The Jersey City news., 1899-11-14
WOMAN'S WORLD.
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gives the fair owner two costumes. Win
the guirnpe she may appear at almost any
evening affair; without 1t she's dressed 1or
formal dinner, dance and opera. And one
may say all the imported evening dresses
now come with these guimpes, The excep-
tions are an occasional toilet which
| couldn't possibly be worn to any save the
most formal entertainment
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White faille Franchise, white poplin and
Sicilienne are made up into bonnets and
cioaks for the long-clothes baby. BY the
way, the cap is now called a bonnet. The
new model Is rather more full in the
crown than formerly, and is gathered into
| a deep band, which encrcles the little fat
face. Lace trims the border usually, all
Though soft ruffles of white silk. bordered
with lace. are frequently seen.
For out-of-door wear the short socks or
| the new baby are exchanged for pair
Of warm boetees, which come highssup on
the mottled legs, like the Polish boots
worn in a carriage over the Adebutanfe
slippers The bootees are made OF pale
blue, cream, shell pink or white gros
grain silk, with a lace border around the
! ankle and two little straps across the
front fastening with pearl button. THESE
sIiken boots are lined with the finest OF
white fianneL An up-to-date pair or them
is ornamented with wee buckle OF
mother-of- pearl low down on the toes A
marrow ribbon is drawn through the
buckle. The diminutive butterfly DOW OF
ribbon is even more infantile. The bow
is placed on the instep.
New bibs OF quilted muslin or lawn de-
part from older styles in being cut square
at the bottom. instead of the familiar
rounded shape. The square bib is quite
deep. and is bordered with gathered edge
of narrow yalenciennes lace. Three rows
! of the edging stripe in front of the DID
Another new bib Is diamond shaped, the
cutting for the neck being at one corner
of the diamond, SO 1t hangs quite low in
front of the chin. A double ruching OF
white lace borders this new bib. little
scroll of herrlngbone stitching is embroid-
cred on the bib in white floss silk A few
bibs are made of quilted white China silk.
but as these yellow soon the muslin ones
are to be preferred.
T Al new cotillon favor according to
Vogue" had its origin this summer az
q wen known castle in Normandy, where
house party Of young people were gath
cred together At the young chatelaine's
suggestion charm favor must be invent
ed SO youths and maidens snarpeneo
their wits, and decided upon set OF tnlr-
teen of silver and crystal, and that they
should be grouped on ring and worn
swinging from a long chain of sautoir.
The order was promptly sent to a Paris
jeweler, where. without loss of time, It
was carried out to perfection Each
charm had engraved upon 1t the appro- :,
pirate moral or wish:-Open chestnut
bon jour; amethyst heart-Iioyalty; owl
Wisdom; four leaved clover-Happiness'
a sprigs of heather-Eternal love; scara-
beus--Fidelity; ancient coin-Good luck
pine-cone-Freedom from accident sea
weed-iPreservation from illness; poppy
Forzet sorrow; mistletoe-Overcome OBJ
stacies: altar bell-Guide in the right di-
rection: hickory nut-Long life-
These charms having been hung on
chains, were tied up in box with pretty
ribbons; but before they were enclosed.
each young maid had tied bit OF gold
cord on the charm she preferred, attach
ing her name on a bit of paper. At the
proper time youthful clown appeared in
the drawing room. his white suit spotted
over with little fiat pockets numbered
from one to. thirteen. The dancing men
were told they must choose number,
which they did, and fumbling in the
pocket so marked brought out one or TWO
letters as the case might be- These let
ters interpreted the message on each
charm, the clown opening the box to fix
the correct correspondence amid much ex-
citement and jollity. The chains and
charms soon found their right owners, and
the partners they preferred 1t is to be
hoped
Tai1ors make up costumes without lining
of the heavy cloths woven with reversible
side 1t is customary to purchase one
with one face plain and the reverse plaid
ed Loud" or gay plaid, are out of the
question for these fabrics. because the
blocks and bars are of large size. An in
distinct plaid. almost invisible in gray and
black, or medium blue, dark green or
brown is a good choice for such a skirt.
One must indicate which side one desires
on the outside when made up. Later on
the entire skirt can be turned inside out.
One of these is useful to wear on informal
occasions out of doors with flannel or
velveteen waist. Such a skirt takes the
place of the ail-black skirt, considered an
indispensable feature OF every ones ward
robe last winter The skirt is made plain.
never with a tunic. It is too heavy to be
used over drapery, and should be suffered
to hang severely plain in its uninterrupted
length.
The old fashioned aprons mot apron tu-
nics) hardly seem to belong to our pleas
ure-loving age, but rather to period
when women were literally housewives
and the still room was a province in
which the lady of the house took her parr,
good deal of the jarn-making and dis
tiIling falling to her share. says the Pitts
burg Post" But there are pursuits
which women must follow now, such as
painting. modelling and the like. in which
an apron is essential. and few have been
made large enough to cover the entire
skirt, with pockets set outside, the bib
and the braces attached to a Swiss belt
and accompanied by oversleeves which
reach nearly to the shoulder. These are
very pretty In plain or lowered muslins.
Sleeves have undergone more alteration
than almost anything else In dress; now
they are so small that any tight Jacket
can be slipped over Them
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