The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-25

lar sides. 1t is separate from the lining,
as indeed most of the skirts are, and the
front breadth is curved up at one side SO
that a pettticoat of gray bengaline edged
with chinehilIla fur shows to great adj
vantage. The waist is made with the
upper part OF gray velvet studded with
tiny steel beads. The lower part is in
blouse fashion of the same material as
the skirt. The Sleeves are of velvet.
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1t IS the hostess who entertains on a
small scale. who doesn't consider herself
4 in the swim" OF elaborate social func-
tions land who rejoices that this is SOD,
who receives and gives the most real good
Fin hefS hospitality
The desire to make other lives brighter
by opening the doors of the home for So
cial intercourse, rather than for display,
is the secret of successful entertaining.
This form of hospitality is worth the ef-
fort, and the sequence will not be one of
disappointment.
Little dinners are one of hospitality's
favorite methods OF late; only a few
friends are hidden, and the menu, al
though exceedingly choice. includes fewer
courses Than formerly.
The decorations in harmony are atttrac-
tive, but very simple-a few flowers sim
gly or in sprays here and there in slender
vases.
That these dinners are more enjoyable
than larger entertainments is easily seen,
if the guests are wisely chosen; but other
wise they are wretchedly stupid affairs,
never to be repeated by the same hostess.
A ladies luncheon, is probably the
prettiest of all meals of compliment. 1t
admits of every fanciful conceit dear to
the heart of woman Ribbons, flowers
and drawn work. can hold high carni-
val without the fear of man before them.
Housekeepers rejoice in fine table nap
cry, china and glass, and a luncheon is
the time of all others to bring forth the
treasures, whose beauty and value no.
body understands so we'll as women.
Add to these two forms of small en-
tertainments-'little dinners and "la-
dies luncheons'-the "at home enter
tainment, its simple and unobtrusive form
and the least pretentious hostess can ever
prove herself hospitable.
1t is quite true that there are women
who cannot resist purchasing some art
icles if they find themselves near them
with money in their purse, or with what
is still more dangerous, with a credit
account. One of these seductive articles
is the umbrella provided with a wee coin
purse hat will just hold car fares, fas-
tened to the handle by stout twisted silk
cords. The purse is covered with water
proof material, like the covering of the
umbrella. 1t is a temptation to buy one
and put it into instant use. 1t is very
convenient not to be obliged to explore
a deep-seated pocket for the run
which carries visiting cards, bank notes,
and so forth, every time you get into a
trolley. Here the little coin purse is
charming.
The owner is put into something like
a dilemma on entering a library, theater,
picture gallery or large shop, where one
is expected to check a wet umbrella. The
purse will not be easily loosened from the
umbrella, and you will either have to
leave it, full of dimes and pennies, to the
mercies of the umbrella keeper, or to
show your distrust of his possible ex-
ploring spirit by emptying out the con-
tents and finding some place for them
about your jacket. If you enter a house
with damp umbrella, the attendant wait
er will certainly take your umbrella from
you for safe deposit in the stand. Bear
this in mind when you ordenon
Bicycle teas are beginning, to continue,
it is rumored, after the season of wheel
ing dinners in open-air has passed. Invi-
tation cards have wee cycles
with the monogram of the hostess. Both
girls and men are expected to present
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wheeling rig. 1t is said, too, that paper
chases on wheels will be popular next
year, the idea having been evoked by
some of the European owned heads.
The scheme of the chase is like the hare
ana hounds of our school boys. One of
the party being SEMI on in advance with
a bag containing torn paper, which he
sprinkles at intervals along the road to
form a trail. The party follows in pur-
suit. A mild species of hunt witt plenty
of exercise and excitement.
Don't turn your gloves and sew up the
rips on the wrong side. Women are adj
vised to do this by many who ought to
know better. Sewing up rips on the
wrong side gives the finger ends a snubby
look which is ugly. 1t IS impossible to
to take a seam which has been commen-
ced on one side and finish it on the other
and nave it look well. The seams to kid
gloves are sewed on the right side. When
a glove begins TO rip it has usually seen
considerable service. 1t can be end
to look well, but old clothes never look
as well as new.
The Victorian couture is certainly gain
ing ground, especially for evening wear.
The back hair is arranged in a small
knot just en- the crown. The front hair
is short and curled. Parted in the middle
it rescerds sideways in increasing length,
in corkscrew ringiets or loose curls, al
most like a fringe, terminating in one
long, thick curl near the ear. We are
told that during the winter this modified
Victorian mode of dressing the hair is
certain to be very fashionable.
IL the narrow black velvet tabs will not
stand upright at the waist belt they must
be pinned fiat to the bodice. Boning will
but not for the front. as American wo-
men nave rounded figures. and the tabs
ever if boned will be apt to stand out al
an angle OF forty-five degrees. AS the
tabs are intended TO stand upright. be
sure that they are fastened so that they
will remain so.