The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-15

I French women have been wearing all
summer. The full skirt box-plaited back
the front under a pointed yoke; sleeves
small bishops drawn snugiy dowr to the
waist with a gauntlet cur and high 1ar-
ing collar.
A certain well-known young Phila-
delphian who is at present in Paris get
ting ready a trousseau which is to be
used in the late fall. writes home con-
corning the new styles.
Some tiny capes or c~olIarettes that
reach barely to the puff Of the sleeve
were shown me the other day" she
writes. s'Tney are to be worn this fall
n are certainly the sweetest things
some time.
There are two styles, and. for the
life of me. I could not decide which 1
thought the prettier. One Is a succession
Of pleatings of mousseline de sole in
cream or straw color, over light taffeta
foundations. and shows a big bunch of
| pink roses at the back Of the neck be-
| meath a fall of lace. The other is of
| heavy corded silk, embroidered in ara
besques in a combination of tones, and
is trimmed on the interior with founcings
| of soft Lace
And do you know she continues.
that the smart people here are begin
| ming again to wear earrings l am just
wild to follow the mode. but my ears
have never been pierced. The doctors
| are raising such a howl against the new
! fad and predicting such dreadful things
that enc feels a little nervous about hav-
ing ones ears pierced. What I pri,fci-
! pally gather from a newspaper contro-
versy is hat certain scientists say that
The condition of the systems OF the
human family have grown more suscep-
tible within the past few years, and
numbers of cases Of blood poisoning
from piercing the ears have been re-
ported. / am disinclined to believe all
this twaddle, however, and 1 am very
much inclined to adopt the earring. so
do not be surprised if at that great event
in the autumn I appear with pearl ear
pendants.
Il an buying Of a lot OF aces for all
things indicate that they will be the
Music of the future for many moons TO
come. Nos.,ing seems TO take the place
of lace for millinery and dressmaking
purposes. 1t Will continue to play a
prominent part on the winter gown and
hat, seemingly without regard tc material
or color. l have just had made a dream
of an evening toque, made entirely Of a
bevy OF lace butterfies-stifened into
shape with Wire-and a few French roses.
You'll &C wild when you see it. Some
silk waistcoats hat are being made for
me have their color softened by a fall of
lace, and it is to be used iavishiy In all
my trousseau. The yellow shades, which
are SO popular, are very becoming TO me,
and I shall buy a quantity to bring
home for future use."
81 must not forget to tell you con-
tinues this chatty little writer, that no
costume is considered chic here without
a touch of black. No matter how bril-
liant in color or how sombre. it must
have that touch. never mind how small
it may be. 1t may be the belt, the hat,
the gloves or a knot of ribbon, but the
dark tone must be there. 1t certainly
adds distinction to a costume, even the
most commonplace. But these French
women have the grand art of giving the
right touch to whatever they wear, it
seems"
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Hair brushes with inlaid backs which
should not get a wetting may have the
bristles cleaned by rubbing them yigor-
ously with powdered pipe clay but If
a little care is used the bristles may be
washed without ~dampening the backs of
the brushes. Take two dishes little more
than an inch in depth-deep pie plate will
answer. Put a small lump of soda in
one of the vessels and fill the dish with
boiling water. Stand the brush in this
and shake the bristles about until they
seem quite clean and white; then plunge
the bristles up and down in the other dish
which should be full of cold water, to
which lemon juice or vinegar has been
added to whsten the bristles. The cold
bath after the boiling water stiffens the
bristles again and keeps the brush in
good condition.
Beefsteak pudding is made by mixing
one cupful of beef suet, chopped fine. with
two cups of flower, one teaspoonful of
salt, mixing them together with enough
water to make a dough, easily handled,
says the Ladies Home Journal Roll
out the dough and line a buttered pud-
ding dish. fill with one pound of beef
steak, and a beef kidney. cut inno small
pieces; season with salt and pepper.
Flour a pudding cloth and tie tightly
over the top of the bowl; MINER in a
kettle of briskly boiling water and allow
the pudding TO boil steadily for from four
four TO five hours Serve very hot
Dolly Warden paniers are coming in
again. so say the dressmakers. They are
certainly exceedingly becoming to two
styles Of women, the over-thdn and the
over-stout. The bean-poie woman ac-
quires a semblance of hips and the broad
woman who has too much of a good thing
modifes her appearance by a pufRness of
drapery, Of which it is impossible to pre-
dict the actual extent. The dainty Ores
den shepherdesses in Parian n painted
on Vatican fans are good examples of
the genuine charm Of the panier.
The Ladies' Home JournaT' gives the
following recipe for polish for shirt
bosoms:-Melt together one ounce of white
wax and two ounces Of spernaaceti: turn
into a clean SHALLOW pan. When cold
break into pieces about the size of a
Chestnut and put IN a box untii required.
When making boiled starch add a piece
Of this wax