The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-02

A separate cure for each disease. At
all druggists, mostly 25 cents a vial. Per
sonal letters to Prof. Muny0n, 1,50o Arch
Street, Philadelphia, Pa, answered with
free medical advice for any disease.
with a mot will hardly ever repress it
just to preserve harmony. Now, when
one wants a dinner party to go off pleas
antly and smoothly one does not feel safe
in inviting a guest who may, in a mo-
ment of exuberant fun, create one OF
those awful pauses" so dreaded in So
ciety, or innocently enrage some eminent
parsonage by a telling home shot.
Genius for humor is like any other sort
of genius-you must take 1t as you find 1T
and it is a very difficult thing to confine
in a straight jacket of conventionality.
s"The funny woman is not usually a win
ner in the game of hearts, though she
may succeed in affording her men friends
excellent entertainment. The ideal girl
that paragon of mans fancy-is not
usually She who is prone to puns and
who is likely to find a funny spot in the
most sentimental situation. Men may
admire auickness of wit in the abstract,
but they are not so apt to fall in love
with a girl who is always making smart
speeches. They are as disagreeably
startled by sharp wit on the lips of a
pretty girl as though they found pepper
in their ice-cream.
Dear, funny woman, we would not
| laugh always, nor live perpetually in a
, shower of mental fireworks. Ever and
| again we PINE to commune with the ear
nest, grave and jokeless friend with
whom we may discuss some profound and
| Solemn theme without being met by a
fusillade of feeble puns and witticisms.
We know you are very funny, but ones
| face aches with continual smiling, and an
| exclusively funny diet is about as sustain
ing as a ration of mere pepper and salt.
Truly there is a time to laugh, but it is
not all the time"
Under this total come all the hats that
can be worn in bad weather as well as
on pleasant days, says "Harper's Bazar,"
speaking of useful hats. Ostrich feathers,
Of course. cannot be used as trimming on
these hats, nor can any kind of material
| be used in their construction that will
be injured by exposure to the elements.
Felt is not, in reality, much more dura-
BILE than velvet; unless it is of the best
quality; but it is greatly used, and the
Alpine shape SO popular for golf, but diff
ferently trimmed, is very smart. The
brim is straighter than last season, with
scarcely any curve, although some styles
turn up at one side. A ribbon band around
the crown, the brim bound with ribbon,
and at the left side a bird with long
tan feathers is the favorite
Gray hats in this shape are considered
newer than the black or brown ones,
and the binding and band can either be
gray or black, as desired. A smart tur-
ban shape in black felt is bound with
velvet. has a band of velvet around the
4 crown and stiff wings at the left side.
An owls head with two wide stiff wing
feathers behind it is often used instead
of the black wings. This using of birds
heads is one Of the seasons fads, and
the poor owl has been chosen as the VIC
tim of this winters cruelty. Pigeons and
doves are also greatly admired for hat
trimmings, but, fortunately in their case,
the supply is equal to the demand, and
there need not be the same wholesale
slaughter as with the owls. Combining
an owls head with ~pheasants' tail feath-
ers is another new style-net a pretty
one. On the turban. toque, and a sort
of sailor shape these trimmings are great
| Nv uSGQ, If li1O PICdooiiloN tAot "AtAA
their soft and beautiful colorfng, show
TO great advantage on a dark brown felt.
4 toque of braided felt trimmed with
velvet is one OF the smartest among the
now STYLES. 1t is larger than the toques
worn during the summer, and should be
ptaeed further forward on the head. 1t
is a shape that comes il brown, blue
and black; the smartests though. is the
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rho soft are. as d rule, made Of braid,
and resemble wonderfully the straw.
one odd hut smart hat, of brown felt, is
ri1nmea with brown velvet and pleas
ants wings. and at the back the brim is
turned up and shows a rosette of apple
green velvet.
r. is some time since fur was considered
quite the thing for indoor wear. but fur
trimmed dinner and house gowns promise
10 be not only worn. but very much liked
for dfessy costumes.
II mast be conceded that whether
technically appropriate or not, the effect
of soft fur on a rich material is ex-
frenaeIy pleasing and capable OF a degree
q the picturesque not easily attained
otherwise.
one dinner gown OF emerald velvet is
trimmed with three-inch sable. and has
an Understandable richness Of appearance
OF course comparatively few Of US car
have Lyons velvet and Russian sable
but good results can pc reached at fal
less expense.
The rage for corded effects has extend
ed 10 curtain stuffs. and q very sweetly
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