The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-02

IN OF JUDITH BEROLDES BEAUTIFUL
GOWNS.
very large and rich ostrich feathers.
They are, beyond measure, picturesque
and becoming to almost every one. Even
middle aged ladies can wear them.
The colors most affected were black,
white and gray. The black gowns seem
to have absorbed all the very finest ma
terials known, first of all being velvet,
then satin duchesse, china Grape, broad
cloth, venetian, silk warp eudoras and
henriettas and satin faced cloth. This
last and broadcloth were seen in cream
white often, though made in different
styles and trimmed in many different
ways.
Mrs. O. n. P. Belmont had a white
satin faced broadcloth trimmed with
black and gold p-assementerie. Tho
skirt was arranged with a low Dewey
founce, and wherever the seams came
there was a hollow box plat, which
made it very ample around the bottom.
All around this founce was ms line of
this p-assementerie, with short tabs wher-
ever there was a fold. Two rows of it
reached from the top of the aounce IN
front clear over the shoulders n dow
to the bottom at the back. There was
a rich set piece of the same kind of pas
sementerie at the back and In front be-
tween these lines. The high collar was
bordered with it and slashed at the back.
The sleeves were very long and We're
ornamented in the same way. She wore
a belt of black Inc gilt beads, with a
splendid buckle in front, richly jeweled.
AT the throat she had a sunburst Of dia-
monds, with a magnificent opal in the
center. That seems to dissipate the SUI
perstition about opals, in one case at
least. Nobody could imagine that this
bright and youthful looking woman was
a grandmother.
She wore a black velvet hat of uncer-
tain form with a crushed rosette of gold
colored miroir velvet at the side. 1t was
picturesque. Another evening she wore a
white satin costume studded with scin-
t~illating spangles like stars in a winter
sky. With this she wore a white velvet
picture hat with pale blue satin bows and
white plumes.
1t is useless to go over all the beautiful
costumes and gowns seen there, but the
styles which received the stamp of sue
cess may be mentioned in brief. In adj
dition to those mentioned above one may
say that the balance is largely in favor
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coats" as some call them. Two of these
of chinchilla were extra fine. Cloth and
velvet were the favorite materials. Those
of cloth in white and the brightest pastel
shades of tan, ivory, mode and drab
were all in almost exaggerated tailor
syle, with no end Of stitching and with
buttons as big as trade dollars.
Some of these materials were also de-
geloped into Newmarkets and long listers
and ~redipgotes. These are strap scanned
and stitched. The velvet coats are richly
trimmed with fancy jetted passementerie
and fur and sometimes guipure lace in d
tint to blend well with the fur Is used.
The handsomest fur for bordering is the
Alaska sable. Chinchilla is employed III
some cases, and, In fact, so are most furs.
The double breasted box coats are OF
cheyiot, serge, oxfords, venetians n
kerseys. There are others Of ~velours, en-
broidered, beaded and trimmed with fur.
The stores are now making a speciality
of golfng suits In corduroy yelours. This
is handsome, but heavy and cumbersome.
The plaids are much lighter, and the
capes always are of the double faced
wool anyhow. So-well, one can wear
plaids or homespuns or, better still, the
new ~cravanette skirts. These are planned
really for rainy day wear, and they reach
but to the ankles. Being tailor made,
they are pretty, and, being waterproof,
they are doubly valuable. They are in
nearly all the shepherd plaid designs,
though there are some large plaids among
them. They are made rain reDellent by
electricity.
Bicycling is, | suppose. nearly over for
this season, but it strikes me that this
c~ravanetted stuff ought to be the stand
ard wear, for dust falls right off and rain
cannot penetrate.
Electricity does sons wonderful things
ana one OF Jnem Is Tae1e tnere are &C.
ems on. dozens Of machines worked by
electricity for dressing rabbit skins SO
that they are dried and made up and
sold under the name OF electric seal. l
do not mean exactly dressing the skins,
but pulling out the long hairs which OBJ
scure the soft fur beneath. These are
brought By the million from Australia
and all over this country. Dyed a rich
black, they make really handsome capes,
though NOT so durable as seaiskin.
Among the fashionable furs p may
mention the pretty jackets md Efnna Of