The Jersey City news., 1899-12-19
WOMAN'S WORLD.

The winter dress goods are even more
beautiful and In greater variety than for
several seasons The Venetian cloths
have rich, lustrous finish and come in
several tints of gray, also in military
blue, royal blue, plum color and brown,
says a Paris letter.
French broadcloth makes handsome
tailor-made. 1t is 50 inches wide and
comes in light gray, in castor mode gray
and black. The corn flower blue makes
handsome suit for an afternoon recep-
tion. The overskirt should be cut IN
deep-rounded scallops and edged with bias
fold The corsage is also cut in deep
rounded scallops. with a fancy silk shirt
waist showing like vest and beneath
the scalIops of the lower portion. Other
popular dress goods for this winter sea-
son are siIk-finished Henrietta CLOTH
cheviot, serge, Sicilian, camel's hair
cloth and cameps hair cheviot-
The new black goods show more novel
patterns III corkscrew designs that are
very like the petals of orchids. Biarritz
and whipcord are popular also. The most
approved plan for making tailor made
of beige cloth is to have a five-gored skirt
trimmed with circular soverskirt with two
deep points at the bottom styiishly cord
ed or heavily stitched. The bodice is made
double breasted, the right side tapping
over and neatly trimmed with cording
and buttons The chemisette and collar
are of beige velvet with brown chenille
spots. A beige felt hat should be worn,
trimmed with many pretty ostrich plumes.
Zhbeline cloth is a very fashionable
fabric for winter suits. 1t is the hairy
surfaced zibeline that is now in vogue 1t
makes up handsomely in dark green and
dark brown. and an embroidered white
satin vest shows up the goods to advan-
tage.
The fashionable wraps and coats of all
kinds show more variety in their styles
than for many seasons past. The major
ity are made with very high fiaring col
lars. and there are large lapels, faced
with ermine or other fur. A serviceable
black cloth coat is lined with primrose
or peacablow taffeta. The box plated
coats are extremely smart. The tan and
ecru coats are braided handsomely. Al
cloth called coachmans gray makes up
ssylishiy. The loose cloaks are said to
be warmer than the very tight-ftting
ones. Some of these are beited in with a
silver girdle. If silk girdie a very hand
some buckle, bearing an artistic medallion
finishes the front of the girdle.
tailor-made jacket of chestnut brown
cloth for a young woman should de made
doubie-breasted and neatly trimmed with
rows of cording on the revers and at
the cuffs Any smooth-eaeed coating
can de neatly trimmed with rows OF
stitching on the lower edge at the cuffs
and on the revers. The three-quarter
length box coats are much worn by
grand Partisan DANES These have
a double breasted front, revers and coat
collar Of mink. The sleeves, lapels OF
pocket and deep edge have many rows
of stitching A three-quarter length
coat of black broadcloth makes up hand
so1nely elaborateiy trimmed with ap-
plioued scrolls Of cloth. This is a gem
uine French garment, sashed slightly
at the sides, having a pointed panel at
the sides and front and back. What is
known as the shawl collar" edged
with sable and a head of little animal
finishing the front, gives a very styiisn
appearance to the garment A similar
wrap has storm collar of sealskin and
a bertha-lflxe icoilarette of sealskin sur
mounts the dressy wrap.
The long coats and the short jackets
for misses and young girls are of navy
blue cloth, trimmed with golf plaid suit
ing. There are plaid straps across the
front. a shawl collar of the plaid
goods and some blue and mode fringe
gives a very dressy effect. The fringe
edges the collar, fails the entire length
of the coat at the front and trims the
two side seams as high as the hips. Ele-
giant rnantles OF black velyeti with hand
some chenille fringe and silk passe-
1nenteries are truly regal in their ap-
pearance. Tan and blue covert cloth
makes natty little jackets for girls from
10 to Is years of age. These should be
tailor-made and should have an inlaid
velvet collar The fine kersey jackets
are lined throughout with satin and come
in tan, brown, castor and royal blue.
The ..conspirator's cloak is a novel
style for a cape on the order of the cape
of a Fiorentine officer. One end of the
garment is thrown over the left shoul-
der and held in place by a large buckle
Pea1l de suede cloth is the correct goods
for such a cloak A superb opera wrap
is of oyster white satin with panel
embroidered with hydrangeas in deli
cate pinks and blues.
Long siiver-haired black lynx makes
beautiful boas and is in high vogue. All
the debutantes are wearing white boas
and tippets. The newest boas are or
namented with many tails and one very
large head of an animal Furs made
of Russian and Chinese sables are selling
well here and are cheaper than the Hud-
son Bay sables.
Feather curling, says Harper's ''Bazar"
is a business by itself, and to excel in it
requires long practice. 1t saves time and
patience to pay some one else to do it,
but a few directions will be given, for
you might find yourself SO situated that
you would be obliged to do 1t yourself
Take an old feather to practice on. Buy
q regular curling knife; they are kept at
most hardware stores. The blade is a
peculiar shape, short and narrow and has
a curve.
Have ready teakettle of boiling water
and hold the head of the feather over the
steam for few moments. Now take
the feather in both hands and spreading
out the fues to their full length, pass
back and forth through the steam, but
do not let it get too wet.
In the same manner wave 1t from side
to side-not up and down--for few mo-
ments, to partially dry it When dry
enough it is ready for curling. Begin at
the stem on the right side, holding the