The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-06

especially tempt the thrifty woman. for
their application to any good silk waist
lining represents so slight a need for
dressmakers' Skill and such infinite pos
sibilities for a variety in costume. TO be
effected by the simple means OF changing
ones colored velvet belt and collar.
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The shirt waist, duck skirt and sailor
hat will be the morning costume, par
excellence. of the summer girl of '9S, and.
accordingly. the modish skirt Of pique
or lineh-both of which are embEaced in
the comprehensive term of 'sduck"-de-
serves more than a passing word of men
ton.
Fashionable as it win be, there will be
no monotony in the duck skirt. for there
is an endless variety in its cut and trim
ming. First, there is the tailor-finished
skirt, cut close over the hips and finished
with stitched seams and pockets at the
side fastened with pearl buttons; then
there is the cut skirt with its single
founce cut straight and scant; the Pa
quin fiounce with sloping curves is also
much in favor, and any of the above
styles maybe diversified by bands of
navy blue or black pique stitched fiat
| anu uSdQtu ny several IOWS VI udilOW
braid.
Many of the newest skirts are made
with a wide band of insertion above the
hem, while the front width is trimmed
with perpendicular rows of the same, the
middle one extending eighteen inches
above the hem and the side ones lessen
ing in length.
Linen skirts in the natural yellow
shades will be much used for street
wear, and these will be supplemented
by an Elton jacket for short railway
journeys, or for the day-in-town trip.
Pa4e pink and blue luck viii also be
worn in the morning at seashore and
country, and a pretty fancy of the mo-
ment is to match the skirt in color with
a loose blouse of wash silk.
Ella Morris Kretschmar writing of
Dainty Dishes from Milk YEAR in the
Tune "Woman's Home Companion gives
these practical directions for recognizing
a good article
!" Milk wear is the only good veal. ana
the best period is frem four to six weeks
old. The flesh is then a delicate pink
the fat white and clear. If the flesh has
a blue tinge and is fabby it is too young
and therefore unwholesome If it is
white it has been blcd before k~illing-and
likewise unwholesome. 1t is very easy
to learn to recognize veal at just the
right age and in the proper condition;
one or two careful inspections and com
parsons with thai which is undesirable
fixes the matter in the mind. Surely it IS
worth while for every housekeeper to learn
| this simple lesson, the starting point of so
many delightful dishes. Not to learn It
simply means disappointment whenever
| veal is served at ones table. unless the
pleasure and convenience of the butcher
happen to combine favorably to ones adj
| vantage
In spite of the fact that the Stars ana
Stripes were never meant for practical
application to the feminine wardrobe,
and thai the combination of red. white
| and blue is rarely becoming to any
daughter of Eve, some very pretty ct
ceteras of dress lave been got out in the
national colors. ~Charmingly pretty are
white silk p~arasols sprinkled over with
| minute American flags, and some exceed
ingly snart blue denim seaside ~sunshades
are made with a jaunty little blue peter"
luttering from the ferrule end. A dark
red sunshade, ringed with narrow bands
of white and blue. set very close together,
is not at all uncomely. while the milf
ners are trimming an abundance of white
hats with masses of peoples ana corn
flowers. There has been an overwhelna-
ing demand at the jewelers. for brooches
and scarf pins, hat daggers and bslt
buckles representing Old Glory in enamel,
and now the newest card cases and
portemonnaies are made of red leather,
bound witt silver, lined with blue silk
and bearing on their flags a flight of small
and especially ferocious looking Ameri-
can eagles with ruby eyes. Not a few of
the card cases show little enamel soldier
men marching across their covers. The
soldier is usually a standard bearer and
is either dressed in the regular blue uni
form, or the costume of some regiment in
which the owner of the card case feels a
particular interest.
"a Shaker girl comes very near the
poets ideal in all the sweet endowments
of ~maidenhood," writes Madeline S.
Bridges of the Shakers of Mount Leban-
on. N. Y, in the Tune Ladies Home
Journal" "She is frank. modest, gentle,
refined in voice and movement and with
an utter Inconsistencies of self as rare
as it is delightsome in this age of self
assertive femininity The Shaker boy
but why speak of impossibilities? / will
not say thai no Shaker was ever a boy,
but l firmly incline to think that no boy
ever was a Shaker. The growing youths
at Lebanon were hearty and healthy as
outdoor air and exercise could make
them, and full of fun and mischief-the
exuberant vitality that makes itself
heard and seen-this in striking contrast
to the extreme ouietude and precision of
the grown-up members.
sit is sometimes asked how Shakers
amuse themselves. pertinent answer
would be that they do not appear to feel
the need of amusement, because their
days and hours are so full of interest.
Nevertheless, such need is provided for,
two evenings in the week being set apart
for social pleasures, conversation. music,
recitation. reading aloud, etc, in which
both sexes participate In summer pleas
ant outdoor reunions are held.
London women rave discovered a very
agreeable way of Kidding their homes of
flies and mosquitoes. They burn sandal
wood in the house. This is an Oriental