The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-18
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and put something on its back TO give me
appearance of STOPPING. Then make sew
eral petticoats of black material Tor these
with a skirt of any old-fashioned-iookins
cotton. Next make a large red cioth
cloak with a cape, and leaving holes for
the arms to come out. In one hand place
a small basket, fitted up to resemble a
peddler's basket and in the other a small
stick. On the dolls head put a quaint
looking bonnet of black satin, with a gull
ted white frill inside. Several of these
witch penwipers are effective on a bazaar
stall. Butterfly penwipers are likewise
pretty and easy to make. The butterfly
shapes may be cut out in black or col
oored velvet, and the edges ~buttonholed
with colored silk, the same silk being en-
ployed for the markings on the wings.
The body of the butterfly should be of
black velvet, stuffed with a little wool,
n to make the wings more decorative.
Line the butterfly with pieces of black
cloth for wiping the pen.
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Thu latest whim of pretty and fash
ionable women is a flower bath. For
Strengthening the muscles of the neck,
shoulders and arms nothing is more
efficacious, they. say. These warm baths
may last with safety a quarter OF an
hour, followed by a cold shower bath,
and the treatment two or three times a
week, will, it is said, put the body in a
healthy condition and give the skin a
delightful appearance and soft touch.
The baths are all prepared in the same
way. Rose leaves, crushed violets, hay
~violets, oat straw and pine sprigs can
be put in a bag and boiling water poured
over them, the bag and water boiling for
ten minutes The boiling water is then
cooled and added to the prepared bath.
Hay flowers are really the remains of
stalks, leaves, blossoms and seeds, even
tho hay itself. An Dat straw bath is
made by boiling the stalks and heads of
oats for half and hour in a kettle and
then pouring the decoction into the bath
tub.
For the pine sprig bath gather fresh
twigs, small branches and mail cones,
cut them into hits. put them into a bag,
and boil them half az hour. The chief
effect of this bath on the skin is to bring
it into activity and enovate it at once.
Besides, it's fragrance makes it delight
full.
An interesting discovery by Jacquemin
is that the leaves of fruit trees, having
themselves no marked flavor, may devel-
op a decided bouquet of the fruit in So
buttons undergoing alcoholic fermenta-
says the Indianapolis Journal. Pear
and apple leaves, for instance, placed in
a topper cent. solution of sugar, with the
of pure yeast, impaired to the
fermented product a strong odor and ex-
cellent flavor, which became even more
marked in the alcoholic distillate. A sim
liar effect was had with leaves of the
grape vine. Leaves from trees having
fruits. near maturity IA the most de-
results, from which is drawn the
inference that fruit favors
are due to a body, possibly glucosidal in
character, elaborated in the leaves and
transferred to the fruits only as the lat
ter approach maturity, developing dis
tinctive havors when acted on by the
special ferments of the fruit juices.
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An evening vest, -three-quarters high
on the shoulders, cut with rounded
fronts and very short basques, is made
of velours broche, the pattern being
woven in white velvet pile on a China
pink ground. A series of white satin
tabs embroidered with pink turn from
the top over the shoulders and back; a
closely-gathered low white chemisette is
worn beneath.
The sleeves are the Agnes pattern,
that is to say, tight fitting, slightly
tucked over the arm and coming down
in a point over the back of the hand.
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New names are always given to shades
of color that happen to be in vogue,+ al
though they may be well known under
other designations. Thus two shades of
violet are now talked of as Brunehilde
and Marguerite Refine; blood red is called
Herodiade, and sombre gray is referred
to as Styx, while yellow bordering on
orange receives the name Hesperides.
Campagna is a new appellation for Eu-
calytus, chosen because these trees grow
very plentifully about Rome.
The "Woman's Home Companion"
says:-"A reminder of the long ago comes
to us in the temperance of the long os-
trich feathers, or plumes, adjusted to lie
about the brim of the Gainsborough hat
in graceful effect. The tiny tips of fledge-
ling ostriehes bordering the brims of hats
bring to Elind the beauties of the olden
when patches and white wigs were
an important adjunct of the toilet of my
lady"
The handsomest mode Of a blouse is of
or moired lamb, finished with a
jeweled belt. ALI the blouses have a storm
collar and the fronts usually turn back,
a second fur-ermine or chin
chilla. Although the true blouse, with it's
Franco-Russian origin, really demands
belt, this accessory is often omitted, the
garment being closely fitted at the waist
line.
The furs chiefly used by m%illiners are
sable. %astrakhan and marten, these be-
ing put on as borders to capotes and
tooues Of velvet. Modistes frequently APP
ply flouncings and deep Fittings of fur to
the hens Of winter costumes and dresses,
as well as to cloth capes accompanying
toilets for promenade wear.
Sofa cushions are now embroidered in
ones .armorial bearings. Silk, satin,
denim and linen are seen done in this
way. The work is not usually difficult,
although the coat of arms should be as
correct as practicable in design and color.
The escutcheon of ones country or State