The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-26


mauve and pink soft satin. q belt Of
mauve and pink being dragged around
the waist; and last, though not least at
mere. with a bodice completely covered
with ~strappings of mauve satin, over
hanging a narrow belt.
In the November Ladies' Home Jour-
mar George Ludingten Weed writes OF
"When DR.. Whitman Added Three Stars
to Our Flag" and shows conclusively
that party of five people. including two
women, crossed the Rocky Mountains at
South Pass in 1886, six years prior to Ere
mont's crossing. Concerning this inter
esting historical incident Mr. Weed
writes:saThe first wedding tour across the
continent was in 1886. There We're two
couples, Marcus Whitman. NJ. D., and the
Rev. Fl. Fl. Sp~aulding, and their brides.
They made the journey OF 2,5oV miles,
occupying seven months, in a wagon, the
first to cross the continent. DR.. whitman
having visited the region before, was
guide to the new home in Oregon. He
was the first to make known its value 10
the United States. South Pass is reach
ed,'' writes Mr.. Weed. of the famous
journey. the highest plateau. the divide
of the continent. In the Pass the trav-
eler reads the inscription: Fremont, 1S42.'
All honor due TO the Pathfinder but also
to the two heroines who had gone
through six years before his claimed dis
covery. Let another inscription read:
Mrs. Whitman and Mrs. Spaulding. 1886
1T is the Fourth of July. The party
pauses in its journey. Patriotic words
are spoken as the Bible and flag are
taken from the wagon. The one is laid
on a blanket spread 49,. The grass; the
other is raised over -. The kneeling
company offer prayer and praise. and
reverently axe possession of the region
beyond in the name of God and of the
United States The only human wit
nesses to the scene are the two Nez
Perez lads who witnessed the Whitman
wedding ceremony in Angelica, New
York. Immediately preceding the start for
Oregon"
Two distinctive styles in tailor gowns
are to be seen this season, the elaborate
and the sever ely plain. The severely
plain are made of either smooth faced or
vicuna cloth. OF course there are any
number of different materials which are
fashionable as well. but these are the
very smartest. says Harper's Bazaar.
There are many different colors, but
black is the best. A faced-cloth costume
has the new shaped skirt with the rufhe
stitched on the waist, or rather jacket,
Ia medium-length basque-coat, which
opens over a waistcoat of mouse-coloreo
velvet embroidered in gold. The fronts
of the coat are faced with white SATIN,
and 50 made that they can be turned
back of buttoned over. as desired; and
the buttons are small. gilt ones, which
fasten into loops of black braid. The en-
tire coat is covered with braid of differ
ent widths; the sleeves are very small;
have deep let-in points of velvet outlined
with braid and a faring cuff of velvet.
This coat can be worn over a silk or
satin waist, and is so interlined with
flannel. under the mouse-colored satin
lining that it is quite warm enough to
wear in the coolest weather. Another
black costume is of rough yicuna cloth;
this is trimmed with black braid. put on
in five rows down the front and then
turned off at either side at the foot of the
skirt, extending round the entire width.
The coat for this one is of the Russian
Dl0QSeS, WIFI all lHSldC NCSt, Oh VAiN'A
are lines of braid, and this hangs over
in blouse fashion. There is no braiding
on the coat, but the sleeves, which are
small coat sleeves, have pointed cuffs of
braid. The fronts of the jacket are lined
with reseda-green velvet.
To get the face in shape for the winter
requires a course of treatment, but as 1t
is not a difficult thing, any woman can
do it herself at home.
Take every night a small quantity of
good face cream; use vaseline if it agrees
with your skin, and rub it well into the
pores of the face, first having thoroughly
cleansed the skin with hot water. Rub
the grease in gently with the tips of the
fingers until the whole face feels soft and
| well fabricated. There should not be n
grease left On the surface.
In the morning wash this off with very
hot water, afterward dashing the face
with cold water. Continue this treatment
for ten days, and the face will be found
clear of the summers imperfections. If
there are freckles they can be removed
| with a little lemon juice or the juice of a
cucumber squeezed out will a lemon
squeezer.
49,
The new dishes for sailed almonds are
Of crystal, as formerly, but they have
three or four short legs to them instead
of being the curled leaf pattern or bowl
| shapes which set fiat down on the table
| cloth. Novelty is admired in table gar
niture, unless one is SO fortunate as to
possess dishes of old India or cut glass
which are antique enough to be really
"old." There seems no place for middle
aged table decorations.
-.
A new departure in the silk industry
is reported from Paris: This is the maxi
ing of silk taplecloths. AT the start the
| styles showed only an imitation of the
designs generally used in fine table linen.
but they soon developed a fashion of
| their own, and have now reached a stage
| of highly artistic beauty. They are being
| made either with plain centers and elab-
| orately designed borders, OF, covered all
over with jacquard figures, the designs
in zach case being in conformity with the
| elegant use for which they are destined.
A beautiful vivid green called Pompa-
! dour green, which has not been seen on
| fine china for half a century, is revived
on the Coalport ware. 1t is often used
on the ~garlands of lea YES and stems that
| almost encircle the plain, old-fashioned
garden flowers used to decorate the Coal