The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-10-30
WOMAN'S WORLD.

70, these blessed oVerskiftSt eAui.eu
the woman who was turning over ran
fashion plates with her
"Don't they make a splendid chance for
it2s
.tFor what?" questioned the puzzled
dressmaker.
"Why. for a pocket. a real
pocket. j certainly have wanted one Tor
a long time-regular old-fashioned KIND.
good and deep, that | could just cram
with handkerchief, purse or any of those
things I'm always putting down and for-
getting te pick UP.
"Now. here's the very place for that
pocket. underneath the skirt. Won't
it be a comfort. I'm have all my skirts
made with tunic and you must sneak a
pocket under each one
at can be easily DONE" assented inc
dressmaker. Goodness knows, I've neare
connlaints enough about lack of pocket
roam All my-eustomers have been sign
ing for them, but they haven't oareu
hreat nm the slick fit of their eel skins by
inserting an extra bit of cloth
gwen tailors gave up trying to plaster
i pocket on the outside of skirts, No mat
tar how trinity it was stitched and pressed
It developed into an u~nsightly bulge with
a little use.
eyes a rocket can be put in the founaa-
tson skirt and the tunic will cover 1t nice
1v nm only a fraidE the dressmaker
eyed the skirt models doubtfully.
..Afraid of whatg"
awhv. | was just wondering if you
wouldn't have a time getting at It, You
would have to so grouping around under
vour overskirt for it or else hitch up the
dranery and show all the skirt Innings.
That's awkward"
Eyes. that wouad be awkward admit
+a5 +he customer. visions of every pair OIL
owes in a crowded trolley being leyeied
mon her while she went on a pocket nunt
after her purse. 60.
s.But I hate awfully to give up that
nocket Seems to me l want it more than
new set of furs this winter?'
several more skirt designs were exam
ined.
II have il. 4 suddenly exclaimed the Gus
tamer See this skirt with a broad box
nleat down the back. Why not set the
nacket under that? It will be much easier
10 reach than one under an overskirt'
and as for the bulge, that will act as a
nice little hustle"
.sThat,s a good idea. You won't MIMI
win SOU. if 1 use your suggestion VITA
other customers
Not /. They viii bless me as the pat
ron saint of the pocket"
80
A pair of Queen victoria's stockings mas
been creating a good deal of excitement
in Australia lately, greatly to the dis
pleasure of the late owner, it is said
If seems that one of Her Majestys
.a.o.e cont a nair of these hose to a
friend in Australia, and by some means
they fell into the hands of a we'll known
sydney mercantile house, and were loan
al to Lady barley for exhibition at a
hazzar held in st. James Parish Hail, IN
aid of the sisters of the church
Her sadvship advertised, as an attrac-s
+,on that a, pair of stockings WORN by
4be Queen. and made specially for her,
wo,,,d he ON view on one particular AFTER
noon and the sydney folk focked to the
c,alnhie stocking display as II 1t had
been the cafe chantant, only 70 nno, N
nlaca II the contemplated regal, open
laced and jeweled silken coverings LOT Inc
understandings, a pair of common OF gar
den hose of very thirty-nine-eent appear
ance. y
Those who were disappointed in the ap-
--~-ro- 0tss4f
pearanee of the slochinss' r. il
to have had a talk with the maker II
true that the Queens stockings are m
variably Of cotton, but they are propapis
the most carefully made COTTON stoeAihsS
in the world.
"I have been making Queen VICTORIA
stockings for nearly fifty years" said Mr-
Manran. the octogenarian hosier, TO a
correspondent.
I'm making stockings for royalties l
succeeded a man named Alexander Can
tv." said Mr.. Mangan, in reply to a ques-
tion, "who had been doing similar "oa
before me-
sThe royal stockings, I believe, are
made of c~otton?"
Eyes. About sixty years ago .he
wealthy classes all preferred cotton no
sierv to silk. and Queen Victoria VINO ~
rather conservative in her opinions on
most things, as you may know, stih pre-
serves that preference. ! nave mace SIM
stockings for her Majesty, put the SIM
throws a floss on the base OF the STOCKING
after washing which the Queen Goes not
like. so she now has all her stockings IN
cotton
rs there anything out OF the common
about the stockings you make lor ene