The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-28


twice arounu .-e skirt, the design being
carried up each side to a point. The left
hand figure in the illustration will show
how it was done. There was n row
of the same carried down the sides of
the coat, only it was much narrower.
Velvet ribbon is rarely seen now as
trimming except for young girls. Its
place on plaid woods cannot be filled
with anything else. 1t tones the colors.
On some gauze ban dresses for young
ladies and other ilmy textured ma
terial one may see 200 to 800 yards of
Tom Thumb ribbon. It does not look
to be much, it Is so narrow. Some call
1t baby ribbon.
Gauze ribbons in many hitherto un-
dreamed of colors and patterns are
promised for the spring. Some Of them
are of exceeding beauty. Imagine If
you can a soft and vague cheney de-
sign Of flowers mating into mist and
this on the transparent gauge ribbons.
Nothing could be more stherially beau
tiful. This kind of ribbon will, 1t is ex-
pected, be mostly used for millinery
purposes, but one enterprising house
has already made up a sample waist OF
white taffeta with bands OF this ex-
QulEll4 ItDDO1 LAV Ella taSA
I predict a great popularity for this
among people Of refined tastes for sle-
CANT year. Nothing could be more
beautiful. The cheney design is al
ways in very delicate tints. These on
gauze ribbon ars still more faint, and
over the white they seem but the sug-
gestion of colors and phantom flowers.
think I never saw anything more soft
J.. l~Js.o%o A ii%tra Iii 1f vrarxr Apo lana
was put On wrists and collar to relieve
the straight lines.
Some Of the new laces are marvels
of ineness and beauty. The Plaun
styles are good and will be much worn
over Innings of silk er satin. This style
has survived from autumn, but instead
of being used as deep shaped ounce
1t will be used in narrower widths as
applied trimming. Some OF this is
woven like galloon and in three and
four widths so that 1t can be applied
TO form q graduated trimming. There
are some very delicate French lace
fiouncings very closely initiating chan
tilIy of width from 10 to ID inches.
These will be USED upon the new silks
and satins and possibly upon some OF
the finest of the cotton gowns for sum-
mer, such as are not to be Numbered.
There is a decided novelty In white
lace founcings. This HI a very hne,
rlose meshed net, with few but bold de-
signs or figures, mostly tulips or other
large flowers. The lace is woven SO
that the p edge is drawn tight, and
the lower one, where the pattern is
wrought, is quite full, so thai 1t forms
q serpentine ruff1e. This is very pretty
In itself sid from the beauty of the
lace. Lierre, point d~'alencon, silk ap-
pIique lace, Plat Val in many widths
and white, black and colored silk Brus-
sells net with chenille dots are all Of
fered now.
We are drifting backward in matters
of fashion toward the times of that
whole set Of Louis, whose fashions are
SO puzzlfng to the most of US. This
shows In the oddly shaped waistcoats.
It is not safe to say this Is q Louis
Ouinze, Quatorze, Seize or any other
number when speaking Of n garment
or hat, for it is just as likely to resem-
BILE the other ones fashions even more
closely. Anyway, they are quaint.
m-sn things. however. aeem 70 Pc liked