The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-15
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Dainty English taste, of the kind that
came In with the pretty Morris wall
papers and restful-colored carpets at the
Centennial, has now decided that the
most unlovely thing about a small and
beautiful private dinner party is the
waiter man. And by putting this idea
into practice. Philadelphia has not only
struck out another novelty. says the
Record but has opened a new occupa-
ton to the girls that live at home. The
butler, should you keep that functionary,
may continue to pour out the wine, but
to Rave the dishes landed by noiseless
and exquisitely dressed maids, in cap and
uniform. is considered the highest taste
and latest style, II may not be general
~ known hat there are several young
women in this city who so out as the
"accommodator.'' She, for ! shall speak
of but one. wears the uniform of the
house waitress. If hat be black CASH
mere she has her black dress, with neat
est broad collar and cuffs. shining with
clear starch. Her cap matches that Of
your own waitress. Should the latter
wear a white duck frock at dinner
time. then the accommodation has her
spotlessy white ready. But the usual
Philadelphians wear very black Cash
mere, with all the snowy white accom-
I~animents she carries to match it. She
may never have been in your house be-
fore that dinner day, but she knows ex-
actly how your table should be laid
and your W woman shows her where,
glass, china and the damask table linen
are kept.
She is skillful in arranging your flow
ers, and she always asks your direc-
tons as to which china goes with each
course. The way of seeing, as some
hostesses do. their careful programme as
to the special color the rock-ish is to
be served on, or the terrapin, or the
filet, all destroyed by the stupidity which
brings in white china when old blu was
intended, and mixed up the pink and the
green, never can occur with this artist
in colors. She takes your word and
writes it down on a tablet, pinned to h
china closet door. If you do not know,
he suggests that lettuce is killed by a
Sgreen plate and salmon neutrality-suspicious.
on a pink one, and so gives the hints
which set out your handsome china sets
in service to their best advantage. Then
<~A-AA6 = <kAN ACaat do a. iCQQ~
waiter does, unless your own woman is
such a practiced hand that the accom-
modator simply a to follow her. She
makes no claims of precedence. 1t is her
art ito fit in" Deity and noiselessly,
the plates are changed, the entrees. either
vegetable or made dishes, silently ap-
pear and disappear.
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Even the grateful innovation that
brings the terrapin in as a fish course
instead of deferring 1t as game till the
appetite is so palled. near the end of the
dinner, that it fails to appreciate the
dainty morsels-even this new and start
ling change she is prepared for if you
are! She is ~chargeable with no break
ages: she does not drink the heel a
and therefore has her head as completely
at the close of the function as at the be-
ginning. She knows how nearly filled the
soup plate should be and the coffee cup,
as well as the cordial glass. When the
men are left at the table for their smoke
and their jokes, she discreetly serves the
women in the parlor with their coffee and
their creme de menthe. She clears all
away afterwards and disappears as SILENT
~ as she comes. after she has counted
~ tAC = 1QQ lldtt i've
her; and numbered for her W satisfac-
ton, every unnicked plate in Your use
day. The saecommodators. is q
boon to those families who will not give
pretentious dinners, or anything out Of
their usual way. hut require an additional
handmade when the table is longer and the
bill of fare mere varied.
In England these helpful Young wom-
en- are cnmnffroa~ dro~-.x r. -
but the Philadelphia ways are fixed
TOT the proper costume. As to personal
fitness unobtrusiveness is the first con-
sloeration- A strikingly handsome girl
would be out of place, whereas A clear
complexion, good hands and graceful
movements are requisite. The best motel
u one Philadelphia Accommodations is
= SWIFT footed and somewhat tiny bunette
very simple and straightforward in man
~ ana with no more consciousness or
airs about her than if she were an inn
proved form of the bicycle.
So.
women VIII have a chance to wear ont
ea oiu snoes this winter, at least so far
r. ene fashions are concerned. There is
the most convenient variety in the foot
wear shown now, says the New York
pun. You will find a little of eyerv-
'nlhg In the windows, piccadillies and
round toes and squar toes ard New York
toes spring heels, military heels, COM
mon sense heels and Louis XIV. heels.
races and buttons. calf skin and French
Kid Everything goes.
Ihere seems to be a little preferanee IN
certain directions, however. The major
~ OF winter shoes nave pointed toes. hut
@o' OF cne snarpest variety. They are not
Yselty: Iney have the air of having start
II Out 70 De a round toe and of having
'uuiay concluded to be pointed. This
fuses an aWkwardness of outline which,
sPoWever, may be compensated for by an
increase of comfort. Tan shoes are stiu
very much in evidence In the Windows
but women do not seem TO take kIndlv II
them for autumn and winter wear. Calf
skin fs the fayorita mataria1