The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-19
ideas for 1Mornen.

The fireplace Of living and sleeping
room forms an n~nlovely point at this
time of the year, and the filling of its
aehing void in a question. much mooted,
with the housewife.
japanese ideas form one way out OF
it. A parasol of this style chosen in col
oring to match the decoration of your
room, is charming during the hot wealth
err. There is no arranging for this effect
The sunsiade is opened and laid upon
the hearth in such a way as to hide the
opening and the thing is done. A large
Japanese fan can be used in the same
manner and is also chic.
Another way to cover 1t, is to suspend
a brass rod directly above the opening
as is done in making a low bookshelf
The curtain should combine well with
the color scheme of the apartment ana
should not be too bright as this would
call attention to the covered cavity.
If the place be new and pretty II
should not be hidden. In this case choose
instead of q covering, a huge vase IN
faienee ware. a tint which matches
Your room and fill this with a quantity
of some long-stemmed flowers.
Wild flowers are charming OF this
purpose. Field daisies. black-eyed SUI
sans. golden rod, tiger lilies. etc, cnrys-
anthemums, green margarets, Glove car
nations and other old-fashion flowers
look well and often last from one to TWO
weeks.
Growing plants are attractive for hre-
places. which are old or much discol-
ored. A prominent London florist says
a word for the rex begonia IN this con-
nection. This. he says. as 1t grows with
the whole plant turned one way IS excel
lent for the purpose. Ivy-leaf gerani-
ums are also well worth considering. II
the hearth be filled with some substance
congenial to its growth, this geranium
win trail luxuriantly over it. This plant
comes in many forms and colors.
$50
There are several ferns which serve
prettily for the fireplace. A small TERN
may be chosen, a dracaena, or the grew
Ila robusta a small feathery plant wnicn
stands well the dry indoor temperature.
Zinc thoughts are much used TO hold
fireulace green things as they facilitate
the operation of watering. Double the
amounts of plants required to fill the
Mace should be kept on hand. These can
he formed into two relays and a~lternated
with each other every few days. Wnlie
one norton is within doors the second
instaIlment is placed in sun and open
air. In this way the health of the entire
nrmber is secured Branches with leaves
pretty coioring may
be discovered. even at this early season
in words and country lanes. These, by
means of a fiat-iron, can be waxed on
the mother bough and preserved for
months. A fireplace filled with these
and containing also a high vase of goi-
den rod-which will soon be in blossom
now. is an ideal arrangement
To the woman who wants the thing
aonee once and for all, run two narrow
eiIt curtain rods at top and bottom and
fix a sash curtain of Japanese silk
This is a Washington idea and is ef-
fective and cool
49,
And now is the time when the picnic
gil appears in all her glory. She is a
UNIQUE specimen in every way, and just
rare enough to be valuable. AS a boon
companion from July until October she
cannot be surpassed, and as the feature
that invariably makes an outing a sue
cess she is not TO be rivaled-
If there is a jaunt to the woods On
wheels she comes to the meeting place
looking as fresh as a new yacht Her
wheel and all of its appurtenanees are
IN perfect order; her hat s. secure on her
head and her boots are buttoued closely
to bST feet; she rides with the best, and
is IS merry as a cricket, no matter what
chances. When the woods are reached
she shows = quiet scorn of bugs, and can
bait a hook by a purling stream as nom
chalantly as can her brother.
She is distinctly feminine On all occa-
sions, but she is just enough of an out
of-door genius to make her lose all the
little troubles and trials that make other
girls a sort of bitter sweet when their
masculine friends take them out picnick-
ing. If she is at the shore, this buoyant
maiden goes grabbing in stout boots and
a serge shirt that water cannot soil, she
can watch a sprawling treasure come up
to her bit of meat without even one half
suppressed scream, and can dip her net
as deity as a professional fisherman and
land her crab without one useless ex-
clamation. Sometimes she is even uncon.-
scious of the squirming mass in the end
of the boat. but usually that Is her one
weak point, and her face betrays her if
a stray crab crawls away from its cor
nsr. If a sail is proposed, the picnic girl
goes without a qualm; she lets herself
away easily with the boat and su teeds
in looking brilliantly comfortable even in
a heavy swell; now and then she may
pale a little if she goes too far, but she
is a good sailor, considering her sex, and
her dash of color tones up a whole party.
When she decides to go to the mountains
this modern Diana sends her welcome on
before her; the long climbs to beautiful
outlooks. the e~oachings over billy roads,
the rambies in leafy quietudes and the
boatings on rippled lakes are all made
doubly delightful when she shares them,
and, altogether, she Is such a fine variety
of the summer girl that, although she is
mot an adept at breaking hearts, she is a
complete success at mending them.
n Jack wishes to invite a friend home
to supper some evening there is nothing
that will please Jacks friend more than
a crab supper, for, in the estimation of
the average man, crabs are to the sum-
mer what oysters are 10 winter-the most
enjoyable Of all things gastronomic.
There are several ways of preparing
crabs, and they should be served in every
way known to the hostess at a real crab
supper.
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