The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-12
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The day of the simple straw hat seems
| over, at least for the present. Either
| the straw has itself interviewer with
| chiffon or silk or it alternates with lay
ers of chiffon or colors identical with
itself. Straw is permitted to play its part,
but never alone or rarely. In a hat OF
white tulle and black straw, which ]
have just seen, the crown is surrounded
by wings or leaves of white tulle, out
lined with black straw, over which waves
a mass of black osprey and white, and
at the back occurs a most attractive
cache-peigne of pink roses and white
tulle. In another of these hats a facade
of drawn mauve chiffon, straw-bound,
| surrounds the crown, on which rests an
| aigrette Of mauve and pink MORE rib
bon. Under the brim there are mauve
roses and pink roses, and mauve foliage,
and mauve strings pic~turesqueiy tie il
under the chin.
In yet another, a very new model
white tulle, bound with black straw
sewn over with cleaning sequins, out
lines the successive layers of black
tulle that surround the crown of drawn
black tulle and overlap the brim, also
of black tulle. over this attractive whole
a very full and lovely white osprey trem-
bles in the air. This is the hat ideal for
the woman who's wears her hair drawn
from her face. 1t is proverbial that this
woman can never find a hat to suit her.
For a matpor there was a charming
little bonnet formed of maize straw and
white straw, sew over with little frills
of white Valenciennes lace, and having
strings Of white tulle and Valenciennes
lace and two most effective rosettes Of
black chenille and sequins on the left
side.
When straw is used it is some spiked or
frilled novelty. One in the latest shade
of mauve is adorned with the new French
mauve ribbon, with a large blurred spot,
and the side tina turns up from the face
is crowned with great ~soft-petaled white
poppies. From a very smart French
model in violet, frilled straw was copied
an enchanting toque in cream straw and
azure chiffon, with a double brim, lined
with blue chiffon, ruffled into innumer-
able small tucks, turned up with two
black plumes, and crowned with a big
blue chiffon ~rosette, centered with tiny
old of pale blue velvet.
Another smart thing was a pale mauve
fancy straw mushroom hat, with mauve
chiffon, darker mirror velvet and clus-
tiers of shaded mauve wall fowers-a Wis
ion of exquisite coloring. The ever mod
ish black md white was exemplified in a
quietly smart little black straw toque,
lined n turned up with white Fancy
straw. clustered underneath with white
roses and circled by a twist of black and
white tulle, completed with handsome
black plumes.
Also of black and white was a mover
toaue, covered entired with finely tuck
ed black tulle, studded under the turned
up brim with large jet ~cabochons, ana
finished with black feathers. A delicious
creation in silvery guipure over white
tricotrin had two pale gray plumes and
one of white fastened with a gold buckle,
while a dear little rose straw hat boast
ed a. shot silk far, and was twined with
rose foliage.
TO the London tailor, the author of
MANY valuable inventions for the COM
Portable and graceful dressing of the
modern man, is due the honor of evolving
the Raglan coat, which has come to NIL
an aching void in the masculine ward
robe left by the disappearance from fasn-
ionable use of the Inverness cape. In Its
time this easy cape wrap did splendid
service, for no mans evening dress either
wears or looks we'll if he is obliged to
drag on and off the shoulders of it a
heavy. close-ftting Chesterfield, for ex-
ample.
AT the height of its popularity, however,
the Inverness displayed a fault or two.
one of these was its easy admission OF
frigid draughts on bitter cold nights. No
such objection can be urged against the
Raglan. which is at once roomy, light and
warm. The skirts of it fall a little below
the knee. but the charm of its build lies
in the easy sleeves that are oddly set in
on the shoulders with v-shaped pieces
that extend clear to the collar line. BY
this device a peculiar ~looseness, without
bagginess, is secured in the body of the
coat. and those made especially for eve
ing wear have mo pockets. To take the
place of pockets in the skirt of the coat
slifs are so made in the goods that the
the wearer can pass his hand
through his overcoat and into the pockets
of his dress trousers. Much serious in
convenience is avoided by this simple de-
vice.
The Raglan, however, unlike the In
verness cape, is not a garment exclusively
for evening use. 1T was really invented
and first worn as a Goa for sporting pur-
| poses, and in black, brown. blue or light
covert goods, it is an admirable coat for
the spring weather. Men who approve of
a sort of modest variety in their dress,
wear in the evening gray whipcord Rag
lans with black velvet collars, and the
| effect is very nice. In coats for day use
the skirt is supplied with a genuine
| pocket, though none appears in the upper
portion of the garment.
IT would be difficult to name a more
| popular annual than sweet peas. Its
| dainty form, rich and delicate coloring,
| delicious fragrance and great endurance,
are qualities a single one of which should
| insure for this flower our fostering love.
AS "a source of supply for cut flowers it
is unsurpassed, being equally appropriate
for the dining-room, the pulpit or ceme-
terry, anu a daily picking but increases
the supply of blossoms. In fact, one
must keep them picked If she would have
| the blooming season a protracted one,
For the forming, of even q few seed pods
soon destroys the vitality of the plant,
| and it is better, in the end, to buy seed
from the florist each year than to injure