The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-01

the bells OF different Kinds, at the 'front.'
of the house and upstairs. The bells in
the basement or at the back doors are all
ways 20 be by the cook.
'"SA4Ye a quartsf 81 q pound OF soap
into a granite saucepan. aeldtone quart OF
boiling water. stir over the fire until dis
solved" writes Mrs. S. 7. Rorer of
Handling the Family Wash" in the No
vember Ladies' Home Journal" Pour
this into Il tub half filed with water at a
temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit,
into which you may put a half teaspoon
full of household ammonia. Take each
piece of flannel singly and immense 1t IN
the suds. Soap should never be rubbed
on lannels. nor should fanneis ever be
rubbed on a board. Wash them by press
ing and drawing through the hands. rub
bling the soiled places quickly with the
hands. Rinse at once in clear water, ana
wiring by pressing one hand under the
other, or through a wringer. Never TWIST
in the wringing. Shake we'll and hang to
dry immediately; then proceed TO WASH
the second piece. The fannels When
nearly dry must be taken from the line
and pressed with a hot iron. Be careful
that it IS not, however. too hot, orlt VIII
destroy the color. -Flannels washed IN
this way will retain their soft texture and
original size until completely worn out.
NO devfations from these directions, how
ever. can be made. For colored fiannels
make a suds as above. To the warm wa
ter for rinsing add four tablespoonfuls OF
white wine vinegar, or Il tiny bit OF acetic
acid which has been thoroughly dissolved.
1t is always we'll to wait for a bright day
before washing fannels. They should be
dried as quickly as possible"
$50
With the short dinner has come the
necessity of some form of entertainment
to succeed the meal. Unless it is to be
followed by the theatre or a dance the
hostess must provide some special amuse-
ment for her guests. Old-fashioned din
ner givers remember the days when bril-
liant conversation, quick wit and ready
repartee filled the hour after the gentle
men rejoined the ladies, but all that has
passed.
In Japan, when the host does not en-
gage some geisha girls to dance at his
feast, he generally brings in a celebrated
free-hand artist who, kneeling before
each guest, draws a ain bud or W
and presents it as a souvenir of the oc-
casfon.
In New York vaudeville performers and
flashlight photographs were in vogue for
a while, but their popularity was Snort
lived. No one cared to see herself DIS
torted in makeshift pictures, and the OBJ
lection to artists of the vaudeville stage
were many and apparent. Now it Is the
reduced g-entlewoman" who has advanced
into position, and who is in great and
ever increasing requisition.
A young woman who in her palmy lays
went whistling through her fathers house
and heard occasional warnings about
"whistling girls and growing hens" now
that she has a widowed mother to sup
port. practices her art professionally. and
receives twenty-five dollars for a tune or
two whistled in milady's drawing room
after dinner.
Another girl, whose talent for mimicry
was severely suppressed when she lived
in a wnst front on Madison ave-
nue.. now pays the rent and household
expenses of a small but pretty apartment
for herself and three younger sisters by
~recitfne humorous stories after a lunch
con or dinner.
These paid entertainers are almost al
ways women; very few men-always ex-
cepting singers-having the courage to
appear in this manner.
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Of silver novelties there is really never
an end. The demand for something new
in sterling is so great that the manufac-'
turers are always at work getting up
new designs. One of the prettiest and
perhaps the latest in these is a buster
which is made of aifox's brush. The tan
of the fox is mounted upon a silver
handle and used like a feather buster.
Of Course, it is hung in a conspicuous
place as an when not in use.
The latest silver powder boxes are enor-
nous, being fully eight inches across
They are of cut glass, with silver or gilt
tops. They are kept only partly filed
with powder. and the little pink or blue
powder puff shows very prettily through
the cut glass. A useful thing is the opera
yinaigrette. 1t is also of cut glass. 1t
has a diypisionfn the middle. which makes
it possible to carry aromatic salts in one
end and a favorite perfumed salt in the
other. The top can BE of silver, with a
monogram cut in the glass.
A little birthday offering was sent the
OllGr ddJ 10 d yOui5 6hA wiz
ing music, and although the daintiness of
the gift and even its utility could have
been denied by no one, it cost its giver
less than a dollar. To begin with, 1t was
enveloped in white tissue paper and tied
with catgut-the birthday girl is a violin
ist-instead of frivolous ribbon. Inside
this cover was a book and a bit of bric-a-
brac. The book was only a paper covered
novel, but the title page was a key to de-
light. It bore the words, "Le Violon de
Faience"-Champfleury's exquisite idyll of
china Tied to the book by narrow bands
of ribbon was a tiny but perfect fiddle,
made of white glazed china, decorated
with bouquets of flowers. The upper part
of this diminutive Instrument could be re-
moved and its prosaic body filled with
matches, pins or other dressing table
triles.
A tasty dish for an invalid's tea may
be prepared after a chicken Inner. Save
the gravy and giblets that were left and
reserve them until tea time. Make five
slices of crisp, brown toast, from which
the crust has been previously trimmed
to prevent scorchfng; beat up the gravy
and chopped gfblets. Get a small indi-
vidual covered dish, such as are sold for
an invaiid's tray, lay in the slices of toast
one by one, pouring a covering of chicken
gravy over each slice.