The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-04-13

little sum is occasionally gained was
brought to my notice a few days ago
when the youngsters of the house troop
ed in bearing tr~iumphantly several sheets
of paper dolls as far beyond the ordin+
airy variety of the toy as silk is beyond
calico. These sheets were purchased at
the different Exchanges of Philadelphia
and they are 1.-The thing among young
people who were stAl small enough to
crave something in the line of dolls.
/ went to the principal exchanges and
asked that the stock of this article be
produced. For here was yet another way
In which a woman could gain pocket
money and. as you know. for all Items of
this kim the woman's Page is constant
ly on the alert.
The dolls had been first of an skesched
in on rough water-colcr paper, and then
painted. They were not of the old ster-
eotyped pattern. They were Gibsonesque,
The first card which l took up was
that of the little doll girl. This person.
age was represented in a charming bodice
and petticoat, with the lace and ribbon
which belongs to the most up-to-date
underwear. Once drawn and painted
she had been carefully cut out from the
paper auQ utdcly dlldtteu Will COttOL "
a large sheet of cardboard, thus forming
the centrepiece of q sheet.
With her went also her pretty morn
ing frock. her party dress, her night
gown. her gymnasium suit. etc. The
only requisites had been a dainty in
genuity which many a woman possesses.
Some water colors and a strip of rough
paper. The sheet sold at 70 cents. Others
on the same plan. but less complete.
brought so cents. But even at this last
named price, and with the commission
for sale subtracted, the gain is consider
able.
Another sheet which I examined was
valued at the modest figure of $2.5o, and
considering the taste with which the
little affair was concocted, it could not
have been considered an o~ver-charge.
This card-a large one-contained the
young lady and young man dolls, with
stylish and appropriate wardrobes. The
young mans swimming SUIT and tennis
makeup had not been neglected. and the
young woman's wardrobe could boast
sven of a skirt dancing rig.
49,
OF course, in preparing these novelties
for the market the price would rise or
fall according ito the number of pieces
prepared for one card. And a business
like woman would, of course, charge a
little more for the set in which she had
succeeded extraordinary well, than for
that in which her fancy and executing
had been a little less generous.
In all the collections which I saw, the
grandma set seemed to be a favorite.
In fact, 1 counted six different cards
which were devoted to the wardrobe of
one old lady.
She was white haired enough to fill
any childish conception of the beneicent
parsonage. but stylish enough and with
shficient aplomb to be quite in keeping
with the rest of the up to date family.
TIL small boy with his outfit is in evil
dence, and the all absorbing baby. AS
the sale of this fascinating toy is said
to be on the increase. the individual
list couH be extended to the cook, the
housemafd. the butler, and SO on. ad
libitnm.
Another variety of paper doll is cut
from the paper upon which it is painted
in precisely the same manner as the
Gibson doll. But the costume is diff
ferent.
The effects of clothing are produced.
very daintily. by sewing tissue paper APP
propriately auffed- and founced. pleated
and gathered upon cardboard cut to rep
resent the back and front Of a gown. All
shades of tissue paper and all patterns,
dotted, striped and checked come into
play and the effect is charming even in
the eyes of those who ave outgrown
doh days"
Any woman who intends setting to work
should make her round of the shops and
note exactly what has been done in this
particular before taking brush in hand.
And if she succeeds in her sketches, there
Is little question nat she will make a
comfortable little sum.
Lent Is a busy season fore the creole
girls of New Orleans. They are all de-
vout Catholics. and if, by any chance,
they should find time hanging heavy on
their hands, they can employ it in what
every creole girl considers as a highly
profitable waya that is. manoeuvers for
the capture Of a husband.
These Lenten manoeuvres are none of
those vulgar and secular methods re-
sorted to by ordinary young women at
ordinary times. Fine feathers and fine
food and fine phrases may serve their
turn at Easter and thereafter. but during
Len everything is on quite a different
plane.
The favorite Lenten matrimonial pro-
nnoter is the neuvaine. The neuvaine is,
literally. simply a period of nine days,
but in the minds of the creole girl 1t
means nine successive days of fasting,
prayer and pilgrimage for some especial
F 1888