The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-22

feet is charming, and she is the proudest
of girls.
Persons who don't read French are of
ten at a loss to know what to order IN
restaurants. These definitions may help
them.
A fAnglaise implies that the dish is
roast or boiled in the plainest manner.
A PItalienne implies that the dish Is
made, or garnished with savory maca-
roni. or paste of tina kind. or with raw
ioli, or is made savory with Parma
cheese.
A la Franchise is, curiously enough, a
surname which is applied to the least ty-i
pical preparations, and is generally made
to denote such peculiarities favored in
the ancient provinces; thus
A la Provencal means a dish prepared
with more or less olive oil and favored
with garlic.
A la Perigord is applied to dishes flaw
ored with or consisting of truffles, from
the circumstance that these mushrooms
grow in that province.
A la Normande indicates that apples en-
ter into the composition of the dish IN
some shape or other.
A la Dauphinoise implies that a dish is
praised, sauced over with a thick sauce,
crumbled, and perhaps sauced or egged
and m twice over and then fried.
A la B~ourguinotte signifies a dish pre-
pared with the addition Of red wine OF
Burgundy or of Bordeaux or of the Midi,
i. e.. m~eriodional provinces of France. AT
Bordeaux, or when made elsewhere with
Gironde wine, the dish would, of course,
pear the surname a la Bordelaise.
A la Parisienne is applied to dishes
which are generally lu~xuriously prepared,
and overlaid with expensive garnishes.
A la jardiniere signifies a typical collec-
ton of cooked vegetables given in soups,
ragouts and removes
A fIrlandaise is applied to dishes which
contain potatoes in some form.
A la Chipolata is the surname of dishes
which contain an addition of the strongly
favored Italian sausages, or of the mince
with which they are filled.
A la Flamande is a urname given to
dishes containing cabbage, but more par
ticularly Brussels sprouts.
A PEspagnole is not applied to any typi-
cal dish, but to any preparation made
ing that surname.
A la Viennoise is applied to dishes as
usually and typically prepared in the
Austrian capital, such as dumplings
termed Nuckerin, ~quenelles of potatoes
and others.
A clever New England girl desired a
charming holiday gift for a friend going
abroad to study. 81 want you to re-
member me each month of your stay"
she said. Take this, dear" and she
put a kind of soft satin portfolio in her
hand. 'It will explain itself" The friend
opened the package, thinking it a hand
kerchief case, or a glove holders, or a
place for wells. Instead, she found
tucked away in the soft-lined satchet-
perfumed fold twelve long. white enve-
lopes, each one sealed and bearing on
the point of the overlap the name of a
month in decorative lettering, all the
way from January to December. On
the address side there were legends and
markings for the events of each month;
January, the wish for the New Year;
February, st. Valentine; her birthday
in March; Easter or May day. each with
some personal reference to the layout OF
her own life as it seemed probable 1t
was to be. In her Paris pension life the
opening of the envelope at the beginning
of each month was a glad surprise, for
inside was always some UNIQUE and
thoughtful filling-a pretty necktie, a veil,
a pair of gloves, a set of photographs
taken at the spots they loved so well
where the summer was passed 1t had
taken some thought and time and extra
effort to dc this, but it was worth it in
the pleasure and tender appreciation it
stirred in the heart of the girl far away.
For house and evening wear white will
reign supreme. The Czarfna rarely ap-
pears in anything but white. France has
gone mad with joy over the Russia al
lance, and in consequence everything
else that is Russian, SO, for the time be-
ing. the Czarina is the leader OF we'll
dressed women the world over, for Paris
is still the capital of the realm of fem
mine fashion,. White is universally be-
coming, and it's greatest attraction IN
woman's eyes is that all men love 1t. AT
q recent gathering of a dozen young ma
irons, ten out of twelve admitted that
when che proposed, 'tshe' had on a Wnlte
gown. This fact alone should make the
new edict popular, but in addition all the
new fabrics seem to be especially at
t~ractive in white. From the heaviest cioth
down to the sheerest null manufacturers
of textiles nave done their best to cater
to the latest of fashions varying whlms.
49,
A touching and p~oetical custom prevails
in the Welsch-Tyrol, says the London
News" When a young maiden is about
to be married, Immediately before she
steps across the threshold of her old
home, on her way to the church.. her
mother solemnly gives her a new pocket
handkerchief. The bride holds it in her
hand throughout the marriage ceremony,
using it to wipe away her tears. So
soon as the marriage festivities are end
ed the young wife lays the handkerchief
aside in her linen closet, and there it re-
mains as long as she lives. Nothing
would induce a Tyro1ese wife to use this
sacred handkerchief. 1t may be half a
century or longer, before it is taken from
its place to fulfill the second and last
part of its mission. When the wife dies,
perhaps as a gray old grandmother, the
loving hands of the next-of-kin place the
bridal handkerchief over the face of the
dead and it is buried with her in the
grave.