The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-04

a WlnQoW adfnflting pleAtN OIL alF AIN
sunlight, good heating arrangements, an
iron bedstead. painted a light color for
cheer, with a comfortable mattress,
good blankets, plenty Of good bed linen,
a comfortable n good feather pillow.
The furniture should be all wooden. with
no upholstery, and consist of a bureau
with several drawers and a looking glass.
a wash stand with toilet arrangements, a
rocking chair a small table with lamp to
work and read by, n some shelves for
books and. knickknacks. There should
be also a closet. or hooks with a curtain
hung over them. for clothing, a place for
a trunk. and mats on the painted wood
floor. Below in the kitchen all must be
arranged suitably for the convenience and
comfort of the workers, with everything
conducive to order and cleanliness. If
possible, there should be a servants
sitting and dining room, where they may
see their friends; for in the matter OF
company a wise mistress will be indul-
gent. 1t IS never worth while to keep in
our employ one whom we cannot trust,
and so let us also trust our servants in
the selection of companions, and allow
them to have occasional visitors after
working hours, who shall be decorous in
their behavior. leave at half-past ten
O'Clock. and not partake of the food we
provide; but with these stipulations let
US encourage the young women who are
under our protection to welcome in the
home which shields them their friends
and relations. masculine and feminine,
and entertain them there properly and
pleasantly.
The sitting room should be coy and
cheerful. with centre table, comfortable
chairs, etc: or if limited space will not
allow such a room, and there is only the
kitchen for the servants to eat and SIT in,
much may be done to make this pleasant
and comfortable. Plenty of shelves must
be arranged. that all cooking utensils can
be put way when not in use, a table for
meals besides those for cooking purposes
u be provided, and some wooden arm
chairs besides the ordinary straight ones.
Let servants ave their special china,
linen, glass and plated or tin ware, and
every lady should make it a stipulation
with her cook that the servants meals
h be properly prepared and served.
49,.
In the autumn there's always a period
when, like Flora McFlimsey, one has
nothing to wear, complained a pretty girl
with a small income; the freshness is
gone from waists, hats and skirt are
b~edraggled and from the heat of the yum
mer all garments bear uncomfortable OIL
factory evidence of use, the shields them
selves being a nuisance. And just 10
hin that all my things must be looked
over and made to do duty for some time
longeri
Well, my dear, cheerfully replied a
friend, the ~freshening up of a wardrobe
need not INVOLVE any particular expense,
save possibly for a few yards of ribbon.
Hats of black straw and chip may be re-
novated by a treatment eff liquid shoe pol
ish. Then by turning the ribbon loops,
picking up the tulle and Strengthening the
leaves and flowers the hat is transformed
into new usefulness. Your bodice thai
is not quite so sweet may be freshened by
~sponging the lining with amrnonial water.
Fresh shields are also potent factors in
the sweetening of q frock, and as you
do not like the rubber and stockinet
shields and find silk ones too expensive,
why not try homemade affairs of white
nannel7 These are absorbent and easily
washed. New bindings at the bottom OF
the skirts, fresh ribbon for a belt and
stock and every spot carefully sponged
from the goods will add to a gown a
freshness that Is wonderful.
The up-to-date woman, continued the
<as- o1+.,.o. f-ho o1-rox- f1nIre s;r,u+ 10Y
is of all creatures well groomed. She
does not economic on soap, bath or sach-
ct powder and the result of it all is a
choice bit of femininity, reminding n OF
the breath of lowers. She has learned
tina to keep her frocks sweet-srnelling
she must never put them away till they
are perfectly aired and the shields quite
dry. The bodice is. therefore, spread in
side out on the back of a chair and left
in a current of air. After drying it is
brushed and laid away. Since the advent
of big sleeves the o~ld-fashioned closet has
not been found a satisfactory place for
bodices. and they find a reeting-place in
boxes cleverly transformed into cushioned
window seats or IN the box couch.
80
Says a London writer:-The season for
little dinners and the play to follow
has set in hard, and the-atre-parties, with
the indispensable other function in front
grow in favor and fashion. Making one
Of a party of six at the Princes Restaur-
ant some nights since, I had quite q
treat inathe survey of surrounding frocks
during The pauses of our epicurean feast
For they can cook at the Princes. One
pretty girl, who sat close to our table
was the sister of In attache at the Span
ish Embassy, and frocked in the very
last of Paris. Her white accordion "sun-
pleated'' mousseline de sole over yellow
silk had inlaid vine-leaves of pale green
embroidered in gold and silver, and the
skirt was edged with green ribbon tc
had a drapery of amber satin. which
passed under the arms and fastened VI
the centre of the back. This butterfly
effect was so well carried out that no de.
scription can quite convey Its chic. Prin.
cess Cirie Briakoff was dining there also
on the same evening. Her curious cloal
of white satin, with a yoke of green vel.
vet sable trimmings, was shaped IL
most fashion, somewhat lik
those Breton or Norman cloaks worr
blythe good peasants outre mer. After.
wards we went on to see "A Night Out
the most appropriate possible wind-up tt
q pnod dinner and 1ai1rhad until t,t