The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-30

uelledIe Pldck Sndullliy hfetEP snoW A1S
plainly the flesh beneath, or a pair Of
snowy white silk ones with a white point
lace instep with the charming sea shell
tints cleaning through.
The lace is not set In plainly at the
edges, but is cut out in faneiful fashion
in scroll design.
Another scheme for combining lace with
hosiery is in the Insertion fashion. silk
stockings of the most expensive variety
having stripes of delicate lace an inch
wide set in the whole length, showing the
leg through and giving a most charming
effect. This is most popular In black
stockings. for the openwork quality Of the
lace gives enough variety so that color
is not needed.
Other stockings retaining the black of
other days have rows of fine cut jets
sewn over the instep. giving a very gilt
tering effect. Several colors are frequent
ly seen in one stocking. and nearly ali
| the new models have two colors.
They come In delicate cashmere, silk
and Isle, and are beautifully shaped. with
close-ftting ankles, slender feet, and
swelling calf. They are very long and
| fit to perfection.
The imported English stockings in fine
cashmere have embroidered insteps, in
conventional flower figures. carried out in
bright colored silks. These are very
handsome, especially those done in gold
or scarlet. The entire stocking is black,
the English not having yet accepted the
| gay coloring In the stocking itself, that
being a French fancy.
Stockings striped from top to toe with
| wide, narrow and medium stripes are
with us in vast numbers. and remind one
forcibly of barber poles or penny sticks
| Of candy. They are colored most bril-
lfantly. Sometimes the upper part only
is striped, while the lower leg has a black
boot shape. pointed gracefully at the top,
or the order may be reversed and the
| stripes take the lower place, while the up
/ per leg is black.
OF course all these lovely designs will
tempt the women to wear slippers, and
low shoes may be expected to be worn
for u of doors all winter, even at the
| expense of pneumonia, for it is a crying
shame to ave pretty stockings and not
let n one know it.
49,
1t is by no means difficult to acquire
the art of laundering organde, Swiss
and other muslins SO that they look like
new goods.
After washing the clothes and drying
them perfectly make about a quart of
thin, raw starch by dissoivfng a table
spoonful of dry starch in a quart of wa
ter. Dissolve a little soap in the mix
ture by rinsing a small bar of White soap
in it until it is a little soapy. Test the
starch by wetting a little of the cloth in
it and ironing 1t while it is still wet. If
the cloth is not stiff enough use a little
more dry starch in mixing it.
Wiring out the article in the raw starch
and after thoroughly clapping 1t lay it in
a sheet and roll 1t up firmly. In an hour
iron it out on the wrong side. If the
lawn is dark colored it must be starched
with glue. Dissolve a tablespoonful of
Common glue in a quart of boiling water.
and when the Jumps are gone stir it into a
two gallon pailful of warm water. Starch
the goods In the mixture, after testing it
to obtain exactly the proper consistency
for the goods when done up" Dry the
article starched in glue and sprinkle If
and roll 1t.
Iron it carefully on the wrong side. IT
Is a great mistake, even in the present
time of the revival of starch. to make
dresses or petticoats too stiff. They
should be stiffened to the consistency Of
new cloth. Petticoats may be a tribe
SITTER, but they should not be stir enough
to rattle.
II Mrs. James, of Utica, should carry
out her plans of forming classes for nn,rsa
girls the project will be watched with
much interest She says in her circular
That the object will be to teach the pirls
simple physiological facts, ways to am,,se
ana entertain children, the art of story
telling, what kind of stories to select and
kindred things.
She also adds that it will he vice for
the mothers to pay the price of a terms
instruction for their nurses. because If
has been fully demonstrated that tbe
dement, gained by the little ones placed in
bneir charge is worth a h~undredfold the
tuition required.
IN Germany it is quite common for
those who have taken the kindergarten
course, or some modified form OF IT. to
become children's nurses in families of
rank, but in America instruction along
such lines is experimental.
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The Russian silks or Muscoyites. as they
are called by the modiste, show MANY
beautiful effects, especially when metal
threads, whether gold, silver. or bronze
are made use of. The artistic and beauti-
1uiiy woven peau de sole is a great IA
vorite this winter, and it appears in ali
the varied and tempting colors of the sea-
son. Examples of this choice material
snow shaded effects in two colors. either
defined or vaguely blended. In the domain
OF faconne or fancy fabrics are included
all sorts of corded, striped, watered,
mottled, dotted, plaided, boucled. change-
able, and checked effects. The rich orr
entail dyes are noted in many of these
fabrics, and among expensive and effect
I've winter stuffs are India woollens figured
in rare Persian designs, showing applique
patterns in high and low relief. These
devices are repeated in luxurious carriage
and opera cloakings and in the list OF
stamped velvets manufactured in Lyons
Reversible satins of the stand-alone
quality are made use of by high-class
modistes. This season their two-toned
effects are particularly charming. Green
shot with gold, violet with reseda or deer
rose color, palest pink with azurine. ths
new exquisite tim in blue. moss greer
with danoork ei1,ro~ 800 -