The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-31
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! woman not do when fashion compels. In
obedience to her dictates she has MAD
to have her hair dressed over hight, the
headdresses. so many inches high that
doorways and carriage tops had TO pc al
tered. Her skirts have been so ample
that entrances to houses and vehicles
! lave alike had to be widened. She mas
tottered on heels of such altitude that
every step meant danger and, ACCORDING
! to the ancient chroniclers of III, the SEX
compress their waist. their hips; the
breast extend,' till they We're like the
hour-glass, swollen at each end There
is very little that is new in jewel fashlons
e~xcept-forgive the bull-what Is old. Al
most any antique or quaint kind OF
jewelry is worn and acquired with dellght
by women of the world. that composite
but delightful item in our social lie VINO
has the habit of taking care OF herseli
and making use of other people, but at
the same time rarely fails to please the
eye and the senses;
The umbrella is of very ancient origin
Tt Is found in designs on Greek and Etrus-
can vases. and is traced back to ancient
Egypt. the mother of arts, says one
..Woman's Home Companion" Its nrst
use was undoubtedly to protect from the
burning rays of the tropical sun; IT'S Latih
derivation is from umbra, a shade Inc
fEnglish got the umbrella from FRANCE,
and the first man who carried TINS ram
protection in England was Joseph Hah-
way. who began the practice wnen d
young man, and continued 1t until ms
death. in 1854. Hanway was famous IN ms
day as a philanthrepist, butt he Is re-
membered now quite as much for MS per
s~istenee in carrying an umbrella anu
beating down the prejudice against tne
use of it. as for any of his purely peneh-
cent deeds. When Hanway died all the
people in England carried umbrellas, ana
they have continued to do so ever since.
Indeed, nowadays England would not
seem England without the ever-present
umbrella.
Though the umbrella came from the
East. reaching first Italy. then Spain ana
France, and afterward England and Ger
many. the pendulum now is swinging
back again. and the last commercial sta
~tistics show that the city of Paris is ex-
porting 500. N9 umbrellas annually to Tur-
/ kew. while IN England in one year $4,000
Eumsrsl.as we're Manufactured for ship
ment to Burmah.
Fine muslin aprons, with a sort OF ffcnu
hin trimmed with lace and insertion, and
a Knot of ribbon on one side, are being
worn by young girls in the afternoon in
Paris when assisting at ''the five o'clock
These aprons nearly cover the skirt, they
are vandyked or scalloped round the edge
and have the appearance of being a whise
muslin dress over a slip and bodice OF
| color.
IT il becoming quite the fashion in Paris
for women to take off their jackets and
cloaks when making an afternoon call,
and a yery sensible fashion it is, for to
sit in a fur cloak in a hot room and then
go out into the air is a good recipe Tor
catching cold. Blouses of white satin,
with turquoise buttons and a little bit OF
rare old lace. are very much worn under
the outdoor Jacket.
/ hear that real flowers are to be worn
a great deal this year in the streets, as
well as in the house, and each woman
will always endeavor to have her own
particular flower. whatever it may be-
yellow roses, violets, lilies or gardenias,
and to wear no others. 1t is a charming
fashion.
Percale trimmed with linen braid makes
a most desirable costume for country
wear. Unless a woman is of e~xtravagant
| tastes she will not care to wear an expen-
sive gown through the fields to be ripped
bv the thorns and caught in the briars.
This costume is developed in mahogany
| brown piaue. striped diagonally with red.
L -, / %, - 2. z1..1 G+t;or a + tho ton with
gathers at the back. 1t is trimmed around
around the foot with red braid put on IN
/ decorative design and faced with striped
goods of brilliant hue.
t
Only when a man is a thorough Ounce
socially will he mistake the privileged ia
vors of a hostess for something really
serious in her interest. The dividing line
is exceedingly delicate. but so distinctly
traced that it is unmistakable.
49,
To Make the Hair Dry and Fluffy,
Without Injuring It.-One ounce of eau
de cologne, two ounces of rectifed spirits
of wine. half an ounce Of bicarbonate OF
soda and six ounces Of distilled water.
80
Among the new fitted blouses for even
| ing wear is d InOuGl lOIiucd VI WuitS
mousseline brilliante over primrose yell
low silk. A shaped revers of shirred
mousseline adorns one side of the front,
and three lovers knots in wide black vel
vet are arranged at intervals on the
other.
Some of the r tints among t%afeta,
China and faille silks, and in crepe de
Chine yelling, Henrietta cloth, drap d'ete,
barge and vicuna. are exceptionally beau
tiful.
Pafe-pink feathers in a little tuft are
a good deal worn of an evening on the
left side of the head.
Tissue paper was the piece de decoration
at a very smart luncheon recently. Tiny
rose leaves of pink and red were made
of the paper and scattered over the cloth;
the centrepiece was a bouquet of Ameri-
can beauties of paper, perfumed
and startingly real. The menu cards were
little booklets with tissue paper covers,
~prettily crinkled, while the bon bon dishes
were dolls dressed in various costumes
of the paper, holding baskets of almonds,
/ candles. etc. The finger bowls were filled
with perfumed water on which foated
the rose leaves, like those of the cloth. Al
together it was a charming conceit clev-
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