The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-29
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satin which lines the hood and is finished
on the edge with a little frill of black
gauge ribbon. The 1000 gathers in at
the back Of the neck where the narrow
est possible frill forms the cape, and
rosette loop BOWS of ribbon fill 1t in
closely all around. while the strings are
long scarf ends of yellow chiffon. This
kind Of hood is not made in a frame,
but has a stiff i%nteFlining to keep It in
place. The daintiest things are made OF
white chiffon and white liberty satin on
a wire frame. The lining and the
chiffon is plated n covers this
and forms plated jabot friils for
strings. Chiffon r~osettes come in
for a share for the high finish in front.
While gauze ribbon joined with an open
work stitch, and made over white satin
with chiffon frills for a finish is another
pretty hood. The absence of any cape
is a noticeable feature in all the hoods.
| Some of them are combined with a little
shoulder cape which, like the hood is
made of lace over colored satin and
| finished with chiffon frills. Hoods are
made of velvet too and trimmed with
! flowers n lace around the face. Where
a wire frame is not desired, there is a
very stiff net used in millinery which
may be employed for an interlining.
Hoods which are not made on a wire
frame are wired around the face to make
them stand out from the head a little.
spangles and jeweled clasps figure on
some Of those little head coverings
usually when gauze is the material on
the outside.
Thank goodness I heard a woman
exclaim involuntarily on Tuesday after
noon as she extrfcated herself from a
tangled bunch of shoppers. Thank good
| ness I have on a short skirt"
I watched her as she trod her way
through the aisles. Her trim suit was a
mixed oxford, with the skirt coming just
to her ankles and her jaunty jacket OPEN
ing over a scarlet flannel shirt waist.
Her hands were free to carry small pack
ages. Her feet were unimpeded by any
draggled ruffles caught out in the rain
unaware. h was mo trouble to herself,
nor to anybody else in that crowded
place, and she steered her course with
ease and elaboration.
Right behind me stood a woman who
was attempting to pin together some frag-
ments of a long gown. 1t had trailed
over the wet sidewalks because she had
no hands with which to hold it up. Then
it had swept through the store, wrapping
itself affectionately around the passers-by
and leaving muddy streaks on their CLOTH
ing. Finally somebody had walked up it,
ripped it, torn it into slathers and blum
dered on needless Of the wrath of the.
woman she left in her path. a.
They don't mind trampling you here"
was the ruefu1 wall of a shopper who
waited close by for a bundle. She pick
ed up the trail Of her gown and held 1t
out to view. It was covered with prints
of dusty feet. People in the aisles had
to pass, and there was not room to cir
cumvent her. So the long gown suffered.
I felt like calling Mis- Shortskirt back,
standing her up before her sisters and
proclaiming:-
Behold, We foolish. If you would
shop in comfort, shop in a walking skirt"
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The older I grow the more I revere
goodness-just plain everyday goodness
having nothing heroical nor spectacular
in it. for I think this is the gift Of which
God has been the least ~prodigal, says the
.Woman's Home Companion, Intelli-
gence without goodness may mean nothing.
higher han a prize-fghter, but goodness
with strength and intelligence makes a
man as he was created to be, an image of
the Godhead. The most symmetrical man
of this century was Mr.. Gladstone, and his
moral nature was as sweet and as whole
some as his Intellect and body were strong.
In mind, in heart, in soul, in everything
but physique and inches, he was a giant.
But the salient feature in Gladstone's
character, and what lifts him ABOVE every
contemporary, was his moral earnestness.
He was a good man and his religious con-
v~ictions formed the warp and wool of his
nature.
A writer In an exchange has this to say
regarding the use of perfumes In Arabia:
I'm the floor of the tent or hut,
as it may chance to be, a small hole is ex-
avated sufficiently large to contain a
common champagne bottle. A fire of char
coal or simply glowing embers is made
within the hole, into which the woman
about to be scented throws a handful Of
drugs h then takes off the cloth or
tops" which form her dress, and crouch
es naked over the fumes while she ar
ranges her robes to fall as a mantle from
her neck to the ground like a tent.
"She now begins to perspire freely in
the hot air bath, and the pores of the
skin being thus open and moist, the vol
atile oil from the smoke of the burning
perfumes is Immediately absorbed. BY
the time that the fire has expired the
scenting process is completed, and both
her person and robes are redolent with
incense, with which they are SO thorough
ly im~pregnated that nave frequently
smelt a party of women strongly at a full
hundred yards distance when the wind
has been blowing from their direction.
The latest combination seen in the milli-
ners' shops is one of fur and rare lace in
the hats of the past week. The express
sion is entirely typical of the rapid
changes in this particular branch of wom-
ans attire. With every week some new
fashion in head gear asserts itself, and
becomes passe before a fortnight. The
nineteenth century woman's browning
glory is certainly her hat.
Soma tunics the divided into three.
a deep vandyke in front. and one
on each side, cut so that they join down
| the centre. This is often so deity man
aged that the train floats out with much
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