The Jersey City news., 1892-02-23

breadth of three-quarters Of an inch.
aud notched to within Quarter
inch OF the seam each side.
Then they were thickly overhemmen
with fine, neat stitches. nsing SIN thread,
the color of the stuff. Binding she
feet fit. 1t certainly does take away all
elasticity from the edges. boning,
though, WAS the most difficult point. She
would have nothing but the very oesG
whalebone, which comes III Two yaro
lengths and is tough ana plant. rms
she soaked in tepid. water Tor tweIve
hours before putting IL in. Then you
could sew through and through 1t at each
end, and all along it's length without
either breaking needle, losing your
amiabiIity or splitting the whalebone.
The casing were OF silk stay tape,
sewed on quite full, and held SO tnat the
seam came exactly under the middle. OF
it. AT top a finger length was left
loose, Beginning at the back seam,
she cu5 a bone long enough to
reach from two inches below
the waist line to the level
of the lower shoulder blade. Thls was
pushed into the case and sewed through
and through at the bottom. Then press
ing 1t, so that it took almost crescent
shape, she sewed 1t through and through
at Intervals of two inches, all the way to
the top of the casing. There it was sewed
extra fast, leaving about three inches OF
it's length loose from the bodice. over
this the loose end of stay tape was neatly
sewed
All the other seams were treated the
same wav. The bone in each had three
iuches free at the top. When all were IN,
the waist almost stood alone. Upon fas-
teping il, the curves took the shaue OF Tue
body, without being the least In evidence.
And the fit they gave was a JOY loreVef-
never wrinkle, a pncker or crossWise
drag anywhere. re.-PhiladelphjG Inquirer.
Southern Women.
The women OF the South are yet in that
transition stage which must come
between earnest inquiry and interest and
the full acce ptance of the new methods
and opportunities for women. They are
anxious to know OF toelr IN
creased privileges. and to see the open
doors, but there is no aggresslVeness.
On the contrary, the typical Southern
woman, though active and capable, al
ways prefers TO feel and to nave tne
world believe that the men OF the Iamlly
are the leaders, fully able to take care OF
all affairs save those in the home. She
may in truth worH herself to death, ana
take all sorts of shifts and turns IN prl
yate. but this is her creed, inherited from
grandmother or the long
ago She believes, as old Uncse Harvey
on the plantation puts 1t, DE head uf oe
family ought ter allus haD some money
il his pocket" -
The progress of development in the
woman's world therefore lies much IN
social lines--iiterary clubs, art cluos,
afternoon tens, etc. No explosive ques-
tions are proposed; the trend OF thou9n1
follows q mental current with no under
flow OF reform III any way; questions OF
art, of literature, of travel are all dis
cussed ut the delightful afternoon fort
nightlles, held in the different parlors,
with astonishing clearness and closeness.
One might venture to say that the great
est readers aud deepest students are usu-
ally rcund among women away from the
cen tres. They get from reading what their
sisters in the whirl gain by absorption
Harper's Bdzar.