The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-20

Is very possible to look trim and clean.
1t is claimed hat the ideal rainy day
costume is yet to come. But pending its
invention every woman should keep on
hand a dark walking skirt for rainy
days. This may be OF veEy Inexpensive
material, but should be neatly made and
free from spots. No amount Of rain can
excuse a disorderly gown. rainy day
skirt should be short enough to escape
the pavement. The underskirt which ac-
companies it should also be an inch or
two shorter than the ordinary article.
Many women nowadays wear skirts ankle
hig and yer these a dark colored
macintosh.
Headgear trimmed in ostrich tips is
met with galore during bad weather. And
a very ~dilapidated appearance it presents
after the lapse of fifteen minu Mil
liners say that there Is no feather, how
ever fine, which can be curled to resist
h effect of wet weather.
During of the rainy days last week
We had a number of them, despite the
ground hog-I counted upon. Chestnut
street fifteen women wearing thin Ok
ford ties and two promenading n kid
house slippers. All of these without
overshoes, CATERS or leggins. Others
too numerous to count-wore thin kid
boots without oyershoes. More shuffled
along in overshoes into which were fitted
low slippers. The ankles of these women
were without any protection but that af-
forded by stockings of no especial
warmth.
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There is an excellent lady, in whose
family boards a young man of domestic
tastes Inc unassailable appetite. She
puts up a lunch for him every day and he
carries it with him to his business. In
.sofar this story does not differ in any
wise from the experience of thousands of
other young men who board in excellent
families and carry their lunches. But
this young man claims that for an inin-
lite variety of luncheons that custom can
not stale his landlady has the call.
Now. a luncheon, in the parlance of
the life of him who boards. is a sand
witch. or several Of them. 1t takes con-
siderable art to conceal the fact thai he
is eating something that he had yester-
day and expects to get again tomorrow.
To vary the ration taxes all the re-
sources of the commissary Of subsist-
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man in question has kept a journal, or
commonplace book, in which he jots down
among other things, what he had to eat
each day. From these items he has
made a partial list of sandwiches. in
Guiding those which had the following in
gradients: Fig paste, fried egg, grape
butter. roast goose. honey, rabbit, goose
berry. chicken. jelly, roast beef, lemon
marmaaade. wienerwurst, sugar, ham,
tongue. turkey, sausage, deviled ham
and caviare.
It is always a moment of suspense with
him when he sits down before. his lunch,
Tor he knows not what pleasant sur
prise 1t may have in store for him. Just
now he is taking a course Of preserved
ginger sandwiches with the best of re-
suits. The daily meal has its entrees
of pie. pudding or fruit, but it Is the COM
position of the material lying between
the two lids of the sandwich that most
concerns him who discusses it.
The natural lynx. which, being inter
preted. mean the undyed lynx, is a
beautiful fur, and particularly handsome
in the large muffs, but 1t not expensive
enough to be fashionable. 1t is now be-
ing used for children's NUTS and to
trim their cloaks.
Strange, weird and wonderful are some
of the muffs that are displayed this sea-
son. not as regards shapes. but in the
fur. Some ia a realistic resemblance
to certain feline backyard wanderers.
while others in different shades and quail
tiles seem to be a conglomeration of fox
and muskrat.
The names given to these skins by The
shopkeepers are certainly not to be
found in any book on natural history.
Still, what matters it, so long as fashion
says it is correct?
Perfumed flannels in dainty colors come
now for laying in the bottom drawers
ana are particularly nice in drawers
Wnere bedding and table linens are kept.
They have the appearance of ordinary
hannel, and are sold by the yard and cut
70 Mt the drawers, the edges being but
tonholed or bound. The flannel emits a
delicate perfume and will scent every ar
ricie In a drawer where it is kept. The |
perfume is said to be far more enduring
than n of The sachets commonly in
use. ~.tg4s.
Housewives ii search of novelties for
their table will be pleased to know that
there something new in the way of a
Dish for serving fish salads. The dish is
OF delicate china, rdund and shallow, the
outside formed to represent shells, oneI
overlapping another, with here and there |
sea MOSES peeping out. The top of the !
dish is round, with wide band
of silver. A serving spoon has a china |
shell for the bowl, and the silver handle |
represents a seaweed.
To Make Ordinary Cloth Waterproof
Put half a pound of sugar of lead in a
pail Of rain water with half a pound of |
alum; stir at intervals until the water
becomes clear. and then pour it Off into |
another pail; put the cloth or garments
into It and let them stand twenty-four |
hours. Then hang the cloth up to dry
without .~ringing. Garments treated
thus can be worn in. the widest storm Of |
wind and rain without the wearer get
ting even damp. The rain will hang in
giobules on the cloth, which, when water
proof, is better and more healthful thar
rubber goods.
Put sugar in the water used for bast-
ing meats of all kinds; it gives q good
flavor, to veal more especially. saws
What To Eat"
A touch of mandarin orange velvet adds
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