The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-30

in great pain, the older ono waiting fol
her patiently.
With all its beauty. dash, and enthu'
siasm. it must be a curious civilization
which tolerates and makes possible a sigh
like this. 1t made my blood run colo
and hot. 1t was as if one had ploughet
with a fawn.
But this custom, hideoIS asst is, can.
not, l think, be counted for many more
years against these people. Their prog
ress in social order is too marked. let us
hope. to permit of a long continuance Of
this degradation.
In the August Ladies' Home Journal
Mrs. S. T. Rorer writes on Canning and
| Preserving" At the outset of her lesson
she emphasizes the value of securing per-
| fectly sound and fresh fruits, and the
necessity of getting the cans and cam
ming Appearances in readiness in advance.
ssTo prevent breakage when filling the
| Jars" Mrs. Rorer advises that they be
| slipped .ssidewise into a kettle of hot
| water, rolling them so that every part
may be quickly and uniformly heated.
! Fold a damp towel, place in the bottom
| of a pudding pan. then near the presery-
l ln-keILle StdllQ d JaA ia III tOHtl, AZ Il
the fruit is small adjust the funnel, fill
quickly to o~ver1owing. Run a heated
silver knife around the inside of the jar,
to break the air bubbles that may have
| been caught with the fruit, and adjust
| the rubber, then lift the lid from the hot
water and place it at nee. If large fruit
fill with a wooden spoon, arranging the
! fruit so thai the weight of one piece will
not destroy the shape of another. Fill
to overlooking with the liquid, water or
syrup, and fasten tightly. After sealing
stand the jars out of a draught over night.
The glass by that time win have con-
tracted, and the lid viii. in consequence,
be loose. Wipe each jar carefully and
give the top an extra turn. Put away In a
cool. not cold, dark closet. At the end
of a week examine each jar carefully,
without shaking or disturbing more than
necessary. If you find the lids slightly
indented. the contents free from air bub-
bles or froth, and the liquid settled, you
may rest assured they will keep If you
do not find it so, open the jars to pre-
vent bursting. Reheat the fruit, being
careful to bring 1t to a boiling point, and
recan."
Nothing is more appropriate for the
summer cottage than a profuse use OF
mattings, both as to simplicity and to
GOODNESS.
Eor tie one living room that should be
kept warm and cheerful in appearance,
with rainy weather in view, the coarser
meshed dark red mating, but for almost
every other spot, the fine, soft Govern
ment ones are most servicable.
Rugs may be an accompaniment. but
they should, however, be temporarily
used in the summer home, which should
~strenuously avoid a muffled look. For
the abode in question a high wainscot-
ing of mating in its usual color, over
laid with a very open pattern of black
bamboo, forms a pretty base for a light
upper wall in one of the rooms where
a colored mating is to be used on this
floor.
This same material in two designs is
also desirable for an entire wall covering;
a breadth of one sort used as a base
with two or more breadths according to
the height of the room of the second
sort above it.
Scarlet Innings to fawn cloth seem to
find favor, and there are a larger range
of cloaks which enve1op the figure. One
OF these was made in petunia brocade
with crepe sleeves and a movable hood.
There are also very becoming capes made
as a bolero with full sleeves, very elabo-
rately trimmed with jet. I noted one
especially pretty cape made with pyra-
mids of killed fiounces all around. divided
by handsome jet trimmings.
1t was quite simple, but very charm
ing.
There are skirts and skirts. Skirts
double and triple, circular, founced,
skirts killed, paneled, side-plaited, some
with a box plat, alternating with every
five plaits; circular, bell and ~nine-gored
skirts and skirts with hip yokes, over
dresses and slight draperies; so, if any
woman cam inc something new and to
her liking among this list she is living in
her wrong age. Powered, frilled, ruched
and sunplaited skirts are still left to her
after discarding all of the first named,
and they all nave a leading place in the
highly fashionable skirts of this summer.
A little turpentine and oil applied to
furniture with a flannel cloth, the furni-
ture then thoroughly rubbed, will give 1t a
bright, clean appearance, ~ the La
dies Home Journal, If your rosewood
refuses to polish have you furniture
man repolish it for you. He will rub it
down with s~andpaper, and varnish it, SO
1t vii last for years.
There is a whisper that tumblers have
had too long a day and that goblets are
coming in again. Exceedingly pretty
ones, with spiral stems, were exhibited
by one of the large shops recently.