The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-27

plain. Their was a lace yoke, and the
rest of the front opened over a white
chiffon vest. with lace laid down both
sides to the belt. Crossed over the vest
and around the yoke were very narrow
dark green chiffon raches. The sleeves
were long and OF the taffeta- The
swivel weave taffcta is very light in
comparison with the other kinds of
taffeta silk.
This modes of dressing the hair vary
greatly, yet I think the majority of
ladies dress their hair on the top of the
head III a more or less elaborate twist.
There are some who look better with a
low Psyche knot. Others again like the
aureole effect. but as Titan blond is no
longer the very highest style just now,
It having made way for h ashen
blond, the aureole is not so pretty as it
was. These rolls had 20 be BUILT up,
and for that purpose half moon shaped
puffs of horsehalr were made.
That reminds me that during a visit
to the Metropolitan Museum Of Art this
week l spent the whole afternoon in
the Egyptian department. In one large
glass case where there was the mummy
of a woman there was an upper shelf
on which were spread many of the
things taken from her tomb. Among
them I saw pcnade pots, cinchers, lit
tie brushes, bodkins for the hair n
two of these very same kind of puffs.
These had been covered with some kin
of leather, but there they are for all of
us to look at who think everything we
see for the first time is new. These are
indexed as "a pair of coiffure supports,
leather; found at Akhmim; worn from
the third to the seventh century A. D.
Judging from the wigs 1 haye seen in
the museums of Europe and the pic
lures of Egyptian women, these must
have been fastened together and put
around the head SO that the large part
came over the side of the head, and
all the hair was combed up over them.
They were evidently intended to hold
the hair put wide at the sides and then
leave it to fall to the shoulders. There
is also a wooden comb with coarse
teeth ON one side and fine ones on the
other.
But we are dealing with the present
now and not with the past, so before l
forget 1t let me mention that there are
some pretty new printed pongee silks
in every imaginable color and all with
white polka dots, large or small. There
is a great demand for Japanese wash
silks. The best of these have a cream
groundwork with stripes in colors, but
there are Others. New Scotch zephyr
ginghams are woven in jacquard pat
terms with a thread very silky in APP
| These are very beautiful and
simply eternal for wear. They cost from
20 to IS cents per yard. For the shirt
waist there is a new printed striped
| organdie which Is made very strong by
the thick cords woven at intervals,
sometimes only in stripes and at other
times in squares.
There are some exquisite all wool
challies and some that look just like
them in soft finished cotton. The first
cost from 80 to so cents per yard n
the others from 5 to 10 cents, and on
bargain days these may sometimes be
purchased for 3 cents a yard. They
make pretty loose wrappers for hot
days, but they should be trimmed with
imitation Irish crochet or point de
venise lace in cream, ivory or butter
| color. Yokes made of the lace and a
little on sleeves and collar are suf6-
Gent trimmings.
Grenadines in the plainest weaves
will run close with white goods for nice
| ummer dresses. The old reliable iron
| frame Is among the first favorites.
Besides all those above mentioned
there are fine cambria nainsook and
flmy india linon, both richly embroid-
cred. Some of these white embroidery
| dress stuffs have yokes, collars and
| sleeves worked in the same design, but
| so that they are ready for use. Lawns
are very popular, and with a lawn dress
| pattern one finds a piece of the same
| material all tucked in the incest "a
| ready to use for the front Of the waist