The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-08

lace, ana Inc CLOAK is nnea Win a palef
shade of blue satin. 1t is an exquisite.
garment.
Have you followed the revolution
which has taken place among cushions
moment is DISQUALIFICATION, Turkish.
and so on Designs, stuffs. broideries,
headings. shapes and hues-all come
from the East or SAVIOR of 1t.
The very newest articles are of huge
dimensions. Heavy cloths In dull reds
and greens form some of the popular
materials. The silks are used also IN
these tints when chosen OF solid color.
In fancy silks Persian floral patterns
and Turkish piaids are the selections Of
the moment. To form cushions Of more
reasonable rates these two last men
toned patterns may be found in ehintz
and calico. These cotton goods are being
used for winter as well as for summer.
when the character of the room, is not too
formal or too rich to forbid this. Solid
colors in cotton goods are seen, as we'll
as the forals and. plaids. In these dull
reds. blues, bluffs and greens are charm
ing.
The furnishings are heavy braids or
embroideries in Eastern pattern. Many
new ideas for binding are noted. Fold
ed bands of twisted silk laid along the
edges are extremely useful in carrying out
the luxurious plan. Heavy cording n
braids mysteriously Topped and appliqued
are seen as inishings. There is a sugges-
ton of fringe, tasseled fringe of which
nothing has been seen these few seasons
past. Very heavy triple ruffles of silk are
shown upon some of the most recent
cushions.
The hardest worked washerwomen in
the world are the Coreans. They have
to wash about a dozen dresses for their
husbands, and, inasmuch as every man
wears pantaloons so baggy that they
come up to his neck like those of a clown,
they have plenty to do. The washing is
usually done in cold water. and often in
running streams. The clothes are pound
ed with paddles until they shine like a
shirt front from a Chinese laundry.
The Japanese rip their garments apart
for every washing, and they iron their
clothes by spreading them on a fiat
board and leaning this up against the
house to dry. The sun takes the wrinkles
out of the clothes, and some of them
ave quite a luster. The japanese wom-
an does her washing out of doors. Her
washtub is not more han six inche
high, and is about as big around as the
average dishpan. She gets the dirt out
of the clothes by rubbing them between
her hands. She sometimes uses Japanese
soap, which is full of grease, and works
away with her bare feet. The Chinese
Uir1c IN fhefr mochfnr in much fho go ~ @
way.
h washing in Egypt is usually done
by the men. The Egyptian washerman
stands on the banks of the Nile and
siaps the wet clothes with a noise like
the shot of a pistol on the smooth stones
at the edge of the running water, and
such fellah women as wash pound the
dirt out of their clothes in the same way.
Just at this season is the best possible
time for planting out all hardy plants,
shrubs and trees, says the "Woman's
Home Companion" Such plants will not
require protection, however, until Decem-
Der in an ordinary season, and will do
better If allowed to be unprotected until
that time. Many shrubs, trees and other
hardy plants can stand a wonderful de-
gree of cold, yet the action of freezing
and thawIng is fatal. For this reason
very tender shrubs should be planted on
the north side of the house, where they
are not so likely to winter-kill. 1t is the
custom to burn leaves as soon as they
have fallen from the trees, but if they are
heaped in some out-of-the-way corne and
allowed TO decay, they will contribute a
very valuable material when the time
comes for making up the garden in the
spring. Leaves are also one of the finest
of materials for protecting beds of roses
and other small plants.
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On word as to decorating the top of a
piano-don't! Like the preacher who be-
gins with firstly, we may extend our adj
vice still further by saying that too
much ornamentation is destructive to
tone quality. You may have observed
that on striking a. certain note it gave
out a ringing. metallic sound. After puz-
cling over this phenomena for a while,
you at length discover that the sound was
due to the presence of a jeweled photo
graph frame which, you thought. added
SO much to the ornamentation of the in
strument. But If you love a good toned
piano better than you do bric-a-brac, you
will cease to litter your instrument with
picture frames, curios and statuettes,
no matter how well they show off, no
matter how empty the piano looks with
out them.
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Eggs should not be boiled at ALL"
writes Mrs. S. T. Rorer in the November
Ladies Home Journal" ALLOW four
eggs to each quart of boiling water. Put
the water in a kettle first, then carefully
with a spoon drop in the eggs, cover the
saucepan and keep 1t where the water
will remain at 1902 Fahrenheit for five
minutes The whites will be slightly
ccagulated and in a creamy condition; the
yo1ks cooking at a lower temperature will
be slightly CONCEALED. If the water boils
the whites will be hardened and rendered
indigestfble. If the quantity of water is
lessened or the number of eggs increased,
a longer time must be allowed, of the
water kept at a little higher temperature,
say 1867 Fahrenheit, but the former pro-
portions are much better"
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Blankets cannot be too frequently or
thoroughly exposed to the fresh air. Even
those made of the finest wool, if constant
ly used without careful airing, will cease
to afford that delicious warmth and to be
the luxurious covering that they are when
new. When washed they should be dried
as soon as possible, and the nap raised by