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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-21
soHUTzBN'B PRETTY DANCE.
Original Decorations and a Great
Crowd in Odd Feilowk, Hall.


OF the many balls and festivalsNheld in
Hoboken this season. notnne was prettier
or more successful tiaus Ii ball Of the
Heboken Corps, held last night
in Odd Fellows H~ail.5fFhere are over $50
members in the corps and last nights
ball was their t~wenty1fifth. the hall was
profusely decorated with flags of all ma
tons, shields, streamers Of bunting and
caricatures and grotesque figures. AT the
head of the hall over a platform upon
which sat an orchestra of a dozen pieces,
and facing the entrance were the words,
"Hoboken Schuetzen Corps IN letters of
flame. The decorations as a background
for the pretty costume's' worn by the
ladies made a very pretty scene. The only
drawback to the whole affair was the size
of the hall. 1t was entirely too small to
accommodate the people who wished to
dance.
Among those present w~ere:-Captain
and Mrs. Claus H. Schroeder, Lieutenant
and Mrs. Herman Neumann. ex-Captain
md M Mr;s,;, Louis Il FinGke ex-Captain and
Louis Bergmann. ex-Captain and Mrs.
John Schumann, Lieutenant and Mrs.
George Al Friedrichs, ex-Captain William
Schroeder, ~ex-Captain and Mrs. Henry
Won der Leith, ORDERLY Sergeant and Mrs.
Frederick Kroag, Shooting Master n
Mrs. Ernest Fischer MIRO and sMus.s Will
liam wisht. shooing Master and Mrs;
seltzer. MI; n Mrs. Adolph sMalz, Mr..
and Mrs. Emil Lattrparn, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry K%ortlang, Captain and Mrs. Jacob
Kehrwald. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Kettler,
Nj. and Mrs, Henry Meyer. Captain and
schilling' M. ana Mrs Adolph stoll,
Mrs. Otto Keller. Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Rosz, Mr.. and Mrs. Martin %Schlatter, Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Puck, ex-Captain and Mrs.
Frederick Erxmeyer, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Bullwinkle, President Of the Fire Com
m~issioners f. William Bender, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Hackmannr, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest Appel, Mr.. and Mrs. Claus Bother,
Lieutenant Christian Laeh, Mr.. and Mrs.
Max koschel,. Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard
er and Mrs. A, ]: yolk, Major Henry Loh-
mann. Jr., Third Battalion, Fourth Regi-
ment. N. G., N. J., Mr.. and Mrs. Theo-
dore g. yasei, Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Schmidt, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Leuening,
Charles Peters, Recorder Francis Me-
ponougha Lieutenant AL. Lehman.
Fourth regiment, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
&OllGzs
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A uLEANlNGs

A large opossum was stung to death BY
bees while stealing honey from the apiary
Of William Rldgaway at A!loway.
ono through the Ice Of d pond hear
grldgetown, by Henry Maicr and George
Cape May iisherncn are earning good
wages by catching mullet from under the
Vim. II. Conover Of Cooper Hill vicinity
recently found an old copper coin In the
cornfiela. while. husking. 1t was dated
Martha Chambers, Of clermont, Cape
May county, has a remarkable cat, TWEEN
ZONE years old, which has caught in its
time probably Loo mice and haf that
While out hunting the other day, q.
Ellsworth, 6outhar7, OF New Egypt, shot
a large American eagle. It was i fine
s s''s aassn q fel II 'ss klTd' , its wings {Es,I ms rs r
tip. It's weight was twelve pounds,
Daniel Nutty5of. Pemberton, while out
cumming last week. shot . splendid red
! farm house and had evldsn SSss Been bssa
living high As he wal SO fat no could
hardly run. The dogs chased him Up I
tree. where he easily was killed.
u 2 w wifs e s0pa Pa ssasls' c 3 a4gtra ssys
birth on Thursday morning to her twsn-
tieth child EiEhtse1 Of the childrsn
are lying the Oldest being 70 years cid.
boys. LudeIg has been married twenty
Peter jackson, af W~hifesviililea, is about
Il f 8 wI;sset szssa ons Hundred T. a9 0f IFS raaIS ns.ti
grade Of while Pekin ducks. Many 81
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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-21

LOCATION SETTLED.
New Jersey and New York
Bridge Commissioners Sc
leet the Approaches.

