The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-22

1uSHtlCdHy Inc same Hnlng may pc
said Of the widowed Czarina of Russia.
whose tastes in all matters concerning
dress in nowise differs from those of her
sister, the Princess Of Wales. Indeed, it
would be impossible to conceive anything
more simple in the shape of toilet than
the entirely plain black or dark blue
tailor-made gown which the Empress has
been wearing for nearly two decades past.
Her daughter-in-law, the young czarina.
shares the same ideas. and having been
partly brought up either in England or
among English surroundings, her ideas
with regard to dress are thoroughly Brit
ish.
The grounds of buckingham Palace.
where the royal garden party was recent
~ given, are but little known to the
public Some idea Of their extent may be
gathered from the fact that they con-
tain a lake Of several acres. says an
exchange. The broad terrace that runs
along the back of the palace looks over
the gardens, with their beautiful variety
Of trees and their grassy lawns, which
the care of the gardeners has prevented
from suffering much from the drought.
In some parts the scene IS quite
sylvan, the trees have been planted with
a view to exclude the sight of buildings
as much as possible, n one might
fancy ones self in the very heart Of
the country. The foliage has lost its
freshness of early beauty, but here and
there are 10 be found tokens of the ling
ering youth of the year, such as an
acacia tree still crowned with snowy
blossoms and the verdant green Of the
late-leahng poplar elms. The lime bios
som has lost its perfume. but there is
no lack of plants whose odors almost
supply the place of the 1indenblumen.
The blackbird and the, thrush whistle
and flute as sweetly in the bosky groves
Of the palace gardens as their compeers
do in the woodland glades of Royal
Windsor, and are almost as undisturbed
SO rural are the sylvan soMtudes hidden
away behind the high walls.
Please state to the Court exactly what
you did between eight and nine O'Clock
on Wednesday morning. said a lawyer
to a delicate-looking little woman on the
witness stand. according to the Detroit
Free Press
Well" she said, after a moments re-
"
hection, Il washed my W children and
got them ready for school and sewed a
button on Johnny's coat and mended a
rent in Nellie's dress. Then / tidied 10
my sitting room and made two beds and
watered my house plants and glanced
over the morning paper. Then | busted
my parlor and set things to light in ii
ana washed some lamp chimneys and
cembed my baby's hair and sewed a
button on one of her little shoes, and
then / swept out my front entry and
brushed and put away the children's
Sunday clothes and wrote a note to
Johnny's teacher, asking her to excuse
MIN for not being at school on FRIDAY.
Then l fed my canary bird and gave the.
grocery man an order and swept off the
oack porch, and then 1 sat down and
rested for a few minutes before the
clock struck line. That's ALL
All" said the dazed lawyer. excuse
me, Judge, must get my breath before
I call the next witness,
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queen Victoria will probably be am,s-
ed' II not fattered, to know that she is |
at present the heroine of a romantic
drama, running with success in more
than one Siamese theatre. The outline of |
the plot Is that the Queen is about to
ne married In Ceylon to the King of
sam, when that monarch breaks of the
match, and the Queen invades the conn.,
Try, only to be repulsed with great loss |
Duke of Cambridge does his best to
turn the fortunes Of the day by valfantly |
welding a battle-axe against three ST.
amese fairies; but the English are get
ting the worst of it, when the King Of
Slam graciously relents and bestows his
land on Queen Victoria, who is represent
ed as being madly in love with him from
the first.
The best known periodical of the dav.
which deals with culinary matters. late
iy told its readers to wash the currants
which were to make Jelly. Most old
cooks know that currants must be per-
fectly dry in order to make good Jelly:
they should not even be gathered after
a rain. To wash them is to spoil them
for this purpose.
It is Interesting to learn from "the
other side that the custom of throwing
rice and shoes at a departing bride and
bridegroom is going OUT Of fashion. IN
stead. bowls filled with rose leaves and
orange blossoms are handed to the brides |
maids and younger men of the wedding |
party. and the happy pair are therefore
enabled TO bid their adieux quite ania- |
bly, amid a shower of fragrant petals.
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