The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-10

duction into fashionable society, by tht
women of the French Court. has re-
Gently enjoyed of its periodical re-
These dainty bits OF glass. which were
assumed as necessities with ~fa:nsina
ladies' a century ago., are used 10y the
robust girls today. more as ornament
than for use. These vinaigrettes are OF
oil sorts, kinds and conditions; vary in
price from S. for a small and simple
one. VI to Sl75. This last was the price
recently pair for an elaborate example
of the gemless ant in this direction and
was carried to the opera the other night
by one of Ph~iladelphia's smart women.
1t was three inches high. and an inch
and a half in diameter, the lower part
of cutglass of extremely simple de-
sign. The costly feature was the cover
fashioned from old gold in Roman finish.
in the centre a yellow topaz nearly the
size of a twenty-five cent piece. Around
this, studding the gold and introduced
as part of the design were eight good
sized diamonds. which sparkled and
flashed in contrast with the rich, dull
glare of the topaz.
The topaz, while net a particularly
valuable stone. should be endeared to the
HiSdIlS Ol QdlTlOIIC AMERICANS ITOli ttC
fact that the ring placed by George
Washington on the finger of his bride.
Martha Custis. contained this stone.
Very artistic are the vinaigrettes Of
this same size. which is the correct one
at present. having covers of green enam-
ell, literally studded with diamonds.
Enameled covers came in blue and in
white as well as green, an exquisitely
+1a1;aa+1 cJ,oloU ho;nr oh<oipod I rQopnt-
ly saw an unique one cut from a beau
TRULY marked piece of agate; it had a
cover Of dark blue enamel over which
ran a tracery of god, very simple in
design.
Very popular are the shoppers of Louis
XIV design. They are fancifully made
in Roman gold. and in the centre is in
PRODUCED a piece of porcelain exauisitely
painted. The subjects chosen are the
ladies OF that time. with powdered hair
or else dainty little bits of romantic
scenes after the style of Vatican.
One tina l saw had the glass engraved
with vines. The cover was enameled in
the darkest shade Of bottle green and
almost covered with gold of Napoleonic
suggestions. The laurel crown was there,
a group OF wonderfully executed bees,
that favorite symbol of the autocratic
Emperor, and a feur de is completed
inns clever DIT OF emplematic
ship.
The general run of thes& vinaigrettes
is from three to four inches in height.
The smaller ones, which SO conveniently
slipped into ones glove, have been dis
carded by modash women. Very large
ones are in vogue for strictly bedroom
use. These are at least seven or eight
inches high and four inches in diameter.
They are made from heavily cutglass,
elaborate in design, with shoppers of
modern. antique n repousse silver. Of
course. they are never intended to be
carried, but take their place among toilet
table belongings.
II IS said there is not a Boston woman
of any standing who is not interested in
some charity.
Probably there is not a church where or
ganized charity is so much of a fad, but
it is also doubtless true that much of
the work is genuine done from a sincere
wish to help oppressed and struggling hui
mainly to a higher level. Besides there
Is the importunate New England con-
science to be taken into account. The
New England conscience sleeps with one
eye open, when it slumbers at all, and it
atones for the smallest derelictfon by
heroic self-saerifce.
This is by no means saying that all the
charitable work done b. Boston women
is ideal. since the true charity is not what
we give, but what we share. And women
who are readiest to give not only their
money. but their time and strength to
the desperately poor are often unwilling to
share their pew in church with those they