The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-06-10
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The uItra-fashionable hour for a we'd
ding is u o'clock, after the English
style, but things look so much prettier by
gaslight. and the full dress of the men
adds so much to the tout ensemble. that
there are quite as many after six
If a wedding takes place after six and
the bride wears her travelling gown the
groom and best man do, too, but. incon-
gruous as 1t ma appear, etiquette re-
quires that the ushers wear dress suits.
Have your material for the wedding
gown lit up before purchasing it If it is
to be an evening wedding. Blue-white is
usually more becoming to blondes and the
creanaier tints to brunettes.
$50
The summer girl has been written
about, and talked about, and sung about,
until she has become so much of a
household word and as typical of the sea-
son as the birds and the flowers, but the
charms of the summer old lady nave yet
to be established in verse and story, and
yet she is almost as much of a develop
ment of the end of the century as her
younger and prettier but by no means
more energetic or sporty rival.
There is something quite fine in the
way these summer old ladies appear on
the scene, ounted on their bicycles,
welding their golf clubs, and in divers
a generally enjoying existence, with
all the vim and vigor of youth, and with
even more enjoyment, for there is no
self-consciousness about their pursuits.
They have no anxiety about their ap-
pearance, no desire for the attention or
admiration of the other sex, no misgiv-
ings about their popularity; they simply
go in for a good time, n they have it,
In YOUTH says the German proverb,
1T is easy enough to be young, but it
Is more difficult and a thousand times
more beautiful when the hair begins to
turn white" So, "Houppe la here we
are again. say the summer old girls:
and a happy season to them and a bless
ing on their ~juvenility.
"Je vous remercie de tout mon occur,
mademoiselle, que vous vous porter 81
bien," said a professor in a novel to a
perfectly healthy specimen of vigorous
young womanhood that evoked his adj
miration, and in like manner we cannot
but feel grateful to these plucky fn-de-
steele matrons who thus defy old age and
its attendant blue devils.
So
There is really an art in the proper
washing of hair brushes; the best brushes
may be ruined by careless Washing; and
If the bristles are allowed to become soft
a hair brush becomes practically use
less for its Intended purpose. Many
people cleanse hair brushes by covering
them with wheaton flour, and simply rub
bling the bristles together.
This method, however, is not thor
oughly satisfactory. To keep your
brushes in good condition, proceed in the
following manner:-Have two dishes of
cold-not hot-water. To the first dish.
which contains, say, a quart of water,
add a desert spoonful of ammonia, saws
the Lady" Now, take your brushes.
one by one, and keep dipping the bristles
up and down in the water (being careful
not to wet the backs, and in a minute
or two the dirt and dust will come out
OF them as if by magic, leaving them
beautifully white.
NOW dip UP and down several times in
the second dish, containing the clear
water, to rinse them, shake well and
place to drain across a rack or towel
horse. No soap is needed, and no rub
bling with the hands. If you adopt this
method of cleansing your brushes YOU
will find hat they will last three times
as long as if cleansed with hot water
and soap, and that the bristles will pre-
serve their stiffness.
Children, even little tots of three years
says the Ladies Home Journal, wear
wooden frocAs of small checks. plaids or
mixtures of serge cheviot or canvas
weaves in shades of brown green tan, and
bright blue. Bright red dresses are
never out of date, and for summer are
of challie, cashmere, etc. With a white
guimpe these frocks are bright and do
not soil easily. They are trimmed with
narrow black velvet or satin ribbon on
the belt, wrists and revers, around the
neck, or epaulette pieces in pointed or
square shape. Pin, light green and pale
blue cashmere frocks for really dressy
wear have epaulettes of guipure lace
square over the shoulders, ribbon bows
near the collar, with loops hanging to the
waist-line in front, using satin ribbon an
nch and a half wide.
With a few exceptions. the bead cur
tains so eagerly sought for are not strung
to initiate Oriental designs, but display
in blue and white the very most lovely
delft views. giant palm and fern leaves
against a yellow background and white
bead lilies amid a surrounding sky of
greenery. At intervals during the summer
a soft cloth passes over the beads
~cleanses them thoroughly, While in many
cases the beads are hung inside the win
dow casing and muslin is draped over
them. This is where linen shades are not
in use.
0FFBNSE OF THE C0L0RED SHIRT