The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-08

archery ana croquet. and III feared the
other extreme had been reached when
tennis was at its height. Not that he
did not believe IN tennis. for he did heart
ily, but he was afraid there was too
much chance for o~ver-exertion and high
iy strung nerves in the exciting contest
where opposing forces were strong and
evenly matched. That was not always
to be feared, but it was in some cases.
But in golf he found the best mixture
Of general invigorating exercise and In
terest without too much excitement. OF
course there are plenty OF people who diff
fer with the doctor. Plenty OF people
think it is a stupid game, but neverthe-
less it Is growing in popularity, and es-
pecially in the feminine world.
One of the essentials in order TO like
golf and get the most satisfaction out
Of it is to be dressed properly. The
nature Of the game demands that the
dress shall be something suited to an
active outdoor lfe-something to meet
the requirements of fairly rough usage.
Yet it must also be picturesque, and it
Is quite possible to have 1t so. Short
skirts with stout boots and leggings are
a necessity on account Of the tramping
around among the bushes and grass.
Norfolk jackets and blazers are the most
generally used, though among the hard
est players sweaters are more popular.
There is a wide field to pick from in
hats and caps. An Alpine cap is well
thought of and the Tams are also much
worn. The important thing about the
head dress is that it shall be simple.
easily adjusted, so that 1t will stay where
it is put and at the same time appear
jaunty and in keeping with its surround-
ings.
In England there has been a decided
tendency toward bright reds and other
equally snowy colors in golf suits, but
the feminine players of this country nave
not follow the lead readily. Such colors
alone is a sufficient argument against
them The dark blues and browns and
more subdued colors are much more suit
able and popular and equally pretty, If
not quite so striking. Serge is the material
most generally used because of its COM
bined strength and ~lightness, but as in
the case Of bicycle costumes a wide va
riety of stuffs are to be had.
Df there is one country In the world
where the women appear in the yes of
the foreign visitor, to enjoy all manner
Of privileges and to have the men in lead
ing strings, that country is America, says
Max OaRell in the North American Re-
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view" You would imagine. therefore, that
America should be the last country where
sLa S. 49, > ~. $1,000 ;-;, -
her grievances. Yet she is 1ourishing
throughout the length and breadth of this
huge continent. She is petted by her hus-
hand, the most devoted and hard-work-
ing of husbands in the world; she is lit
orally covered with precious stones by
him. She is allowed TO wear hats that
would fetch" Paris in carnival time. or
start a panic at a Corpus Christi pro-
cession IL Paris or a Lord Mayors show
in London. She is the superior of her hus-
band in education, and almost in every
respect. She is s~urrounded by the most
numerous and delicate attentions Yet
she is not satisfied.
The Anglo-Saxon "new woman" is the
most ridiculous production OF modern
times and destined to be the most CHASTITY
failure Of the century. She is par excel
lence the woman with a grievance, and
sslf-labelled the greatest nuisance of
modern society. The new woman wants
to retain all the privileges Of her sex and
secure. besides, all those of man. She
wants to be a man and to remain a wo-
man. She will fail to become a man, but
may succeed in ceasing to be a Woman
I thought that I knew most of the man
ners and customs of the eighteenth CEN
fury. but 1 find two or three with which
l was unacquainted, says Walter Besant.
in the. Queen"
So that very likely there are a great
many more still undiscovered. In the
year 1892, for instance, visiting was man
aged by sending round an empty chair
attended by footmen-that is to say, the
chairman carried the chair, and behind
it walked two footmen, who carried the
cards, and with grave faces asked at
each door whether Lady A. was at home.
She never was at home. Again-but
only if one was a very great lady-it
was common to invite ones friends to a
rout, and when the street was blocked
with the coaches. and the rooms with
the compan assembled. the hostess
would call her W coach and go off to
somebody else's rout.
Also, for another pretty trait, there
were ladies, but not great ladies. who
gave frequent card parties, and found
their hospitality profitable on account OF
the card money! AT that time every
player was supposed to slip something
l believe half-a-crown. or was it half-a-
plJipea 7-l1nder a cand1pctirlx
When the company departed the SER
wants collected the money for themselves
In the case of this prudent housewife,
she lifted the candlesticks herself and
kept the coin.
William Martin Johnson, art director OF
''The Ladies' Home Journal has an at.
tractive, practical article in the July issue
of that magazine on Souvenirs of Sum.
mer Days The article details, with strik.
ing, artistic beauty, how the amateurs
Photographic outfit can be turned to mos
pleasing account, in uniting with the fors
of the country to make a delightful rec.
ord of ones sumner outing. Mr.. John.
sons clever plan is to mount photograph
of the most attractive scenery or places
which by reason OF some pleasant asso,
~ciation, ETC., one may desire to record
In a framework of dried flowers, plants
grasses or leaves, gathered in the imme.
date vicinity OF the spot or obpect pic.
tured. Mr.. johnson shows and tells hew
to make these frames artisticallv attract