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

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ttention to the fact Of the large number
ignorant votes which so towards Great
ag the law-making power under which
ne lives; her only thought apparently
) the dread Of coming in contact with
lie dirty, Ignorant casters of those votes
when she may be called upon to go to the
polls; and in this thought she is indus
.riously encouraged by political man. who
loes not desire to increase a class of votes
which he may not be able to influence. and
nows ne cannot buy.
1t requires almost as much diplomacy
and mental work to steer a woman
through the social intricacies of z sum-
mer at a resort as to carry her safely
through an official Washington winter.
The appearance Of informality deludes
newcomers into hoping for pleasant re-
i~ations, and then make what is known
4 the vernacuiar as a break"
At the end of the season they go away
vehemently declaring that Sea Rock
or 'sWhite Wave is a 'horrid, stiff
place." peopied mainly by snobs, and VOW
never to return.
The rules which govern acquaintance
making at su,nmer resorts are a trifie
more lax than those which regulate
town acquaintanceship. People who meet
4 hotel dining rooms or on piazza COR
ners every day soon grow to know one
another sufficiently well to permit them
TO do what the Irishman calls passing
the time Of day"
They may exchange magazines and
| embroidery silks, to say nothing of views
on the scenery and company. But. this
degree of intimacy does not warrant
calls.
No new conner at a hotel must ever
call on an older resident until the older
one has called on her.
Not even when the acquaintance has
progressed SO far that one invites the
other to form joint picknicking of sail
ing parties should this rule in regard TO
calls be infringed.
The summer boarder's room is her cas-
tie, and any amount of outdoor intimacy
after a definite advance toward friend
ship has been made.
Cottagers, as a usual thing, should take
the Initiative in calling upon any card
ers at hotels or boarding houses whom
they wish to know. In many places the
cottage element and the hotel element
form two distinct and somewhat hostile
cliques.
The advance toward acquaintance should
De made BY the established residents, and
not by the transient ones. Yet the ut
most outdoor civility may exist among
the beach or rock acquaintances al a
small resort without any house intimacy.
Of course, these rules apply to ONE
the real dictators of social customs AS
for the acquaintance between young wo-
men and men. IT is governed by the or
binary conyenfionalfty.
Young women 90 not become acquainted
with u men except when are for
mally introduced by some common friend
For walking. travelling and general out
ing wear, four hook or button gloves are
correct in glace or pique kid. the latter
being heavier than the usual dressed kid.
says the Ladies Home Journal; These
are in tan, brown and gray shades. Cha
mois gloves in white are very stylish for
wear with cotton or piqne costumes, and
as they wash and clean easily are not ex-
pensive. Black gloves are well favored
in Paris with light ~toilettcs trimmed in
black, but here they are chiefly noticed
with mourning gowns, or with evening
gowns of black and some brilliant con
trast. White and hcelle, very pale straw,
suede are the fashionable evening colors
for full dress, with pearl gray. lavender
and pale tan following. White glace and
suede gloves in four hooks or buttons,
plain or stitched on the back with black.
are worn for visiting, concerts, driving,
etc. There is much favor shown to such
gloves in white glaee or dressed kid with
hook fastanings. After white the tan and
brown shades are favored.
A queer story. says a Paris letter.
about an enchanted bed comes from
Creusot, the inhabitants of which are in
a condition Of great excitement over the
affair. while the priests, who are conf
paetely mystifed, have dispatched a
mission for the purpose of holding in
v~estigation and -pronouncing an opinion
in the matter.
AS usual. it is a girl VINO is the cause
of all the wonder. In the present in
stance she has only seen fourteen sum
mers and dwells in a howell with her
parents. AS might be expected. she is
described as being of an extremely ner-
vous temperament. AT night this maid
is subject to fits Of hysteria, by which,
as the tale goes. her couch is affected.
BY some curious sympathy it is said to
hound along the floor, overcoming the re-
sistance of any one who may endeavor
to check it in it's wild career. AS an
instance of the power OF this phenomenal
agency, it is asserted that while the bed
was on the move with its occupant the
latter was tightly held by a neigsDor to
prevent her giving ii any impulse, but that
all the anne the couch pursued the I'M
even tenor of its way without let or
hi~ndrance. On another occasion an
athlete volunteered to keep the bed within
due bounds, but, although he struggled
manfully, it hurried on like a runaway
horse" dragging him with it. On the
other hand, 1t is averred that when the
damseTs father or mother seek to re-
pose on the couch it COMFORTS itself like
other beds, and INDUCES in nc eccentrici-
ties. Large crowds from the surrounding
country are visiting the scene Of these
alleged occurrences.
Much of the success of President Faure
as a public man is said to be due 10 his
wife. Nine. Faure is said to be domestic
in her tastes. and cares comparatively lit
tie for society. but more the less she enter
tains charmingly, and with the aid of her
two daughters, Nine. Rene Berge and
Mile. Laurie Faure. she has made the
state receptions at the Elysee very differ
ent Affairs from the duh. formal functions
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