The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-16

ullQ IuDlUtiloOQs Aost A@N$H
ton for continuity OF Intellectual life af-
ter leaving college.
The Hartford "Courant'' attacks this
list vigorously. sayins:-"We feel sure
that some of the counts must be dismissed
at once. Nos. 4, 5 and 6 viii not stand a
moment. If the 'college-bred newspaper
man thinks that No. 4 is well taken, let
him challenge a Vassar or a Wesleyan
tennis girl to a match, Most of the other
structures apply as well to mems colleges
as they do to womep's. They inhere in
the nature of human institutions and
lack of refining influences and tendencies
is something all educators deplore and
try to remedy as best they can. 1t is not
improbable that there is some truth in
count No. /. 1t was natural that the pio-
neers in advanced female education
should follow the presidents of the es-
tablished institutions for the other sex,
and should copy some of the faults which
experience had not yet eliminated. AS to
the serious charge in count No. T-that
college education does not hold up the
ideal of wifehood and motherhood'-we
have not noticed that college-bred girls
do not make wives worthy in every re-
Sdlo VI OhA
.One practical point in the education of
women has hitherto been neglected even
by parents whose care for their children
is their dearest object, and that is a
fundamental knowledge of business. Ev-
cry girl ought to understand the differ
ence between safe and unsafe invest
ments, and be impressed with a pro-
found distrust of speculation. Every one
can recall instances where women have
been victimized by wicked and careless
agents who had control of their property
This may seem rather a mundane concep-
ton of education compared to art and
music and soul-development,' but comfort
and happiness are largely dependent on
prudent investment; and girls are just
as capable of learning the rudiments of
political economy as men, and should be
taught how to manage their own prop
erty. They should not be left dependent
on the chance of falling into the hands
of an honest manager although the
chance is a good one
*.*
Now that school days are come again
a word with regard to the behavior of
school girls in public may not be amiss.
Who does not know the early morning
scene of the trolley car, the suburban
train of the busy t-horoughfares, crowded
with brighf-faced, laughing school girls?
But too often the observant fellow pas
senger sees much to decry among these
thoughtless little women. Laughter de-
generates into giggling; the merry joke,
if it's too long kept up, challenges the at
tention of the looker-on, voices become
1-.l -..,l 80 fcA1. md
all because light-hearted and innocent,
the unconscious school girl, like the rest
of mankind, lacks the power to see her
self as others see her!
1t is the duty Of every mother to warn
her daughter against such thoughtless
conduct, which, though perfectly harm
less in itself, lays her open to commen
and unkind criticism. The low voice,
the quiet manner and the dignified bear
ing mark the department of the little
lady in public as surely as hat of her
grown-up prototype. and in nowise lessen
the natural gayety of girlhood and child
hood; rather, indeed, give it the charm
which is always inseparable from that
intangible something called good breed
ing.
The woman who wishes TO look her best
must never blindly follow any and every
new caprice of fashion, but must aim to
adapt fashion to her own special require
ments, says the ..tWoman's Home Com
panion.' The French understand this
art to perfection, and realize that the
woman of forty in an old fashioned gown
and thin, badly dressed hair looks passe,
while her friend of fifty-ive in smart ar
ray and hair well dressed is young in
every movement. Her stylish gown
swishes about her with an air of distinc-
ton; she stands and walks with an erect
carriage, and sits with her skirts sweep
ing the floor beside her instead of
~founcing down on her back breadths.
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h poetry of dress is exenplifed in
the s~oftness and grace of the summer tot
let's. The well dressed woman avoids
all startling and vivid effects; she evels
in lender celorings, soft creams, hydran-
gea blues, ivory white and palest ame-
thyst 10 produce her best effects. Veil
ings of lace, chiffon or sheerest lawn
soften every suggestion of crude primary
color, and mellow the outlines of toilette.
Instead of violent contrast or striking
ledluEeS, Int SiGSdAtS piclSto SAANioitCiy
fine embroideries, soft d~iaphanous fabrics
that would not be out of place in a baby's
christening robe or Titania's wardrobe.
The color is rarely seen unveiled by
cloudy white only semi-transparent.
So
The bodice is a full blouse in front,
tight fitting at the back. and shows a
yoke of benire lace over white satin, and
a bertha of the material trimmed with
the braid. The sleeves close nearly to
the shoulder, having slight puffs which
support the bertha. Collar, pointed
cuffs failing over the hands, and girdle
are of black velvet, and the whole effect
is exceedingly rich.
One of the small points of fashion no.
ticed on returning women of fashion is
that they wear belts much higher in the
sack thar in front. In truth, the angle
is very decided, the pouch in bodices
helping to accentuate the effect. And all
conditions of gowns boast a belt.
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AS a matter of course, cloaks and
jackets come with autumn, and their
sleeves, the general shape of which is
little changed, show diminution in size.
A striking gown noted on a tall. slim
brunette yesterday was of white sprigged
lappet lawns with scarlet spots the size