The Commissioners OF the New York
and New Jersey bridge met yesterday at
their offices. No. ia Broadway, and
adopted the location of the bridge and
approaches al approved by the Sinking
Fund Commissioners of the city of New
York. The location of the bridge is be-
tween F~ifty-ninth and Sixtieth streets,
west of Eleventh avenue. and the loca-
ton Of the approaches thereto and the
great Union Station by centre line is as
foliows:-
Beginning at a point in the southerly
side of West ~FiftN-ninth street in the
city, county and State of NewAYork.
where a lcurve with a radius of $50 feet
"a inches. starting from a point on the
centre line of said bridge heretofore To-
Gated and distant $50 feet 2s inches west
erly from the westerly line Of Eleventh
ayen5ue intersects the said southerly line
Southerly on a curve On a radius of $50
feet ~ inches to q point sixty. feet
south Of the s%outherly line of West Fifty
is 16Q feet westerly from the westerly line
Of West End avenue, or Eleventh avenue.
New York city, thence southerly in a
line Of Eleventh or West End avenue and
distant 100 feet westerly trerefrom to a
point 100 feet south. OF the southerly line
ing. southeasterly with a radius of 1850 feet
and 21s inches to a point 30 feet westerly
from the westerly line of Tenth avenue,
and fifty feet north Of the northerly line
and parallel to West Fiftieth street and
fifty feet distant northerly therefrom to
a point on the easterly line of Ninth ave-
nue.
They also located the station as follows
Beginning at a point where the west
erly. line of Broadway intersects the
northerly line of West ~Forty-ninth street,
thence running westerly along the north
erly line Of West Forty-ninth street, to
the easterly line of Ninth avenue; thence
northerly along the easterly line of Ninth
avenue to the southerly line of West
Fifty-frst street; thence easterly along
the southerly line of West Fifty-irst
street to the westerly line of Broadway;
thence southerly along the westerly line
of Broadway to the northerly line of
West Forty-ninth street at a point or
place of beginning
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-21
WOMEN OF LETTERS.
Miss Gaines Lectures in the Carteret
Club House.

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Miss Cecilia Gaines delivered a lecture
on women Of Letters In the Carteret
Club house yesterday afternoon The
two women whom Miss Gaines discussed
were Elizabeth Coleman and Madame
Rambouillet. Elizabeth Coleman. Miss
Gaines called a female Chztterton, not
because OF any forging ~propensities, but
because she died at an early age unknown
to fame. She was familiar with several
languages and could write three fluent1y.
Madame R~anbouillct and her salon
were discussed at greater length. Her
salon was started with the primary Idea
OF the determinations OF society, and she
accomplished to d great extent its puri-
fication. In her salon. said Miss Gaines,
everybody was somebody, n everyone
was made to feel his Importance. In
her salon the Importance OF the world Of
letters was first recognized. Genius n
rank were both fonnd there.
Two .tabieaux were given Illustrative
S g vas s seen reading h hss plays t.
the other represented the same people
bowling as Cardinal Richelieu enters. All
the characters were dressed in the cos
tunes Of the period. with the high rufus.
characters were taken lby Misses Hor-
gan, May Jordan, Pauline Sauvet, Julia
Sherwood and Messrs. Adams and Adri-
Afroe.
parlors after the lecture by Richelieu,
illlet and her friendS IN their stage cos
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Art IN The NURSERY
How to Awaken q Love for
the True. the Beautiful
and the Good.
The Hardy Rubber plant-step-
ing Down GracofuIly-Bcra-
hafdt's Philosophy.

