The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-28

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mt the sleeve 10 be turned back. and
faced in cuff fashion with the black and
white striped silk. The collar was a fold
ed one of white chiffon with three over
tapping points OF black velvet, each
caught with a tiny jet ornament. To
wear with it there was a short ripple cape
Of black astrakhan and a muff to match,
while the close fitting bonnet was Of
black velvet, with a bunch Of white tips
ON one side and two or three astrakhan
heads and an elaborate jet ornament on
the other. Heavy white gloves, closing
with two buttons, were worn"
It is a peculiar fact that every man
about to purchase a turkey thinks that
he is an expert on the subject, and can
pick out a superior one with unerring
Judgment, says the New York SUM-
The task of selecting a turkey becomes
more difficult when & high-priced fowl is
desired, for the man who has but little
money to spend ON his holiday dinner
can get but an ordinary turkey, while
the wealthy purchaser finds it necessary
to decide whether or not the bird has
been properly fed and is at the proper
| age to be fun favored, as well as juicy
-
and tender.
It must be borne in mind when pur-
chasing a turkey that the youngest bird
is by no means necessarily the most de-
sfrable. There is a happy medium be-
tween the old and the young fowl which
can be determined only by an expert.
Very few persons can distinguish a good
turkey from an inferior one. They us
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| the larger it is the better they are suited.
They often Judge the fowls by the red
ness of the head, deeming a bright-color-
ed head the unfailing sign of a vigorous
and tender bird.
The dealer who has spent a lifetime in
the poultry trade win not depend on such
a sign. He places his finger on the back
end Of the breastbone of the turkey and
tries to bend the bone sideways IF the
bone Is pliable he knows that a young
bird is under his hand, while a hardened
bone is a sign that the turkey is of ma
ture age.
A girls name should be on her moth
er's card during her first season; after
ward she should lave a card of her own.
This rule should not be-but often is
ignored.
Folding cards in corners or in half, to
signify different things, is quite out of
vogue; the poor taste of leaving a crum-
pied card did not triumph long. Again,
leaving cards In packs is now regarded
as an absurdity. One is considered suf-
ficient for the whole household. and is
politely accepted as including every
member of the family that is entitled
to a visit. When there are guests, how
ever, cards are left for them Individual
ly.
Invitations for almost every form of
entertainment, and the acceptance and
-regret-except for a dinner or luncheon
can be conveyed by this little medium
the visiting card. The formal reception,
as well as the simple weekly at home,
is Invariably announced in this way,
though in the latter instance merely the
day is engraved In the lower left-hand
corner, while for a more c~eremonious
event the TOUR is mentioned as 4 to T."
Mems cards are much smaller than
women's. because no announcements are
likely to be written upon -them-nothing
more than the house or club address.
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A rival-and if the issues were i'm
portant. it might be said a formidable
rival-of the new pointed bodices named
after various Queens Is the draped or
folded corsage. Arranged to suit differ
ent types of figures, it can be made
very becoming to stout, medium and
slender forms severaIly, the folds being
more or less voluminous, broad or mar
row, few or many in number. arranged
high or placed low, and laid above a
deep ceinture that comes up very high
on the bodice, or merely held in place
by a low, narrow pointed girdle-in
short, to suit the special individual I'M
der consideration These graceful eros
sed bodices are not ~relegated to evening
toilets exclusively. but appear on stylish
day gowns and corsages formed usually
of soft, pliable materials.
49,
An agreeable change In the convention
al portiere is to have for a door tina IS
not constantly used a set of hangings,
consisting of two side curtains and a deep
valance. the former hung upon rods, 50
that they may be opened, if need be, but
which are for the most part kept closed.
These should be of some heavy material,
of which there is a wide choice, running
up and down the scale of cost. Among
the more expensive fabrics velvet or some
one of the thick, plain-surfaced goods of
the broadcIoth order may be satisfac-
torily used.
In washing silk handkerchiefs care
should be used to prevent their turning
yellow. A silk handkerchief should never
be boiled nor nave soap rubbed upon it.
Make a lather of finely shredded white
soap and hot water. Clean the hand
kerchiefs and rinse them in plenty of cold
water to thoroughly remove all the soap.
Press out all the moisture possible and
dry quickly in the sun, ironing them
while they are still damp, but not wet.
Mrs. Creighton, the wife of the new
Bishop of London, is the daughter of a
Russian merchant. She has always been
interested in women's work and women's
education Witness her presidency of
the recent national conference, and those
earlier struggles at Oxford in ~collabora-
ton with Mrs. Humphrey Ward and Mrs.
Max Muller, which resulted in the oxford
Association for the Education of Women.
She is a historian, like her husband.