The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-28
for Jaomem

FOR Il merry evening.
First OF all, prepare a number of small
cards-any size from carde de 'visite up
ward. On these sketch or paste wee
signs. scenes. articles. etc. arranged to
suggest some geographic name. If you
are not skillful with brush or pencil nve
minutes Clippings will give you material
in plenty.
Now for the ideas to be carried out.
Here are some excellent ones devised by
a bright Philadelphia girl:-
A large bow Of hay worn at the neck.
indicating Hayti (hay tie). A small tin
can attached TO a picture of Ada Rehan
Canada. A lima bear carried in the
hand naturally suggests Lima. but a lit
tie further guessing proves il TO be Car
ibbean. A red letter Cred Sea. Black
letter C-Black Sea. A piece OF oak. to-
gether with a little soil, indicates Oak
land. A piece of lard-Greece. A dou-
BILE Observation-Disclosures Islands. A tin
horn worn on a cape-Cape Horn. the
names of two States Joined together-
United States. a collar. an advertise
ment and an O-Colorado. A frankfurter
sausage on a piece of bacon rind-Frank-
furt on the Rhine. A small piece of liver
in a little water-Liverpool. An eye and
q lltly CdIQ-ltdly- PAStNi~ -
with the cover of a box-yancouver. A
piece of ice-Chfle. These are but a few
of a great number of things that may be
thought out ii a few minutes.
There is no special limit to the number
of players.
Each player is provided with a small
score card. on which to write the names
of the places. etc., guessed. Some SIM
pie prize for the largest number of an
swers gives a zest to the affair.
There's another game just out for
quick wits, called Great Men" For this
each player is provided with pencil and
paper. The director stands. watch in
hand, ard announces some letter at ran
donl-say the letter ''S." One minute is
given. During that time each contestant
must wrise upon his paper the name OF
some great man beginning with this let
ter; the name of his country and some
great event or invention of his life.
The player who answers most questions
by the end of a half hour comes out win
ner.
The latest idea of the girl of the period
is the wearing of boys shoes and boys
gloves.
1t happens that heavy. projecting sole,
broad-toed footgear is all the rage. So,
too. are thick gloves, whose fingers never
taper. The athletic, energetic, outdoor
game-playing girl is the fashion. The
boots ard gloves. built for her this late
winter and this early spring have a cut
of their own that is anything but femi-
nine along the old lines. Some clever
person discovered that these boots and
gloves were identically the same as
those sold for boys, material, cut and
all. The only difference lay in the price,
the boys articles costing half as much
only, or even less than half.
why not buy boys things, Them
some brisk, enterprising young person
suggested. The advice was taken, gin
gerIy and tentatively at first, but it was
soon seen TO be good advice Once on
feminine feet ard hands. these boys
shoes and gloves looked precisely the same
as those the girls had been paying
Enormous prices. my dear" for
The boys gloves that are worn are of
the tan variety. in tints of red, brown or
red-brown, short-fingered and not at all
dainty looking. They are the vogue for
swell girls TO-DAY, however. These, bought
as boys gloves, cost just one-half of
what genuinely girls gloves purchased
over another counter would come to. AS
a matter of fact, it is much smarter to
buy these than it is the girls gloves
In shoes the fashionable girls do not
conf1ne themselves to boys walking shoes
or boots by any manner of means. They
buy boys patent Gathers for s. to Sc,
girls patent feathers at a good boot
makers costing from IS to $40. They buy
~.+ 49, z---- = ar-s, o. ~
good money and actually boys pumps"
to do service as slippers, these costing
something like IS, while the same thing
on the women's side of the shop would
cost fully IS.
A confusing variety of materials is
found in the new poeketbooks and bags,
says "Harper's Bazar'-elephant and
rhinoceros hide, m~onkey-skin, Mexican
alligator, and colored morocco, as well as
lizard-skin, suede and velvet. They APP
pear in tan-color. gray, bright red, green.
black, blue, brown and other colors. and
are made severely plain. or ornamented
in gold. silver. steel and even jeweled.
A novelty imported from Paris is a
long porte monnaie of dark blue smooth
~ finished and shining leather, made in
the form of a bag, fastened with a gilt
clasps, and carried in the hand by a gilt
chain. A handsome specimen, also car
ried in the hand by a gilt chain, is of
a rich tan-colored elephant-hide, small in
size-about three or four inches high, fas-
tened by a clasp of French gold carved
and set with three Jewels. The chain
has a large ring at the top, so that it
can be slipped over the finger in carry
ing the bag about. The favorite purse,
however, is still the square cornered one,
fiat and opening like a book. In this the
visiting card can be carried, n it is
altogether more easily handled. It is
plain. slightly or deliberately decorated,
and found in all the different feathers.
The beIt-bag most in vogue for gem
eral use is of tan-colored or black leath-
err, with no trimmings OF any kind, even
the large hook that fastens it to the belt
being of metal covered in the Gather. This
article comes In all sizes. from the min
iature triae for carrying small Change
and stamps to the roony large one con-
venient for shopping and travelling pur-
poses. The more ornamental bags are
decorated n gold or silver, and sometimes
jewels, and come in velvet and rich silks
as well as in leather. A handsome bag
is of Mexican alligator, a very rough,
horny hide, dark brown in color, finished