In the ideal nursery the wall decoration
Is not neglected. says the Philadelphia
Press.
II is 3 somewhat curious fact that while
so much attention is given to the sanitary
condition of this room that one is apt to
overlook one Of Its most important fea-
lures.
An English artist complains that his en-
tire childhood. as far as art was concern
ed, was a blank. and that this loss never
In after years could be entirely made up
to him. Rosa Bonheur gives an amusing
account of her admiration when a tiny
child of a rudely painted bears head.
which served as a sign for a butchers
shop She shared In that common child
ish fault Of running away and was found
at this butchers shop gazing admiringly
at this crude work of art swinging in the
breeze.
Childhood is the most mpressionable
period in life. 1t follows that if art is
entirely eliminated during these years
that it Is hardly to be supposed one will
in after years conceive a sudden passion
for it and appreciate the great masters.
photographs. mezzotints. photographers
and other cheap reproductions bring the
works OF the best artists within the reach
of all. and simple frames can be obtained
at a trifiing cost. = There seems little ex-
cuse for the neglect of this important
part Of a child's education.
An excellent selection for the nursery
walls would be from the pen Of Hsnriette
Rouner. who has SO aptly. been called the
and cunning pranks of these household
pets are depicted by this artist with a
love for and appreciation of cat life that
are = tr1iy =, great. Landaser,s dogs are
of those Of Jean Jacques Millet. where
child life is introduced. Boys will in
variahly DELIGHT IN the war scenes and
nier.
In higher vein, but charming are the pic
lures of G.. Burton Barker. a prominent
sneh blc a5riss. az Wig &, has ..4n p raiss1sly d agd
"Her First Dance are delightful compin-
ations of high. shaggy dogs and fairy-like
children. painted with a view of showing
the love OF these animals for their tiny
In somewhat the same vein are Arthur
J. Elsey's RS Biggest" Make Haste"
s &c w q Des q a asorse f FaH HoImss also a afs
seem almost ke old friends. The charm charm
ing pictures Of p. Peel. who by the way
cation at the Academy Of Fine Arts, al
though he has lived abroad for years, are
always appropriate. Dong Penanre," is
s g. %p ct Bias fas snd aLo ocup sIee amsken 81
{; Psrault are favorites. with little peo-
Don't overlook .cherry Ripe. Little
q y is Sir N JOIN M f1S s Ana Van n0f DYES
Baby Stewart isa classic interesting
t. childish minds. Those will go to show
what a wide n Of choice Is offered,
from gay to serious. and from ancient to
modern.
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STEPPING DOWN.


Graeea or Alf3lhtfng from Carriages
Thar women On Not Look Auer.
How to get in and out of a carriage
properly should be part of the instruc-
ton OF the physical culture teachers who
aim, above all other things, to make
their fair disciples graceful. Watch the
shoppers who altght from their own
traps in front of some popular emporium
and count how many point the toes down
and alight without clutchlng hold Of the
side. Says a ~sconnoisseir m the subject:
When alighting grasp the dress lightly at
about the knee, stand steadily on the
right foot, point the left sharply down.
ward. then bend the left knee, letting the
weight of the body steadily down toward
the street level, the prettily pointed foot
and the trim ankle being daintily in evil
denee. AS soon as the left foot, or rather
the toe, touches the ground 1t should X
springiness. All the beauty Of the move
ment depends on the right foot and he
pretty pointing Of the left. One nay
other hand than that holding the dress,
IL there is ever need to steady ones self.
When getting Into q carriage the left
and the body should Be swung Upward
Tlght Srasping The sid5s q ) he he v 81 sRs
There is no better time to exhibit pretty
feet, nor one more legitimate than in
alighting from a carriage, only the whole
movement is apt to be stiff and awk.
ward, SO many women never having stop.
ped to consider whether the left or the
right. foot should be placed first, and
whether they come down with d spring
on the toes or nat on the foot. Women
who are. so, fortunate as to ride in car
riages. should learn to be graceful in
alfFhting and should take excellent care
that the silken hose doesn't wrinkle
about the ankle and that the shoe IS trim
ana pretty.-Philadelphia Press.
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed proposals will be received by the
h noa 4 q street 1seaa and w ysaS c fsSl q t4 0a
O'clock P. NJ, for the construction of a l5-inch
vitrified pipe
SEWER IN BoORAEM AVENUE.
from a point about 800 feet westerly from
Webster avenue to Webster avenue, and from
the westerly side Of Webster avenue an ls-ineh
the eve IN Ravine Road.
said Improvement. to be made confornably
Of ISIS and IN accordance dance with spee #
on file in the ofHce. of the Clerk of said Board.
Blank forms OF bid and agreement OF sure
Chief Engineer. corner of Jersey avenue and
Mercer stysf5i Jersey orc CITY St-S X NT I
About $50 lineal feet of 15-inch vitrifed pIpe
About SIS lineal feet of 1s-inch vitrified pipe
About Is lineai feet OF 1s-inch cast iron
pipe.
About 200 cubic yards of rock excavation.
About 5 cubic yards of concrete.
About 1000 feet 3. NJ. sheathing and lumber
Time allowed for the completion Of the
The making Of the above Improvement ana
the award Of the contract therefor will be
subject to the remunstrance Of The owners of
the property liable to more than one-haif the
assessment therefor. on the basis of prelimi-
vs Rfogosal s.a must be .ssl saslossd in IN sealed sealed en- n,
c.. Kaiser, Chairman of the Committee on
Streets and Sewers" and handed to the Clerk
of the Board In open meeting when called for
in the order OF business relating to sealed
proposals. (nt
No city official will be accepted as surety,
nor viii q substitution OF sureties be allowed.
The Board may, under the provisions OF the
any or all proposals.
The attention OF bidders is especially called
to Section I, Chapter 1874. OF the Laws of
1891. under the terms whereof no contract
shall be binding unon the city or become
effective or operative until the bonds offered
by the contractor have been approved as to
sufHeiency by this Board and as TO form by
the Corporation Counsel. the President of this
Board having power to examine the proposed
bondsrnsn under oath az AdsAfiN
BY order Of the Board # Street and Water
GEO. r. BouToN.
Dated Jersey City, January Il, 1896.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-21
Mr.. RBIsENHAUER's METzEL sUPPE

