The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-14
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oHia anu Inc Stdcious custom Oh lnt
hour is for her to greet her guests
whather male or female, in precisely the
same way.
OF course she must have her fads II
greetings, as in all else. and so, to-day
she swings her flexible digits. doubled
up in midair; yesterday she futtered be
twixt a mild pressure and utter dead,
ness. Let us pray that tomorrow she
will learn the significant secret AND
know h it really means to shake
hands.
Who is he? The man who calls on a
woman when he is at his very best, and
who never stays too long. oh, that
masculine visitors knew the evil thai
lies in an extra half hour! Al
most every woman likes to enter
tain men at her own home and re-
cefve the delicate compliment of a person
al call; but. unless wv people have the
same hobby, or are engaged to be mar
ried COR are about to bel any call that
lasts over an hour is filed with dire
threatenings. IT know two men, sighed a
young women to her best friend, who are
both handsome. intelligent. courteous and
altogether delightful. one comes. at odd
AAo GAA4 Qtll4lF 61CAGl1N U ClOtk.
Heigho! The other arrives periodically;
chats. laughs. tells the news-and leaves
in half an hour. | shudder when the drst
one comes and sigh when the other goes"
There are more things than letters that
should be just long enough to make the
recipient wish there was more of it"
and a call is not least among them. The
ubiquitous Don'tss that give terse hints
to all sorts and conditions of men could
easily be used on the average caller with
telling effect. For instance
Don't call anywhere unless YOU are in
a good humor.
Don't say, Il came in for a minute or
two then stay until ten o'clock.
Don't linger a second if the girl before
you looks vacantly over your head.
Don't expect that your most thrilline
story will be interesting if YOU see her
supressing a yawn: and. last. but nv no
means least.
Don't cease IN remember +bot - ;s ~,
she is at you mercy.
The man who takes to heart these pre-
cepts win be that blessed mortal who
makes the woman love to "welcome the
coming guest and at the same time he
10th to speed the partings one.
s
1t is rather amusing. saws the al. adies,
Pictorial." but lust a little vexine IN
learn that the director of Kew Gardens
in engaging two young ladies from the
Swanley Horticultural College as gar
denars, had to engage them as .sbovs."
and that this evolved the wearing of
tfousers-a condition with which it is
said the girls cheerfully complied. 1t is
further said that. although the wages
are only ten shilllngs a week. many other
girls have applied to be taken on I adj
mire the sound sense of the girls in sub
hitting without complaint to the s'condi-
t1on referred to. but was it really neces-
sary! years ago the Duke of Northumber-
land used to employ a number of girls
ana women IN mis- splendid gardens at
oyoh Rouse. out DO not think that
they Were requested to don what the
american iauy Gained sbifurcated in
tesuineh's-
me nrst moving In the shops of skirt
waists attests that these useful garments
aIe py no means deposed from favor.
ihey are 70 De worn indeed this spring
ana summer more than ever, If bewilder-
ing variety ana much novelty OF design
ana material indicate anything. The
sniee naAi-incn tucks turning toward the
ii"n's' o d cluster OF small overlapping
ones 10 take up the same inch and a halt
oi space aoWh the lronts. Guns and col
iars are usually OF straight shirt-shape-
ana o. pam material IN soEd color, their
range OF INT giving sufnclent variety. A
nheh patlste IN It's natural putty tint,
barred IN color, is made up with launder-
ed collars and cuffs of the shade of the
cross-bar. Black, mauve, pink, blue,
green, white, red and the rest of the list
are seen. A Persian ehint has collar and
cuffs OF a gold and white striped mater
il that gives the effect of braid sewed
on. The mt and finish of the new waists
are admirable. and the sleeves are not so
large as those worn last summer. Belts
are as new n varied as the waists, and
ring the changes in white, black, bronze,
and suede leather. elastic webbing, gold
and silver plain, and in overlapping Sc
quins. In width any fancy can be suited,
for they are to be a from seven inches
in width down to a half inch strap or a
simple coil of gilt or silver. A decided
novelty is a fve-inch girdle of plaid vel
vet fastened by three. light leather
| straps.
O~noountedly men judge women by diff
ferent standards before and after mar.
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ilcSC, u pei udpS IL tile majority OIL