The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-31

ideas fnr GWo1men.

The ummer shops put forth q variety
Of clever little Appearances in glass
and metal to tempt the, stay at home
housewife.
The new dish for serving hot sauce,
which halls FROM London, Is an espeei-
ally happy idea. We have suffered too
long in eating cold sauce which was
intended to be taken hot. The dish to
which / refer is In the form of a low,
wide pitcher of silver with a close fitting
cover placed over a minute lamp and
dame. Thus, your dressing is kept at
proper temperature during the entire
+. course.
An asparagus holder is also a recent
arrival. 1t is planned TO facilitate that
most ungraceful of all table d~uties-the
serving of asparagus. 1t is constructed
upon the general principle of sugar
tongs. Both ends of the holder are con-
caved in order to conform to the shape
of the vegetable stalks.
Silver spoons for use with ponpon
dishes have handles carved in old AS
syrian design. Pretty spoons for the
birthday gifts of the little ones are seen
with floral designs, forget-me-nots, clover
violet, geranium, wild rose, daisy, etc.
Each spoon is designed in a separate
flower. They come att 81 to $3.50 a piece.
Ice tongs upon a new and convenient
pattern were noticed. The new article
has short handles and is in several other
ways an improvement upon what mas
gone before. Tongs for ice serving cat
table have been in use for some time
past. But the long handles and otner
imperfections rerder them hardly more
convenient of manipulation than the
~time-honored spoon.
Cracker jars in silver and glass are
fresh and pretty. These are low and
broad in oval shape. The body is of
glass with top of decorated silver.
New French salad bowls are remarked
In the form of long partly folded leaves.
Nothing is prettier than fragile glasses
in colors for serving Roman punch and
kindred ices. Especially fresh looking
are the flower shapes now put forth for
this purpose. Poppies, roses and sother
blossoms are seen with saucers repre-
senting leaves.
Small ice cutting machines are seen.
These are constructed to be attached tos
q table by screws. They cut the ice
In small diamond shapes and are very
chic for preparing hot water drinks.
Every woman Interested in cooking
should have one of the small thermome-
tiers which come for the stove door. No
opening of the oven, now, to take its
temperature. And consequently no dis
astrous effect to s~ouffles, light pastry and
the like.
d. xnnfol ire seen
galore even upon this side of the water.
The ever popular souvenir spoon appears
in many and varied designs. The head
of England's royal lady being combined
with the insignia of Great Britain, the
national flower. etc. Rumor speaks OF
saltcellars which are representations OF
the cradle in which Victoria was rocked
to siumber and a dozen fanciful little
conceit besides relating to the sam
period of history.
Hood, the poet, had so much confidence
In his wife,s Judgment that he read, and
re-read. and corrected with her all that
he wrote. Now and then. however, ne
could not resist the temptation of playing
OF harmless practical jokes upon her.
Once, when staying at lBrighton. he gave
her a few hints on buying fish, and con-
Guided by saying: above all things. If the
fish You are buying is plaice. beware of
any having red or orange spots, as they
are certain to be stale" When the fisher
woman came round 1t happened that she
had very little except plaice and Mrs
Hood observed that all had the red spots
against which she had been warned
She limited to. the fshwife that they
were not fresh, and~upon being assured
that they were not long out Of the water
she observed: MY good woman, It may
be as you say, but Iscould not think of
buying any plaice with those very I'M
pleasant red spotsp'
The woman,s answer which Hood heard
with delight from behind the door, was a
perfect shout: Lord bless your eyes,
num- whoever seed any without emp
Referring to the obseurity of much Of
Brownfng's poetry, Wordsworth said,
when he heard that the poet was going
to marry Miss Barrett; the poetess. Il
hops they'll understand one. another"
Certainly Mrs. Browning did think that
she understood her husband, for she wrote
to a friend: Nobody exactly understands
him except me, who am in the inside of
him. and hear him breathe. If it Is
risk to marry any poet It seemed to Miss
Barrett's friends a tempting of Previ-
dence, and a doubling of this risk for two
of this irritable profession to wed. Con
trary to expectations, the result was ex-
ceptional happiness. Mrs. Kemble. who
saw a great deal Of the Brownings in
Rome, remarked that sMr. Browning was
the only man she had ever known who
behaved like a Christian to his wife"
Very different was the married life of
Walter Savage Landor and his wife. 1t
was a case of marrying In haste and re-
penting at leisure. The poet met his
future wife at a ball, and determined on
the instant to marry her. Not long after
he had hone so Mrs. Landor came to think
that ia. conversation with her husband
was incomplete without a. quarrel" and
generally ended with the rernar that she
should not have married a man so many
years older than herself Even in the
honeymoon she wounded the poor mans
vanity. Lander was reading some of his
own verses to hts bride-and who read
more exquisitely?-when all at once the
lady, releasing herself from his arm,
jumped up, saying oh, do stop, Wal
ter. there Is that DEAR delightful Punch
performance in the street; I must look
u Of the window"
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