The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-27
ideas for qMornem.

In some spots on the earth it is always
IN order to celebrate the various ami
versaries of the home and the people
always take time to do it and they al
ways seem a little better in the end for
having done it. The birthdays and the
wedding days and all the rest are marked
in some way each year, and there is some
thing about the homes where that is done
and the people in them that is worth
studying.
Some years ago these celebrations were
regular and jolly in the United States,
put latterly there has been a decided
cropping off in the attention given to
them. Perhaps the people are too busy
ana II so that is not a good excuse. 1t
would be better to sacrifice a day of BUSH
ness Tor the benefit to be gained during
the rest of the year. Whatever the raa-
son may be, however. for past sins in this
field. there is an evident movement in the
direction of reviving the custom of cele-
brating the anniversaries of all kinds. 1t
does not mean much expense, necessarily.
The simplest and cheapest form of cele-
braticn is often the one which makes the
warnlest hearts. A little gathering, a small
dinner. a bit of a present, if you Hike, and
it is done. Perhaps no other anniversary
gives as much trouble to those who wish
to celebrate them as the wedding days,
year after year.
TIL first of the chief anniversaries is
the one marking the close of the first
five years of married life. This is the
wooden wedding, and to it are usually
invited the ushers, bridesmaids, and a few
Intimate friends. Everything is chosen to
make the room look as rustic as possible,
and green is thep REVEALING tone. Ferns.
palms and other messy plants may be set
in rustic stands, and wild flowers are es-
pecially suited for such a function as this.
Toy wooden buckets take the place of or
binary flower glasses, and these may be
tastefully decorated. The Invitations
should be written on note paper resem-
bling birch bark. On this occasion the
bride should wear her wedding dress, aad
the more old-fashioned it is the better.
On the tenth anniversary or 'tin''
wedding. a dinner is. perhaps, the SIM
plest form of entertainment. On this oc-
casion the flowers may be set in the
reeepteeles. appropriately decorated. The
little teapot stands of twisted wire, taste
fully finished with sprays of flowers and
greenery. make pretty bon-bon dishes,
and the menu cards can be contnved
from cardboard covered with tinfoil.
The crystal wedding. at fifteen years,
may be celebrated by a lunch party. or,
if it be summer, by an al fresco' after
noon tea. TIL flowers ought to be brill
liant in coloring. to form a contrast to
the crystal. dark red roses and syringa
being very effective. The damask cloth
may be dispensed with, and lunch served
on the mahogany table, which will throw
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Should be served a la Russe, in thin
glasses, with lemon instead of cream.
On the twentieth anniversary, or linen
wedding, many dainty gifts may be fash
tened for the matron by her friends.
Nanable fingers can ornament with needle
or brush, and teacloths, doifles, and bed
spreads afford excellent scope for the dis
play of ingenuity and skill. Afternoon tea
is the function par excellence for this oc-
casion, and gives every facility for realiz-
ing the term linen" as applied to this
anniversary. The fine teacloth with ex-
quiste stitchery, embroidered mats, and
artistic doilies lend to this form of en-
tertainment a daintiness which is fire.
Quently wanting in the more formal and
stately functions.
A dinner ommemora the "silver,'
wedding, and the gifts are generally of
the precious metal. White flowers, recall
ing the bridal day. IN the silver holders.
which for the nonce replace the crystal
glasses, and silver is in evidence on the
table, from the fligree candleshades to
the entree and fruit dishes.
After fifty years of welded life but
few of the old faces remain, and the
golden wedding sees a new generation
rise to do it homage. The formal function
is no longer welcome. but a reception
may take its place. Everything is hinged
with gold, the flowers gleam yellow in the
light, as if touched by the rays of the set
ting sun. The wedding dress, no longer
worn, but preserved as a precious. pos
session. is shown TO admiriBg eyes, and
the gathering has. in the midst of the
festivity, a solemnity all its own.
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The use of embroidery for ornamental
purposes has never been so universal as
at the present time. Not only are there
new stitches, new designs and new fab
RIGS to be wrought upon, but there are
WV of ancient methods in reproduc-
ton of patterns and colors softened to
represent the process of time.
Quaint old tapestries with knights and
fair maidens, scenes of the chase and
Psychological subjects are now embroidered
as OF old to form hangings for walls, or
made in simple panels to place over man
tells or for wall decoration. Many pieces
of this kind may be seen In our art es-
Establishments and in private houses.
Much of this work is done on canvas.
with the ground entirely filled up. Tap
estry work is frequently done on plush or
velvet, the canvas being placed over the
fabric and the design worked through.
The threads are pulled out after the en-
tire pattern is finished. Portieres and cur
tains are made in this way wrought in
the grandiose patterns of the sixteenth
and seventeenth centuries.
Embroidery on linen is more than ever
in vogue. This has been a most notable |
revival, and has filed many houses with
dainty and beautiful objects, such as bed
spreads, buffet and table s.arfs, table |
cloths, etc, and given occupation and
employment to women of every degree. |
German embroidery has been much used
for table and carving clothes. This is
invariably done in linen floss and in red,
white and blue coiors.
An effective ssideboard scarf recently
finished is of cream white linen of solid
texture, hemstitiched upon the edges. At
either end are tall fagons and dishes of
fruit placed In the midst of graceful scroll