The much talked of "Metxel suppe''
was held last evening at Reisenauer's
Hotel. Incidentally it transpired with
out a doubt what a "Metzel Suppe" is.
It is attendant always on a hog-killing.
When the sausages are stuffed those
having defectfve skins are thrown into
a pot and made into broth. Beside the
broth, last night, which was made, by
the way. from whole sausages. were
wursts of every description. Mashed
potatoes and saurkraut in abundance
were washed down with drafts of foam
ing beer.
s.The Suppe was in the form of a COM
Elementary dinner to the Minkakwa Club.
Through an invitation from that club
the Y. 8. Grant Club was also present;
The supper was served at IL o'clock, but
before that hour the guests played the
piano and sang in the hotel parlor.
". G, Dunn. s, O: wegman. Theodors
X. Wegman, Theodore Smith, Charles
Merker, ST.. B. Goldenhorn, ]. Paulsen,
Charles Kleppe, Vincent Connolly. Ma
ior. w. H. Armstrong. Charles Mifzenius.
William G. Burns and A. ]. Dollaway.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-21
RUBBER PLANT
II Given constant Care They Las,
Fifteen Years.

The rubber plant Is ode Of the most
decorative ant certainly n of the hard
lest of indoor plants.
Its broad, glistening leaf gives a sense
Of GOODNESS on the warmest day Of Sum
mer, and in Winter in d judiciously heat
ed room its wide-spreading branches give
q tropical touch that IL very agreeable
to ones aesthetic sense.
A rubber plant IT properly cared for
will last FOR fifteen years and more. but
few amateurs know how properly 10
provide for the well-beiug 81 this com.
'panionable plant.
The two most important things are
judiciuus watering every day ana
The care Of the leaves. It may seem
8 trsfing thing to speak of the watering
Of z plant, but the fact Is that Simple
as that operation seems few people Know
how to do 1t.
or, on the other hand. too sparinrlyv
~sprinkled. The amount Of water used de.
ponds upon the temperature of the place
tn which 1t lie kept. In a warm place
room not so much. The idea is to get
the ground just moist, no more.
ed off with soap b1d water at least once
in every two weeks. 1t must, too, be
kept where 1t can catch plenty of light.
1t fades and dies away In dark places.
Nearly every one who makes any att
tempt to cultivate indoor plants num-
ners 9 rubber plant IN hts collection.
the need a minimum Of care. though that
care must always be intelligeht.-Ex-
change.
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which ! am a member, that we could but
would not appoint a. pastor. That body
Is. always. on the lookout for the best in
terests OF the church, and not for the
them may favor,
These remarks were greeted with APP
perfect agreement with Mr.. oliver. He
was at a loss to understand, he said. the
cnslrman,s peculiar remark.
Harvey a T v9 aad M Thomn aeef Reea. VT we're Iew sns
pointed teilers after Frederick Jaehne
saa pefused to act. There was another
Mr. Harvey ruled that members, Dew Dew
holders and regular contributors to the
support of the church might vote. The
1 aatl nael. class opened up such a field for
Ne objection was sustained.
rnne result of the vote gave Allen SO;
HTlosnman "A; Bridges. IS. and Wick. u.
alien q unanimous vote. although some
IInrly o. those present voted against 1t.
, Wn men, several e people obieeted he called for
oplected. but all to no purpose.
After several attempts were made to
h haa Been th decI meefin git after # ard Mr. sns ser
A slSLsa b that nd n was a.. not, end after Mr.
clared elected. and BY a rising vote given
the call on motion Of Mr.. Ed. Schultz.
.5 Mr; harvey aid that # the people
Gad6 iS CuASlcLOTy were QO1nR Tor
them they would not concur in the
critieism of one man there present who
SAID, Mr.. Allen is forced upon us by the
consistory." After enlisting the sympathy
OF all present he declared that Mr.. Walker
Spoke s5 poke erroneoously when he said that false
me- ormat had been sent to any can
meeting then adjourned
After the meeting little knots of people
gathered. all about the church and dis
cussed the lively row in all its bearings
Messrs.: Harvey and Walker were at ii
again. Mr.. Harvey sad Mr.. Walke had
no right to make statements there which
ne could not prove Mr.; Walker offered
We're boiling, hot, and made many sharp
REMARKS They all but passed the lie
w Rey; g J Allen is the lucky one OF
~twenty-seven are:-H. w. Periee. SE. h,
GroWen, G, Donaldson. J. E. CRANE. j. ].
D. G Miller, William 1mbria, &c. Am.
z J. Bridges. A. H. Baldwin. G. NJ.
pixon. 9; r. Dyke, r. McClelland. George
r. Perrie. J. T. n. Demarest, j. Y. Tenn.
pie, Z. K. Week. C. L. Palmer. A. s.
Van Dyck and Garrett Wyckof.
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BEAUTIES OF "REMINISCENCES


