The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-16

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less Smith, who is now in the county jail
awaiting trial for his life on account of
it, fails to discover it.-Prescott (ATk.)
Journal.
Pretty Chinese Girls.
Chinese girls have, not i~nfreuuently,
pleasing faces; but this applies particu-
larly says a writer in the Queer, to those
of the middle and upper classes. The
younger children wear their luxuriant
raven tresses twisted into a heavy plat
hanging down behind, secured with
many yards of scarlet cord. Up to the
time of marriage, girls part their hair
smoothly at the forehead, as u sign of
their single estate; but when the we'd
ding day arrives, the young brides hair
Is drawn back, and ali the short hairs are
pulled out by tweezers, with the idea of
making her forehead appear broad and
high. With regard to dress. a Chinese
girl is little troubled by any considera
ton of fashion. There is a Slight differ
ence. scarcely apparent to Western eyes,
in the cut of the costumes of the girls and
women of different provinces; but, speak
ing generally, the same attire is worn by
the aged grand-dame and her year
old granddaughter, by the
darin's child and the daughter of
fers, not in shape, but in the material
of which the garments are composed and
the manner in which they are ornament
ed. With reference to this question of
dress, a well-known American mission
airy lady, who has lived and worked many
years in China, writes:-',In one thing
the Chinese woman is exceptionally
blessed-she has inherited from former
generations a style of dress at once mod
est, economical and becoming. 1t takes
but eight yards of yard-wide cloth for a
complete suit OF winter garments, and
&I,A,,o i, no rx-oofn in O1Ifffnn nor In \ N
necessary appendages. Its truest econ
omy, however, is in that saving of mental
worry which comes from always cutting
by the same pattern ana the DEVIATION of
all need of fitting. 1t allows unrestricted
play to every muscle, is OF the same thick
ness over the whole body, is not in the
way when at work, and it has little
weight, while it has all the needful
WARMTH Probably some American girl
reader may hold different opinions upon
this subject, and think there are Two
sides to this, as to most other matters.
why Mrs. Wallace Shut the Door.
In patriotism Mrs. Lew Wallace and
her husband stand shoulder to shoulder,
differing only in his wearing the straps.
She had need of all her courage in some
of their hair grizzling experiences in New
Mexico, when her husban& was Governor
there. They found border fuffianism in
all it's pristine glory, and General Wal
lace set about breaking up the business.
One OF a gang who boasted that he had
killed a man for every year he had lived
Che was then twenty-one) pledged his
word and honor as a desperate that he
would track Wallace till he had shot him.
With SO much at stake they played very
earnestly, and Ben Hur wore his beaver
up and pistol cooked for him. Finally
he took lodging at the same hotel, and at
- III ~, n1O - M tlftGn6 TIM 1nnr Af
his room. His wife, speaking of the heat,
opened it and he quietly said, Its best
not to have it open - - is in the
house watching his chance to shoot me-
We car fancy the alacrity with which
she then shut the door and that she prob
ably corked the keyhole, as Miss Peck
sniff did the wine bottle, with a curl
paper. With rifle at hand and pistol I'M
der his pillow, Governor Wallace lay
down and slept, better than his wife aid,
you may be u re.-Lddies' Tome journal.
What Women Should Wear Greek Gowna.
Certain women should wear on all pos
sible occasions Greek gowns-women of
statuesque build and classicafmold; it is
a travesty on nature for such to array
themselves in tailor made wraps and Red
fern suits; but there are others who
would look like Titania in Boadicea's
armorif they dared TO depart from pre-
vailing precepts, say a writer in Dress.
No woman should ask her dressmaker
what she ought to wear. From her she
may seek IDEAS, but they should be modir
fed by self to individual needs. If one
does not know what her individual re-
Qnirements are. let her hunt the art gall
leries, study there the nearest approach TO
personal idiosyncrasies the portraits re-
veal and evolve suggestions.
A Shrewd Maine D~ressmaker.
One shrewd Maine dressfhaker has hit
upon a lucky idea, and is thriving on it.
When ladies come to her with the goods
to make up an ordinary worsted dress,
she asks:-"Will you have il made to feel
like silk or wool?" The owner of the
dress naturally inquiries into the mean
ing of the question. at Is all in the
lining. Lean give you q lining that will
rustic like silk and that Will make you
think whenever you touch it thnt it is
silk, and it Will only cost you thirty cents
IL yard" The fancy of the patron is
caught by the aliuring prospect Of having
her woollen dress rustic like silk, and
she leaves an order for this loud with a
silver lining.
Thought 1t Was a Lady's House.
A few years ago a strange mistake was
made in New York society. rwO LADIES