The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-19
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] ssup. supervisor of sewing in the pub
liz schools of New York City. brought
al interesting collection of specimens OF
tie needlework done by the pupils OF
. bile schools abroad. AS she argues
il stly. a great deal is to be expected
f ON schools where needlework has
zen an established study for SO many
years, and while the exquisitely fine
b tonholes and the enthusiastically small
S itehes shown in these scraps of linen
from Paris, Basic and Baden aroused
oie's admiration one must bear in MIND
in order to retain ones national re-
snect-that the small fingers that exc
cated these intricate designs probably
ii herited much of their cunning from
generation of de~xtercus-fnger needle
women, whereas the sewing pupil IS
osten the first of its family to know how
to WELD any implement more delicate
than a plough.
Some of the specimens brought from
Europe by Miss Jessup are from the
Ecoles PROFESSIONALS in Paris, which
are somewhat like our trade schools, and
where girls are taught all the trades and
a is open to women, such as cooking,
Ia undry work. artificial flower making.
etc. The specimens from the schools
consist of elaborate enfbroideries in all
colors, covers for books and such adj
vanced sewing as miniature models of
dress bodlces, tailor-made vests and
coats, with all the fine stitching and
fl lishing done by hand-feminine hands!
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The work by the children in the public
schools, which correspond to our gram
mar schools. seems to be little less than
marvellous considering that the small
French girl has to write with pen and
ink at the age of four, as states do not
occupy the important position in Paris
that they do here, and begins her les
sens in grammar and photography at
seven), and one wonders what the oeulist
would say If such work were introduced
into the public schools of New York. Not
alone hemming, tucking, b~uttonholes and
tie other elementary branches, but also
knitting and crocheting, the finest of
darning, following the pattern and colors
OF a table cloth, for example. and the
neatest of ruffling and feather-stitching
are displayed. The solidity and accuracy,
as well as the happy choice of colors,
shown in these specimens seem quite
apart from the happy-go-lucky methods
ore is too apt to associate with chill
dIen's sewing. 1t is a very clear ex-
PLANTATION of why Frenchwomen are al
ways SO handy and capable as wives
OF workers in the world.
Eccentric In the extreme are some of
the hats that are to be worn; but besides
the eccentric ones there are some that are
most charmingly simple and none the less
smart, says "Harper's Bazaar" One style
OF black velvet turban is, when becoming.
exceedingly so; 1t has quite a high soft
crown. and is all mad of velvet. A bird,
with beak pointing downwards, is poised
al the left side; the wings are closed, and
there are long tail feathers generally of
another species of bird) which droop over
tie hair. With a blue costume this hat
made in a darker blue velvet is particular
ly good.
a charming poke-bonnet is very smart,
ard the lines are excellent; it is of
medium size, with wide brim of black vel
vet put or absolutely smooth. The crown
is small, round and high, and the trim
mng consists of ostrich tips. There are
ri 5bon strings, which are tied under the
CT in. Another style of p-oke-bonnet has a
brim of velvet put on full. a double crown
of satin antique, and a bunch of eagles
feathers fastened with a eut-steel buckle
al the left side. This shape is much lar
ger than the other, and is to be worn with
a gray cloth costume.
An all-gray velvet hat, to be worn with
ar exquisite pale gray cloth gown trim
med with mink fur, is in the old-fashion-
&c Gainsborough shape. The brim at the
lie t side is turned up and covered with
velvet put on full. The crown Is of velvet,
al d the trimming is of three long ostrich
pl INES most gracefully arranged. The
&c w has a circular skirt laid in tucks,
ard finished around the foot with two
be nds of mink; the waist in blouse style
wth long reyers faced with mink, open
over a vest of yellow velvet. This will
be one of the smartest costumes worn.
Tor the evening at the Horse Show small
bcnnets will be correct head-gear. Col
or d velvet crown richly embroidered, and
a trimming of soft ostrich tips with a
krot of real lace, make these bonnets
mich more Aborate and smarter in effect
than an ordinary bonnet
7 will a at this moment to one loud
ia king, masculine busy-body, who is
reilly accomplishing anything of real
value for the world, there are scores,
thousands, of modest, quiet women who
are doing better and truer work-and I
mean in the literary, scientific and socio-
10 sical fields, too. says "Donohue's Maya
ziae.'
Cor example, here is ar American wom-
ar who has done something. She has
made 5000 by her writings. She has pub
lished thirty works, she has founded fff-
teen educational institutions. She has
travelled, and speaks four or five Ian
grages. from which she translates for
great publishing houses. She has raised
ard j~udiciously expended hundreds of
thousands of dollars for her many civiliz-
ing projects. She is now sixty years old,
but still vigorous and untiring and en-
thasiastic.
Who is She? Surely she must be presi-
dent or secretary of something? She must
be a public leader? A radical? A terror,
TO timid, henpecked men? Not a bit of it.
She is a humble Sister of Mercy who, with
her silent, unknown community, has done
more to turn the American wilderness
into a, garden, to elevate and educate,
than the whole pack of log-rolling, stump
orlting, careering Amazons in creation.
al culture, all effectiveness in life, all
ali ruism and chivairy and usefulness to
hi nanity, one would now be asked to
believe, are the exclusive result of the
en- ancipating and eleyating labor of a
1af of monaon xrha hox,o eo.orai.oas 49,