The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-20
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WOMAN'S WORLD.

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much what they always were. ] fancy,
One must get behind the scenes to recog-
nize the modern woman's peculiarities.
Entomology and a salary may affect her
private life.
but | do notice in society II sign that
women are changed, and I'm delighted
with the change. When was a girl she
half hour or whole hour after dinner was
the abomination of desolation. The men
stayed with their wines aid cigars. The
women adjourned to the -drawing-rooms
and manifestly did penance for their sins.
Some of them tried to be hmiable and Kept
up an invertebrate conversation. Some Of
them We're openly, frankly bored, and the
advent of the men was hailed with I'M
disguised joy and relief. Now things are
altogether different in this day and gener-
alton, To be sure, the men often leave the
table with the women but even when
they don't there is no dun hour for the
women. Women are more interested in
each other than they used to be, or else
they are more interested in themselves.
Whichever it is, the result is the same
increased animation amp fluent CONVERSE
ton. When a number SO women are to-
gether nowadays theyESeem to lave a
most hilarious time, ind conversation
never flags for a momfAt. ] suppose it is
because there are mofs interests in the
lives of women than there We're in old
days. One doesn't n4d to talk jam or
servants or children Ior clothes-though
those staple topics ar{ still hard worked,
l notice. I've often s{en a looE of actual
regret on the womets faces when the
doors opened and MD came in. 1t is a
wholesome sign. A Voman's woman is a
much finer productio{ of civilization than
a mans woman. Til men are so easily
deceived, poor thingt.
Have you noticeq he detected and fat
tened appearance ofIhe fashionable muff?
1t looks for all the Vbrld as if it had been
sat upon by someI one of comfortable
avoirdupois. Not QIite as fiat as a pam
cake is the modish iuff. but a thing alto
gether removed frda the cylinder shape
SO long recognized as the conventional
model. Even whenI both hands are thrust
in the huff they an powerless to distend
the proportions. Tie head or tails of fur
bearing animals, th5 tails, the fall of lace,
bunch of velvet anf4satin BOWS are SO dis
posed upon a mQyI as to make it look
long or wide, tall dropping. but. never
to interfere With fairness of the muff.
| There is no douk that this model is a
fleeing one as ifs principally seen in
muff's made of Jet or a~strakhan. Pos
| SCISSORS of costlT hrs made up in barrel
shape will CONT E to wear them with
pride, and no del next season their hour
| of triumph will ne. Meanwhile the flat
muffs are the II 1t fashion.
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The striping ~ fine summer cottons
shows up wei because it is not too
fine to be df fct. The measurement
in fashion jus low is the quarter-inch
stripe. The ument appears to be
that a finer be dazzles the eyes and
produces a Red effect at a short
distance, and Ebroader bar of color is
too heavy-lo Eg for a sheer material.
and also lool ko' hot in warm weather.
Pale blue, lr rose-red and black
stripes are yApily introduced into the
new summd fabrics now offered for
purchase.
Among til new summer goods which
spread thed gauzy lengths in the shop
windows OF cannot help noticing the
lawns with / stripe of open embroidery
often in a zee pattern. The lace stripe
has am .ment of embroidery in col
! orea tt usually in black, because
| this {" with mauve, green or vel
low-fgl lawns. The pure white
lawns Enhanced by stripping of finest
needld lace and embroidery. Some
have sr-blue or pink-introduced
into stripe to emphasize the fine
openV effect. Lawns never go out
of fak i.
ApH ntly invention is not yet exhaust
ed. so called silk has the surface
fguA.. with buds of velvet, and also of
satih,J Some of these costly fabrics have
thrAasIs of gold or of silver mingled with
the Velvet. The paune and craauls vel
veJs are in high favor. Now tonnes
st9edilepoint velvet" a sumptuoua ma
tfidl which appear to be frosted over
With finest points, sparkling like jit. A
satin thread of uncommon aualitt and
brilliant coloring is supposed to pPduce
these "needlepoints', upon the 9lvety
surface.
Ii ZINE imported dftICleS VI uhoit Wc"i
Five a heading or cording to tn M
Hams. The 'sbolero'' shape is a iovelty
II Hplied to a night dress; fine embfidery,
II Hcks. Valenciennes lace in~sertiol and
bEdging and soft ribbons drawn frougn
1.-THE insertion eyelets almost cofr the
Waist of finest white batiste. Valen-
g~ciennes lace is used on the undrwaist
| and other articles of fine French under
wear.
Fashions autoerats nave sol Fled the
boom of the blouse effect. I'll blouse
back was ~relegated to obseffits last
Spring, but its sister front held o. a little
~ilonger. The blouse front to used in
the spring is so modified and iduced as
to be scarcely more than a ~fewsathers.
Our old friend satin damasseis to the
fore again and will be very a for
waists, house coats or jackets. The erst-
| while favorite plaids are a~uitspasse fol
spring. for in all fancy silks ind satins
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