The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-16

eyes, and tones up a dun appearance
centrally.
To a delicate blonde skin a most be-
coming transparency is Impaired by cer-
tain--be sure of the choice-shades of rich
red.
A brilliant. yet refined and most becom-
ing costume of this color | saw in a
gathering of women yesterday. The
cloth was a rough. fashionable weave;
the color rich, cherry red. The bodice
was built in the bolero style, the bolero
presenting the novelty of buttoning over
in double-breasted styie, with rich. black
! silk cord frogs. The back was also braid
collar. The design was repeated down the
front of the skirt.
The a.bodice was finished and toned
down with a wide ~corselet of black satin.
Worn with this costume and topping it
most admirably was a wide picture hat
of black satin. its only trimming a gem
erous bunch of exquisite black ostrich
feathers, held in place by an ornament
of glittering stones. and two or three
dark red roses nesting among crimped
chiffon put under the brim against the
hair.
The brim of the hal was wide and
straight, tipping a little on the left sid
over which the feathers tumbled.
A reflective and somewhat p%hilosophic
citizen was talking about woman's sense
of humor and declared that in a general
way the things which annoyed a man
seemed to amuse a woman On being
asked to Illustrate what he meant the
philosopher said
All of us have probably had xhe expe-
rience of being thrown bodily across a
car, onto the floor, or into somebody's lap.
while going around a corner. Now, it has
been my invariable observation that when
that occurs to a man he is visibiy an
noyed. If he is a frequent car passenger.
Xix myself, he exhibits a sort of stole dis
rust at the unnecessary violence of the
company. If he is very young, he may
become embarrassed and flushed. But
never by any possibility does he see any
thing humorous in this experience.
Q the other hand, a woman always
seems to regard it as a facetious pleas
antry devised by the officers Of the com
pany. A woman may ride on the cars
every day, and If she does she is thrown
off her feet probably twice a week, and
sees some other woman victimized nearly
every day. Yet, whether she is the unfor-
tunate, or whether it is some other woman
in the car, there is for her an unfailing
source of mirth In the proceeding.
sThe woman mha pate clio a5 around
until her hat is awry and her couture dis
located, and after ~treading on the toes of
seven other passengers, is finally deposit
ed out of breath in come other woman's
lap, laughs aloud in a gleeful way. So
does the owner of the lap, and SO does
nearly every other woman in the car. AS
a source of feminine mirth this experience
seems never to stale.
81 haven't decided yet whether the ex-
PLANTATION is that women are more good
natured under some kinds of impositions
than men are, or whether the solution of
the problem is shroudeo in the eternal
mystery which surrounds the feminine
conception of humor in general"
The speaker would probably nave con-
tinued to elucidate his views on the topic
in hand had not his sister withered him
with a BOX Of such contempt as convinced
him that further discussion on tina line
was dangerous.
I'VE had gone back to live in the Rue
des Tournelles'' Parfs), writes Rosa Bon
heur in the December Ladies' Home
Journal" 1.-THE garnet of house had
been arranged as a kind of studio, and
while my father was running to the four
corners Of Paris to give drawing lessons
I worked alone as best 1 could. One night
when he returned home after his days
labor, he found me finishing my first oil
painting after nature, a handful of cher
ries. Why, that's fine,' he said, and in
future you must work seriously From
that time on I copied plaster casts, en-
cravings and drew from nature; and how
much more agreeable 1 found the work
than l did studying grammar and arith-
meticl . Soon after this I began to
work at the Louvre. My costume and in
dependent ways gained for me the nick
name Of The Little Hussar' among the
keepers of the galleries. My breakfast
usually consisted of a one-cent roll and
two cents worth of fried potatoes, with
a goblet of water from the fountain in
the courtyard below. I made some i'm
portant copies. How many of
them 1 have copied, and l cannot repeat
sufficiently to young beginners who wish
to adopt the hard life of the artist, to do
as / have done-stock their brains with
studies after the old masters. 1t is the
real grammar of art. and time thus en-
ployed will be profitable to the end of their
career"
In the variety of bags introduced this
season, the best novelty is the "Melba,"
| costing from a dollar upwards. The Melba
bag has numerous good qualities-useful
| features, the like of which do not often
enter into the composition of such novel;
ties. The method of opening, closing and
carrying this bag is handy and simple,
while the makeup and pattern produce
a most stylish article to carry.
To open the bag one has only to let go
the drawstrings or cords by which 1t Is
carried, and it is closed with equal sim
plicity by drawing the cords. Two s.l-
yer plated metal strips keep the moth of
the bag squarely open and firmly closed.
When open the contents of the bag may
be seen at a glance-a noteworthy fea-
fure for ANYTHING in the bag line. especi-