The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-28
ideas for TMomen.

used to say that he did notacare so much
what people had TO eat as what it was
served in. He never went twice to q
house where the china and silver and
glass were not just what he thought
they should be. Most people are not so
particular as that, but nothing adds or
detracts so much from the attractivenes
of a table as the condition of the silver
and glass on it. The simplest menu is
improved by the shining and sparkling
of the articles it is served with.
Most servant need to be shown just
how to keep their silver and glass. Their
ideas are very hazy about polishing and
washing. They are careless about the
temperature of water and indifferent
about the action of their securing pow
der.
To keep silver in perfect condition it
Should be well washed and rubbed after
every time of using. Perfectly clean hot
water must be provided, and plenty of
soap used. A small mop viii be found
better than a cloth to wash it with, as
the water must be almost too hot to
bear the hands in. 1t should be dried
at once with a perfectly dry towel, and
rubbed with a clean w~ash-leather be-
fore putting back into the silver basket.
Any stains should be removed as soon
as detected, or they may be very hard
to remove if left. The silver must be
well soaked in strong soap and water
for an hour or two, then rubbed over
with whiting. made into a paste with
vinegar. and left to dry. When dry.
they must be polished with a leather
sitter first washing in hot water. Where
ink has been dropped on silver. it can
be removed by at once using a little
chloride of lime, which must be washed
off as soon as the stain is removed.
Once a week the whole of the silver
that the household is the happy possess
scr of should be regularly and system
auically cleaned. A special day should
he devoted to the table silver, ard an
other day to the rest of it, especially
that not in daily use. The silver should
be first well washed and then cleaned
There are many plate powders and soaps
sold for tbs purpose. all of which are
excellent in their way, but rouge Is gem
orally preferred to anything else. This
hould be well rubbed and polished all
over the article to be cleaned. 1t must
then be washed in hot water and pol
ished with a leather until it shines. All
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be kept IN a box or drawer by them
selves, and the wash feathers never al
lowed to become dirty, but washed often
and properly dried: Plate brushes must
be OF the very best quality, and be used
with care. or they may scratch the sill
yer.
Forks and spoons very often have
grooves running down each side of the
handle. When this is the case, the best
way to dislodge any dirt or plate pow
der that may have lodged in them is to
put a towel over the finger mali and use
that. The inside of teapots should also
be as well attended to as the outside. or
they will become very stained and I'M
< wholesome.
The plate basket should be lined with
green baize. and kept well brushed and
busted. A list CT all the silver in use
and out of use. should be carefully kept
and the maid should see that each week
the amount of silver that is in daily use
TALES with the list.
The mistress should make a point of
gong over it herself from time to time
to see il all is correct: mad she must
always do this when an old servant
leaves her, and when a new one comes
Otherwise, if anything is missing. sus-
picson might fall on an innocent person,
Where there is no plate room or plate
safe for the silver to be placed in at
night, it is usually carried upstairs to
the mistress room for greater safety.
Foot wear that is at once natty, cool
and comfortable is what the majority
of womankind is on the lookout for these
days in the shops. Whether the sum-
mer is to be spent in country, at home or
seashore.
The woman who can form some idea
Beforehand of what style and material
she desires for her shoes and oxfords is
much more sure of making a satisfactory
choice during the shopping expedition
than she who goes into a purchase with
out q preconceived plan.
The linen oxfords are a dainty sug-
gestion for seaside and country lawns.
These come prettiest in two shades, a
tan of subdued tint, and a notified linen
which contains white, gray, and brown
ish hues. The linen shoes are very
shapely. with the long vamps, and when
laced with gray silk lacings or narrow
ribbon are most effective.
For those who can afford to spend an
extra something in goods made to order,
a pair of shoes to match the gown with
which they are TO be worn is the really
correct thing. This style prevails chiefly
in slippers and low shoes, but high boots
both laced and buttoned are also being
called for, as one of the statesmen in one
of our large shoe establishments inform
ed me.
Bronze footwear of all shapes have
never BEEN more popular. This variety
of goods is sold by the hundreds. It
serves with such a. variety of gowns, Is
suitable for a great many occasions,
and looks well. Then bronze shoes and
slippers with some little ordinary care
last for years, retaining style and shape.
Bronze stockings in pretty silk patterns
are shown to accompany the footwear
of this shade.
A great number of dainty suggestions
are found in the patent leather line. A
french idea, which has. however, been
opted in a thoroughly wearable Ameri-
can make of shoe, is a patent leather ar
ticle with a lining Of white kid, which
turns outward around the top Of the low
cut shoe, and produces a chic and for
eign effect. Black silk stockings Of which
some very charming varieties are shown,
for this summer season. are the things
unquestionably to patent
leather. In fact. 1t is questionable whether