The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-20
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weddings will begin to arrive. Then the
question for the recipients Of such favors
to decide will be what to give the bride.
Something new and something pretty,
OF course. But just what? That is the
question.
This season Dame Fashion has smiled
upon two very pretty patterns in silver
ware, spoons, forks. etc. They are the
Colonial bead and the American head
and the American beauty. The first is
extremely simple, and dainty, consisting
of a bed work running along the edge
of the article, wherever it is available
for decoration. The American Beauty
pattern utilizes that beautiful rose in a
heavy design running up the handles of
spoons and forks and in the general
ornamentation of larger pieces of silver.
such as tea sets, chatting dishes and choco-
late pots.
Bon-bon dishes of cut glass are al
ways favored articles with a young
housewife. The Dresden cut is probably
the favorite among those used for small
pieces. The cut glass punch-bowl, with
its mirror mat. still sparkles respondent
and as a gift for the bride-to-be holds a
chief place. Candelabra of glass are
very effective when lighted, showing as
they do all the vivid prisrnatic colors in
the cutting.
Engraved or cut tumblers or glasses
are a useful as well as beautiful gift.
Some exquisite roses are to be seen in
the shops, showing in their tall, slender
proportions the prism cut so appropriate
for this form of ornament.
The various kinds of bric-a-brac hold
out many suggestions for gifts for a
bride. French Sevres china is always
accorded a high place in favor on ac-
count of its beauty of rare quality and
design. Fine German china shows a great
deal of vivid green this season. Grotesques
from China. Japan and India, carved in
ivory and dark woods are popular in pro-
portion to their grimaces and eontortions.
The Oriental hanging lamp. SO great a
favorite for hall or easy corner, would
make a good wedding present
Any japanese art room is a wide field
for the selection of gifts. Its treasures
are almost innumerable and range from
the vase. which stands as high as a man.
and the rich dark embroidered tapestry
to the tiniest trife. Castilian marbles are
among the art works which are a never
failing source of joy to all who love their
graceful. we'll poised outlines. These make
beautiful gifts for the bride-to-be.
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Young people who intend to Keep house
want lots of pretty pictures to help fur
nfsh. Individual taste dictates largely
in the selection of sue gifts. However,
from the number of beautiful etenings,
engravings and paintings in oil or water
celors any one ought TO be able 20 please
by the gifts of a picture of some kind.
A fine lamp of china, bronze or brass
makes a beautiful and useful wedding
present. Some bold and striking ~conceits
are seen this year in the bronze lamps
Jewels set in the globes are very effee-
tive. Porcelain and glass princess lamps
for tea and reception tables OF, for general
ornamentation are very acceptable.
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In making a selection of a clock for the
bride-eiect one has to choose from many
kinds, ike shapes and materials, and
from sizes that run from the ary gilt
clock with the jewel encircled face to the
big .erandfather's clock for the hall cor
ner or stairway. Some of the clocks Of
Mexican onyx are particularly beautiful
French gilt clocks, with blue and green
enamel in floral and geometrical designs
are general favorites.
Presents intended for the dining room
usually make a large portion of the bridal
gifts. Dinner and tea sets of English
Doulton are shown in a great variety of
designs. There is a suggestion that
brorze and dark red will play a more
prominent part in the color schemes than
the brighter colors which have held lately.
The omnipresent plate rack in our fash
ionable dining rooms would suggest THAI
all sorts of odd and pretty plates would
be quite acceptable. Odd dishes. such as
are used for bonbons, cake, celery, olives,
pickles and preserves all come in fine
chinas and make a very necessary part
of the correct dining room outfit. Dres-
den china is probably the favorite for
the -ever-pepular fern dish. Let the dish
be flied with the graceful fronds before
sending it as a gift. Ice cream and ber-
~ sets are general fayorites for wedding
presents.
Gifts of rare needle work, such as en-
broidered centre pieces, doilies, tray COW
ers. bureau searfs, ETC., are usually
doubly priced, because of their beauty
and the fact that they are the nandiwork
of the donor. Mexican drawn work ana
Renaissance lace are both highly priced
as trimming for all sorts of linen house
hold draperies and covers.
Art furniture. so dear to the feminine
heart, includes many fascinating glass
cabinets for the careful preservation of
exauisites in bric-a-brae that will nor bear
daily exposure and busting. Gilt chairs,
with delicate tapestry set into the backs
and seats. are quite novel A bride would
probably welcome a chest OF drawers.
escritoire. or cabinet for the dining room.
Rugs both large and small are said TO be
quite the thing for wedding gifts
The dear Girls are actually piecing bed
quilts. These Of US who thought that
gentle art of the good old times had
hot only reached its first climax in
those nightmare affairs known as crazy
quilts. but had, for all eternity, been
relegated to an innocuous desuetude find
It difficult to realize that 1T is again
upon us. But it isn't the bed quilt Of
yore; the s.baskef pattern" and the
.fock Of birds" and other patterns 50
dear 10 the hearts of old ladies in years
gone by have enjoyed not a sign of a
revival. Indeed, the only possible reason
is the facility with which the three
glorious colors displayed on every side