The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-10-12

permits. but ii must be a bag. says a
woman writing from New York 1t is not
only sufficient to have a bag, but one must
acquire the method Of carrying this dainty
accessory to woman's attire. The chain
from which it hangs is longer now than it
used to be, and is clutched by the fair
wearer in the middle, so that part of the
chain itself bangles alongside the bag.
! then the hand is allowed to drop to its
full length. and the girl strides along in
an athletic fashion.
These bags are of all sorts and condi-
tions, large and small. Of silk, satin,
beads, fancy ~velvets. with silver or gold,
or plain or jeweled tops; in fact, the
range is SO great that every individual
taste can be satisfied.
They are certainly. apart from the or
namental standpoint, very useful in these
days of pocketless. clinging skirts. They
are so handy for the odds and ends of a
shopping tour, those little packages which
one almost feels ashamed of having sent
home, on account of their insignificance.
Separate tops can be bought, and the
body of the bag can be of home manu-
~facture, which, in the case of a present,
is SO much more valuable. Beaded crochet
bags are very much in favor among wom-
en- handy with the little steel hook, and
the designs and patterns can be outlined
in jet, steel or gold beads, as suits the
donors fancy.
A bag is shown In steel links. with steel
and gold top; a long chain ending in a
feur de lis clasp attaches it to the belt.
! Others are in fine gun metal pattern,
I showing a dull gold feur de lis, with
heavy top reproducing the feur de lis in
the old Etrusean gold %coloring.
Here is good advice to thin people who
want to grow fat. 1t is contrary to all
early training, but it is full of good COM
! mon sense, and comes from a prominent
physician. His suggestions are as follows:
IF you are thin and want to put flesh
! upon your bones, eat before going to bed
for the night. Physiology teaches us that
there is wasting away of tissue while a
person sleeps as well as when he is awake,
and this being so, there should be con-
tinuous nourishment.
Food taken at dinner or in the early
evening is always digested at the time of
retiring, and the activity of the process
of assimilation continues until long after
we are asleep. If the tissues are not
nourished they are pulled down by the
wasting process, and as a result sleepless-
ness ensuas. On a full stomach, how
ever, or wi.a some food to sustain the
system, there is a building up of the it's
sue.
There is no need for rest in the diges-
tive organs, provided the quantity of
f41d "a ~ - ~ oea4v, ,41~ron t~;pr
the twenty-fonr hours. Too long inter-
walls between meals are bad for the
stomach, from the fact that the cessa-
ton and resumption of work Of the diges-
tive organs tends to enfeeble them. A
moderate working Of the organs through
the twenty-four hours is much more ben
eficiaI. I would advise those suffering
from insomnia to take something to eat
before going to sleep always. A glass of
milk and bread or any digestible food will
do"
Not a boa of fur. but a bow of it, is. the
recommendation of ladies' ~tailors. especi-
ally those who combine attention to fur
rier-work with the cloth business. The
boas of fur are often handsome. stfll they
have already been worn too long to be
: the latest word of fashion. According a
big bow, two loops and a knot. and some
times two loops. two ends and a knot. are
made up IN handsome furs and worn di-
rectly beneath the chin. with a tailor cos
tune. The Jacket collar is cut very high
in the back, as are all our collars. This
is worn instead of a tippet. for shoulder
cape or boa; especially it replaces the
'beastie" which a fantastic mode hung
around the shoulders of matron and maid
alike last winter.
A Paris dress has a box-pleated ruff
Of fur, lined with satin. to be worn
around the throat. This is finished I'M
der the chin with a bow of the same rich
fur An advance agent of the same no.
ton was seen last March in an imported
costume, which had a jacket finished at
] the throat with box-pleated ruff of velvet
made up exactly like the boas of liberty
silk.
Remember also that. in combing the
hair for a toque, the knot must be worn
| high enough to touch the toque and sup
port it. There is every opportunity for
nice hair dressing and the handsomest
pins can be used; ornaments can be fas-
tened in the hair similar to those in the
hat. and the couture and toque seem a
part of each other so perfectly do they
harmonize. That is one reason why the
toque is not becoming to more people; the
hair is worn low and unbecomingly when
it should support the toaue and be speci-
ally dressed to meet 1t. Avoid the spread
ing pin in the couture which is supposed
to hold the hat in place. This is useful
only with the hat that tips front; with
the little hat it is not becoming
The tendency, while it is for smaller
hats, is also for higher hats. The velvet
folds are built one on top of each other;
the feathers are massed above the folds
and over them all waves the paradise
plumes. or floats the soft light imitation
paradise feathers.
Scarfs, ties and fichus will outltve the
hot weather. and will reappear on some
/ elegant evening and house gowns for
next winter. Some ultra elegant costumes
which will be worn in the transitional
periods between the summer warmth and
the coolness of the first fall days have
borrowed a becoming and practical ae-
cessory from the half-forgotten dress of
our grandmothers, namely, h soft
scarf of fine India silk with It's fringed
ends. which they wore with such charm
ing grace. 1t is now made of soft silk or