The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-16

goods of no matter what kind will HAY (
this finish or it cannot be sold.
The c~ravanettes come in different col
ors and black and in different weights.
Some of them are made up into new
markets, driving coats, wraps, golhng
capes and jackets for heavy outdoor
wear, and no end of bicycle costumes
are made of one or another of the diff
ferent weaves of c%rayanette. The best
for bicycling are probably the cheyiot
and covert. They are very light and
porous, and dust or rain cannot harm
them. A brush, and the dust is gone;
a shake, and they are dry. No rain pen
etrates them.
Before ending my say about black dress
goods l should like to advise those who
may read this not to line their wooden
gowns with silk. 1t never lasts as long
as they do. The new mercerized eottons
are very pretty and durable, and the
oriental silk looks as well as silk and
wears very much better. Ii one, for the
sake of looks, wants to face a jacket
with silk, it will do no harm.
There is a new camel's hair in black
and in gray. 1t is so soft and woolly
that one would think it made of rabbit
fur. Some of this is really exquisite. 1t
will be made up for outdoor long wraps
and gowns. Very many of the new
fabrics have loops, loose hairs and curls,
which give the stuff a very warm appear
ance.
There is a new striped satin where the
body is black and the stripes French
gray. 1t makes superb carriage and Wis
iting costumes. One dress for a leader
of women was cut so that the stripes met
in a point in front and back. The skirt
was plain. The bodice was cut to a short
point front and back. A vest front and
a rolling collar were made of the satin,
tucked closely, so that only the gray
stripe showed. The collar was edged
with a piece of vandyke pointed old
Flemish lace. The sleeves we're tight,
but shaped so that the stripes ran dag
onally around them. The whole gown
was a marvel of elegance and taste.
A black whipcord was another very
stylish gown put forward this week.
The skirt had a deep tunic. edged with
three rows of half inch velvet and two
satin milliner's folds. The waist was
gathered to a belt and had a pointed
figaro, trimmed with velvet and satin
There is a space cut away at the neck
and filed with white satin, sewn with
velvet ribbon. Next week, if I am alive,
l will write about the new colored goods,
and they are legion.
The other night l went to an up town
theater and amused myself between the
acts by looking at the hats. l looked
until one quill hit me in the eye, and !
wept during the rest of the performance.
Almost all the ladies now remove their
hats In the anteroom or at the beginning
of the play, but some do neither.
There was one hat with about a dozen
loops Of wire nearly as large as fans,
with black maIines drawn over them.
These were set six ways for Sunday
and made a hat larger than any l nave
ever seen.
There was another with a curious ar
rangement Of cherry ribbon at least eight
inches wide. 1t stood up, and it dropped
down, and there was a row of beading
through the center. The brim was wide
and bent up and down until it formed a
heart shaped poke. Another dominant
hat was of white stitched felt. Stitched
felt hats will be seen often soon. The
brim was high at the left side, and there
were three or four puffs of white tufle
with black malines over them. In the
back was a large white feather, and on
the top was a whole bunch of rubber
plant leaves of black malines wired into
shape, with a row of beading along the
edges. 1 mention this particularly, as it
is the type Of one of the fall hats.