The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-25

out doing it great harm; indeed, many
find it impossible to cut stitches with any
thing without making holes that render
the goods absolutely worthless for the one
who originally wore it. When it is done
the edges are SO ragged that a much
smaller pattern must be used. In pre-
pairing goods for the dyer, or to be made
over. every stitch should be taken out. 1t
seems scarcely necessary to say that fac
ings, braid and hooks and eyes must be
removed. but this is imperative, in view
OF the condition in which the garments
come to the dressmaker and the dyer.
Many dresses, capes and Jackets are per
feetly wearable after being carefully
ripped, brushed, sponged and pressed. 1t
is a wonder that some one does not set
up an establishment for ripping clothes
and putting them in order for the dress
maker. The owner Of them frequently
has not time to do them properly, or is too
careless and understands too little the re-
quirements of them to do it had she all
the time in the. world. Some semi-invalid
in every community might get a tolerable
living. or at least add to a limited in
come, by preparing garments for remod-
cling,
Do men or women best understand COM
fort? The answer would naturally seem
to be-women. Yet who shall deny that
a bachelors establishment is often the
best conducted and most luxurious pos
sible.
Everything seems to run or well-oiled
wheels, there is no friction, no anxious
looking mistress of the house with her
keys and her worries, and no talk about
servants; the butler is respectful and at
tentive, the cook excellent, the coachman
smart and punctual, and the wine irre-
| proachable.
1t is sad to confess, but even as hosts
men seem to surpass women. They take
a larger and more unselish view OF mat
ters; they are possibly more extravagant,
but they also get more value for their
money-they adore comfort, but care less
for show; they manage to acquire good
servants and keep them, and, while they
allow them greater license, they insure
obedience and respect.
Even the small bachelors establish
ment, wherein the caok-housekeeper
reigns supreme, is frequently the scene
of pleasant little parties, of snug din
ners, of cosy suppers. Now, if housekeep-
ing be the true vocation of women, as
| people say, how is it that men Guido us?
The question is one best left to the future
candidates for matrimony.
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There are plenty of energetic house
keepers who do their own washing, either
from choice or from force of circum-
stances, and to such a formula for a
good washing preparation will be found
to greatly lessen the labor. The ingre-
dents are cheap, costing not more than
80 CENTS, and lasting a long time: Take
one ounce of salts of tartar, two ounces
of carbonate of ammonia and a one-pound
package of concentrated I've.
Put all the ingredients into a gallon of
warm water, and when all is dissolved
(Which will take two or three hours) it is
ready for use. 1t should be kept in a jug,
we'll corked, and away from the children.
For use, take one cupful of the fluid, with
| ons-half a bar of soap, cut into thin slices,
and put into one-half a boiler of water.
Put in the clothes and boil for twenty
minutes or more, and the clothes having
been soaked all the previous night. Then
suds and rinse well. Only especially dirty
spots will require rubbing. For the second
batch add a little more fluid, and proceed
as with the first. The sudsing water will
nave enough of the fluid in it for coarser
articles and the colored clothes.
A great many people are curious to
know what becomes of all the inery of
the smart people of society who wear a
gown or hat but a few times and then
throw it over.
Some make one disposition and others
| another, but in several Eastern cities
the fashionable women ave a little
French madam who moves about from
place to place to whom they sell their
finery, giving the proceeds in many cases
to charity. 1t is only, however. the elab-
| crate things that go to madame, the
simpler garments being given outright to
the poor, and many a Worth or Redfern
creation of the palmer sort has gone to
help warm some poor creature.
If a woman goes out much, scores of
gowns are necessary, and the more
unique and striking a own is the shorter
its season Of usefulness, for people will
remember and remark about it, and one
hears that Mrs. So-and-So was present
in that eternal brown gown" or that
Mrs. Van Twitta was out in her green
and jet" Such gowns must either be re-
| modelled, given away or disposed of. to
madam.
The French ladies' maids are usually
very apt with their needle, and can make
over their mistress gowns so that they
present an entirely fresh and new APP
| pearance, a few new trimmings being
added.
Many of the prominent society women
nave cousins, aunts and friends who are
IN paod of Ciffc Of o1othippr and tn these
| are sent many of the east-off effects
| changed by the maids deft fingers and
worn in other cities, perhaps, where they
| look perfectly new
The fragrant rose petals will soon be
| plentiful, and it will be interesting to
| experiment with the making of tincture
of roses. as well as the usual method
| of preserving the fragrance in the form
| of a rose pot pourri. Take the leaves
of the fragrant roses and place them
without pressing in a common bottle;
pour some good spirits of wine upon
| them, close the bottle and let 1T stand
until required for use. This tinctufe
will keep for years, and it will yield a
perfume little inferior to altar of roses;
a few drops of it will be sufficient to fill
a large room with a delicious odor. Com
mon vinegar is greatly improved for
table use by a very small quantity being
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