The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-11
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mentioned the usefulness of the bulb m
2window gardening.
h very fact that by a choice OF
Ls&puibs continue Towering can be had
From Christmas till late in May makes the
5suhieet well worth study by all amateur
gardeners. pa
Al butbs which are expe ted to bloom
within doors through the winter should
be boxed or potted now@iot later h
he middle of November in any ease.
The best way to provide soil for the
Plotting is to secure it already prepared
= from the nearest florist. 1t can often be
Mad for the asking. Bulbs to be raised
IN pots should be covered with a very
! slight layer of soil. Half an inch OF
Sinders III each pot will drain most eff
u fectualls.
The size of pots used is an important
point. Four-inch pots, one bulb in each.
*are excellent in the case of hyacinths.
EDafodils and narcissus will take a i've
6neh pot. three or four bulbs in each.
Tulips are treated in the same manner.
Place all bulbs. whether in pots or
boxes. in the open air. Cover them with
Ewo inches of bar sand and with a heavy
Bower of leaves to protect against frost.
BY this method the plant is allowed TO
set 4 strong root before forming the
crown.
TO force both root and crown at once is
a drain upon the strength of your plant,
kand apt to injure it permanently.
Moreover there are many bulbs which
may not be forced as early as Christmas
The only one among the hyacinths which
win allow of this is the Norma.
when the growth is to be forced carry
the pot within doors and place in the
cellar. covered with an empty pot, until
The buds form.
Afterward they are brought into the
sunlight for blooming. By bringing a
few into the cellar at a time the con-
tinous towering can be arranged for.
A correspondent to the Philadelphia
..Press', writes:-
WIN you kindly give in your "Womanss
J Page an article on the duties OF an en-
gagged couple or rather the duties of their
parents. Who should make the first call
9 and what is the incest way of announcing
Fan engagement? think the article
| would be appreciated by a great many
&c veil 40 bv MOTHER.
Although no rigid rules are laid down
for the engaged period OF the young pen
! ole. vet as Mother hints. there are a
number of little observance 1of TINS
! time which tend to make the path OF the
young couple a way of ~ieasantness
Utmost eordiality and friendllness
should be w~atchwords between the two
families. The early days of the engage
ment are difficult ones-for the young
! girl esp~ecially-and courtesy from the
| family of her prospective husband is her
particular ~prerogative.
J : The first call is made by the family
| 1f the young man upon that of the bride
to-be. 1t is a pretty little custom LOT
the members of n family to give a
small dinner party in honor of the home
circle of the other house. Only immedl-
ate members of either family are in
! Sited.
The most usual form of announcement
at present is a word or two from the
mothers of the young couple to a few
women friends. A clever mater will ma
| some pretty phrase in which she can tell
the news when women are gathered al
her house for afternoon tea or luncheon.
] And when the tidings are whispered to
! one with permission .to tell it will
be generally known in a very short time
indeed. Formal announcement in the
newspapers is not made until a short
time before the weddings few months at
most.
The dignity of the alliance demands
also that not even to her most intimate
friends should the mother c~riticise the
choice of her son or daughter in this mat
ter. Pleasant things she may say free
~. but the little faults, and fai.ings OF
either side. once that the betrothal is
arranged. become family secrets, to be
guarded jealousy.
1t is just these little criticisms sown
broadcast during the early days of the
engagement which develop into family
MISUNDERSTANDING and lifelong bitter
ness.
Paris is nothing if not original. She
has evolved a new idea. and calls it the
.Culinary. Masquerade 1t consists of
dinner at which each guest must repre-
sent something to eat. In most cases
the masquerade is confined to the head
dress. as it is easier and cheaper to carry
out in this manner than in any other.
The first practical Illustration of this
ingenious idea. which has the merit OF
novelty If of nothing else. was given
by one of the e~nterprising hostesses of
the Champs Elysees, whose invitations
were sent out in the form of a repre-
sentation of a dinner table covered with
good things, and before one of the places
at the table was the name of the lady or
gentlemen hidden to the feast. At the
left-hand corner of the card a line was
added ntimating the wish that each
guest should wear something which rep
resented the culinary art in one form or
another.
The headdresses were wonderful and
surprising. suggesting now Holsters. now
pheasants. fruits of almost every descrip-
ton, and vegetables galore. The most
successful idea graeed the head OF an
exceedingly pretty girl, and represented
a canlihower.
Another novel feature of the entertain
ment WAS thai visitors We're seated at
small tables, each of which was served
with some special sort of food; one with
fish. another with meat. and SO on. Conse-
qliently, as the guests continually changed
their places. monotony and -companionship
We're avoided. and the fun was consider
able. After dinner headdresses were re-
moved and placed upon a table. where