The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-05
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easel N the pleasant sitting room.
II she is SO fortunate as to possess a
servant, she win use as refined lam
guage and as gentle a voice in speaking
70 her as she uses in her reception room
entertaining the most cultured among
her friends. .
There is real poetry in all this. It is
a charming thing to keep sweet tenn
pered and patient through all the days
work and worry. A sunshiny woman in
a calico dress and white apron is the
sweetest thing in the world.
Such a woman. CHEEKY, courageous, self
reliant and sympathetic. will make poetry
in her little world as well as the poet who
fills the magazines with the children of
his imagination. One who can have for
her constant companions pleasant
thoughts and original ideas, and above
all, an interest in and love for her work,
viii be happy in doing IT.
What wonderful creatures, as. well as
creations, women are! A woman can
make her very house eloquent II she will.
She can make a simple bedroom SO restful
to the eye, SO dainty, and SO suggestive
of sleep, repose and comfort, that her
friends will make excuses to stay all
night.
She can make her dining room speak of
be made an ideal of home art and true
talent, an abiding place for n weary, a
refuge for the seeker Of comfort.
Her kitchen will look so e~nticing that
one will actually long to don one of those
mammoth white aprons and go to work.
All this woman can do and more.
Hers is such a wide. wide field.
The wedding invitation now used is six
and a half inches long and five and a
quarter wide and requires an oblong en-
velope. while the paper itself has a
smooth duh finish like parchment instead
OF a glazed surface, as formerly. The
script is about the same size as it was last
year, q trifle smaller If anything, and the
words and lines are brought rather nearer
together. so that the invitation compactly
occupies the centre of the sheet with wide
margins about It. For a church wedding
the parents OF the bride request the
honor of YOU presence" whereas for a
shome wedding the pleasure of your
company is asked, the distinction being
obvious. Moreover, for a home wedding,
the name of the guest is often inserted,
for instance;-1Mr. and Mrs. yerrinder
Jones request the pleasure Of - -
company at the marriage of their daugh-
ters etc" AT one very smart wedding re-
Gently the parents of the bride simply re-
quested the honor of your presence at
st. Thomas Church, etc." her name be-
ing omitted, but the calling cards of both
bride and groom being inclosed.
The special invitation to the wedding
breakfast or reception is about the same
as last year save that the cards are a trifie
more oblcng. The wedding announcement
is printed on the same kind of note paper
as the wedding invitation, the simple card
no longer being considered absolutely
good form; If. however. 1t is used. it must
be oblong, about i've and a quarter inches
wide and three and a quarter from top TO
bottom. Honor upon an invitation is
always spelled honour
For a small informal dinner or luncheon
the invitation is upon ordinary note paper
bearing a crest or a monogram at the
cad Of the paper. but a grande dame who
gives many, many dinners during the sea-
son will order several hundreds of cards
about four inches long and o and a
half wide, upon. which Is engraved:-"Mr.
and Mrs. yerrinder Jones request the
pleasure of -- company at dinner
on 49, at -" with the address be-
low. and down in rhe left hand corner IS
a tiny "R. 5. ". p" With only the first
letter capitalized. OF course the crest or
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ner cards any more h 1t Is upon any
other engraved invitations.
Since the latest critics declare that a
lcng throat is a necessity to a woman
who would be beautiful the throes Of
pain that might make short necked wom-
an unhappy are vastly weakened by the
knowledge that a little care and some
patience viii result in a beauty and soft
ness that may well laugh at unusual
length or slenderness.
Now that the cold days are here many
women are tempted to muffle up their
throats in the becoming furs that make
almost any face d~istingue, but the best
advice that could be given to the ones
who wan lovely necks is-don't.
The neck, like the face. thrives best un-
der Mother Natures care, and high col
lars. feather boas and fur collars cannot
help but create a tenderness that is dis
astrous to beauty.
But these things are fashionable just
row., and after all it is worth some sac
rlhce TO be Just in style, and the only
thing to do until the low collars come in
again is to take such care of the throat
that almost no damage VIII be done In
the first place the neck should never be
washed in warm water without a dash
of cold water to follow 1t. and on general
principles the cold bath is decidedly the
best.
Again, it will be found that a gentle
massage OF the upper chest and the neck
before retiring win be followed by a tom
ing up of lax muscles and a general i'm
proyemelt in the curves OF the throat.
When high collars are worn, If they are
large enough to allow freedom of move
ment. the chances are that the skin un-
der them will keep soft and healthy, and
If. when the fur collar or boa is taken of
and the tissues are found to be moist and
o~ver-heated, a thorough rubbing with a
soft towel is kept up for a few minute
the reaction will restore the weakened
muscles and so keep their beauty. A hit
tie time. a little trouble, and the end Is
gained, but persistent neglect and lack of
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