The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-10
for qjMnnnen.


Every woman who Is the head OF a
household knows how embarrassing II is.
sometimes. TO receive a message from
her husband during the afternoon hours
that he will bring a friend home with
him to dinner. There may not be any
thing in the harder which she regards
as dainty enough to set before npa
and 1t may not be convenient or possible
TO send to the butchers, the grocer's and
the fruiterer's for the needed supplies.
One woman, however. is equal to an such
emergencies. and she tells how she got
along on a recent occasion when com
fronted by such a circumstance. She was
becomingly attired- AL housekeepers OF
taste take care thai they shall not be
surprised in the afternoon In negligee
costume. She was also determined to
show her husbands guest that he might
come at any time on the shortest notice,
and find things IN the house in apple-pie
order.
She confded to a friend the other day
the means she adopted on this occasion
to put her best foot foremost and the
success that attended her plans. First
of ALL" she said. 1.-The supper cloth came
OFF and a clean damask was spread A
BOWL Of green leaves with a sprig of
lemon yerbena was set in the centre of
the table. I had no flowers. sbut green
Is always a dainty color and relieves the
eye. Two glass bowls of cracked ice and
caraffes of water, added to my garniture,
and, incidentally. reduced the amount of
necessary attendance. fMy cook is also
waitress.) A dish OF olives on ice, bright
silver, fresh napkins and an absence of
any coiored en1broideries made my table,
TO my taste. most artistic.
"
I'm the kftchen ] took the potatoes,
which were to- have been part of our
supper. mashed them, put them in a thin
bag and with them some thickened milk,
to which / added white stock pepper,
salt, celery seed and a little ground mace.
When done In went some chopped parsley
and the halved yolks of three hard-boiied
eggs, tureen was rubbed with an on
ion, and behold the soup looked and
tasted very Frenchy. very foreign quite
as though found In a recipe hook. 1t was
potato soup, but could have been called
-cremecdes oeufs' just as well.
"A well broiled steak is always good.
and that. with nice ~croauettes and
mashed potatoes. plus a salad, was to
have satisfied our tete-a-tete appetites.
Now, minus the potatoes, which were
in the SOUP II formed our piece de re-
s%istance; and the croquettes. lying brown
and crisp upon a snowy napkin. with a
piece Of parsley browning the top of
each, had quite the air of not being
shamed of themselves. though taken
quite This was our second
course. A mayonnaise, which. by the
way, / can mix mp In five mute n
make creamy when done by adding a
tablespoonful of beaten white of egg, /
spread over cut oranges. using the finest
and largest lettuce leaves as saucers
for the fruit, and making a little pile
of dressing on top Of each portion. with
one dehcate heartbeat of the lettuce
standing up out Of It as a finish Five
of these portions. on a dainty round dish.
mad a very pretty course. and as to
orange saiad-try it; it is delicious, and
new.
we might have had an orange with our
coffee after supper, but the oranges had
been promoted, and all that I had was
an idea directly from France. / beat the
cheese and half a cup of sweet cream to-
gether. and Piled the smooth, stiff mix
ture in irregular snowy masses around the
edge of an oval fruit dish. In the centre,
thu made into a we'll I put canned
Strawberries, keeping them as free from
suioe as possible.
This, with crackers and Turkish coffee,
completed the four course dinner. which
without invention I never could have pro-
duced. tn dessert was as good an imi-
tation Of the luscious frontage a la creme
of Paris az ] have yet been able to make.
1t is good eaten alone, but with fresh or
aimed berries. Or. indeed. with almost
any fruit. it Is truly delicious.
"And was my reward for all this
paanstaking? A delighted husband. ready
TO swear that ! an the most wonderful
woman OF my age. and q guest well
pleased. who smiled the smile Of con-
fentment.
LAS he a his host retired to smoke 1
heard him say: Well, Ned. as nice q lit
tie dinner as ever I ate, at home or
abroad! Where did you get your cook,
old man? I want his twin at the studio
His opinion was of no mean value, for,
being an artist of note, he has dined In
bohemia and in society h world over"
Is there another word In the language
that conveys to women so potent a sug-
gestions9f misery as the word wrinkles?
Can aawoman who Is already wrinkled
hope ~torappear beautiful in the eyes of
her friends? She fears not, yet nine wom-
en- out Of ten will fret and worry over
tribes until the wrinkles, not of age but
of a mind III at ease and a disposition
10 fret. are etched over what might other
wise have a very comedy countenance.
Next the mental unrest one OF the most
fra1itfui causes Of wrinkles Is failing to
keep the skin In a softened condition
The lines traced by age and the eteh-
fngs OF an unquiet mind are different.
The FIRST faint traces OF age appear upon
the delicate cuticle about the eyes be-
meath the lower lid: faint rays next steal
outward from the corner of the eyelfd
across the temple.
Careful manipulation Of the tiny secrets
may conceal these. but the deepest etch- |
ing Of time, the one that mercilessly re-
YeaaS a woman's age. Is cut deeply and
enthusiastically parallel with the ear and
forms a sharp dividing lire where in
youth the cheek meits softly into the |
throat or neck.
This Hriniie Is deepest and is traced
by no cause but the passing of the years. |
1t never appears until the woman is a
step or SO in her fourth decade. telling |
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