The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-30
Oaks All the Rage
for Tables, Chairs and
Sideb0ards.
POINTS ON GLASS AND CHINA,
Miscellaneous Items Concerning the
Sayings and Doings Of Women
A Wild, Weird Thing in Verse.

NEWS presents his compliments 10 The
ladies Of Jersey CITY, and respectfully
Snvates their cooperation an making
THIS column a feature Of general inter
est and utility. Information and SIG
gestions are earnestly solicited, and
assurance Is gaoen Mat all conamanea-
cations a0W qeceice Immediate and
careful attention, and mill be regarded
as strictly confidential If the acTstegs so
desire.
The dining room is considered OF
more Importance now than the a
ing room. 1t is not nearly so difficult,
however, to arrange, as the dining
table must needs be placed in the
middle of the
Oscar Wilde is reported to have said
to lady, who moved into anew house
recently, and who mentioned to him
that the furniture had just been
thrown into the parlor waiting for his
taste to arrange
For Heavens sake do not arrange
it, let it occur"
If one can have a well laid hard
wood floor On a diningroom it is much
nicer than anything else. If this can
not be accomplished an English Ken
sington rug, cut square, with the bor-
der of the floor painted or laid with
parquette flooring, looks as well and
keeps in better order than heavier
carpeting.
1t pays to have stained glass win
dows in the dining room; they are such
an improvement.
Where curtains are used the Bagdad
draperies are as substantial and
effective as any.
At the exhibition of embroideries
and stuffs held by the Associated
Artists for two days before going to
England, where they will also be
shown, a dining room portiere much
admired was made of two shades of
plush with waving water lines in gold,
and was sprinkled with disks of cloth
of-gold under a network, imprisoning
fish of various hues.
OAK FOR DINING ROOMS. =
At the present moment antique oak
is almost the only thing used for dining
room sets, and that or regular oak is
much better than any darker and more
dismal wood. A very respectable look
ing sideboard car be bought for 500,
and from that price up to almost any
number of thousands. A handsome
article can be had for $3.50.
Where a good one q not be
afforded, it is better to have the
stands, these are nice-looking and
cost about SIS. and can be covered
with the sideboard cloths. 1t is the
style now to have these in the Roman
open work edge or drawn work, with
any embroidery on them in white.
A dining-room refrigerator in oak,
which costs as much as $125, looks like
a good sideboard, andis very desirable.
Almost all ladies have cream and
other nice things to keep that they
would rather have the care of them
selves than send to the kitchen.
The dining chairs should be of the
same wood al the sideboard and table,
and covered with leather.
1t is the style to have the table very
wide, quite round or square, according
tofancy, with a more or less ornamental
pillar support under it in the middle.
The latest tablecloths are all in en-
tirely plain linen with the open Roman
edge and with a circle or square of the
same work in the centre, allowing for
a piece of colored goods to be put
underneath.
1t is quite general to have a piece of
heavy Canton flannel under the table
cloth.
TABLE ORNAMENTS.
AS pretty a centre ornament for a
table as any is a low, round basket,
which can be gilded at home, with an
inside tin pan, just a fit, filed with
ferns at a florists. These will keep
fresh one month anyway, and if a
person is successful with plants, much
longer. Cut flowers in a glass bowl
resting on a small mirror always look
well, but are expensive. A handsome
low stand for fruit is not a bad invest
ment.
For some reasons ladies have pre-
ferred to buy their best articles in
china with a white ground, as this
permitted them to collect good sets
gradually, or when, as is often the
case, they can find bargains. Fish,
game, flowers and set patterns all
come on white grounds.
Butter looks as well in round Jumps
made by rubbing two little pads
together as any other way. Last win
ter in Philadelphia there was a fancy
for what was called s'fringing it"
which is accomplished by putting it
through a certain patent potato
masher just as if it were potatoes.
At dinners of twelve it is the fashion
to have about four cutglass carafes ON
thestable.
The prettiest novelty for sugar
bowls is a china basket with a handle
The new Saxony ware is pretty and
inexpensive for dessert. 1t requires,
however, marrow ribbon to be run
through the edge of the plates.
1t is quite a fashion to have a car
penter put up a number of shelves one
side of the mantelpiece and between it
and the wall, the family themselves
staining them with oak stain, which
comes prepared. A narrow strip is
nailed at the back of the shelves to
hold up the plates, and all the good
looking china in the house is placed
on them, the upper one being devoted
to bric-a-brac, photographs, or any
fancy articles.
Flowers and game are the preferred
designs for dining room pictures.
Appropriative notices suggestive of
GOOD cheer. from the old Enolish meats