The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-30

steel instrument. Even older women who
glanced over it doubtless said:-sYes. 1
learned such sewing when l was a child,
but 1t is years since / have done any of
it," Pretty soon. to sew will be one of the
lost arts, and then we shall be having par
Tor lectures on 1t.
Since bicycling and golf, besides tennis.
boating and sturdy pedestrianism sscome
IN" for women there must, OF course.
be some provision for their dress. cores
pondtng to the loose sweater worn by
men in such pursuits. Therefore, the fem
mine sweater has now made its appear
ance. 1t is of knit goods, but made in a
jersey shape, and in a pattern of honey
combed and plain stitch. In a becoming
color this waist. while as easy as ones
skin, is not without its ~piquancy of looks.
There are filed in Washington 725 appli-
cations for patents on bicycle improve
ments. But it is difficult to suppose that
of that number named any are likely to-
prove more interesting than the invisible
brake exhibited at the Brooklyn show.
which, when applied TO a running fixed
wheel, seemed to be thoroughly effective.
If the continuance is as good in the road
as on the stand, wheelwomen will be able
to surprise the multitudes by wondrous
back-pedaaling. After the twentieth CEN
fury boomer girl-whose mission seemed
to be to prevent overcrowding-the other
novelties of greatest interest were the
new non-puncturable tire, which will be
especially useful for tandems, and the
muitogear, which gives the rider a choice
of three gears, or of throwing the shaft
out of gear altogether. Whether of great
use or not. the device rs pronounced very
ingenious.
TIL custom of sending ones friends a
little gift at Easter grows in favor.
Among the Easter novelties intended for
these remembrances are book marks of
watered ribbon in white and delicate col
ors. decorated by sprays of Spring How
ers in water colors and the verse in stray
Cling aTt letters:-
Not mine to tell
If the book is good,
Bnt to keep my place
As a marker should.
An Easter equivalent of the out of
date Christmas card consists this year Of
long folding strings of cherubs' heads of
butterflies held together by narrow ribbon.
and having appropriate poetic sentiments
Inscribed on the back of each. An Eas-
ter penwiper has outer leaves of ~isinglass,
decorated with a brownie, who with a
strand of rezl silk is ringing a real little
brass bell, thereby wishing you, as is in
Dictated by words to that effect. "a Happy
Easter" Easter cards for children con-
sist of whole families of rabbits and chick
ems. devised with ingenious ways of
opening and forming new attitudes and
eonbinaticns.
Even the Easter card has not escaped
the invasion OF the poster craze, though
the bizarre designs are decidedly map
propriate for cards of a religious charac-
ter. Oval and round blank cards, with
scalloped gilt borders, are used to in
scribe original Easter greetings upon by
those who prefer them.
Sweet pease nave been a revival of our
grandmother's fayorite posy and have been
.nueh grown in the garden through the
summer months. but it remained for a
woman amateur florist to raise them in
her window boxes in the winter. She has
twines ranged up the panes. along which
he bright little flowers go wandering, till
they make a screen of sweetness, and the
whole room is ricn with their delicious
fragrance. 1t is strange that this has
not been attempted before-not even, to
eny extent, in most hothouses.