The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-25

the one thing that is fully decided with
respect to cool weather wardrobes. The
newer form Of sleeve.in which a tight,
| close portion Is opposed by q bouffant ar
rangement, gives an excellent opportunity
for combination of goods.
The coat and skirt style is an infinite
boon to the traveller who does not wish
| to be troubled with much baggage. and,
with trihing additions, many changes can
be made with one costume.
A tailor~made coat and skirt of gray
or fawn-colored serge is the most SER
| viceable costume for travelling. The coat
should be made to wear open or closed
and care must be taken that 1t is not too
heavy.
There should be plenty of pockets in
both coat and skirt. Two or three useful
blouses and waistcoats. with a dark
skirt and smart silk bodice for table
d'hote wear, are all the dresses really
necessary. but an extra and smarter one,
if there should be room for it, is use
full.
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in safety, and belts with a multitude of
small pockets are convenient, not unbe-
coming to the figure. Small leather pock-
cts attached to the lower part of the
corset win be FOUND the best method Of
carrying money.
English corduroy will enter into some of
the most fashionable day gowns of the
late autumn and winter, and will be es-
pecially popular in dark green and in its
familiar gray shades, combined with
brown cloth and trimmed with black, a
quaint arrangement of color that rivals
the popularity of green with black. OF
suede with green. A stylish imported
gown has a r~edingote of cloth finished in
tailor style, and open over a skirt OF
corduroy. The cape collar, revers and
cuffs are also of corduroy. A tan-colored
corduroy Is similarly made up, with a red
ingote of dark Ru~ssian-blue cloth; and a
moss-green costume is in coat and skirt
form, with a vest, collar and cuffs of
suede cloth, overlaid with green and gold
braid.
A beautiful new bed cover of the latest
ld2i1iOA ID lldQC LA nAAtt
In the centre there is a square of the
material, bordered by a band of Renais-
sance lace. Next to this is a wide border
of the muslin. then a narrower border
Of the lace. The spread is finished with
a wide frill of the muslin. The pillow
shams that go with the spread are also
of muslin. The square Of muslin in the
centre of each sham has a large orna-
mental letter, made from the braids used
for Renaissance laces. Book muslin of a
good quality could be used for such a
cover, which is usually laid over an
other of coiored or white china silk.
80
The salt water bath has been long ex-
tolled for Its virtues, but only the bruised
and battered wheelwoman, who has met
an obstreperous cabman or an express
man tenacious of his rights, can fully
appreciate the hot salt water BATH Boil
ing water made briny by sea salt and
applied to stiff muscles or black and blue
spots gives almost instant relief, and a
hot salt bath makes the victim Of over
exercise timber and ready for new fields.
$50
The square, flowing Chinese sleeve is
used in many of the new nightgowns. It
is usually finished with a ribbon run
through the hem so that during the cool
weather it may be drawn together by
means of the ribbon, which then ties in a
bow. The skirts are very wide.
80.
In relaying carpets after the fall clean
ing 1t is we'll to sprinkle something under
the edges to destroy any carpet bugs that
may be lurking around. As good a thing
as can be used is a powder made of equal
parts of camphor gum and tobacco.
80
Vinegar should not be kept In a stone
jug. Glass is much better for the purpose.
The acid of vinegar affects the glazing
OF stoneware.
An exchange has printed a few rules on
escort or etiquette rules to apply in the
case of vacation parties or other social
cycling functions, in which both ladies'
and gentlemen take part. They are as
follows
l.. Owing to the superiority Of women
and the scarcity of men in the social
world, women shall be invited to bicycle
parties at a ratio of 1s to l.
2. When starting from the place of rem
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at the same time, the men taking the
lead that they may look back" in case
the women need assistance.
8. Each Individual of the party sha
determine his or her own speed, except
when women have special escorts, in
which case the woman should try to keep
up.
A man acting as a special escort sha
ride not less than a quarter of a mile in
advance of the woman whom he is es-
corting.
5. In case the woman's tire needs pump
ing the man shall hold the wheels while
the woman is allowed to do the Glowing
up"
6. If a man's tire needs blowing up"
he should be allowed to do it himself.
2. In crossing dangerous places the
woman shall go first so that in case of
accident the man, being unhurt, can
lend his assistance.
g. In pushing the wheels up bad hills
the woman shall relieve the man of his
wheel. that he may be able to help her.
9. On windy nights the man shall light
the woman's lamp; if the light goes out
several times during the ride the man
shall furnish the woman with matches.
10. If the woman loses her escort she
should not try and find him before ar
irving at the ohientiva mint