The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-10
OPEN EVENINGS.

.courtesies to those who are sconsiderate of
her. 1t might be wise for you to think
that the average boarding house keeper
is trying to do her best; that the chances
are that she once made a home only for
those who Were bound to her by ties of
love or kindred. and that now it is stern
necessity that forces her to make a home
for all sorts and conditions of men and
women, and that she deserves sympathy,
rather than harsh criticism. Put your
mother in her place, and try to decide
whether she would do better or worse"
Some years ago there was a bucolic
custom which perpetrated lamp shades
made Of shells, pierced and strung to-
gether. This was neither a thing of
beauty nor a joy for very long; even the
crudest taste soon discovered something
better for the purpose. Blu now some
manufacturers are putting upon the mar
ket the most exquisite thing ever seen in
such shade. These are made of abalone
shells, set in dun silver and preserving
their perfect form, to make a curving
circle about the light. Their transpar-
ency allows the soft shining of the lamp
to fall through them, while their mother
of-pearl hues are thrown out by it and
so enhanced that they make the light a
dazzling, and yet a tempered dazzling
spot in the room, that seems the very
a~potheosis of fairy light. The standard is
of the same dull-that is. unburnished
silver, and serves, in MS heavy weight,
merely to throw out the lovely thing
which it uprears.
Half the artistic effect of an apartment
depends upon its portieres, and so it be-
hooves the wise woman to look well to
the selection of her draperies.
In buying portieres it is not so much a
question of money as of good taste. Some
of the expensive denims answer the pur-
pose quite as well as a more costly ma
terial.
AS for the beautiful liberty ~velvets,
they are more in fashion than ever.
Dark grounds are used with the large
designs in lighter shades.
A material which looks much like the
dress fabric called Bedford cord will be
used for expensive portieres.
In many of the new fabrics for por-
there's the changeabie effects are seen.
A new material called satin lambell
shows this two-toned effect. This fabric
is much like damask, but it has a wider
border and dado, with a design in de-
tached figures in the center. 1t may be
bought in a variety of soft shades. In a
dull rose and reseda it is most effective.
1t is said that by giving plaster figures
a bath in a certain way they may be
made to look like marble. The bath is
made by putting two generous quarts of
water into an agate kettle with one ounce
of pure curd soap and one ounce of white
beeswax cut into small pieces; let this
dissolve over a slow fire, and, when all
the ingredients are thoroughly mixed, tie
fine twine around the figure and dip it in
to the liquid; take the figure out and hold
it in the air for five minutes, and then
again dip it into the liquid; let the figure
dry for a few days. and then rub it with
a soft flannel; a brilliant gloss will be
produced.
Fur collars will be as much worn as
ever, only they are much fuller and
longer, and largely trimmed with the
heads and tails of animals, some, In fact,
being almost entirely composed of these,
while others ave a fringe of tails down
the front and hanging from the edge all
around.
Velvet or plush thai has become
creased and whose nap is matted should
be dampened on the under side with
clear water. Then hold the goods tight
over the fac of d hot fatiron and rub
the marred place with a clothes brush.