The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-15

lish lecturer says:-She no longer pre-
serves and brews; she no longer weaves
and fashions. Her children are nursed,
fed. clothed, taught, and trained by hire
lings. Her sick are tended by the pre-
fessional nurse. Her guests are entertain
ed by paid performers. What truly re-
mains which may be. called her duties?
What is left to her, indeed, but boredom?
Let me not be regarded as merely bring
ing a grave Indictment against the sex
with which / nave every sympathy by
virtue of belonging to it, and, leass Ut All,
let me be understood to deprecate the
self supporting.
.All that ] urge is that what she does
she shall do in a womanly way, striving
against disability to preserve ner woman7
hood as being the best of her posses
sions.'
Unhappy is the child who is forbidden
to amuse herself in a natural manner for
fear of soiling her white frock. It is true
it is charming to see a little maid in the
daintiness of crisply starched white mus
lin, but this may be reserved for after
noon garb or for meal times. For morning
wear let the little one have a Bingham or
percale dress in which she can play in
the garden or in the grass, as easily as
her brother does, and without the tiresome
chorus of admonition from her caretaker
of the ceaseless, Don't do that
The little girl will grow UP more natur-
ally, healthily and amiably if she is per-
mitted to do some of the SO things tabooed
to the child who must not soil her white
frock nor even crumple it.
A sympathizing mother provides her
baby girl with a digging dress in which
the little one can play about in the grass
with RABBITS and flowers, untrammeled by
fear of her fine clothes. One can actually
now purchase overalls for little girls made
of denim and loose enough to allow the
little skirt to be disposed inside. These
overalls are cut extra wide to accom-
modate the little girls skirts. They are
buttoned up on both sides in front, and
have pearl buttons and tiny shoulder sus-
penders.
During a discussion on the customs of
modern society. which took place at the
Women's Institute in London, Lady
Arnold lamented the decline of good man
ners, and said that 1t was not at all UNI
common to hear a well-born young lady
address a gentlemen as 'sold fellow" The
speaker attributed many of the rough
ways now prevalent to the bicycle craze.
Servants, too. were not as those of an
older generation.
Snowy colors as now worn were depre-
Gated. The luxury and extravaganza Of
modern dinners. too. was appalling. Cigar
cite smoking. fats, silver weddings with
their presents-eWhy one should want to
be paid for being married 25 years, I
don't know said Lady Arnold-centen-
aries and memorial services all came UNI
der the speakers ban.
on every side are vast quantities of
black velvet baby ribbon used in the form
of trimmings through lace or muslin robes,
says a woman writing from Paris. Some
times it is used so lavishly as to produce
4 slightly bizarre effect-bizarre perhaps
rather if carried out with any less subtle
cleverness than is used on these toilettes.
one and all from the hands of the best
Partisan artists.
One frock seen lately was especially
~profuse in this form of decoration. 1t
was a ~redingote Of ecru guipure worn
over a robe of pink muslin. the skirt of
i Wn1cn DelOW lie I0ullSOtt was COSSASst
with narrow ruffles. Three baby velvet
ribbons set about an inch apart outlined
the front and hem and V-shaped neck of
the redingote. not run through the lace.
hut sewn on top of it. These ribbons
down the front were followed further in
by a. row of tiny, round. black velvet
buttons set several inches apart and
frankly there purely for adorctment. The
whole of the redingote OF the back and
sides were trimmed vertically with run
nings of velvet baby ribbon, the trimmings
taken very widely-at least two inches
apart-and ending near the hem with a
large. loose single bowknot appliaued
upon the lace. The tight guipure elbow
sleeves were hooped at two-inch Intervals
with baby ribbons. and We're finished with
pink muslin plaitings and long black
gloves. Inside the v-shaped neck there
were a few hc1u-like folds of pink tulle,
and. inside this, in turn, a high choker OF
ecru guipure.
A single Bride of pink tulle from the
shirred tulle hat was festooned with a
cluster of roses upon one shoulder. the
hat pfped with black velvet and laden
with roses.
The ~sunshade carried with this toilet
was in the same style. alternate rutlll7iiSs
of baby ribbon and bowknots and clus-
tiers of three ribbons sewn TO the outside
Of the lace, a ruching Of pink muslin fin
ishing the edge of the shade and cover
ing each Of the five ribs inside.
The Newport plazzas this season boast
Of a sRecamier seat in addition to their
other attractions. we all remember Da-
vid,s picture of Nine. Julie Recamier. the
famous Partisan beauty of Napoleonic
DAYS. She is seated on a "chaise long" or
sofa. with no back where you expect one,
and curling .backs'' at the ends. This
classical shape was apart of the affecta-
ton of the Directory and Consulate
period.
The Recamier seats are not quite as
long as those in David's painting. They
are made of ash, or of enameled woods, OF
various colors. You can have one enam-
eled TO match the prevailing colors of your
porch furniture. The seat is carefully up
holstered, usually with a raw silk or some
strong fabric made of the mysterious
fibres which grow in the West Indian
material much admired for summer up
material much admired for sumner up
hoIstery. 1t is really made Of cotton, and
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