The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-18
A 00zY RECESS.
An odd Corner In the Wall Can BE
Fitted Up EIto au A ttractive Nook.

~frenuentiy called, can be tasfefully fitted
up as a wall bookcase with but lite
trouble; 4. the walls Of t the n room onnea are
too. But if the paper shows an agrees
sive pattern IL Will not serve Wei az q
background for the books n e,
and the jog should, in such cases, pc
papered with a plain ape of suitable
.coforing. A flock paper, which viii LOOK
l sSs e.; Z velvet e ! I lInjng Sa su ef ps te hare.
monize well with the wall paper. maroon
and golden olive make good Background
for books. f the e. Jog runs an III, me of w 1afta re
this set a pole in sockets. secured to side
p pieces ces,, Of wG }5a 5atttee Up ransom ne 8 me purpose
This pole might be a one-inch brass
pole from which to suspend curtains pc
f peara rne VIII SaalY be given fe e the roof if the
lattice is nicely made and the curtains
are of good color and design. II the
room shows walls covered Win Nal15anr,p paper b %
lattice might be of mahogany color and
the curtains of perfectly plain material
the e. Curtains may show either a set fg-
ure at intervals or else in all oyer ng,
ure, but the color should be quiet and
subdued. -
case may be simple pine orr some other
wood that can be stained by rubbing n
hin oil paint OF the deslred eolor hooL II
some may be utilized for the keeping
display of bric-abrac.. In a bedroom
the jog may be tn = ;nto into ! wa 9 e,obee Or
Observation-Disclosures Press.
Home Made Christmas Gifts.
Something UNIQUE and convenient Is the
easily packed in the trunk when going LOT
a visit or a short, stay anywhere; Io
make this basket, take heavy ~cardpoaTQ
N ~1 n,tH al o1zf niOnnor q 1a1 Qh01lT GlQnI
inches square; cove them with plain or
figured duck or linen-a deep golden
brown fiecked with dull red and yellow is
hand them finely together In pairs 50
f fpna d. Make a similar hfsh sauare at
the bottom. In overhandlng the pairs to-
gether leave one side of each square open
Until a piece of the duck has been slipped
between. The other. edge of this piece of
bottom square and leave enough loose SO
tina the four sides can have play to fold
down on the bottom, one square over the
for use, tie the four sides together at the
top corners with bows of satin two inches
wide.-Harper's Bazaar.
CAT Homer Days.
Verify there is nothing new under the
SUM Who would ever have suspected
thai the .'at home day of the nineteenth
century matron is only q revival Of an
Ol0 At12k 1ANe ONf-stE - 49, 49, -
supposed that this method of gathering
together one friends and ac~Quaintances
was quite a modern fashion; but I find,
on the contrary, that 1t was the custom
for the ladies of Queen Anne's time to be
at. home once a week to their friends
of both sexes, and that they called this
having "a day" just as we do. Several
ladies naturally had the sane day and
among the exqufsites 1t was the smart
thing to get to- as many houses as pos
stble In the afternoon.
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Field MARSHALL Oyama's WI
Japan has a highly interesting new wo-
man. in Nine. Oyama, wife Of the Mi
kado's Field Marshal. She is a yassar
dent and yaledictorian of her class, and
is a lady of great cultivation and ability.
and of beauty as weld. Mime. Oyama
speaks Russians German and English
ady-in~waiting. and draws the highest
sd.ary paid to any woman of the court.
She is a sort of arbiter of e~legancies
fcF. the Feminine portion of the court.
ners and etiquette. She IS also the most
active apostle of dress reform in Japan.
GoIor-Blfnd Girls.
Color-blind girls are not nearly so rare.
according to statistics on the subject, as
color-blind boys. 1t is also said to BE
person, which argues the matter to be
one of early development. The natural
love of lnerx among the small daugh-
ters OF Eve, and their unconscious train
silks, and all SORTS of feminine gewgaws'
are given as probable reasons for their
advantage over their brothers, In this
regard. The training ct the kiqderEar-
study! color Is going to equaiize mat
teEH IN the future.