The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-14
ideas for UWofnen

what woman HVes VINO uoes NY
desire her 2wn saemes Whas maid, wife
or widow Is there who does not yearn
to set up her own Lares and Penates
in however humble Il way? Fortunately
for the bachelor maid or the youthful
widow, It IS now-possible for her to es-
tablish herself beneath her own vine and
fig tree wftheasa entering through the
gate Of matrimony; and that, too. as
independently as her bachelor brother or
any of his sex. 1t doesn't need a whole
house to establish a home. One room or
two are ample TO satisfy an ordinary
woman, n if she be a bread winner as
we'll. are usually all that are within her
means.
Two Philadelphia women have recently
set up a small household. and so great is
their joy@that it is good to visit them, II
only to see their happy faces.
First OF all was the a~ll-imnortant ques-
ton of meals-being healthy young wom-
en- With substantial appetites. that airy
method of irving known as light house.
keeping was abhorrent to their souls; so,
knowing a thoroughly good boarding
house. where the table is wholesome and
abundant, these two energetic ones pro-
ceeded to scour its neighborhood until
they succeeded in finding two bright sun
shiny rooms so near tina the discomfort
of going out to seek what they might de-
YOUR was minimized.
49,
The rooms themselves had the advan-
tage of good carpets and fresh, new,
light-colored wall paper, so the rest was
easy.
The pretty front room, with its moss
green carpet, is made to do duty both as
sitting room and bedroom. but the latter
fact is not at all obtrusive. A folding
bed in the guise of a commodious chest
of drawers is decorated with an excel
lent cast of the Venus de Milo. a photo
graph or TWO and a big PLAGUE, painted
in wild roses. while the bureau, covered
with a lace scarf over moss-green satin,
masauerades as a sort of cabinet, orna-
mented as it is with a large copy OF
Raphaers Madonna of the Chair. a hand
some stand containing a set of cut glass
bottles and the choicest k-niekknacks of
the Joint owners. A four-dollar oak
bookcase. with lark green silk curtains
hanging from a brass rod. contains the
srI library OF the bread-winners, and
a sofa. whose cover is sadly frayed
an ,ded. is draped with a terra-cotta
coIn.sd Dagnestan rug and piled high
with cushions covered in a paler shade of
terra-cotta velour.
i oretsv desk stands diagonally across
a bright corner, and as this is furnished
with dark green leather and is as dainty
as the soul of woman could desire, IT
is considered the piece-de-resistanee OF
the asartment. and is actually busted ev-
cry morning.
some wicker chairs. a table or two
ara 4 white goatskin rug thrown before
the a completes the furnishing, while
the lis boast one lovely water color in
a frame and a number of daintily
frar4e.l photographs of famous paintings
in the great galleries abroad.
The bread winners room adjoin-
iag This pretty sitting room is
otsise as characteristic in it's way
az It's owners tastes. A substan-
rial oak desk is Uttered with note
books and scrap books, pigeon holes are
crowded with and papers neatly
d3caeted and labeled, and a werknanlike
table nearby is laden with pamphlets and
magazines and a formidable array of
~cunbrous dictionaries and works of ref
erences.
The needed feminine touch is given by
half a dozen photographs of chubby ba-
bses. nieces and nephews of the writer,
ard 50 placed that their smiling faces re-
fresh the worker every time sne raises
her eyes to their level.
Tine whits-covered bed is g~uiltless of
al, frtpperies while the pretty bureau is
covered with a ruff1ed Swiss scarf, as
crisp and dainty as if it did not belong
~ ~ =, ,,r-b ma 1ipnad rafa
of seribbIefst
A small wardrobe and a washstand, dis
creetly hidden behind a Japanese screen,
complete the simple furnishings of this
little home-ene which gives more pleas
ure 20 its contented owners than do the
gorgeous surroundings of a Walnut street
or fftn avenue mansion to many a
arert.lous mistress, whose soul distains
boarding houses and all the makeshifts
which go to make up the pride and the
joy of the menage of the modern bachel-
or maid or tbs fn-de-sieele product, the
widow. who does not believe in tempting
the shadows of matrimouy q second time.
Paris has set forth some enchanting de-
slgns in trimmed tailor gowns this year.
They are excellent, both as models entire
and as partial suggestions to be medi-
fed and added to in accordance with the
individual needs of each figure. The
sketches given show several of the latest
and cleverest ideas.
The first sketch gives a costume in black
with blue t~affetas. The skirt is built on
the side upon three pleats of the taffetas.
the waist forming a bolero. The devants
and belts are in ~taffetas with pleats IT.
regularly arranged. 1t is trimmed in
gold buttons and has a collar which will
prove very convenient in ease of travel
ing.
The second is a gown in heavy gray blue
cloth, trimmed with g~alloons Of gray in a
lighter shade.
Next a smart walking costume in blue
English velvet. The vest is closed by
turuuoises set in gold-a new hint in the
general pursuit of beautiful buttons. The
collar of the gown and It's furnishings are
IN Scotch velvet. producing a novel effect
THE hat which best accompanies it is in
black felt.
The third is a street gown in heavy
green clotn, with motifs worked out in
black galloons. The sleeves are very
very small. Revers are also trimmed
with galloons. The crayate shown is the
popular French creation called Senator
done in black naoire.