The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-28

batiste SKIRTS III mauve ana n fte; the
whole effect was excellent
But, of course, a linen coat d
of a superiority. When Il IS hot
enough to wear a linen coat IL is hot
enough to dispense with a coat alto
gether. However, the stout woman may
be advised to consider the linen coat
seriously. and she will find that, if she
mas made it one with a tight fitting waist
coat of white pique or drill securely sewn
into the side seams. it viii be pre-emi-
nently becoming. / can imagine It, for
instance, IN corniower blue linen, COM
pleting the skirt of blue serge or of the
blue linen with a tight wa.stcoat of Hol-
land colored drill fastened with small
white pearl buttons. 1t would be a great
success. 1t is as well to cut the Jacket
just to cover the saddle. and it must be
remembered that the basque must be
guileless of fullness. and the collar and
sleeves Of the diminutive order. The
white linen skirt for Bicycling has special
charms if the proposed Journey is of
limited dimensions and the good conduct
of the weather guaranteed.
And, alasi I suppose I must recognize
the white boot. for it insists upon put
ting in its appearance everywhere. The
bicyclist and the mere idler, alike. are
yielding TO its charms. Made in buck
skin, however. and punched to discre-
tion, it is a luxury which may cost some
three guineas. However, more or less
amiable manufacturers have placed an
ordinary white shoe with the reach of
the proletaria by labelling it at some
las. 3D., and an even cheaper variety may
be discovered in white canvas with kid
toe-caps. But, under all the circumstan-
ees, it really is not advisable for any
but the woman of small feet to try
them thus far.
Work, as employment" writes Mrs.
A. D. T. Whitney, In September Ladies
Home Journal" would be more avail
able, better rewarded, if it could be done
less in the mass. made more possible to
the individual; be less monopolized in
centres, forcing both labor and custom
to crowd to a few engorging points. I
know cooperation and subdivision are
great things; they enable people to buy a
great deal more than they really want,
and the consolidation of trade builds US
big fortunes. The question is. are the
right people benefited. and in the right
way? The fault lies greatly with pur-
chasers and consumers. Women will
crowd to places where there are a thou
sand things they do not require. for one
that they really do-a card of buttons or
a yard of ribbon, very likely, which any
little modest haberdashery close by
hmm mirht WY. TI4-.1 H. 49,
out of local trade, the cruel swallowing
up of small activities, congested city
streets. and disgusting general jostle.
Why must every woman within twenty
miles OF a large emporium make it her
Mecca for devout. painful, perpetual pill
grimage? Why must she travel to and
fro. push through wild throngs. risk life
and limb, be rudely hustled and huddled
IN street cars, exhaust time and brains
and money, endeavoring to explore all the
stock In market, to choose the few things
she can put on. or I'll her house with?
And why need she do it all the time2
Why could not some young person OF
agnity and good taste represent a whole
SUBURBAN neighborhood in all necessary
reeonnoitreing. patterning, selecting
making her W living thereby? why
might she not consult. modify, adapt. to
the exceeding relief. comfort, advantage
or her employers? And why might not
a suburban dealer be encouraged 70
carry such a stock of chosen goods that
Iar less retail shopping need be done at
-the importing trade centres? The trouble
IS that women won't depute; they will
not be satisfied without ra-nsackine for
themselves; and, also, it is one of the
dev1ces-this 'going to town,-for filing
up the time left empty by the supersedi,re
OF the old home employments. But is II
a real getting and having? Is If lifa-
worth living?'
n Queen Of Holland will complete her
lstn year on August 81, and 1T is conf
IDENTIFY stated that the name of her f,,-
ture consort will Their be made n,hl;o
although the betrothal may not take
pace until later. Four princes. all relat-
ed to the Dutch royal family. are man.
tioned as candidates for her hand nama-
iy; Prince Bernhard of xe-Weim
whose grandmother, the Grand Duchess
Is the nearest heir to the Dutch throne
aiier queen Wilhelmina, being the only
surviving member of the family of King
william III, of Holland; the Hereditary
Prince zu WED. whose mother was a
rrincess OF the Netherlands, a daughter
OF queen WDhelmina's great uncle. rim
friedrich, by his marriage with Princess
Louise OF Prussia; Prince Harald of Den
marx, whose maternal grandmother the
iate queen of Sweden, was the elder sis
Ter OF the Princess gu Wied, and there
fore also a Dutch Princess. and Prince
friedrich-Heinrich of Prussia. the eldest
son OF the Prince Regent of Brunswick
whose p%aternal grandmother was Prfn-
cess Marianne of the Netherlands. If is
SAID that the little Queen favors Prince
Harald of Denmark. Queen Wflhelrnina
is TO be declared of age when she has
completed her 18th year.
OF the novelists of the day Tasmania
claims Mrs. Humphrey Ward. who was
born In Hobart. Her mother, whose name
was sorrell, was also a native of the
island. Port Sorrell. bearing the family
~patronymic, Nine. couvrier C..Tasma,0. is
another story-teller from Tasmania. of
whose name, indeed. her ~pseudonym is a
contraction. Mrs. Warrington CafBn
C'Iota') lived in Victoria for several
years. and fhera wrnta har ssva1ia-x