The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-09

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and many have rows of black insertion
| placed at intervals the entire depth of
the skirt. OF course, drop Innings are
always used in these gowns, and the out
| side is tackled in places to the lining to
| prevent the net from sagging and hang
ing below the lining.
There is no getting around the fact that
the fancy odd waist will reign Indefinitely
Perhaps the chiffon and mousseline waists
are the greatest favorites. yet The fancy
| colored ~taffetas and velvets, as well as
all sorts of silken weaves. are much worn.
Blousy fronts are still coming out daily
in rev creations. which fact assures their
| style as good for the coming season.
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Early in March bring from the cellar
| such plants as fuchsiass chrysanthemums,
and other hardwood shrubby plants.
| Give them hut little water until they
start in growth. Increase the supply
gradually. as development goes forward,
says "Harper's Bazar.''
Fuchsias will need cutting back. but do
not do this until they-'break" and show
where the new branches are to be. Then
go over them and cut out all weak
growth, and shorten all old branches to
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you secure strong new growth. and the
plant is renewed each season. Repot the
| plants as soon as fairly under Roadway,
if possible. as this work can be lone to
better advantage now than later. If you
cannot do this. now, give a weekly APP
plication of some good fertilizer. Shower
the foliage daily. and keep the soil moist
at all times.
Chrysanthemums will begin to throw
up shoots as soon as they come to the
light. Select the strongest of sthese and
cut them away from the old plant with
some roots attached. Put them in small
pots. Aim to get them well established
before rapid growth is encouraged. By
so doing you lay a foundation for future
excellence. Chrysanthemums forced while
young seldom make good plants.
Hydrangeas should not be pruned any in
spring. as that would interfere with the
seasons crop of flowers. AS soon as
growth sets in see that the plant gets all
the water it can make use of, and give
Il fertilizer literally to encourage the de-
velopment of the buds.
ssThere is always a remedy for a heavy
heart" writes Ruth Ashmore in the
March Ladies' Home Journal. 1T may
be in work-it o~ftenest is. 1t may be in.
thinking out the joys that have been
given to you. and the sorrows from which
you nave been saved. 1t may be In help
ing others by sympathy, or in whatever
way help is most needed. But the heavy
heart can always be made light if self is
forgotten, and the needs of others are
remembered, and, as far as possible, re-
lieved. Not one of US can learn to become
light-hearted in a day, or a week, or a
month, or a year, for 1t is the lesson or
life. this knowing how to lift our hearts
I'D and give from them help unto those
who are in need. 1t is a good fght-this
one against allowing ones self to be sub
merged in personal griefs-it is a good
fight. and out of it you can come con-
queror if you will.
do you intend to give up the fight and
fall by the wayside overcome by a heavy
heart. or to go along through life as a
brave woman should? You must DECIDE
his early in your life. And you will, l
feel sure, decide to do that which is right,
and then your heart will never be heavy
nor your conscience disturbed, unless you
fall. Ard when you fall, thank God, you
can always rise again if you keep up a
brave heart"
What may be called the cult of sofa
pillows is not so well understood as it
should be. On q sofa or divan whose
cover is a gay Bagdad curtain or a fol-
lowed brocade, the effect is very in
harmonious to pile it with more variety
of all-over design effects. The pillows
should be for the most part in solid col
ors or soft neutral tones. or the result
is exceedingly inartistic. An excellent ar
rangement is to have, in the case of a
divan which has no back, perhaps three
large square pillows stuffed with hair
and covered with a dark plush or cordu-
roy in a solid color. This establishes a
background, even if the actual cover of
the divan is gay, and permits the use of
more variety then in the cushions
against it; but to buy cushions in a hap
hazard way is often as disastrous as to
buy pictures by the yard or bric-a-brac
by the bargain sale.
The novelty goods and French and Eng
fish suitings for .women's wear this sea-
SON are in soft medium-weights in pretty
blended colors, the result being a very
uncertain shade. The English goods are
proof against wear and tear, and. al
though they can be made up in combina-
tons, they are most stylish when the
single material is used for the entire cos
tune. A very attractive textile called
drap de Ladack is much like a double
warp cashmere. either plain or interviewer
with threads of various bright shades.
The same style of fabric is also being
woven into pattern of handsome spring
plaids and heather-mixed checks.
Black taffeta silk gowns are every
where in evidence at all the importing
houses of the city. They have a quaint,
very old fashioned appearance with skirts
frilled to the waist, in straight rows or
arched to simulate q rounded or pointed
overskirt. Some of the ruffles are pinked
at the edge, others finished with lines of
velvet ribbon. sometimes wide, often very
narrow. Other very expensive black,
taffetas are trimmed with ~founces of ex-
ceedingly handsome black Chantilly lace,
and again they are wholly yelled with
sable net, which Is a mass of sclntillat-
ing jets and spangles.
Slender women have a soft crush belt
around the waist to match the sash ends.
Those inclined to ~embonpoint, that de-
sire to make the waist look smaller, have
the waist piece cut and shaped into a
girdle. This is straight at the bottom,
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