The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-04

sOur society. as it exists to-day, Is Il
vast c~oncourse of gentlefolk. You have
no society, so far as we can learn; YOU
have only Il collection of plutccratic
s~trugglers; ard these, if we are not mis-
taken. have pushed to the wall even thtoe
who have some vague claim to birth
this feature being especially noticeable in
your New York, where the families des-
cended from your carly Dutch immigrants
| (plain and ordinary enough persons even
as date as sixty years ago have been
! superseded by rich upstart, the bold and
saucy humsn products of your railroad
| and mining gamesters."
.sStocking-taking in the house forms an
important part of the annual spring
| cleaning. Much of it may be done before
the regular work of houseciearing be-
gins, writes Mrs. NJ. p. Handy on the
| subject of Spring Stock-taking in the
House in the May "Wcman's Home
Companion" But whenever and how.
ever accomplished. at least once a year
every closet in the house, from gar ret
to cellar, should be emptied, and every
drawer, trurlz ard box turned Inside out.
its contents carefully inspected ard sort
ed into such - are in good condition,
| such as can be put in good order, and
such as are past mending. Among the
kitchen tins and kettles sell the out-worn
ones to the junk-dealer. and have those
which can be. repaired. Fill your glue
pot ard gather together the furniture
which reeds repairing. In the
linon-closet, unfold every sheet. counter
pane and tabie-cloth, and hold it up to
the light. Inspect smaller articles in the
same manner. and sort them INTO good.
bad and mendable. Then after each shelf
and drawer has been scrubbed and cover
ed with clean paper. put. the articles
which are in good conditions back into
| place. and lay the torn and worn in piles,
to be fixed as soon as possible. This is
a good time to make a list and to note
| what new things are needed"
AS a change to the multitude of cross
effects seen there are covert ard light
weight suiting gowns made with several
lengthwise plaits in the round waist. COW
ering the sleeves and forming the ersire
skirt. the plaits spread wider at the low
er part, and each one is stitched on the
extreme edge after being pressed into
shape. Collar ard belt of taffeta silk.
White mohair skirts will probably prove
| quite a fad for wearing with silk waists,
but they should be in seven tiny tucks,
widely placed, and needing Az yards of
42-irch material for a skirt 40 inches in
length.
Tubular cord and braid of mohair and
silk mixed, and president braid, of silk
orly. are of recent Introduction.
Ruffies on waists, as on skirts, are mar
row and cut bias. and are chiefly worn
around the lower part of the yoke and
over the top OF the sleeves. A design for
| a slender figure shows two-inch ruffles
| all around the waist from the neck to the
belt, and on the sleeves from the elbow
to the shoulder.
The rarrow skirts in vogue will call for
volurniTsous. fluffy or lavish fiat applica-
| ticns of laces, when countless frills and
ruffles-quickly consuming dozens of yards
will be the marked feature.
The fancy velvet and metal ornament
belts are very handsome on foulard
gowns.
Small checked silks are trimmed with
/ ruffles ard velvet ribbons edging; a lace
! yoke and handsome ribbon sash finishes
! the gown. Many dark colored gowns are
finished with bright red, cherry, pink tur-
quoise, burnt orange or green taffeta COLI
lar. wrist frils and belt.
"a liz tn - A41ED-S t4sN "a POI
| caline the least expensive and of grass
linen the coolest.
The strong use of cotton materials that
were never so beautiful as those shown
this season promises unlimited lace sell
ing, especially as prevailing modes call
for lavish distribution on skirt and
| sleeves as well as on the bodice.
Revers, epauiettes. yckes and bertha eff
fects-all necessitate a %profusion of trim
mings. Rows upon rows of sanirring, tiny
frilling of beautiful cut-out applications
of rich lace are preferred forms seen on
newest summer models.
Among the new inventions in kitchen
utensils is a simple and ingenious con-
~trivance by which soups can be freed
from grease. 1t is a ladle of the ordi-
nary shape fitted in the centre with a
small funnel the opening of which is
rather below the outside circle. When
this is dipped in the liquor the fat is
precipitated through the funnel back
into the saucepan or stock pot, while
| the liquor contained in The body of the
ladle is perfectly free from grease. The
! apparatus is made in smaller sizes in
nickle or porcelain to be used en- the
table in the same boat. Other inven-
tons are a knife for preparing a Jul
lienne at a moments notice, which knife
also forms a special apple corer and
vegetable scraper combined; a gauffering
knife for cutting potatoes and other
vegetables SO that they may present the
appearance of a section of IN elabor-
ately gauffered frill Ito this there be-
longs a guide" by means of which the
exact thickness can be obtained in pre-
pairing pommes souffles and other dishes
whose success depends not a little on
exact measurement in cutting) and a
little implement with which to cut po-
tatoes for croquettes ard other shapes.
The man who got married because he
could not find a landlady who woul
hang up his clothes properly. would
greet with joy the new coat loops. The
loops of silk or cloth are apt to part, ann
The busy landlady pokes the coat on its
hook anyway sometimes allowing it to
hang from the middle of the back if it
catches well. When the owner of the
coat complains tina she is responsible
for his hunchbacked appearance she
losses her head and attributes his crus-
tiness to his unfettered condition. The
bachelor girl has had similar expert
ences. The new loop IS made of a series