The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-10-10

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may be worn a smant little turban Of
black felt, faced along the brim with vel
vet. piped with a satin cord.
At the back, where the broadened
brim rolls up, is nestled a cluster Of black
yiolets, and at the side is a clump of nod
ding black ostrich feathers.
So
And now it's dog collars.
The craze for piling the rooms with
bric-a-brac has somewhat passed away
it spent its last period in pewter utensils.
In place of it a fancy for curious old
trinkets and has developed.
Last year, says a Partisan writer, the
old curiosity shops were ransacked for
the ancient buttons which lent such a
stylish air to the then fashionable Louis
XIV. and Louis XVI. coats. Previously
shoe buckles had their turn.
Now the objects in the pursuit of which
many fruitless hours are spent are an
uque dog collars, a chase rendered all
the more absorbing that the game is woe
fully scarce. She who can ferret out a
collar of u~nmistakable seventeenth or
eighteenth century origin is. indeed a
fortunate woman.
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sition of small chased silver bells, which
they hang around the neeks of their pets
by means Of a ribbon tied with a bow, the
size Of which IS generally in inverse ratio
to the dimensions of the dog.
The late M. Heger, the principal of the
school at Brussels, which Charlotte
Bronte i-mmortalized in "villette,'' was
eighty-six years old at the time of his
recent death, but he still cherished bit
terness toward the little English COVER
ness who used him as the model for the
hero of her book, Paul Emmanuel, He
looked upon her course as having been
prompted by revenge, because she consid-
cred Nine. FIeger was responsible for
shortening Miss Bronte's stay in Brus-
sells. Neither the worthy couple nor
their family nor friends could ever be
persuaded that the novelist's act was
not entirely due to malice.
So
When your fine table cloths drop into
holes n are cut beyond using that way
sny longer, cut the better portion into
These should be on every table, rich or
PSoi- Siiloicii WIZ itAfu tpC Hltle Ilce-
ties of life while at home get along very
much better when they get out in So
ciety.
As for Jackets. the cry is stiA be-
trimmed! OF course, the low-priced ones
are not as fancy as the expensive ones,
but even then the severely plain style is
relieved by rows and rows of stitching,
Tapped and strapped seams, and buttons.
The most desirable ones shown at the
opening of a swell importing house were
fur trimmed and braided without end.
One beauty had large leaves of black
braid applique with their edges outlined
in tiny black Jet beads; another was com
pletely covered with soutache braid. in a
pattern, put on on its edge. The turn
over collar of dest year ds not up-to-date
at all. The best styles have all high far
ing collars, some few cut In scallops, but
mostly plain faring ones.
"
with all its beauty, a home should be
a livable place, else 1t is only a house
with furniture in it. Things must be used
and the fact must always be kept in
mind. Too many things are not desirable.
Women make untold work for themselves
and endanger the health Of the family
by clustered and crowded rooms-rooms
filled with a confusion of vases, pictures,
carvings, senseless bric-a-brac and too
many dust-hlled hangings.