4 - AkORS ~
In January Ladies' Home journal
Rev. Charles H. Parkhtwst, b. D., III
an admirable article on ..The Memories
of Our Childhood Homes" writes that,
"Reminiscences makes us little even
when we are old. and helps 10 keep us
pure and fresh with the springtime that
was In us a score or a generation OF
years ago. A boy can never become ut
terly bad SO long as there remains with
him a memory Of his father and mother
in the act and attitude Of prayer. The
chilling process OF the years when he
will himself cease to pray, but from the
canvas long g painted there will never
fade the figures of those, now asleep,
whose heads were seen day by day but
In inspired priestliness laid the morning
Sacrifices upon The family altar. and the
memory OF fathers and mothers prayer
helps, at any rate, to Keep alive In us
our own possibilities of prayer.
We sT i've Will whifs n IS are s ysnGs r. and Suf t hyss
Is always rest and publication in getting
back into touch with them. When the
burdens press q little heavily, and the
future Is thick with uncertainties, the
wish VII sosisti1nss shape itself that we
fresh, childish days. We do not un-
derstand II very well. but there IL some-
thing gone that we would dearly love to
have back. Those may seem to have
We used to spend up n the garnet. listen
Ing IN the pausss of Oh merrymaking,
50 dry and sheltered underneath. but our
life means more even to-day because of
them and because Of our memory of
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-21
TALES ABOUT A
Odd experiences Related Regarding
Iii Men Wh@Rent Houses,


the Men WhQRent Houses.
The amusing story which has lately
gone the rounds about the lady novelist
who, having entered upon the tenancy of
a rickety dwelling, asked the landlord Of
the same that she might be allowed to
name It, and then had 'Jerry-Built-Hut''
carved upon the front, has had many
parallels of late years.
Not very long ago a sarcastic tenant
advertised in several newspapers to the
following effect: WANTED, by gentleman
who agreed to leave dwelling occupied
by him as he found 1t on entering same,
100000 lively: black beetles" and then fol-
lowed the advertisers private address.
ported in the Papers, in which It appeared
that the owner Of a fiat had given notice
to quit to a lady whose tenancy Of the fiat
at great Expense had the rooms newly
papered and decorated. When this lady
received notice to quit she and her maid
and backing brushes respectively, and
the whilom f1ower-besprinkled walls soon
assumed q most funereal hue.
barrister-.a lawyer certainly ought to
have read the tenancy agreement.on en-
tsring upon a house IN q fashionable
self to paint the whole of the exterior
Of the dwelling. On finding what an ex-
pense he had made himself liable for. he
demonstrated with the landlord, who sim.
ply smiled and declared that the bond
must Be fulfilled. Then did the Willy bar
rister cause the whole front of his house
to be painted in strips of vivid green,
yellow and pink, greatly to the chagrin
Of the fashionable neighbors, who were
the tenants Of the same landlord. In
vain did the landlord storm; the barris-
ter enalt threatened, unless the pond
was cancelled, to have the back of the
house painted like a rainbow, with huge
black spots covering 1t at Intervals.