The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-06

Of the girls have prepared ehoruses to
sing, and there will perhaps be a little
mandolin or banjo playing.
Ladies' tailors and mems furnishers
have the neatest flannel waists for golf
and kindred sports, though there is no
reason why dry goods stores should not
keep the same grade Of goods when their
trade will buy it, says the DRY Goods
Economist"
1t Is said tha women like to go to
mems shops for shirt waists, collars and
ties. but the truth is that many shoppers
wish something out of the ordinary and
go where they will find it.
These will also be used for morning,
mountain and country wear during the
summer. as well as for bicycling. and are
without a lining.
Tn flannel both washes and cleans and
comes in pretty violet. blue. pink. white
and green effects, with stripes, polka dots
on small figures in black, ETC., though the
plain colors are now the better sellers.
They are made with only a neck band, so
that a liner or stock collar can be worn,
and with a narrow ~corselet and stock of
black satin they are decidedly natty.
Later on a white belt and stock or COL
ored kid belt and silk stock will afford a
change, being the most important parts of
a shirt waist.
The fronts are plated or full, the back
has a yoke. and a small bishop or full
coat sleeve finishes the design. Another
effort will be made to wear the basque
part outside of the skirt, but it is not
likely to succeed. as a trimmer effect is
given with it inside.
Foulards and wash silks made up into
regular shirt waists will also be found
at the stores devoted to mems wear, and
promise to be popular with the summer
girl.
She will also buy linen collars, long and
short f~our-in-hand ties and bow ties at
the same place unless the dry goods
houses offer a similar collection. These
waists are not lined.
White cotton waists are predicted great
favor. and those of a tailor-like simple
ity in Madras, percale and cheviot.
In the meantime there are many dainty
~organdie and dimity waists shown, and
those of Swiss. embroidered muslin,
batiste, etc.
Green, violet. pink and blue shades pre-
dominate, with a touch of blue or white.
A new heavy cotton waist shaped like
a belted Russian blouse will be among
the novelties intended for young and
| slender women. This style Of blouse will
also appear in woollen tailor-made suits.
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A young matron who recently hNa her
first Introduction to a whist club was
| telling a friend the other day of her
characteristic experience.
May / never so long as I live repeat
an experience of mine last week" said
| she. .eWhat was the trouble? Cards,
of course. Is anything else ever offered
anybody nowadays If they are trying to
be decently sociabfe? / knew I was
| not an expert. l tried to plead ignorance.
| But no, nothing must do but / must go
to the first meeting of the club about
to be organized. The ladies who are go
ing to join are such delightful people. I
know you will like them urged the
leader. Finally 1 consented to try my
luck. My first mistake called forth a
| scathing remark from my stranger part
ner. She looked as if she would like to
eat me as she asked, in scornful tones,
Did you know with great emphasis on
the know, did you know you had
| trumped my ace?' Covered with confus-
| ion I replied. I most certainly did not
trump your ace
".Ah. WE'LL was the condescending re-
tort, the next play you make, II you
| will allow me. I will look over your
hand
.For the life of me I could not say a
word. 1 knew if I opened my mouth the
| tears would come, so I just choked down
| nv wrath and kept mum. And SO II
went for the entire afternoon. There
was an u~nmistakable determination up
ON the part of the experts to sit hard
| down on plumbers and blunderers. l
| declare when I parted from the unlady-
like mob 1 felt as If I had escaped from
| a nest of vicious wasps. My poor soul
was almost stung to death. / really DO
| think the women, brighter at cards than
other players, must have called us
| everything but horse thieves. And the
| way they glared and W and scoWl-
edI It was something dreadful Never
again may I be exposed to such rude
ness"
.sIn a family where soup begins the din
ner and the dishes following are of a
concentrated nature, the soup should pc
| light. clear and warm, not necessarily nu-'
E~tritious." writes Mrs. 8. 7. Rorer IN tae
| February Ladies' Home Journal" tell
| ing how to make various kinds OF soups.
"But where soup is to form the entire din
ner 1t must be of a ~nourishing character.
| As water cannot dissolve the fibre of
beef. and the fibre of beef holds the larger
| mart of the n-ourishment, a beef soup,
| clear and beautiful though it may be, Is
| not nutritious. The albumin is soluble
| In water, of course, but as clear soup Is
| boiled. this ~coagulates the albumen and
| spoils the brilliancy so we clarity and
| strain this out, thus robbing the liquid
| of every grain of nutriment. From a
| hygienic standpoint, then, this Is neces-
| sarily served at the beginning of the meal,
| the object being to invite into the stom-
| ach the gastric secretions before the en-
trance of the solid food. While the
| fashion of a dinner soup is almost entire
ly, in this country. confined to the few
| the masses, If they would only stop to
consider the hygiene Of the fashion, would
follow quickly"
A very marked feature Of present
| modes is the existence everywhere On
| every style of gown of the square-fronted
Russian Jackets, the bolero, the Elton, or