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

TIE elSiDslsy OF one sutton against IN
other, these friends SO jar and upset the
poor girl that she doesn't know which
MAJ she wants. and so turns her back
upon all. In point Of fact. when a man
is in love, and a girl is trying to return
his 1ove-when she is weighing out their
adaptability and balancing his love for
football against her passion for Browning
during the delicate, tentative period,
when the most affectionate solicitude from
friends is an irritation, there ought to
be a law banishing the interested couple
TO an island peopled with strangers, who
would not discover the deiicacy Of the
situation until it was too late to spoil
it,,
There was interest shown from the
American visitors at the Russian corona
ton toward a certain maid Of honor
that the Europeans lid not feel.
1t was directed toward beautiful Olga
Bodisco, who bears the same name as
the little baby of the Czarina.
And why this interest? Because all
that Eastern magniticence and s~plendor
SO entirely strange and almost mythical
in its barbaric grandeur, thai was to
0thlOIiat1C PSOPtG Oil QiISdl SAON
from Arabian Nights" the link that
connected the States people TO it was the
fact that this gracious handmaiden to
the Empress is an American girl.
AT least, the best and bluest blood of
the Northwest flows in her veins, for her
yet beautiful mother reigned over hearts
in the capital city in those troublous days
Of IS.
She was then Miss Barton, and repre-
sented Michigan in a great fair held on
Pennsylvania avenue, in Washington, at
the close of the war, for the benefit of
the orphans of soldiers and sailors.
Each State had its separate booth. and
in that one representing Michigan was
Miss Barton. She presided over the most
unique feature. 1t was called "A Cure
for Broken Hearts, One cure was the
tableauxs of a limp suicide hanging from
a limb, the other a brilliant marriage
ceremony. Ten cents was the price of
a look, and many a dime was reaped
by Miehigan's lovely daughter for that
home for orphans of soldiers and sailors.
It CHANGED that an attache of the Rus
sian Legation-Baron Bodisco-in coming
to look at the remedy found that he had
lost his heart.
Night after night he drifted into the
booth. Hour after hour he hopelessly
watched the witty young American ex-
plain her tableaux to the brilliant young
beaux of the Capital.
Al last patience could stand the strain
no longer. He begged for an introduce
ton and finally asked her which tableaux
would she mete out to him..
And that is the romance of how lovely
Miss Barton became a Russian lady.
When she had sufficiently mastered
that awful Russian language the mem
bers of the imperial court Immediately
proceeded to follow suit to the Baron.
She was admired everywhere.
And it is her daughter who, tits said,
inherits all her mothers grace and
charm, that the new Czarina had created
a maid of honor.
All those who know her declare that
she is a fit representative of America at
the court of Russia.
No very marked change in the fashion
Of hairdressing has yet made its appear
ance. but it is no longer considered good
taste to wear anything but the very light
est Of fringes, and hardly any curls are
worn on the forehead. The Pompadour
style, which is most in keeping with the
fashionable coats and basques, has almost
all the waved hair combed back from the
face, especially in the centre, and one or
two curls only are left on the forehead
at either side. The hair is as much
waved as ever at the sides and front,
for this style is so very becoming that it
is not likely to be given up very quickly.
To keep the waves in the proper place,
it is really necessary to wear side combs
of tortoiseshell, and most of these are
ornsmented with paste diamonds.
Very charming designs, such as little
bows and true lovers knots, are adapt
ed for this purpose, and some are made
with just a plain row of stones along
the edge. For evening, very elaborate
ornaments are worn, and as these imi-
tation crystals are now mounted in the
most artistic designs, which are copied
from antique jewels of great value, they
are probably a great deal more worn
than genuine jewels, for the manufac-
turers always do a tremendous trade in
these wares at the commencement of the
london season, and especially for the
Drawing Rooms. The tiaras and neck
let's are exceedingly beautiful, and very
pretty bracelets, with limp gold chains,
are studded in the links with similar
stones. These limp bracelets, Which have
almost entirely superseded the old-fash-
Toned stiff bands. can be had at quite
moderate prices, in very pretty designs
London Lady.
Carpets and large rugs in a summer
cottage are a great nuisance, and it
will be found much cooler to stain the
floor. The following processes for stain
ing wood black is vouched for by the
Scientific American
1t consists in painting the wood conse-
cutively with copper sulphate solution Il
per cent? and alcoholic aniline acetate
equal part of alcohol and acetate). A
very durable black and the nearest APP
proach to real ebony is readily obtained
by moistening the surface Of the wood
with diluted sulphuric acid q to 20), and
subsequently applying heat. A tempera-
ture of 60 to 80 degrees c.. suffices in a
few minutes to produce the desired re-
suit.
An excellent black was obtained in this
way on beech. bass and boxwood while