The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-22
would detract from the excellence Of the

| pastry.
I use cream or butter for all my cook
ing, substituting butter only where / can
not use the cream. Pastry is one of the
places where butter seems to give the
better results, critically speaking, though
I believe cream to be even more whole
some If one must have a plain pie or
none at all. My preference would be for
the richer-butter-pastry and then vary
the desserts by changing often to the
many varieties of delicious custards. pud-
dings and other fancy dishes that can be
easily and cheaply made.
Bathing suits for children should be
made according to two very important
rules. First they should be conspicuous
In color. Second, they should permit of
all possible liberty of limb.
Weight is of no very great moment in
the scant trousers and abbreviated skirts
best suited to children's suits. so alpaca.
duck-lawn. etc, which the elder folk
choose on account of lightness. may be
substituted by flannel and jersey cloth.
Bright scarlet and pure white are both
gay, pretty and suitable, and far better
for several reasons than dark blue. There
is more than a within of fashion in his
choice of a gay color for little peoples
suits. Dark-blue figures are lard to dis
tinguish when a<short ways from shore,
and a boy or girl when half submerged
in the water is hard to tell from a grown
person.
The watchful eye of nurse, mother or
the bleach man can with little difficulty
keep track of a scarlet-clad boy or girl
and see that he or she does not go out
too far. In case of any mishap to the
venturesome small swimmer, the red
bathing suit is as effective as a flag of
distress, and only the careless mother
will allow her children to sport in the
sad sea waves in dingy blue or some-
times fatally quiet black or brown.
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In these sultry summer days the baby
| of the household needs an abundance of
water to drink.
A nurse who has had long experience in
| caring for the little ones pronounce ice
water as very injurious. 1T should be
| cool,'' She says. but never chilled, and
be given frequently in small quantities.
A baby ought to go barefooted in sum-
mer, and by all means it should be al
| lowed heaps of sunlight. I don't mean
exposure TO the direct rays of the sun,
/ perhaps, but let it play where it can have
the sunshine freely. There are some
physicians who contend that a child
| should be stripped and be left in a strong
sun bath.
Like a plant. a child must have sun
light If you expect to keep 1t healthy
and growing. Where one wishes to allow
the child to carry u the doctors pre-
scription of a nude sui bath it must,
of course, be lone in the heat of the
day. 1t is always best to cut the hair of
a delicate child.
If for no other reasons, it prevents a
certain amount of fretting over its toilet,
and to a sick or delicate child this almost
amounts to torture.
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The young lady III has made a large
collection of monogrammed bangles in
her girlhood days may now utilize those
out-of-date m on her silver
chateiaine by substituting strings of
them in the place of the chains.
A handsome one was seen on the street
lately attached to a belt made of silver
dollars of different nations. These belts
were also the fad a number of years ago
and closely resemble some of the latest
medallion effects In metal belts. The
whole combination was evidently a col
lection of souvenirs, including the PEN
dant ornaments to the chatelaine, each
one probably the gift sof a friend, for
they did not have hat same common pat
tern which sets always lave and which
are so devoid of interest to people who
love to collect things of that kind on the
impulse of the moment.
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1t gives a sentimental value to each
one which is far more interesting.
There are many new designs in the
setting of rings this season. Exquisitely
carved settings are considered the very
latest thing. The carvings will cover
more than half the ring.
The gems in all the new rings are so
arranged that they are fiat across the
top. Another new setting is an old idea
revived and makes a very beautiful ring.
The diamonds used are very small and
stud the gold ring on both sides. so that
from the outside of the hand no gold is
seen. For example a ring formed of
three opals set in a row will have the
tiny diamonds starting from each sid Of
the opals, which makes the ring much
more effective than if the gems were
set merely with gold.
The solitaire diamond still reigns SUI
preme as the engagement ring, though
occasionally, when money is NJ object,
a large ruby takes Its place. Opal rings
are much in vogue. In fact, opals used
In any way are very popular at present.
Ever so charming in its dainty coloring
and simplicity of style was an afternoon
gown in pure white foulard silk, with a
design of green leaves and struggling
pale yellow blossoms. At the bottom of
the six-gore skirt were five narrow ruffles
of light lilac silk muslin, set an inch
| apart. and at the knees were three SINH
lar friils set on curved, in the apron
| overskirt' fashion. The waist had a
short Jacket of the material, with revers
faced with deep lilac velvet and edged
with muslin frills, and a pointed girdle
and double pointed epaulets; also a high
collar were of the velvet edged in the
| same way. The front of the bodice was
of the silk blouse effect, with six mus
lin frills cut crosswise and surmounted
{above the neck) by a wild band of vel
vet overlaid with white guipure lace. The
tight-ftting sleeves had short puffs and
FIVE muslin frillss
If women will wear white wells COM