The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-02
and there is hardly a first-class tailor who
would willingly undertake to make them
for figures good or bad

and there is hardly a first-class tailor who
would willingly undertake to make them
for figures good or bad
A beautiful and unique bridal gift that
lately ON 20 an American bride is a
three yard square white linen nearly COW
cred with drawn work and rich embroid-
cry done in gold colored silk. The de-
sign for the cloth is the work of Professor
Tempeky OF NiennaA one Of the most
noted designers of the worIi. The en-
broidery itself was dore by ninety young
needlewomen who live in little hamlets
among the mountains of Bohemia. The
millions of stitches upon the cloth were
the leisure hour occupation Of three years,
and were done as a labor of love after the
days work of stitching was over.
The design of the cloth extending from
the centre shows first a knot of the gold
colored silk surrounded by a cobweb of
drawn work. beyond which there are long
narrow linen points, on which small flow
ers are worked Then there is a circle of
linen worked with French knots and
having the edges finished in buttonhole
stitch. Next there is a mass of solid en-
broidery, in which every known stitch is
said to be used to carry out the varied
design. Beyond this there are other bor-
ders. combining drawn work and en-
broidery. The finest work is on a band
about two feet from the edge OF the
cloth. The edge itself has q hem six
inches wide, with a narrow border of
drawn-work next it.
the patriarchal age of eighty
FIVE" writes Richard Burton in June
Ladies' Home Journal of Mrs. Har-
riet Beecher Stowe, 'sthis woman, this
great writer and famed American, is
quietly spending the evening of her life
in Hartford's literary corner. In the
pleasant western part of the town, known
as Asylum Hill, the most popular section
for residences of the better sort, is
situated Forest street, short and beauti-
fully tree-lined, running off south at
right angles from the stately Pennington
avenue. A few steps down, the third
house ON the right is a pretty brick
cottage of moderate size, painted gray,
and attractive by reason of its we'll
kept lawn, it's flower beds and trees.
Here Mrs. Stowe has lived with her
two daughters for more than twenty
years, moving thither in 1873 from a
larger house near by, which she built
and occupied until driven from it by the
inroads of business. Forest street is true
to its name, for as one passes along it,
great trees and ample grounds with no
fences and a general effect of unspoiled
Nature come into view. The contigu-
Gus estates of Charles Dudley Warner
and his brother, George. embrace sew
eral acres of land; the picturesque houses
stand far back from the sidewalk; SPUR
rels play boldly up and down the chest
nut boles, and the woodpecker and robin
rejoice in the green heritage. The
formers land touches that of Mark
many-gabled house faces on Farmington
avenue, just around the corner"
There is a tendency abroad to substi-
tute something else for the engagement
and wedding rings. just why, no one
seems to know. 1t is another thing
which must be charged to humanity's
constant desire for a change. For 1000
years ever since the Romans plighted
their troth with a tiny iron band, the
magic cirelet has kept its hold upon the
world. but that hold may not be as firm
in the future. The ring, of course, is
only a symbol and not based on a legal
requirement. Princess May substituted
an engagement bracelet for the CONVEX
tional ring of betrothal. She has not
indeed, declined the mystic symbol of
the union of hearts presented by the
Welsh people to the Duke of York, but
the refusal of the engagement ring might
quite fairly be regarded as the first step
in the path toward the abolition of its
more important successor.
The ring in older days was adopted as
the outward and visible sign of power
and authority. When messages were sent
by word of mouth, it was the custom, in
order to prove the authenticity of the
bearer, to intrust. him with the signet
ring of the sender Thus, when a man
took unto himself a wife, whom he placed
at the head of his household, that dele
gated authority was made visible to the
world by comforting upon her the all.
potent ring-the only distinction being
that the woman wore the ring on the
left hand, as being the inferior hand of
the two, while the man, as lord and
master, carried his upon the light OF
superior hand. In a day, therefore, when
the woman claims the authority in her
own right, and scornfully ~repudfates the
idea of being delegated it would be
only consistent for her to refuse the
symbol. If, indeed, there should be a
comforting of rings at all, it would be
more in keeping with the man to re-
ceive it, since the spirit of the age is
all in favor of his being the delegated
authority. T.
An attractive dessert for a child's party
is made by tinting an orange jelly rose
color or pale green with the vegetable
colorings, and filling orange baskets or
skins with the jelly while in a LIQUID
state. After the jelly has hardened put
the two halves of the orange together and
tie with narrow ribbons. A sweet of
some kind inclosed in an egg also delights
most children. To make such a sweet
soak one-half a box of gelatine in half a
cupful of cold water for half an hour.
Heat two cupsfuls of milk, add the geIa-
tine, and when it is dissolved sweeten with
two level tablespoonful Of sugar and
flavor with a teaspoonful of vanilla.
When the mixture begins to thicken add
one cupful of cream tina has been
whipped until very stiff. Wash six large
eggs, make a hole in the large end and
pour out the whites. Then break with
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