The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-12-06
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with green striped rlppon-auli sies'
striped with emerald.
Or. one may go considerably further ana
select a square box-ten by en-sprihkieo
over with violets-hanapainleo, 2 eou'se'
The corners are silver tipped.
When the layer is removea a layer =
purple silksl9aper Is seen = 2
The purple tissue removed reseais
bouquet of Parmas the size OF your Two
hands clasped' each iaise 1aia -
feet ~
Lift them from the oainls
ABOUT the puiei i $50 aaane,~
slikeh hetchiei-o ous' - enast
thah the que u ~ OWES
texture ;of i baIa
ihe celSie - III n,rn1e
at rhe stems u ~ -. tas falIs
sim eoiu' = ssm4sor a,,dino in
q euai.ei -
uelien aS- - ,nsarted
W. So 49, ,.sns I entirely
M tne 49, .atsrst oaboebon ions.
oseis $50 70 $3.50 - min the hon
iN m
~ n,t ofsora 10 send
- - ~ a,,ar,, xuoman win want
-. -. -
p,,t nitrate +ha raacb even Of the econo-
m;oai ,,rsa con,as the aittle wicker bask-
~ ,i,aa viii soft damn moss. on which
1850 ,ha ho,a,,at
rbose ho,,o,,ets cost but a couple of
da,.rs and really M daintier gift could
~ aau;sad
1,ano,no christmas fairies. saws the
banca the children,s delight in the Christ
mas tree and once made can be used year
afta,. vaar Rnv IN a dozen or more of
a. "a +an cont aols and 10 add TO the
- 49,. 49, amo,g tbe number some
.nanasa ana oolored dolls. Dress these
= renresant fairies in brieh. hues Of
nangled ea,,zc tarletan or tissue paper,
and literally snrjnkle their hair and gar
n,an+s r,;+b dia-mond-dust nowder. Each
don sbo,,l6 he nrovidea with a dainty pair
of fairy WINGS made from spangled tissue
manor ana fastaned "a the hodv nv means
~ oonaealad wires These wires should
l. ao;lod ~ obtain motion IN the wings.
and notb;ne hetter can be used than the
Enc snira1 coils that come out of worn
o,,t u;ra-sti+chad hroo,ns The least mo-
tion will set tbis sniral 10 o,,ivering caus-
sng tbo WINGS ~ noxa &c If in Aight. In
,;La .nn ~ 4ba sn;ra1 wira to attach
tho dolls IN bover;ng nositions over and
around tba tree THE effect is magical.
every footsten carses lar enough to start
tho doIs dancino and circljng ahove and
aro,,nd tha free ne If the invisible fairies
of the air had come down to ioin the
Christmas glee
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The women of San Francisco make nutte
q socia, evon+ aacb vaar If thair .C,,shion
Teas, which are for the beneft Of the
Woman,s Exchange of that city.
A wealthy woman Interested in the
scheme opens her house for the eombina-
ton sale and tea drinking. and the affair
is ways a success. AT the last "Cushion
Tea. the ballroom of a big mansion was
the saIesroom.
divans and ~settees. the cushions of silk
velvet. cotton. leather and lace Haunted
their varied beauties upon the passer-by.
She who hesitated was invariably lost.
and all day long there was a steady
stream of parcels bound for the homes
of purchasers. The prices were ais va
rious as the materials that had been
fashioned into cushions. They were with
in the reach of all purses. but most of
the wallets that come to Woman's Ex-
change teas are golden lined. Some cush-
ions were big and deep. with donkey ears
at the corners. Others were rounded and
edged with cord heavy as a cable. Some
were of softest velvet. others were stiff