The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-02

gauntlet Of imitation. being easy to copy.
comparatively speaking
There Ia always been a slight preju-
dice against emeralds on account OF their
association in oldcn times with jeaio Isy
and. the power Of evil. but their beauty
is now overcoming such foolish ideas.
Likewise the opal. though of great lowell
ness and airnost priceless value, it seems
unable to struggle against the nl-luck
with which It IL supposed to go hand IN
hand.
An attempt has been made to bring into
notice curious n uncommon stones, but
1t cannot be said to be successful; the
indian emeralds which have been greatly
pushed. too much resemble bottle glass
to become popVlar.-London Queen.
Women, says a woman writing from
Paris. here are rather dependent ON
those tiny shopping bags that are st-
tached to the waist Now that dresses
are devoid of pockets and sleeves are
too tight at the wrists for a handker-
chief to be tucked away there, It is al
most necessary to resort to n Of these
useful little bags.
One I saw worn with q dark brown
cloth costume was positively ornarnen-
tai and ave a bright, pretty color note
to the sombre brown gown. 1t was
made Of turquoise blue morocco mounted
on gold clasps. A narrow gold belt with
turquoise clasps supported the bag.
These little bags are made to resemble
pieces OF tewelry. In fact, are such You
see them displayed in the jewelers. win
dows. One that I saw was a gold mesh
with a clasp of o~livines. those stones
that look like emeralds. On n side
was a cluster Of o~liyines put on in the
form OF a leaf, with a bud of blue stones
attached. A small cluster of flowers to
make a spray Of something is quite a
common thing among the higher priced
belt bags. Others are less expensive.
The fancy for having one's monogram
upon N side Of a bag and a miniature
set in the other side is another new idea.
1t is very pretty and the miniature a
be inexpensively worked in silk.
II one were to pick out the absolute
essential of a toilet a la mode one would
say the very tail collar, not the crush or
the ruff. but the Medicis, or some varia-
ton of it. The round, high Medicis is
sometimes slashed. Again it Is split in
the middle of the back; again it is high
round, edged with fur and brilliantly
lined.
Another essential Of the shopping gown
is the small Jacket. No woman likes to
shop in a fur coat, and, therefore, the
short. handy little bolero, the lined wrap.
the small breadcloth cutaway, are ia.
vorites. They are, of course, deliberately
trimmed until they become the beautiful
little garments of the season. Almost
fussy. you would say, hearing about
them. but so delightfully."- is the braiding
mingled with the fur, so skilfully the
velvet appliques introduced, that the
whole is a delightful bit of mosaic which
you cannot see without adm.ring.
In an exceedingly interesting article in
the February Ladies' Home Journar' 1t
is recalled that there are eight surviving
daughters of Presidents of the United
States, in addition to the three of Presi-
dent end Mrs. Cleveland. Mrs. Letitia
Tyler Semple is the eldest of the group
and Mrs. Philip Pendleton cambridge is
the next. The former is the daughter of
President Tyler. and is living in the
Louise Home. Washington, d. C. Mrs.
cambridge is the daughter of President
Taylor. and presided at most of the
White House functions during her IA
Tiers brief occupancy-a little over a
year; she lives in, Winchester, Virginia.
The only surviving daughter of President
johnson, Mrs. Martha johnson Patterson,
lives in the old johnson homestead at
Greenville. Tennessee. Mrs. Ellen W.
Grant Sartoris. the only daughter of
President Grant, is now living in this
country-since the death of her husband
in Washington, D. C. h only daugh-
ter of President Hayes, Miss Fanny
Hayes. passes much of the winter in
travel. and spends her summer at the
Hayes homestead In Fremont, Ohio. Mrs.
Mary Garfield Stanley-Brown, the little
Mollie" of the Garfield family, lives in
Washington during the winter and at the
old family homestead in Ohio in the sum-
mer. The only daughter of President
Arthur, Miss Ellen Herndon Arthur,
lives In Albany, N. Y, with an aunt, and
spends much time in travel. Mrs. Mary
Harrison Mckee, the only daughter of
President Harrison, lives at Saratoga,
N. T., n the Cleveland children. of
course, are at home in the White House.
Many anecdotes nave been related as
to the kind-heartedness of Marie Mali
bran. A French paper adds another to
the number. When visiting a hospital,
the celebrated singer was shown a child
whose ecovery depended on its taking a
bath the doctor had prescribed, but
which the little sufferer absolutely re-
fused to enter, while to use force was
considered likely to bring about a fatal
result. Malibran took the child up in her
arms and tried persuasion, but without
success.
B good" she said, sand I will sing
you a pretty song"
She sang a soft melody, and the OBJ
stinate little sufferer listened with shin
ing eyes, but still refused to take the
bath. The doctors and nurses were shak-
Ing their heads In despair, when sudden
ly another idea occurred to the singer.
will you go into the bath If I go,
too?" she said.
The child signihed assent by a languid
nod. and, quickly undressing, the great
artistic entered the bath with the now
delighted little patient In her arms. The
result was what the physicians had ex-
~pected-the child's life was saved.
Violet, says "Harper's Bazaar" does
not seem to ave decreased In popularity
this season, In spite Of Its having been
the rage las winter. It is the most