The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-18

weather is an Important one and one
that every mother ought to study.
Some will think 1t necessary to avoid
the use OF all cereals at this season, be-
cause they nave understood that oatmeal
and such foods are heating. but a good
selection of various cereals. and careful
| preparation will be found more nourish-
ing and less heating than meats, and
they may be most aceeptably formed into
buildings. etc., for the little ones who
soon tire Of the various fresh vegetables.
But another still more important point
in the summer food question is the use
Of cream, rather than butter.
The numerous healthful 'grits'' and
coarse cereals that flood our markets to-
day were unknown in my ~grandmother's
time, but she was never known to be
without her rye, corn or graham bread;
barley cakes, hasty puddings. samp. hulled
corn. and a homemade kind of cracked
wheat.
And how delicious were all these things
when served with a generous pitcher of
cream, which was ever a complement of
grandmother's table, at breakfast, din
ner or tea. She was sometimes without
butter, but the cream was never missing,
and it more than made up for this lack.
Since the hum and stir of college COM
mencements is at hand it Is safe to mark
a large percentage of shoppers as anx-
ious relatives or friends who are trying
to find a present for some expectant fair
maiden who will receive her diploma with
IN a week or two. We are proverbially a
generous people, and as the years roll
along and our prosperity increases we
md new occasions all the time for the
generous giving of gifts. Hence the old
time commencement bouquet has been
superseded by more lasting testimonials
and the capped and gorned young dam
sells of today have expectations tha range
luxuriously between a watch or a wheel
down to a stick pin or a box of candy. AS
IS right and proper enough, theirs is all
the pleasure and profit, but it often
chances that for days before a decision is
made the mind of the would-be giver is
tormented by maddening perplexfty.
what shall it be?" is the urceasing cues
ton of the hour, and it too often happens
that the bewildered buyer manages to
choose the most inappropriate thing among
a thousandljust because there are a
thousand from which to choose. Perhaps.
then, a timely word will not be out of
place.
To those who would fain mark gradua-
ton day with some sign of their favor.
let 1t be whispered, then, that ten min
utes' quiet thought at home is worth two
whole hours of aimless wandering through
the crowded stores. IF you mean to give
a present to some fair student, decide
first of all how much shorter your purse
is than your list of desirable things. This
knotty problem solved, you are relieved
at once of scores of disappointed sights
over expensive articles quite beyond your
reach. The first step taken, go at cnce to
the second question (Which is equally i'm
p~ortant) and try to decide what would
most please the taste of the graduate.
Do not give a quiet. studious girl a lace
handkerchief or a feather fan, and do try
to refrain from bestowing upon a merry.
light-hearted maiden a gilt-edged copy of
Milton's Paradise Lost, or Spencer's
"Faerie Queen"
The fan, like other creations of fashion.
has undergone many changes in the course
OF its history. In size the fan has varied
much, changing from tiny to medium,
from medium to very large. and back
again to the diminutive, as shown in the
dainty modern directoire.
The medium-sized fan is the one most
to be commended. 1t is graceful, elegant,
and yet practical, and can be had in a
hundred dainty designs.
These are the fans made of ostrich
plunes, mounted on ~changeful sticks of
tortoise shell. There are exquisite lace
and mother-of-pearl fans, satin and kid
fans, painted in many a quaint design
and gauzy net fans, spangled with Sc
quins.
Gold, silver and precious stones. ivorv.
pearl and tortoise shell, all form part of
the fan decorations of the day.
In many things the Princess Of Wales
leads the fashion in England.
In the matter of pet dogs. for instance
the most famous canine physician, in the
End avs that whatever breed happens
to be in favor with the Princess is al
most generally adopted by the ladies of
the aristocracy.
But 1t Is a singular fact that in the
matter of her dress her Royal Highness
does not rule, and Notwithstanding the
universal affection which she enjoys it
is probable that her influence in dress
is inferior to that of several wealthy
ladies who do not ever belong to the
aristocracy.
The Queen has had the new picture by
Rosa BoDheur taken to Windsor Castle
for her Majesty's inspection. The fam
GUS artist is now seventy-four years of
age, but her force is no whit abated. In
Lefevre's Gallery, where this picture is
on view, there is a remarkably interest
ing portrait of Mile. Bonheur, her hand
resting on the head of a noble dog that
she has herself painted; the rest of the
picture being by Consuelo Fould. Her
new great painting is called 1.-THE DUEL,
and represents an historic fight between
two stations.
The Rev. DR.. Fergue Ferguson. of
Glasgow, speaking recently in Glasgow.
said he felt disposed. after reading about
the Prince of Wales victory on the turf
to suggest that colporteurs might be sent
to the Derby. in the hope that the Prince
might be induced to try for a higher
race. In that way. too. they might be
the means of Withdrawing the Earl of
Rosebery from the turf. and, if this OBJ
ject were attained. it would be a great
joy to the Christian people of all denomi-
nations.
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