
ures introduced.