The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-04-08
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proudly arrogant to be a woman, AZ d
in order to fulfill her mission she con-
spires and intrigues everywhere and
against whoinsosver, in tne salon. on
the street, and in the church. With
these predominating qualities sine
could not be expected to be a model
house wife, but, ahl she is a very troa.-
ure trove for the muse of poetry and
the representation of woInan's
psychological powers, and spanish
poets and dramatists and artists have
become great solely because the fe-
male Spaniard's characteristics in
spire the dullest pen and enthuse the
~faintest brush.
Some Englishman has recently said
that the fan in the Spanish woman's
hand is her soul. / don't know how
far this is true, but to my mind it is
the bulwark behind which she forti-
fies herself against the suspicious look
Of her mother; the bridge across which
her chances glide slowly and comfort
ably toward her lover; the letter ear
rier through whom she distributes her
billet doux and her refusals; a trusty.
discreet maid who with clever hands
covers up one or the other defect in
her toilet; an Abigail who can he re-
lied upon at all times, who never re-
fuses to do her bidding, who is held
in his esteem therefor, and upon
whose maintenance IA capital is often
expended.
The Spanish woman is amiable, gay,
and intelligent-for u woman, per-
haps, too intelligent, Her heart is
free from "~rancune,n she is never
offended, but always in good hunor;
her advices are oppOrtune, but seldom
available. Aside from the smallest
foot, she is the possessor OF the most
beautiful eyebrows in the world. Her
form is small, but plant and FULL
St Louis oSt-Dispdtch.
Don't Give Dinners.
A young housekeeper says the fruit
dishes, compotes and bowls oil her
dinner service ara so large that it
takes a great quantity of fruit, much
more than can possibly be used at the
small dinners she attempts. to make
any show at all. A good way TO obvi-
ate this difficulty is to fill the bowl
with crumpled paper more than half
way up, and on this put a thick layer
of moss. The fruit is then piled
lightly upon the moss, which makes a
natural and effective setting.
To this and other young house
keepers, however, the suggestion is
made, Don't give dinners, even
small ones, unless your establishment
is on a generous scale" A for
NAL dinner, even to a very few
guests. is an important affair.
Somebody has said that it takes
three generations OF wealth to
give a perfect dinner, and when
one consider all the qualifications of
such success the statement does not
seem exaggerated. Don't eschew hos
pitality-only avoid dinners. Ask
your friends for an evening at whist,
1T music. or at plain talk, ii you and
they are equal to it, and be sure to
let them break some sort of bread in
your house, albeit it may not be din
ner bread.
A dish of salad, with mock sand
witches, sent around just at the turn
of the evening, when cards or music
il it be either-are beginning to tire a
little-shows signs of languishing. is
all that is needed by way of interven-
ton, followed, as it will be, of course,
with a cup of fresh and fragrant
coffee. Dsviled almonds or walnuts
served hot in a folded napkin with the
coffee is a pleasant relish after the
salad.