The Jersey City news., 1905-07-27
What Ore Wears As a Fin
ish to the w aist Is Of the
Very First Importance.
JAPANESE HOUSEKEEPING
Simplicity OF It's Rules Make
It Ideal-Afternoon Tea
Dainties.

The matter of neck dressings is very
important one il these days and neFS
has there been a time when taste, skill
and ingenuity were at such premium
for the production of novelties where
with to; deck the summer girls throat
It has become quite d Fashionable fad
TO make ones own neck dressing in these
days. and irhe most medish piazza work
for the summer resort will doubtless be
the fashioning of dainty collars and
stocks ana cravats in all sorts of mater
ials and with all the fancy stitches. lace
stitches. drawn work Mexican and Ma
deira work, with as many more as can
be learned or copied for their better
aaornment.
With the plainly tailored shirt waist
that accompanies the smart tailor-made
skirt or suit the collar and cravat of
lipe.s, more or less decorated with plain
or fancy stitches, is the correct thing.
The shape and t5e fit is all in ali in
thea&. and che must end out By careful
experiment 5ust exactly what form Of
collar best suits the face and the type Of
featurea, and stick daeerzninedly TO this.
Tie rarisisnnes are indulsins in an
exrfeme fad for the stiff linen collars and
cuffs, and they are wearing them with
all bat tht dressiest frocks But with
their characteristic touch they are maxi
ing even the plainest and stiffest of these
take on Some air of elaboration. The
sets are hnishetb with hemstitched hens
instead Of machine stitching French
knots, embroidered polka dots, little
sprays Of flowers done IN raised blind
work, as well as the excessive popular
broderie anglaise, or English seyeiet en-
brosdsss. are called upon to mitigate the
severe p3a:nness of this style.
There are two very distinct styles in
the summer aeckwear They are tile
stocks, finished with either a rabat or a
bow, which demands some. little starch in
their laundering to preserve the stiff
finish, and there ARE the bands that G t
in better with the prevailing mode souple,
and which must rely upon these little
rods Of :featherbone for their staying. in.
shape
Those fsatherbone foundations that
are really shaped collars of soft and sheer
mousseine de sole correctly stayed with
featherbone. and which one can purchase
ct any notion counter in "a delightful va
siesy of shapes, are. says the New York
Telegram a boon to the girl who de-
sires 10 have large number of differ
ent neck dressings without the labor of
sewing the sustaining rods into every one
Of them. At the best shops. of course,
all of the stocks and collars are so sup
Piled in the making, but where one fash
ions ones own the ready-made fonnda-
ton viii prove quite An acquisition
-And shere the need Of finding the right
shape can readily be filled. for one can
try and determine just what shape is the
nest becoming. Then the collars can be
adjusted to this with any number of
thoses dainty little fancy pins that are
sueha rage at present. and one can have
the comforting CONSCIOUSNESS that the
neck dressing is ever IN order and the
most becoming that could possibly be
designed
One might say something anent the
style and fit Of the fashionable collars
and their weareFs. The girl with the
round and plump face would better
select the founaution collar that has a
Very marked point right in the centre of
kc front. Her sister with the long and
slender type Of fe;ifrres should. on the
contrary, select tlle plain. round band,
Mnd the fhiHfier the fade the higher and
better setting the coHar must be. if she
S to make the most of whatever measure
gf good looks may be hers. Some of The
leaders Of the mode on the other side of
the Atlantic who are Of this latter type,
are resiTing that little Tiff to the collar
slsht under the ears and finishing ro-
back with the perkiest Of sIpsrending
ends. With this style needless 10 say,
ne hsir would be better dressed high.
r # worn low, a ner Musz be deftly
pinned around the t0w kaot on the neck.
Japaneae mesaotis cf housekeeping set
J wsoadsFf1i snolel for the whole world
to copy n zunimertilne in their idea Of
silh7lieitg. Our ideas oyer here of the
sinple life consist in doing things with
IN eject Of simplicity. but accomplishing
saem By the most elaborate 1Horts. ara