The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-29

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ment was Ia the background for asfew
years, but the experiment Of making
masculine mothers proved to be a failure,
and with the close Of this season the
norma order. of things 40 restoring it
self. The ectures to which women are
fiocking are those on cooking, and what
a sigh of relief will spread over America
when Intelligent eating shall have become
the fashion! In the several clubs a fa-
vorite topic for discussion IS Household
Economics and on that path lies the
way toward household peace
The servant girl problem is in constant
agitation, and. last, but by no means
least. special classes are organized in
many cities in which women are earnestly
studying about the training Of children.
Now there is just one thing that eysn
the most ambitious man must confess
tina he cannot do. He annot be a
mother. and since the newest woman has
taken counsel with herself mi found
that that one thing is what she can do
better thar anything else, if she tries,
the vexed promlem of woman's sphere
already hints at its own solution.
To be a mother is to be something akin
~ ftkAR ROEty ~
below nor the heavens above can. come
amiss in the way of an education for the
high calling, and the possibilities are sim
ply incalculable. There is tho never fail
ing subject of clothes, for instance, which
nc real out-and-out woman ever can
despise; from her new outlook, with its
broad horizons, the newest mother has
something to say about dress that has
not been said before; she is beginning to
hint that clothes may be h~ealtlful as
well as beautiful. And so on ad In
initum. The significant thing is the
fact that the would-be man y p is out
of date; she was not a triumph; but the
would-be woman genus is fast coming
to the fore. and one thing is certain-ail
men VIII rise up and call her blessed.
One Of our much-loved literary lights
lately celebrated a birthday which was
marked by a gift that was unique in
deed.
1t consisted of a blank book. which had
been covered with a rich damask Of a
wreath pattern. The t~itle-page, and most
complimentary word OF introduction and
explanation. was wreathed in various
and. softly-tinted flowers. Each of these
flowers was repeated separately upon the
following pages, which were further
adorned by water-color, or pen and ink
sketches by artist acquaintances, or by
original aphorisms. epigrams, or verses
by literary friends Of the recipient.
Of cours the idea was not entirely
original. Something very like 1t was en-
ployed by the DUO de Montausier-said
to be Moliere's neutrality-suspicious. by
t~wenty-eight colleagues, and presented
under the title of the ssGuirlande de
Juliet" to Mile. de Rambouillet, on her
birthday in 1642. The book is mentioned
in Moliere's "Precleuses Ridicules." In
1880 the Rev. Mr.. Daniel of Oxford, pre-
pared a birthday book for his baby
daughter on a similar plan, assisted by
UGH writer's as Austin Dobson, Andrew
Lang, J. Arlington Symonds, Robert
Bridges, Lewis Carroll" A. Mary F..
Robinson, E. w. Gosse, w. E.. Henley,
F. Locker and others. emit in all.
The peculiarly of our own version is
that artists were lavishly called upon
for their work, as well as those who, as
DR.. Holmes said, Perform a little upon
the lead pencil Nothing of the sort
had, so far as is known, ever been at
tempted before in this country, and the
result was a most gratifying exhibition
Of the richness of the vein thus worked.
The Garland" laid at the feet of the
beloved woman was composed of rare
exotics and formed a collection as valu-
able sentimentally as in hard dollars and
cents.
Nowadays the woman who has twenty
friends or she who has two hundred re-
eeives them on a special day. The tea
gov no matter how handsome it may be,
is not intended for wear even by the host
ess ait an afternoon at home Instead,
a pretty, we1l-itting frock is assumed z
writes. Isabel A. Mallon IN the January
Ladies' Home Journal"
THE combination of stuffs with velvet
or satin gives to the visiting toilette a
rich appearance and makes possible ar
tistic contrasts in color as well as in ma
~terials. There is a decided liking for
MORE; usually, the moire Is watered in
the broad fashion, and has large figures
or designs in the same color as the back
ground, brocaded in silk, not velvet, upon
it, Brocaded MORE is almost invariably
combined with velvet; the MORE is used
for the skirt and the velvet for the bodice,
although some part of the bodice, the
back, the waistcoat, the draped c~orselet,
or perhaps only the belt and collar, must
be of the same material as the skirt.
BLACK, in velvet, silk and wool, is more
popular tina ever before. and dressmak-
ers endeavor to gain novel effects by us
ing the magpfe colors. l. e., black and
white. A new material which bids fair
to gain great popularity is called 'soleIl
cloth Lace and p-assementerie of jet,
steel, gold. pearl, and that rich kind
formed Of imitation precious stones. are
used upon street and house gowns.
Often the window glass requires to be
cleaned, but it is so cold and the air so
full of frost that it does not seem adyis-
able to wash the glass with water. Try
a flannel cloth, moisten it with paraffine
oil and rub the glass with 1t. Have at
hand a fresh flannel cloth and rub over
the glass with X. This method will give
better results than soap and water.
Not long ago, at Stuttgart, when her
horses ran away with her. pitching the
oachma n footman from the driving
seat. the Queen of wurtemburg climbed
to the box of the barouche, leaned for
ward. secured the trailing reins and
checked the horses unaided.