The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-13

reading nook when covered+w with a soft
light rug; but one need not hunt inter
minably and one idea always suggests
two more.
If you can find among your grandmoth-
er's on observation-disclosures things q
beaded reticule or a beaded purse, seize
hold upon them, for they are the great
est treasure and are all the rage. Many
years ago they were very fashionable IN
Europe; in fact, every woman and chlid
who had any pretentions toward dress
wore one. and so now they can be pur-
chased in the antique shops here and in
Paris at a good round figure, says a let
ter from fashionable Homburg to the
Boston Globe The reticules are sus-
pended from Il steel chatelaine and have
ornamental steel tops, which snap open
and shut. All sorts of designs are car
ried out in the bright, oddly coiored
beads, baskets OF brilliant lowers. gor-
| geous birds. landscapes and Impossible
trees and garden scenes with quantity
dressed people in oid-style attire. These
reticules were made by hand. 1t was
the fashion for fine ladies to know how
to do delicate bead work. and they work
| ed patiently on the little beads, setting
them on in exquisite
When worn at the side these bags are
very attractive and decorative, and 1t Is
a pretty fancy, which, no doubt, will
soon be abused and made common by
| cheap, tawdry limitations made by ma
chinery.
The little purses are in two styles, the
long variety, with two rings slipping up
and down the tassels on the ends, ana
the round style with snap and ornament
at the top like the reticules. Many of
them are made of steel beads, but gem
orally they are found in color. with the
| same. elaborate. old-fashioned designs in
color, as are seen on the r%eticules.
Some people who know how to make
fine beadwork, now work themselves
handsome bags in fine jet beads, with oc-
~casional ~roduc of steel beads, but
these look modern, and lack the pretty,
old-fashioned charm that the genuine
antique creations have.
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Somebody nde why only invalids
can have comfortably made beds, wise
ly suggesting that the skill of the train
ed nurse in this respect is well worth
transmitting to the chambermaid.
She of the hospital cap and apron
begins her work by carefully tucking
the first sheet neatly and firmly about
the mattress, which it is intended to
cover snugly. To insure this result the
corners are folded over and under, as
a tradesman folds in the edges of the
wrapping paper around his parcel.
The second sheet comes well up to the
head of the bed to insure sufficient mar
gin to be turned back over the other
clothes, and it and the blankets and
Counterpart are turned in well at the
foot in the same folded-under way,
while the sides are tucked under very
tightly.
The nurse bedmaker, never puts her
double blankets on folded edge upper
most, as many maids do, thereby max
ing it an impossibility to throw off one
thickness if desired, nor does she COM
nit that other sin of the careless bed
maker, pull the second sheet so far up
that five minutes occupancy of the bed
brings it away from the foot entirely.
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A Paris correspondent writes:-Corsets
or stays are always made of silk or
satin, either plain or brocaded, and trim
med with lace embroidery. The large
hook to retain the petticoats is often In
gold or gold set with jewels. Sometimes
the small under-petticoat is made of the
same material as the corset, and in win
ter is lined with flannel.
The cache corset, or petticoat bodice,
is occasionally of the same silk, but more
usually of white batiste or surah, with
lace and insertion, often in the shape of a
small figaro without epaulettes, and a
runner round the top to keep it onto the
stays; or else the fchu form, cut in n
piece and tying in front.
Drawers are worn very short, just.
above the knee. and are made of the same
material as the ehemises and equally rich
ly trimmed. By means of pleats they fit
closely on the hips, but are wide at the
end. slightly rounded off on the outer side,
and finished with a bow of ribbon above
the lace or frills.
Most game birds and animals, because
of a life of ceaseless activity, do not take
on fat. and such should be larded or
cooked with slices of bacon or salt pork
placed on them, says the "Woman's Home
companion. LIZ Il AN
heads on and undrawn, as is quite gener-
ally practised-the latter point being a
relic of the former an offense to
sensitive nerves. 1t is pleasanter to enjoy
a bit of choice flesh without being so for
chilly reminded thai we are eating dead
birds. This is not the only instance where
realism is inartistic.
A violet hat, an exceedingly tasteful
creation, which would becomingly crown
a youthful head, is a rather large shape
covered with violet tulle, ia the De-
lineator. Large Parma violets edge the
brim, which is slightly rolled at the front
and sides and turned up at the back.
Back of the flowers stands a fold of taft
feta, matching them and covered with
tulle. violets are disposed on the crown
and at the sides in rather tall punches.
Four upright loops of tulle are spread at
the back, and against the brim at the
back is set a broad bow of fancy-edged
taffeta ribbon a shade or two darker than
the rest of the trimming.
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Peanut sandwiches are usually made
from grated peanuts, says the Ladies'
Home Journal" Have the peanuts thor
oughly roasted, and CRATE them on an or
binary crater. Cut the end from a square
loaf of bread, butter the loaf. then cut off
thin slices. and so continue until You nave
the desired quantity. Spread over a thick
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