The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-09

OF nlS1orlcal ren0Wn, took as her cher
ished pet this very spaniel after the
battle. and ever since 1t has been tradi-
tional that aaDnchess Of Marlborough
should a V her Blenheim. Very natur-
ally, the reigning Dukes present to his
young bride, the first he gave her after
their recent homecoming, was a spaniel.
This tiny dog is the Duchess constant
companion. a kind OF lucky taiisman
with which she would b. grieveacto dis-s
pense. SE - -
The purity of sink and swoeles ma
terials is best tested by burning the
threads All animal products, such as
silR and wool, burn slowly and leave a
sort of little charcoal head. which emits
an odor like burnt. feathers. Vegetable
products, such as cotton and linen,
burn readily, leave no residuum, and
have no smell. Jute shoulders and leaves
a light, feathering head. Jute is rarely
found in any dress fabrics with the ex-
ception of very cheap silk.
A way to test linen, by means of which
the Introduction of cotton among the
linen threads may be detected, is to cut
off a small piece of the material, to un-
ravel the threads, and then to examine
them under a strong magnifying glass.
The characteristics of flax threads are
very marked. They are in the form of
cylindrical stalks, divided at intervals by
knots, in the same way as bamboo or
cane stalks. Cotton threads are
long and f1attened like ribbon, waved,
twisted in spirits and graduated on the
surface.
A recent traveller in old Flanders say
that the Flemish women are tall. and that
they possess great beauty. Their eyes are
usually blue, their hair is like FURNISHED
gold.
The Flemish woman is simple to excess;
not because she has poor taste in her
toilet; on the contrary, a Flemish woman
never goes out on a Sunday without a
heavy silk dress, with soft frou-frou
marking her steps.
The Flemish woman has preserved in
tact the admirable naivete of the woman
of the Middle Ages. She is an ideal
mother of a family; she has no ambition,
no love for art. for music or for poetry;
not a whisper of rebellion against the
domination-often brutality-of her hus-
band, who, in her eyes. represents power,
and for whom she cherishes an admira-
ton which cannot be shaken.
Bruges is the only city in Flanders
which in our days has preserved its
originality and where at every step in its
this Flanders of the Middle Ages.
Bruges can be proud also of hay
ing the most beautiful women. When
one takes a walk at twilight in those
narrow streets, darkened by heavy ia
cades of the thirteenth century, which
advance and seem to bend over, out from
the doors of the houses walk timidly
Junoesque women, draped in a large
mantle. Upon their heads they wear
broad-brimmed hats with little plaits,
which permit one to see only the brusque
line of the nose and the thickness of the
proud lip.
The Flemish woman is profoundly re-
ligious. For her God is not a tyrant, who,
in order that He may forgive, wishes to
be fiattered, and to see one Inundated
before Him. Her God is sweet. She
thinks that one must love Him with
human love, as one loves a gentle child,
and that one must put enc words into
prayer. When one sees them kneeling
in the shadows of old churches they give
an impression of many beautiful statues,
grouped there by the hands of a mar
velous artist. Alass the true Flemish
woman will soon disappear.
Civilization" will end by penetrating
and selling this little corner. of Belgium.
which until now remains rebellious to all
Latinization. Civilization is like a bad
architect-the last one puts a modern win
low in Gothic facade, and the first one
crafts a German upon a Latin; SO we will
end by forming a unique race, a race
without a name, without origin and with
out end-the race of co~smopolitans.
Before commencing to wash your blan-
kets be sure the day is fine and breezy,
when they will dry well out of doors. Cut
up some good yellow soap and boil it to
a jelly with soft water. Put some of the
boiled soap in warm soft water, adding
a large tablespoonful of ammonia to
every tub of water with it to make a
good lather. Wash the blankets in two
fathers of this kind, then rinse in plenty
of warm water slightly blued. Wiring
the blankets as thoroughly as possible,
shake them to- raise the nap and hang
out to dry. The surface of the blankets
will be puch improved by being shaken
twice more during the latter process.
Take the blankets in at night before the
dew falls, place them in a clothes bas-
ket, cover with a cloth and stand in the
kitchen. If possible blankets should be
hung out of doors for three or four sue
cessive days to dry thoroughly.
The Portuguese shoe has a wooden sole
and heel, with a vamp made of patent
leather, fancifully showing the flesh side
of the skin. The Persian footgear is a
raised shoe, and is often a foot high. 1t
is made of light wood, richly inlaid, with
a strap extending over the instep. The
Muscovite shoe is hand-woven on a
wooden frame, and but httle attention
is paid to the shape of the foot. Leather
is sometimes used, but the INDIA is gem
orally made of silk cordage and wooden
cloth. The Siamese shoe has the form
of In ancientscanoe, with a gondola bow
and an open toe. The sole is made of
wood and the upper of inlaid wood and
cloth, and the exterior is deliberately
ornamented in colors with gold and sill
yer. The sandal worn by the Egyptians
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