The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-11-28
WOMAN'S WORLD.


That the skirts are not as tight as they
were. many of them having a box plat
in the middle of the back.
That three skirts all of the same length
are fashionable, one falling over the
other. ana the third skirt falling over
the other two, each skirt being different
" draped so as to show the skirt under
meath it.
That evening gowns have long lace
overskirts SO hin as to show the silk
underneath plainly.
That figured materials are used for
evening gowns, even figured silk challies
being seen. Figured mulls. figured crepe
de him and crepe crepons with silk fig
ures are fashionable at $3.50 per yaru.
That the deep o~ld-fashioned iounce
Is very fashionable looped with towers
as they looped in 1880.
That the most elegant evening dresses
are made out Of taffeta embroidered In
silk cord. Sometimes. the. entire gown
is embroidered, any sort of design being
used. One shows a swirl Of the silk cord
put on apparently without pattern, wavy
and curving always as it wends its way
across the silk.
The new geraniuTn taffeta, which is
very much like the old cerise, Is en1broid-
cred with white silk cord for evening,
ana with black silk cord for calling.
Turquoise blue silk n green chiffon
are combined for gas-light wear.
Ecru green and lavender look wonder
fully well together. especially in the
windmill bow; there are four loops OF
each all standing out, as suggested by
the name.
Evening dresses are SO fitnsy that they
are easily torn, and consequently, are
worn a little shorter than the dinner
dress If meant for dancing.
The narrowest ribbon is used for en-
broidery in place of silk though it is
not drawn through the goods but is APP
pliqued or gathered on enc edge upon
the surface of the goods.
If you have silk use it for the first
skirt of your dancing gown. Buy chiffon
with which to make the second skirt.
Let the chiffon be floor deep and set a
rufie twelve inches wide upon the foot
OF the chiffon skirt. If you are economic
ing, use a cheap chiffon substitute-and
there are many. Over this drape your
lace oyerdress. and, if the lace is faulty
from age, with some of the figures torn
out and defaced by ineradicable stains
use applique work of taffeta upon the
bad places. Cut out taffeta leaves and
applique them all over the lace. outlin-
ing wien chenille. When your work is
done you will be rewarded with a truly
beautiful lace overdress.
Only the soft, silky materials that lend
themselves gracefully to the outline OF
the figure are used for evening gowns
this year. Chiffon, made priceless by its
jeweled embroidery, and silk and null,
swathed In ruffles Of lace and ribbon,
are the fabrics par excellence.
A hyacinthzblue gown made over a
foundation of the same color tafeta has
a skirt of chiffon embroidered in silver
In simple design. The figure consists OF
three hair lines Of graduated length, the
longest being in the centre Around the
foot are three friiIs OF pale lavender chif-
fon, lined with cream silk lace
The bodice is worked in a most COM
plicated design, with the figures cut in
silver threads. There is a narrow belt
OF sapphire blue velvet, clasped in front
with a ieweled buckle, below which are
basque point Of chiffon embroidered in
squares. The neck is low, bordered with
a ruffle OF the lavender chiffon, lined
with lace. "A beautiful color scheme, is
1t n-ot-hyacinth blue, pale lavender and
cream with silver embroidery?
Another beautiful gown developed In
striped eau de Nil silk was made en- prin-
cesse. The bodice had a tight back and
basque front, draped with a. fshcu of
net, which was finished at the right side
with a bow OF black satin
The skirt was trimmed with ruffies of
the silk, over which were two shirreo
headings Of black ribbon.
Plaid mousseline de sole blending deli
cate tints of violet and pink was used
for still another evening gown. The skirt
was cut plain and made without trim
ming, and the bodice was trimmed with
frflIs of the same material, edged with
lace and headed with narrow bands of
p~each-blow velvet.
After the most ingenious manipulation,
modistes have succeeded in designing an
evening cloak that tpwers above its pre-
dccessors in points of excellence and beau
ty, as the habit-ftting skirt supersedes
the gathered one in gracefulness of out
line.
The most striking feature about this
new cloak is its. Trelawny fit. The
..Tretawny ft," it may be explained, is
strictly English. ana is no more or less
than a ''fauitless adaptation of the wrap
to the shoulders, TO expose their classic
outline"
a handsome cloak worn over a siren
green princess gown was developed in pale
tea color velvet, hned with ersnine. The
enveioping skirt was circular in shape
was made upon a deep, round yoke
of Gismonda pink satin, plainly stitched
In gold. The yoke was finished with a
deep. loose, corrugated band of the satin.
The collar was cut into the yoke and
lined with ermfne. It was hooked with
heavy gold clasps. which also held several
tiny erndne tails In place.
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The fair one who finds velvet or v~elltina
the most becoming fabric. but who has
been deprived of IT because It was only
suited for wear at receptions and kindred
occasions, is delighted with a new style
which renders IT wearable on occasions a
trihe less cefernonfous. Indeed, some tai
1or suits are now made of st, or corduroy
The one which we have in mind. however,
is not Of this sort. It is more in the cos
line; indeed. 1t has the triple skirt
effect round the foot, with the openings
a few inches up the front. Its distin-
gushing feature, outside its perfect cut
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