The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-11

| fronts. from the d6rtesshAn8<3esees4and are
trimmed with ruffles Of the yellow chiffon
from the neck to the hem. put on in
japot fashion and verx4u2lk From the
side seams starts the black satin ribbon,
which IS tied in q 1opses bow with long
~ruffles. The sleeves Z particularly pref
~. cut in a quaint picturesque fashion
that falls away from the wrist in broad
ruffles. This gown is lined throughout
with yellow tafeta silk, and inside around
the bottom are two ruches and four
ruffles. also Of taffeta silk, which hold
out the width Of the skirt: like all gowns.
of thie pattern. II is quite long and conse-
queenly graceful.
For the summer there is nothing prettier
than the lawns and dimities. made with
jacket and skirt, and worn with bright
ribbon belt and collar. D-ressing-jackets
can now be bought which are elaborate
enough for this purpose. and many Of the
extra-width umbrella-shaped petticoats
| trimmed with riefSsss ofzex broiaefy are
| just the right thing for the skirt. No
| one who has tried wearing an unboned
| garment In the morning will ever will
ingly go back to tight waists and now
that 1t is possible and the fashion to
wear them. women will make the most OF
the opportunity. T~ight-lacing at any time
is injurious: in the morning it is posi-
lively dangerous, and corsets should new
er be frightened until after breakfast.
$50
The spoon is a time-honored utensil, but
of late seems to be growing in disfavor
except in its very proper kingdom Of
liquids. Perhaps its aristocratic standing
has been a little injured by the mushroom
crop of inartistic souvenir spoons which
are supposed by dealers to be the great
incentive to travel. To eat with a spoon
anything that can be eaten with a
fork is distasteful to those who are
sensitive to the niceties OF life. Beside,
one exhibits most unconsciously ones
table manners, n it is at the table that
one exhibits most unconsciiously ones
breeding OF thes1ackof it, says a9writers
in the illustrated American 1t is a
positive embarrassment to be given a
spoon for eating some dish which. one
is accustomed to eating with a fork. If
spoon and fork be laid for dessert-the
spoon to be invariably of dessert size
there then is no opportunity for embar-
rassment.
While on the subject Of spoons let us
plead for small ones for eggs served a
Ia coque. Walters at hotels have a re-
prehensible way of bringing ones eggs
broken into the bottom of a tall glass or
egg cup, tumbled together in an unap-
pefizing fashion, all daintiness and beauty
gone. Into this unattractive substance
one is expected to throw salt, pepper,
paprika, butter and any other condiments
and eat v~oraciously. Contrast this with
the perfect oval form of an unbyoken
egg, stood upright in a holder which con
ceals but little of its symmetry, the shell
a pale biscuit color and dull with un-
CLOSED freshness. The eater cracks off
delicately the apes of the eyel with a
small spoon, bold boWled lest the sulpher
mar its color on the moments Milk white
and oriole yellow are the contents thus
discovered, which are delicateiy sprinkled
with salt and pepper and eaten little by
little from the natural u which holds
them. This is the only way IS eat a soft
boiled egg.
To have. your writing-paper, whether
note or letter size. or a plain businesslike
pad, carry whit it a breath Of dainty
sweetness. you must keep it in tightly
closed boxes in which are little packets of
orris powder. says Harper's Pound
Table Your bureau drawers will be
~perfumed, and the perfume will creep into
your handkerchiefs and ribbons and your
Ger clothing if you Will line the drawers
with tissue paper; sprinkle this with pow
dered orris. and lay a sheet of tissue
paper above It. A prettier way is to
make a sachet the exact size Of your
drawer by quilting orris powder between
folds of China silk. Little bags of silk
filed with orr.s and kept in the pockets
Of your gowns will give them a very deli
cate fragrance.
A pronounced perfume Is vulgar. You
must have merely a suggestion OF tia
w~hif-gone in a breath, not a coarse
heavy odor which makes yeAf friends
think of musk or patchouly. Perfume
poured from a bottle is apt to scent a
handkerchief too strongly to please a fas-
tidious taste. You may use your cologne
or your violet essence a few drops at a
time in the water IN which you battle,
or you may finish your toilet by wetting
your hands with a tiny drop or two Of
your favorite perfume. Liquid perfumes
must be used ~sparingly.
In Japan it is quite a recognized thing
that a woman should make up her face
with powder and paints, ard without
doing so abe would no more think her.
self fit 10 appear in public than we should
If We failed to perform our morning abb
lutions. The process of making up is
somewhat complicated. To begin with,
the fair lady smears a thick layer of
white chalk with a soft brush on her
face. neck. shoulders, arms and hands.
Then. having dipped her ~forefinger into
red paint, she carefully colors her cheeks,
temples and then over the eyes. Fer
middle finger is used for the black pig
ment, with which she touches up her
eyebrows ~{unless she has had them shaved
off) and blackens under the eyes to I'M
prove their expression. With her little
finger she gives the finishing touches to
her artistic efforts, adding TO her lips
some brilliant carIntne and a little bit Of
gold to set off the charms of the lower
lip.
Between friends there must be close
sympathy, and one must be able to give
to the other shat she lacks, but even
between those friends who are nearest
and dearest It is not necessary to lay
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