The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-04
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Here is an extract from the letter OF a
clever woman sojourning in Paris II
chats about the latest headgeaf-lntersss-
ing reading at present. when the winter
hat forms the question Of the noun. ohe
says
..Hats have undergone veritable trans
formations and there are many winch put
forth entirely new allurements- Let me
describe frst of all the ,ibbed and rum
nled., v~elvets. Sometimes the entire nat
is covered in the ribbed velvet with the
brim draped in pretty design. Again II
will be a crown in this velvet with a Drili
covered by black spangles in masses
There are crowns composed OF three tiers
of the velvet in tints grading downwaro'
others in fancy materials are draped IKE
the fiat straw hats of last season.
II is velvet which rules in the most
charming tints. There is graded pihk'
violet iris color very new and very fhuch
in vogue-the red called "Herolaoes
which means in plain words. blood coior.
The green. called "Esperanee;H a gray
termed ..Styx,'' color of the sompre
stream. All the warm and pretty tones
in range, called the yellow Hesperloes.
There is a water green 'sirene ana a
blue called French blue" because 1t IS
identical with that of the French nag
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A pretty frock for the girl of fourteen,
who despite the eulogies of Herriek ana
Shakespeare, Tennyson and kiplins anu
other singers of paeans TO youthful
charns) is, as a rule, hopelessly awkward
and hard to dress. is of dark red eloth,
the skirt arranged in4front in several
plaits and falling to below the shoe tops
The hips are trimmed with five rows OF
black braid set their own width apart,
and terminating in fancy twist-like ros-
cites at either side toward the front of the
skirt. The blouse bodice has revers edged
with braid and adorned with a row of fiat
braided curleyeues like those of the hip
trimming. Square spaulets of the ciotn
are braided in black, and the close-htting
sleeve is ~ornanented with bands OF piack
from waist to elbow. A white linen collar
and four-in-hand tie with the new low
loose knot of black, finish the neck. Ihe
belt is Of black braid, with a buckle OF
oxydized silver.
AS said before, feathers are to be worn
to a very great extent. Feathers OF many
kinds. Ostrich plumes, Indian COG featn-
ers and all manner of fancy articles OF
wide originality, as owl wings, and SO on.
They are making toques with trimming
which represents an eagle with outspread
wings.
The large wings which are worn upon
felt hats are pelican wings for the most
part. There are some which are styled
revolver" feathers, because they are
shaped at the base a bit like this weapon
They are given this form in order to
prevent their standing bolt upright, and
so that they can be laid fatty along the
side of the hat.
Snowy linen wi, polished glass n
silver go without saying. A pretty center
piece and lamps or candles
When your guests enter the oysters on
the half shell and lying in a plate of
cracked ice should be already upon the
table. A half dozen are usually served
TO each plate. Individual rolls may be
placed at the corner or small sandwiches
passed By the maid. Brown bread and
butter sandwiches cut to small size and
made of very tender bread are especially
nice.
After the oyster plates are removed
soup is passed. Clear soup is usually
provided, particularly if the meat course
be g heavy one.
With the meat or main course two
vegetables are served. There is no re-
striction upon this meat course at the
informal little dinner-anything from
broiled beafsteak to woodcock may be
- - IL 1io- NTH <ha dnSfaSS and har
cook. But the vegetables selected must
combine well with it.
And now the salad-this, too. has un-
limited range. 1t may be a vegetable com
pound or evoked from meats. fish or Gus
tacean. Cheese in certain -forms-cheese
straws. etc.-is now served with your
salad and is quite tasty in the connection.
1t is often a saving of time and trouble
to order the ices or pastry direct from a
good confeotioner.
A touch of novelty is given to the little
dinner up-to-date by making it progress
sive as to conversation.
With each course q new topic OF con-
versation is brought up and discussed, all
discussion upon any other subject being
forbidden. This very prohibition of Itself
makes the affair a merry one.
At a recent Inner the guests discussed
the following varied prograEnme:-With
the bouillon-Is American. humor sugges-
tive of horse play? With the fsh-The
new wonan-What costume will she final
~ adopt? With the entree the Klondike
only was talked over. With the salad, the
Summer girl. The weather and rae
Weather Bureau filed in the time whsa
frozen fruits were in the curse OF con-
sumption and argument for n against
woman suffrage went back and forth Over
.he coffee cups.
Thus. for example. the japanese and
northern Chinese employ what are known
as pocket stoves. These consist of shells
of metal in iron. brass. bronze. silver, and
for the very wealthy gold. Charcoal or
perfumed charcoal is put into the shell
and ignited. The shell itself is inserted
in a special belt or cloth. and worn about
the waist. or is fastened to the inside of
a woman skirt. A cold individual MAJ
wear as many as a half dozen of these
little stoves. while a warm blooded person
is satisfied with one.
There are beautiful little foot warmers,
which can be taken into bed. and in which
q slowly smoldering fire safely secured
inside of a metal box erlits warmth the