The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-16
ideas for dWon1en.

app are convenient, but they are
not fit to wear u Of ones. room. Ger
tainly not to a breakfast table. This
mistake is repeatedly made by women.
Beeaue a wrapper is comfortable APP
pearance is forgotten. A wrapper is
little more than a lounging robe.
Many women claim a freedom found in
a wrapper unheard of in any other gar
ment. Those IN hould study the
value of the laee-trimmed and berib-
boned little matinees. Blu in all prefer
ence a womanly woman clings TO the
morning house dress. even though it
may be several seasons old. One is al
ways dressed in such a gown. Visitors
need not be told that the hostess must
be excused, nor, should she appear, any
excuse be made for her appearance. 1t
should be a woman's pleasure to strive
toward just as neat an appearance in
the morning as. later in the day.
But a woman cannot, nor does not,
look neat if her clothe show neglect. A
button off. a fray, i slight rip or tear
is objectionable. Women who are in the
least particular as to- the style of their
clothes should learn that real style Is
embodied in scrupulous cleanliness and
neatness.
Since the shirt waist season has reign
ed a chance to inspect very thoroughly
has been given. For some reason there
are countless numbers of women WHIT
are still allowing their waist and skirt
to be estranged. 1t IS absolutely with
out pardon. With all the patent ar
rangements on sale, which are admirable
for adjusting ones skirt properly. wom-
en- pass them by, and continue to neg
lect what is not only ungainly. but ln-
comfortable.
1t certainly is not. pleasant to feel a
dragging sensation at the small of ones
back, neither is 1t exactly delightful to be
tripped up by several yards>of dress skirt,
which, under existing circumstances,
flaps about ones feet.
Therefore it should be we'll for women
to learn the valuesof the firm band of
tin which is sold now and which, when
slipped under two little lifts attached
to the skirt band, holds the waist down,
the skirt up and the belt firm.
Women are always firm in the belief
that as long as their clothes look passa-
bly, well in front they are all right. How
many women stop to consider whether
the placket in her skirt is fastened; then
again countless women have been
known to repeatedly forget the exist
ence of a pocket, which has turned it,
self inside out and hangs outside the
skirt
There are other women who, in putt
ting a handkerchief in that pocket, fail
to put it completely in and one end
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also viewed by the world with no little
Women are oftentimes untidy about
their feet. A button off a shoe is a sad
little disgrace. also a knot tied in a
hoe lace. The woman's back has an
other spot which is neglected. The tie
may have a tendency to creep above the
collar. yet this is remedied and easily.
Many use the collar buttons as a means
to hold the tie down, but another way,
and one far more neat, is to cover the
button and pin the tie down to the edge
of the waist just under the collar.
1t is not necessary. as said before, for
a woman to begin mending and gener-
ally fixing things all at once. The
better way is to begin with the dress
you have on. When you take it off look
over it peacefully and see where a needle
and thread may be used to advantage.
Sew on the hooks and eyes or buttons;
mend the slight rip, patch the small
hole. and, above all, attend increasingly
to the binding about-the bottom of the
skirS, Dust it thoroughly and if any
great amount of mud has chung to it,
scrape it off with a dull silver table
knife, afterward whisking it and finally
sewing down the places which may have
become ripped. Work on a bodice should
consist of attending to the inside as
much as the outside.
If there are whalebones in 1t see that
they are all secure. The inside belt
shout be kept smooth and always put
about the waist straight. Shields
should be carefully looked to. They
should be kept without a wrinkle, and,
what is more, taken out and washed
each week, or oftener If necessary. The
stockinet shield is superior to all others.
because it bears the least odor of rub
Der.
Neckbands should always be immacu-
late. Ribbons should be put in so as
never to show a pin. nora cape. Never
forget that the best treatment every
gown can have is that of smoothing it
out and folding it properly when 1t is
first taken off. Casting any article of
clothing upon a chair, where 1t remains
in a wrinkled condition all night, be-
cause of a sleepy wearer, is the death
of many beautiful belongings. It does
not require fve minutes to- put every
thing away and it saves them.
faThe best way to wash blankets?'
said the superintendent of sone of the
largest laundries. We'll. the first thing
to be considered is the soap. 1t should
be a good white soap and free from
rosin. Slice the soap in a kettle of hot
water and put it over the fire until 1t
dissolyes-there is no need for 1t to boil.
then pour it into the tub and turn OF
the water, which should be hot-almost
scalding.
MIX the two together SO as to form a
good lather: then put in your blankets.
Let them remain in this water about
fifteen or twenty minutes. covering the
tub so as to keep in the steam; then
souse them up and down with the hands
and turn them over in the water for a
few moments.
Zone of my women, who is very sue
cessful, has a large tin funnel that h
uses to manipulate her blankets with,