The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-23
MRS. MAVERICKS CELL.
SHE LIVES IN SOLITUDE And
PLIES HER NEEDLE.

How English Convict Women Are
Dressed-Greek Costumes of Peculiar
Make-Mona Card in a German Air
Bath.
Mrs. Maybrick-almost forgotten now
is doing her nine months of solitary con
hnement. and daily does an allotted task
Of needlework. Those who follow the
wretched woman's career, as it may be
studied from time to time by the prison
bulletins. will learn with interest that
there is considerable thought as to dress
in this prison, and as BELTS a lady's estab-
lishment. Even in prison. according to
f. w. Robinson, a variety of toilets is
customary. There is the probation Glass;,
in which women for the first nine months
wear q lilac cotton skirt i'll summer, with
a blouse bodice, q square Of serge for the
shoulders, a check blue and white apron,
small white linen cap with g~offered bor-
der. and a plain, untrimmed, coarse white
straw bonnet of what is termed the cot
tage shape,p and q very hideous shape,
to our masculine mind, it appears to be.
On Sundays white aprons and necker-
chiefs are worn. In winter the lilac dress
is replaced by a thick blue serge, with a
neckerchief of the same material, Il a
thick fawn colored circular cape is also
allowed for the shoulders.
In the second nine months the prisoner.
Is a woman of the third class, n wears
in summer a plain blue cotton skirt with
stripes and a square of brown serge for
the shoulders. The bonnet and linen cap
remain the same In style, or distin-
guished, as it may be, for want of style,
and white aprons and neckerchiefs again
smarter up the women on the Sabbath.
In winter the third-class women wear
l h,n.,, co,.-rA 1,on1ac C,,I f.n-rn a01af.oH
capes. In the. third nine months q female
convict becomes a woman of the second
class, and is allowed the distinction of
wearing a full blue cotton skirt with
white spots, a blouse bodice of the same
material, n a square OF green serge for
the shoulders. In winter she wears a
| thick green serge gown, the other details
of the dress being the same as IN the pre-
ceding class. In the fourth period of min
months she becomes @ OF the nrSt
class, with little if any distinction from
the second, and this remains till she is
within nine months of the expiration of
the sentence, ~when-happy time for the
female convict, with liberty so close at
hand again-she is dubbed a woman of
the special class.
Thu two children of Mrs. Maybrick
have, by the consent of their deceased
fathers brothers and of the Baroness Won
| Rogue, been adopted by Il lady Il gem
tleman In London who are iii good cir
cumstances and who will see to their
maintenance and education. The children
(boy and girl will assume the names of
their foster parents, and thus 1t Is hoped
in future life escape the stain attached to
the nam of their mother. Pau MGlI
Gazette.
Apollos in P~etticoats and Fec Gaps.
Even in the country districts you will
find people who are posted on the Greek
poets and there are few Greek youth who
have not read what we call the Greek
classics. The country people of Greece
are far different from those of the cities.
1t is outside Of Athens that you find the
picturesque costumes and it is here that
you see the fine Greek features of the
past. The girls about Corinth have faces
| which remind you of some of the noted
statues, and | have seen near Athens
girls who could pose for Mineryas or for
the goddess of love. | have seen several
| Apollos in petticoats and fez caps and |
saw a face the other day which made me
| think of that of Achilles. The costume
| of the farmer and that of II of the regi-
ments of the Greek army here in Athens
is the same. 1t may be called the Greek
national costume, n it is the queerest
outfit you will find outside of Corea. If
you will take the tallest and leanest man
of your acquaintance Il put him in a
short, roundabout vest and white, bal
let-girl skirt; if you will put a soft red,
rimless cap on the side of his head and
let the long, black tassel of this fall
down over his ear, and then clOthe his
feet in long. red slippers, which turn up
at the toes, you will have some idea of
how these gaudy country Greeks look.
You must, however, make the vest gor-
geous with brass, silver, or gold embroid-
| cry md it must have long sleeves which
hang down from the wrist. On the toe
of each red slipper there must be a red
tassel as big as a chestnut-burr mi of the
same shape, and bright leggins must be
wrapped tight around the shins. The
white skirts must come to the thighs and
they must stand out as though starched.
They must be SO many that the breadth
of the bottom will be at least a foot thick
and the wearer must fiirt them as he
moves with a gay and Qiddy air. If you
would have him like a Greek soldier you
must give him a great belt and fill this
with old pistols and knives. You must
put a sword at his side and q gun in his
hand. You must shave off all but his
mustache and give him O strut like that
of a drum-major when the band is re-
viewed by the malor.--F. g.. CGrpeitter'S
Athens Letter.
AT a German Air Bath.
Mrs. Mona Caird describes her expert
ence at a German ''air bath" as follows:---
The first duty of the day is to take the
Eight air bath" The doctor believes that
the light has a peculiar and most benefi-
cial action on the skin and he therefore
sends his patients to walk in the early
morning hours in airy, flowing garments,
with bare feet, providing for them an en-
closure set apart for his salubrious prone
made. 1t is thought that the blood Is
brought to the feet through walking with
out shoes and that a particular electric
action takes place at the soles. The same
kind of action is produced at the upper
part of the arm when exposed, and this is
very desirable for the health. Three hours
are supposed to be spent in the air bath,
but few nave the heroic courage to stay
to the bitter end. There is absolutely
nothing to do except fight with the
wasps, which come in swarms to feed
upon the honey which the patients take
with them to eat with their bread and
milk. The wasps aside, monotony is the
curse of the air bath. Inc place is too
Small and nothing has been done to pro-
vide occupation for the women patients.
The mems air bath, on the other hand, is
a small principality, comprising noun
tains, valleys, fishing streams n grouse
shooting-so, at least, complain the re-
bellious women. Everything nat human
ingenuity can devise has been done to APP
pease the savage bosom of man, while for
the women-l They carry their grievance
to the doctor. He looks surprised to hear
that after thirty years of submission the
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