The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-07

develop the muscles. Al 2S-inch waist
would look big with a 32-inch chest
measurement according TO our present
n~otions). but let its owner work up her
cbes to &c inches. and increase the girth
of her upper arm by an inch or so. and
she'll make a magnificent appearance in
evening dress, and probably look slender
er than before. though weighing more.
The big arms and full chest give a better
proportion. Women don't really lace; they
simply put on corsets when they are slen-
der, young slips, and grow into them.
The waist may not be actually pinched at
any time, but like a Chinese woman's
stumpy foot, 1t never develops.
-.
THE Creole gentlewoman will charm
your ear with an inimitable accent, but
her enunciation will be clear and fine"
writes Ruth McEnery Stuart in the De-
eemher Ladies Home Journal" '"Ier
English, acquired at the owen of the
UrsuIine nuns, will have a certain stilted
form and bookish favor, which you will
quickly confess to be an added charm
when you get 1t from her own pretty
lips, and in the sonorous voice of the
South. And 1t will have, too, the flavor
of delicacy and refinement. Even though
she may occasionally give you a literal
translation Of a French idiom, she will
give 1t to you with a naiyete at once SO
piquant and so dlgnifed. and in so fine
a setting of finished English, that you, if
you are a man, will be ready to crawl at
her feet"
A-o%Lzr - s,+o ~L1- o-5 ,,-+
down a sum of money either large or
small and secure a Christmas gift with
out care or thought. but ofteptimes it is
the ones made by the donor that are the
most appreciated and give the most pleas
ure.
A white linen embroidered photograph
frame makes a very pretty gift, the
u OR oval ones are the newest. If a
round one, embroider a wreath of the
recipients fayorite flower around it, or
If oval scatter sprays around. Backs for
these frames can be bought at most fancy
stores for a trifing cost and they are
much truer thai you can cut them your
self.
A dress suit shield is a very acceptable
present for a man and one easily made at
home. Make it of black satin lined with
wadded silk or satin of white, or, If pre-
ferred, lambs wool can be put in be-
tween and h white satin be plain. then
the initials or onogram can be worked
on one side.
When seeking for a small remembrance
- H. 49, l.J9
inch ribbon and attach a ring; ~crocheted
owe with silk to each end. This IS for a
sleeve holder. When putting on a o
one ring is slipped over the thumb and
the ribbon wrapped around the sleeve
N then the other ring put over the
thumb. This is quite pretty and very
convenient.
A new ~pincuehson, easily made, that
would make a nice Christmas gift, is of
two pieces of satin ribbon in a light shade
six inches long and four inches wide.
with a half-inch ribbon joining these two.
This is stuffed with lambs wool and
then tufted.
Another simple thing on the same prin-
eipie IS a sachet of China silk interlined
with cotton and filed with sachet pow
der, hen tufted with small bows of bebe
ribbon to match or of a contrasting
shade. This is made to fit the entire bot
tom of a bureau drawer, does away with
unsightly paper, is very ornamental and
perfumes h drawer and everything in
it.
Then there are ever so many small
things: shoe-bags of linen outlined in red
cotton; pen-wipers. a sachet of silk to
hold the bureau mirror in the desired
position This should have a long piece
of ribbon to be fastened to the side of
the bureau so it viii not drop on the
floor; laundry bags of cretonne worked
linen or denim are useful and pretty;
glove cases or handkerchief cases of
silk or embroidered linen are exceedingly
nice. A pair of crocheted boudoir slip
pers, with lambs wool soles, are quickly
made and pleasing and so on to the end
of the chapter. Any woman with a little
taste and ingenuity can reduce the ex-
pense of her Christmas list exceedingly
and yet please her friends at the same