The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-10-30

IS i hush over the great audience. for
surely never before was there seen Sc
unpretentious q prfma donna. Where are
her diamonds? Where the personal or
naments, jeweled stars and ribboned or
ders that have been showered upon her
| by the Old worlds royalties and gram
| dees? Awakening from the surprise at
| such simplicity of toilette as might have
| appertained to a simple Swedish maiden
mot of high degree-the crowd literally
| goes wild with enthusiasm. The men
and women rise from their seats with
one movement as of a drilled army, while
| Ave thousand throats produce a volume
of welcome that must amaze the crews
of the vessels without. handkerchief
| are waving franticalIy In air regardless
Of tearing the delicate lace of their edges,
gloves by the hundred are being burst by
handclapping, and a torrent of bravos is
being hurled toward the plump little lady
in white. whose eyes are becoming moist,
but who stands with an air of dignity
quite distinct from the ordinary self
consciousness of the average prima-don-
ma. TO her face has come the blend Of
womanly sweetness and modesty, with
childlike simplicity. AS l gaze she seems
10 llt HI CIlDo0lfttCui vi t1t1
of genius and the serene wisdom Of art.
Minute after minute passes, and yet the
cheering, the elappfng and the waving
continue. Never before, even in spasmod-
ic Paris, has such a triumphant welcome
been accorded her."
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At a recent wedding IN Newport the
brlde directed that her bouquet should
be placed after the ceremony and during
the wedding day upon the grave of ner
dead mother. explaining that she would
have herself attended to this dutiful deed
if she had not been 50 late for her train
that ii was necessary to relegate the act
to her sister.
This seems to outsiders a pretty piece
of sentiment, but in all such acts there
is always a question of taste which
arises. When the marriage occurred a
while ago Of Miss DeLons. the daughter
of that gallant naval officer who lost his
life on the Jeanette expedition to the
North, the bride carried the prayer book
which haa been the constant companion
Of her father, and which was found upon
his frozen body in the Lena Delta.
This was horrible. It wa natural
enough, surely, that the girl and her
mother should think much upon this day
of days of their loss and that she should
wish to have something with her that
had peculiarly belonged to him. But not
that book.
Those of us who rave read the har-
rowing account of Lieutenant De Longs
horrible sufferings, Of his starvation after
living upon deeayed fish or sawdust. of
his girding his belt closer about his ema-
ciated form to try to subdue the gnaw-
ing of hunger, remember the little prayer
book which was thrust into hat belt and
feel IT was part and parcel of such awful
days, q witness of such hideous agony as
unified 1t for a part in any f~estivity
henceforth
All recollection of the dead which is
pleasant and soothing is a blessing with
out doubt. But what serves to remind us
of past distress is surely never either wise,
healthful or in good taste.
That for the library nothing is more
elegant than cushions in sage leather,
embroidered with the coat of arms of
the master of the house.
Embroidery OF household linen runs
ra sher to elaborate lettering and mono
grams. while that of personal linen is
severely simple in design.
Some of the newest handkerehiefs are
~exquisstely embroidered with a flight of
swallows, from the bill of one Of which
depends the monogram Of the owner.
Indeed, there is a perfect mania for
screens of late, and surely there is no
better way OF displaying nor of preserving |
on al1horcta rafaoa - 80 n1.l1x.-r ~
when mounted as a screen.
A screen Of ooze leather. embroidered
in a conventional design of chrysanthe- |
NUNS and leaves and mounte in carved
ebony is shown at a dealers noted for ar |
tistic excellence of his work.
Bulgarian eolorings are as popular in
embroidery as In zephyr work, and as they |
reproduce the stained glass shades are |
especially suitable for portiers or screens |
for library and dining room.
So.
There is a great contrast between the
three children of the Cleveland family. |
Huths dark brown hair, that appears
quite black at a little distance, with
flashing eyes, and a quick, lively manner. |
are very suggestive of Mrs. Cleveland
when a schoolgirl.
AHo next youfgSpeF OF the C~feyel4ne7S. I
Esther, Is a girl without brilliancy, that |
appears, at least, and in many respects
Is the opposite of Ruth. Her hair ii vel |
low, very yellow. and curls, though the |
curls seem 10 be a bit too close, too |
smooth, and altogether too regular to be |
natural.
Esther's eyes are blue, too, very like
her fathers, though the blue in the Pre- |
sident's eyes is turning gray. Her eyes
are not very bright, slow moving. like his. |
and rather slowly responsive, but not no.
ticeabiy SO. Little Marion is more like
Ruth. but not SO dark. Her hair is brown |
and her eyes are on that order, eer tainly
not light. yet by nc means sufficiently |
dark to suggest that they are black.
Ruth is the little beauty of the inter |
estfng family. Marion may grow to it. |
but she is a good deal Of an infant now. |
and toe young to show marked character |
fsties clearly, except, perhaps, TO her pa
and to that particular order Of |
womankind who always profess to see so |
much more than is visible in a year-old
child to average humanity.
"
The new material, silk muslin. is tn he
used an the making OF sat home
The fabric is also taking the place of