The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-07
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to be introduced, both in fine and medi-
UNI goods, and it is interesting to watcn
the development of a particular fancy IN
decoration. saws the "Woman's and In
fant's Furnisher.. For instance, the con-
ventional scaIlop, with an embroidery or
lace edge, which follows the Van Dyke
point in popularity, is varied by a deep
fiounce arranged with a series of rather
narrow ruffles, which, commencing at the
head of the fiounce, run over it diagonal
~ to the foot and curve up so that the
end of each is hidden by the succeeding
ruffle. Under these oddly arranged seal
lops is a lawn ruffle edged with lace.
which latter shows delicately under the
curve. A dust ruffle finishes this novel
skirt, which is, like all the seasons pet
ticoats. shaped and fitted like a dress
skirt.
The double founce is the salient fea-
ture of the new petticoat, and is manlpu-
lated in a great variety of ways. Many
effective skirts are made with the under
tiounce quite plain, save for a lace edge
which barely shows through the similar
edging OF the more highly decorated out
err aounce. On the other pettlcoat the
under fiounce is trimmed and the upper
one cut so short as TO expose to view
fplIv one-half of the founce- A pleasing
example of this style of petticoat has the
MINER founce decorated with a bayadere
design. including hemstitching, inserting,
both of lace and that fine embroidery
closely resembling lace and a full lace
edge. Two narrower fiounces edged with
lace are under these, and a dust runie
contributes additional fullnesS-
Very effective is a petticoat, the upper
founce of which has upon it five narrow
ruffles, all edged with lace, and set on
with a tiny beading. In both cases these
hounces are of Persian lawn. Another
pretty fancy in a double LOUNGE mas al
ternated bands of embroidery and groups
of tucks, the latter containing live IN Inc
lower group, and decreasing regularly TILL
the top of the hounce is reached, Wnen
one tuck stands above a narrow oand OF
embroidery, this having also decreased In
width.
A petticoat which has attracted atten-
ton has on the upper lounce a bias ar
rangement of embroidery inserting, win
a straight effect in the same above ana
below il. and a full rafrle of embroidery
on the edge, below which appears a futed
lace. Graduated widths in tucks are EN-
ployed on some Persian lawn ounce
and. ranging in width from one-haif to
one-eighth of an inch, are exquislteiy
dainty when hemstitched in or headed by
a couple of bars of hemstitching- Tucked
founcings, by the way, are used on some
of the richest skirts seen in wholesale
or retail departments.
Among the hand-embroidered petticoats
seen is one the founce of which has a
triple scalIop buttonholed on the edge, ana
above the three rows OF single conven-
tionalized blossoms slightly graduated A
very effective imitation of this model IS
produced by the use of applied media Aons
en- a scalIoped founce. Applied
and lace bowknots, both inclosed in pam
esings and simply arranged on the skirt,
continue to be popular, and applied but
t~eriies are almost equally desirable. An
other attractive fancy is a petticoat, with
a nounce from above the knee. the upper
part of which is arranged in Van Dykes
of Malines lace, and the lower in a wave
pattern of The same. from which falls a
rather full lace edged ruffie over a dust
rufle of unusual depth.
Dividing the attention with the half
high round cnemise are still found the
ouaintest of little Empire garments SO
daintily tucked and feather-stitched that
the Iaces and embroideries could almost
be dispensed with. One of these has the
whole front in panels of the narrowest
possible vertical tucks, scarcely more
thar cords, arranged in groups a~iternated
with oddly arranged eather-stitching
The ~neckband is in the same style, and SO
are the sleeves. which form slight caps
and are edged. as in the neck, with a SIN
pie r,ffIe of fine narrow lace. A curious
little chemise has the centre front ar
ranged in a block of fine tucks, on either
side of which is a narrow lace panel. on
fine outside OF which again are placed
curved banks of the same lace, and Self
material filling up all the space between
this and the armholes.
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As a r,,le the Younger children, whose
ages vary from five to ten years, are in
vifed to afternoon parties from 3:D or
q o'clock to $3.50 or Z o'clock, and older
children to evening parties from s O'Clock
to - Fancy dress balls for older children
are from 3 F. M. to / or 2 A. M. Fancy
dress parties for little tots also take place
in the afternoon. but the windows are
darkened and the lights burn, to make
the whole realistic. AS a rule small
children do not care so very much for
masouerades. they do not care how they
are dressed as long as they have a good
time. but when they are a few years older
dress is a very important item indeed,
and of the amusements dancing stands
first in their appreciation. Little ones are
content. to laugh at something funny and
to eat lots of cake and sweets afterward-
They delight in the ever new Punch and
Judy. in performing dogs, in marionettes,
ugglers and conjurers. Each year some
novelty is introduced or old favorites are
improved, such as shadowgraphs. marion
cite n~antomimes and the like.
Entertainments of this kind usually oc-
cupy an hour and do not commence until
all are assembled, so it is very meet inn
press the importance of being punctual in
the Young mind. An hour for refresh
ments and an hour for games fill up the
allotted time. Rows of chairs are usually
arranged in the parlor for the little guests
to witness the performance and after
that they troop to the dining room. where
the table is spread with everything in the
way of cakes that is pretty and nice.
Crystallized fruits, apples, pears, oranges,
bananas and so forth are set in between
the cakes. In the mean time the parlor
is cleared of chairs to make room Tor
dancing and games.
Tha nracfice of inviting Young married