The Jersey City news., 1903-09-18

CHOCOLATE PARTY.
What to Wear and What to
Eat at Such a Funo
tion.
A DAINTY WORK BIG
Receipt for vssl sssw- How
to Wear Beads Millin-
cry Buckles.


cailed-for the chocolate party fad be-
gan in the city by the sea-one of the
guests Wore dress of coral eolored linen
made mp with coral colored lace. She
wore strings of ccrals and her hat was
coral red relieved with one long floating
black ostrich feather
The ALFRED dress is inspiring in a
company of women. for it gives the dash
of color that is so often needed in a room
ful of blue and white and gray dresses,
and red worn by blonde is immensely
becoming But there are few brnnettes
who can brave it for it makes the skin
SO very much darker.
The chocolate party gown is a great
deal like luncheon dress but little
less formal Yet it is not peignoir. It
is one of these lovely hoase conceptions
which every woman boasts and withouy
which she would not feel that her ward
robe was complete.
There is one comfort 10 be found in the
luncheon gown; that is ysu can make it
out of odds aud ends, for it does not re-
qGire ncr receive the close inspection
Of a dinner dress. The French women
who revel in these dresses make them Of
Odds and ends and bits and pieces of
little lengths of cloth and silk, putting ali
together antil a perfect little lurcheon
gown is formed.
For belt she must make girtiie,
aIslaid in silk folds, aud AT the back she
must place a wide ornmnea-, through
which the belt is run. At the front she
must place small oval buckle to match
tile ornament ia the back
OF course she ~ill want some lacc
trimmings. for where IS there a gown that
IS complete without lace; and the pref
test Nay of doing this is the follow
ipe
The Iace, which is all points. is laid
aroant the neck 50 that the points fall
downward. There must be three points
in the front, two points in the back and
perhaps a point at each shoulder. The
lace points are attached to standing
steck-of lace.
The way Of trimming the skirt, to be
very up-to-date, shows lace treated with
stuffed flowers. These at first look like
flowers very heavily embroidered, but
really. they are stuffed to make them sit
cut well
The thrifty matren WHO wants a pret-
ty luncheon gown vii. take her old shirt
waist and, give it a few puches ap-
proved by Dame Fashion. If she is
careful and observes the newest fashions
the dress viii come out luncheon robe
as coed rs new.
And these are the things she must do.
She must add Aounce, for. founces on
house dresses are again seea. Failing the
material fer Q flounce she must bind the
bottom with tasfeta letting the binding
show very deeply on the front in the
shape Of silk scallops.
She must embroider scaliops on the
skirt with her needle. and, If she is
clever epaugh, she must add seal
loped ruifle, fosr INCHES deep, or two
ruffles, with the edges all prettily seal
loped in white or red or some pretty
eoler.
For the dainty workbag, in which to
take BIT of sewing fer days visit
there are innumerable materials and de
vices. The little wooden box for packing
dates. for example, provides founda'
tlcn for one useful receptacle Of the kind
The box is about twelve inches long and
four inches deep. This, lid and all, il
covered with coarse linen, with the own
er's initials embroidered on the cover
The box is lined with stout silk or liner
of contrasting shade. with four poeket'
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