The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-04

quently used, apple green ana groseiIles
emerald and baby blue. ETC.. appearing
In juxtaposition one to another.
What are known as the pink-red shades
are seen IN hats, bonnets and dress trim
mings. Their intense hues look bsst In
velvet. the pile Of which softens their all
too brilliant coloring. Nacre. or change
able standings like mother-of-pearl, are
noticeable on ribbons and evening weaves
and by ARTIFICIAL light are especially eff
fective. The doe, fawn and beige shades
are greatly liked for many purposes, and
are associated with white satin with
happy effect.
Velvet. both plain and blended with
cloth, is used for many pretty and
charming dresses. A capital model is
a plain costume of violet cloth. of which
the revers are Of cream peau de sole,
with a velvet figuring Of violets.
Wide bretelles of violet velvet edge a
waistcoat formed entirely of the tiniest
quillings of valenciennes and fall in
loops down the skirt from beneath a
jeweled Russian belt. The sleeves, puffed
and much raised upon the shoulder,
match the velvet of the bretelles. The
same gown carried out in pale gray with
ivory velvet studded with steel is even
more delightful stin. Another dress looks
equally well In cornfiower or periwinkle
blue or chestnut brown velvet.
The skirt is plain. and the bodice is
rather open at the throat with a yoke
of cream velvet, which is trimmed with
the Greek key pattern in gold braid
back and front. The sleeves are out
lined with gold, and for the waist belt
a band of velvet worked with the Grecian
device upon a holder scale is used. Even
for the flowers used in millinery. velvet
is very much in favor this year, such
trimmings being particularly employed
upon the velvet toques.
The blossoms most in demand at the
present time are Parma violets, nastur-
| tiums, ~geraniums, heartsease, and roses,
all of which are most skillfully copied in
| velvet.
"A country girl who is determined to go
to Paris to study art is laying aside, for
this purpose, each dollar she has earned
writes Ruth Ashmore in an article on
The Girl in the Country" in the January
Ladies Home Journal" t'She found
that there was no one else in the village
| who could make as good bread and biscuit
as she; that those who had to buy COM
planned of the bakers bread. She made
no effort at sending her bread to a Wom-
ans Exchange, as she knew hat such
places were always overstocked. but she
| went through her own town-a very small
one-and asked for orders. She is making
money because there has never been a sad
loaf of bread or a heavy biscuit sent out
from her kitchen. She win supply a neigh
Dor with hot biscuits at tea time, and she
has learned to make dainty rusk, espe-
cially for invalids. who enjoy these light,
sweet dainties. Her prices are reasonable.
Another girl, ambitious to gain some
thing, got her lathe to let her have a bit
of ground, and to give her the money that
would otherwise nave bestowed upon her
for a wedding dress With this she was
able to buy plants and to hire a boy to
help her; and during the summer, while
the boarding houses around demanded
them, she served the freshest of r~adishes,
the crispest of lettuce. the earliest corn.
and the largest tomatoes; and she says
now that she thinks she will double the
size of her garden next
IF
Surely the end of the Delft craze has
fully arrived when furniture is enameled
In the shining white and painted in the
brilliant blue. Chairs are to be bought,
all windmils and watery channels outlined
by little trees. Even cradles are thus
painted by some evil-minded designer who
has not learned the first principles of his
art, and who is not aware of the height
of absurditv reached by such designs so
used. A very dainty cradle was seen not
long ago, painted in a Dresden design of
tiny violets, rosebuds and forget-me-nots
On a white ground. BY the way, although
an amateur cannot paint furniture In any
sort of pattern, almost any woman can.
WELD a brush well enough to give a piece
Of furniture a few coats of paint, and now
one can buy all possible shades IN a pow
dered form 80 that their mixing with the
white enamel, until the exact tint wished
for is attained, is an easy matter within
the reach of any of us who desire to reno
rate an old chair or table.
The closely-woven but medium weight
woods are the very best fabrics to select
for utility gowns for the winter. The
greens, browns and deep wine colors pre-
sent a wide range of shades this season.
The lightest and deepest tones. with in
termediate shadings. are alike popular,
but the new blues are either very light or
very dark. Russian blue, observes "L'Art
de la Mode is a superb color, and a rich
tone that is much like the old peacock
dye, is called Roman blue, and is worn
alike by matron and maid and by blonde
and brunette. being rendered becoming to
various ages and compilations by different
accessories. Some of the Russian blue
cloth costumes are made up with a coat,
girdle and cape collar edged with mink
fur, with a blouse vest held by the girdle
and a petticoat front Of pale biscuit-col-
ored cloth. The sides of this front and the
skirt hem are bordered with the fur.
*.*
A cup of hot water taken the first thing
in the morning wiz often prevent a bilious
attack. Hot water as a beverage is ex-
ceedingly wholesome, especially when the
digestive organs are weak. 1t should be
taken before each meal, as well as after;
half a teaspoonful of lemon juice will
make it palatable.
The bicycle betrothal bracelet Is the
CONNIE Il faut engagement affair for the
bicycle girl. The bracelet is a dainty crea-
ton. ornamented with a very petite 'sicy-
rs u-dfl, Turn cm,1. co1dor urboalc r1uenaS