The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-05

peror might have dined upon them; large.
mealy, boiled all through and "fn their
Jackets, and consciously or unconscious
ly she struck the keynote Of their sue
| cess. Nature has ordered that the skin
of the potato be made of a corky nature
to retain the juices and nourishing prop
| critics of the vegetable. These are lost
when the skin, or envelope. is taken OF.
A chemical analysis shows that the water
in which was boiled a pound of peeled
potatoes contained seventeen grains of
| carbonate OF potash. All that nourish-
ment the Jackets would have secured to
| the vegetable. Again. analysis shows a
peeled boiled potato takes three and one
half hours to digest. A potato baked or
boiled in the skin ordinarily digests in two
hours"
isabel A. Mallon writes of "A Brides
| Moderate Trousseau" in the August la
dies Home Journal 9Th girl who has
a fortune at her command needs nc sug-
| gestions." she says but the girl who has
| to think out the wisdom of every dollar
srent on her trousseau is the n who
| asks for advice. Taking it for granted,
| then, that you will live a more or less
social life, having your day at home and
visiting your friends, and going occa-
sionalIy to hear good music, you can de-
eide exactly what you will need. First
of all, freshen all the gowns you pos
sess. then you know their possibilities;
then 1 would advise one handsome SILK
dress combined, perhaps, with velvet.
and having to go with 1t two bodices-
one for wear when you are visiting, the
other to be used when rather more slab-
Gate dress is required. one simple
but smart looking wool dress for street
wear; if required, you might better omit
your visiting costume than this. A black
skirt, either of MORE, silk or satin, will
be useful, since with it there can be worn
any number of elaborate bodices. Then
you viii want, also, a comfortable wrap
per to wear in no place except in your
own room; two pretty, well fitting house
dresses; a coat suited to the season; a
wrap that is a little more elaborate, if
you can afford it; but do not make the
mistake, SO often made. of buying clothes
that are not suited to your position in
life, or wha is equally as bad, of buying
such an elaborate wardrobe that it will go
out of fashion"
The special fad of the Southampton
girls was discovered last week at the
golf club in a bevy of pretty gils.
.syvhy don't you make belts?" asked one.
when 1 was in Scotland last fall the
men wore the most stunning things I
ever saw in the way of belts. They are
not difficult to do.
Take the measure of an ordinary
mans waist-of course. l know your
ha1f~ mill ha for No ordinary naQn-djVida
it into four parts, make four strips of
canvas the width you desire. These are
to be united by silver loops, sometimes
chains or any ornamental fastenings. At
the front, of course, is the regular buckle
the beauty of which depends upon the
artistic tendencies of the girl who makes
the belt. These anva pieces are en-
broidered and lined. I have one at home.
and will, if you like, bring it over to tea.
You shall all see it, and, If you wish, copy
it. It's sure to be new, as none of these
have yet been imported"
So the fiat went forth, and the young
women will probably stitch and stitch
and tangle silk in their dainty fingers at
tea, while the young men are counting
up scores on the links.
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The German Empress has just had two
very pretty and useful capes made for
her, destined for travelling or for boat
ing and other excursions. One is of a
lark navy cloth with small appliques
and a collar of fine white cloth finished
with numbers of tiny gold buttons. 1t
is lined with white silk of a thick soft
make. The second cape is of sand-col-
ored cloth with a high collar of reseda
MORE, with which charming material the
garment is also lined. A dinner dress
for Her Majesty was recently made in
Vienna of cherry-red MORE antique in a
Princess shape, with elaborate trimmings
of exquisite Brussels lace. The decol-
letage was defined by silver broeade and
puffs of white chiffon and the butterfly
sleeves were entirely of lace.
A few wrinkles in a blouse waist can
be improved by placing the garment in a
bureau drawer, the wrinkled part down,
Strengthening them out, and placing on
the spot a small pile of books. This is,
of course, emergency treatment. A story
Is told of a summer girl who hunted in
vain one Sunday morning for her prayer
book until, with a sudden thought, she
rushed to a bureau drawer and found
the prayer book. assisting several other
volumes, taking a wrinkle from her pref
test silk waist.
Salt and water is the best thing to
brighten mating. Grease spots may be
taken out of this summer floor covering
by wetting the spot Wit alcohol and rub
bing with white CASTLE soap. Let the
soap dry n then wipe it off with warm
salt water.
Small, quantity shaped gilt baskets fill
ed with sweet peas and with the handle /
Of the baskets decorated with dainty
bows of ribbon, matching the blossoms
In color. were the fayors at a recent din
ner.
Told of Landseer, the Artist.
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