The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-15
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a young married woman. she and her
husband count as one Of these couples,
and take their Sinner guests with. them
after dinner to the dinner party dance;
but a lady having daughters who are out,
and who gives the dinner party in their
interest, does not so on to the dance with
her guests, the giver of the dance being
considered chaperon sufficient for all pur-
poses. and the fact alone of a large party
Of girls going together does away With
the necessity OF each one being accom-
panied by d chaperon.
The numbers at these dances vary from
fifty TO 200, according to the size of the
house where they are given The average
notice for the invitations is from a fort
night to three weeks, on account of the
difficulty often experienced Of finding men
d~isengaged and willing to dine and dance.
z~mpromptu dances are seldom successful
and often lead to disappointment.
Even if a dance is limited to thirty
guests only, there Is oftener than not a
majority of girls. which means sitting out
for some of them, at least, during the
greater part of the evening, thus defeat
ing the object for which these dances were
projected, viz, to equaiize number and
to afford to girls an opportunity of be-
coming better acquainted with. or intro
duced to, a certain number of young men,
and therefore, to go to a dance, actually
knowing several young men who will pre-
sumably ask them to dance, instead Of
trusting to casual in~troductions, which
may or may not be made.
1t is well known that these dinners pre-
liminary to the dance put young men and
girls ON friendly terms with each other,
dom of feeling consequent upon being IN
troduced to girls who are total strangers
to them and with whom they are expected
to dance. nevertheless, at least once.
Then, too, a young man who accepts one
of these dinner invitations does 50 with
the knowledge that he accepts also the
obligations ut brings with it-that Of dane
ing with some Of the girls present at the
dinner party.
On the hotel veranda one afternoon a
girl was greeting a friend who had Just
come In from a yachting trip.
st just met that hcrrid Miss Fluffy"
said the returned yachtswoman. and the
horrid thing stared awfully. I Just gave
her as good as she sent, therei Maybe
she has money and all that, but I am as
good looking as she is any day, or night,
either. and-what are you staring at?"
Miss Best Friend was quite red in the
face.
Did you meet her just now?' she
asked.
Yes, this minute. I just got in. Joe
gaye us a lovely run down the bay. 1t was
a little wet n foggy, but I wore my
thick berage veil, and we sat out on deck
all the same. He was lovely to me. I
suppose that Miss Fluffy is jealous; that's
what's the matter. and you should have
seen the look I gave her-what is the
matter?"
THAT kind of a look ?" asked Miss Best
Friend, and then she laughed.
You are Jealous, too" cried the other.
IT am sure I amt help my looks, can
~,
You had on a blue veil, didn't your"
gasped her friend.
YES. How did you known"
60 look at yourself"
Ten minutes later the first speaker was
in spasfns upstairs. Her berage Veil had
come through with the damp and she
loked like a ten pot of spades. Her round
ed chin was a sickly purple, as if she
needed a shave, and needed it badly; q
splotch was on either cheekbone. and her
one best dimple was full of blue fluff.
And 1 walked all down the pier this
way she shrieked, while her best friend
held burnt feathers under her nose.
The Reflector" says that one of the Sc
crets of palatable food is knowing how
to cook water. The secret is to put fresh
filtered water into a clean kettle already
warm, to let it boil quickly. To let it
steam and simmer means to have a COM
bination of lime. iron and dregs IN the
kettle, and all the good water evaporated
into air.
It is surprising that many housekeep-
ers otherwise neat and particular, seem
to think that a kettle will stay clean with
out active measures on their part. The
mere fact that nothing but water is boiled
in it does not guarantee it against the
need of securing it. 1t will soon become
coated with a rusty looking layer of
slime. unless it receives the same care as
other cooking utensils. Food cooked with
water which is not properly boiled or
which is boiled in a kettle coated with
dregs has not the same flavor that pro-
perly cooked food has. Moreover, It is
dangerous to health.
A very smart autumn frock is made of
a sm-ooth-surfaced cloth that shows a
dove-gray background with a hair-line Of
dark blue traversing 1T. says the la
dies Home Journal" The skirt is mod
erately wide, the upper part being fitted
closely to the figure. though the lower
part has a decided flare. The bodice is a
fitted coat having a waistcoat of blue
cloth matching the blue stripe set in the
front. and buttoned down on each side
with small silver buttons. The collar is
a high, plain one of blue satin, with over
tapping points of the blue satin outlined
with a silver cord. The sleeves are moder-
ately fun, shape in to fit the arms n
have points of blue satin larger, but the
same shape as those on the collar, turn
ing back in cuff fashion on the lower part
of each sleeve, and being fastened to place
by a silver button on the extreme of
each point The hat is a soft gray felt
with a band of gray about its crown, and
a bunch of blue feathers at one side. The
gloves are gray undressed kid.
A new use has been discovered for pine
needles. which are now brought from the
South in large quantities. The stiff spines
are given a chemical hath Witch rnakes