The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-27

1t makes ones head turn "roundy
foundy round" to try to keep abreast
of the new ideas in fashion, Today ore
finds a beautiful gown the like of which
would have raised a revolution in Solo
mons small family, and one admires 1t
in breathless alteration, knowing full
well that tomorrow will see that and go
one better.
The other day I made voluninous
notes and expected to write about them,
but I have seen other II newer things
since, and so those notes go into the
:-wastebasket to give place to what am
going to say now.
There were three gowns in n show
window in a very popular high class
store. These three gowns covered the
needs OF a day-that is, the outdoor
day. The morning, he afternoon and
evening dresses are out of the list.
There was a regular Quaker drab
cloth tailor suit for morning walks.
This had a jaunty little Jacket. half
blazer and half tight Jacket, altogether
pretty and becoming. This hung open
over a pale blue silk shirt waist. The
skirt was plain, but rather long, and
in the back, instead of being fastened
with invisible buttons or loops or lac
ings, It had four silver bib pins in grad
uated size.
Then there was a blue and white suit
intended for general utility. There were
a white india silk shirt waist. very full
in front, and a Jacket of the dark blue
serge with immense revers of white
satin edged with one row of narrow
black s~erpentine braid.
The skirt had a notched facing of
white around the bottom, edged along
the top and bottom with the serpentine
braid. This is expected to be useful for
yachting and also for tennis and walk
ing. The jacket is intended to be worn
open, but it can be closed. All jackets
now have fat coat collars or collars
which can be turned down fat.
Then there was an all lace dress
which was a dream of GOODNESS and
comfort, though it did lack something of
the loose and flowing lines in vogue last
season. This dress was made of "al
over" lace over a foundation of the
.palest shade of green liberty silk.
Around the edge at the bottom was a
lruching of the silk, and around he
hips was a cuirasse of heavy lace edged
with the ruching above and below.
The bodice was plainly gathered at
~the waist, but lavishly ornamented with
tucks, lace and %ruching, also a flower
shaped bow made of twisted loops of
liberty. Liberty is rather a f1imsy
structure for a dress, but in this in
stance it lent a l~ightness that made the
whole gown a delight to see.
AS a rose by any other name would
smell as sweet, any other color for the
Foundation would be IS pretty, provid-
ing 1t was becoming to the wearer.
White dresses are to be worn very
much during the hot days, and they
are as beautiful as taste, fine material
deft fingers can make them. Lace
dresses seem to be better liked, though,
than any other material. The machines
now make lace SO fine and beautiful
thai it requires an expert to know the
imitation from real, and thus those who
feel happy only in a lace gown may
have one.
There is "all over lace, and this is
sold by the yard for the dress to be cut
out of like cloth. Then there is plain
net to be trimmed with ribbon or vel
vet, or perhaps to have patterns of 9TH
er lace in separate designs sewed on it,
or perhaps a clever lady will strew
daisies, hepaticas or forgetmenots all
over it by means of sewing silk n a
Ions eyed needle. 1t does not really re-
quire many of these blossoms to pro-
duce a pretty effect, say 20 on a
breadth, and they are worked quickly.
/ saw in one house q pale lilac silk
muslin dress made to order. had
a design of pink dogwood blossoms with
foliage hand painted upon it. There
were 9 many blossoms, nor were they
put on with any idea of regularity. The
skirt had been made up before 1T was
painted. In one place would be quite a
stable branch with six or seven flow
ers and leaves, natural size; in others
single blossoms, single leaves and
sometimes even withered petals.
The whole design was highly artis-
tic. The bodice was the inevitable gath
cred waist, but there was a quantity Of
very narrow ruching made of moss
green chiffon drawn over 1t in form Of
latticework.
We do not see quite as much fine
grass linen Is we did last year, but
there still are some of the prettiest of
summer dresses made of it. One shown
me today had stripes of silk embroid-
cry in it. Each stripe had a narrow
black line like a wire, and on h a
climbed the pattern of pink roses and
green leaves. There were fiat bands of
insertion of mastic colored Flemish lace
(not the real, but a close imitation).
These bands were put around the skirt
and on the gathered waist. There was
a pink bow at the back of the neck and
q belt of the same slightly twisted.
One more summer dress will I men
tion. There was a moonlight blue tat
feta. with white swivel moss rosebuds,
n~etkralsize. au4oEerIt. Theskixt Nas