The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-02
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her if she seemed a bit duh tonight? 1t
was nothing; oh, no. nothingi And then,
with a visible effort would brighten, only
to relapse again into gentle melancholy.
And then, his heart is stirred and he
wonders how such a charming creature
can be so sad. Could it be she cares for
somebody? Could it be She cares for
-? Nonsensei But then-why. yes! He
remembers. Oh. then the rest is easy.
So, in answer to the problem, should
women propose, let me whisper in strict
est confidence. they not only should, but
they do! leap year, or no leap year; they
do.
Never in words! oh, no; but by subtle
suggestions; by a thousand signs. that
tell what words can never speak so
WELL" the impetus is given; and the man
is coaxed, ~cajoled-never driven-to ask
the momentous question, and, going home
a prospective Benedict, he congratulates
himself that he has proposed.
Swedish applique work in old Morse de-
signs is attracting general attention at
the fancy goods counters These old
Morse designs are composed of narrow
yellow kid stripes run out with very
yellow silk, the stitches being made rs
evenly as possible and of the same width.
Stripes of yellow kid laid in a sort of in
terlacing pattern and stitched down as
above are handsome on a ground of red
brown frieze.
Perse applique is a pretty form of work,
though not generally known by that name.
For instance. if one cuts carefully a beau-
tiful spray of leaves and blossoms from
French cretonne or other rich material
and applies it to some fabric. stitching it
down carefully, this is called Perse APP
| plique. Beautiful frieze decorations for
| curtains made in this way look like paint
ings.
In one of the new applique designs petit
point flowers and borders worked on very
fine white canvas are cut out and fas-
tened with applique stitch to plush, satin
or gold canvas. The latter may be used
direct as a foundation for the application
work: that is, the designs worked upon
it without the white canvas foundation0
and then edged around with a. colored bor-
der.
Pretty applique borders for window
curtains are made of cloth, say a rich
olive green ground: the colored appliques
in contrasting cloths, mounted on thin
| p~aper-that it pasted on it-are caught
down by fine lacking, and then couched
to the ground by double lines of silk
caught down by silk. The veining and
tendril portions are dom in stem stitch
and cording stitch with single silk.
The edges of applique work are some
times button-hoied, sometimes worked in
chain stitch, and sometimes in cording
stitch, but more frequently some kind of
cord is couched on the edges; gold. silver
and silk and cotton cords are used for
this purpose: thick strands of wool crewel
or ~floselle are also used. A picot edge is
worked with fine silver or gold thread
for the edges of ~appliques; two strands of
gold cord sewed down by a third strand
make applique edging. Another edging
is a line of rich cord couched over double
stitches.
In a beautiful trousseau recently made
for a bride by "a noted Paris dressmaker
a queer discovery was made by chance.
II was necessary to make a slight altera-
ton in one of the lovely creations"
when the sewing woman discovered a
long silken hair carefully stitched into
the gown.
There could be no mistake; the single
hair had been purposely sewed in the
6dTiaSlht. II sSWiHS WOAndu Siiillcu dit
clapped her hands-she had been en-
ployed in a Partisan dressmaking estab-
h-shment-and then she explained the
riddle
1T is a superstition" she Neid. when
the sewing girls in the diffefsAt apart
ments and the girls behind the csstpters
learn that the house has receiveGean
order for a big trousseau, they besies>
the head -dressmakers and ask them to
stitch into the wedding gown especially
a single hair from their heads.
The hair is SO fine that IT is easily
concealed, and cannot in any way mar
the beautiful wedding gown. The head
-dressmakers very often humor the girls.
1.-The girls, when they go home at
night, tell their girl friends hat a hair
from their heads has been stitched into
the wedding gown of Miss S~o-and-so,
and the lucky one is Immediately envied.
soclaees say.
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"A model long famous in Partisan ate
As5Sarah Brown, to wit-who, like
Mr.. du Maurier's heroine, posed for ssthe
altogether has just died of consump-
ltion. Sarah Brown writes a London cor
respondent was once before the Courts,
and everybody wondered at the reputa-