The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-23

forms. wheels. etc.
From the clay, household implements
may be made, shoveis and hoes, pans
and cups and tea kettles. even dolls.
II the clay has a very little glycerine
in the water in which it is mixed, 1t will
remain moist and may be used dozens of
times without losing its charm, for
where is the child who does not love to
make mud pies?
..The days preceding Christmas are
p~unctuated at intervals with the sharp
tones of firecrackers. merely to keep the
world from forgetting that Christmas is.
almost at hand, writes Julia Truitt
Bishop of Where Christmas Is Like
Fourth Of July descriptive of Christmas
scenes and customs in New Orleans, in
the July Ladies Home Journal "One
firecracker at a time IS set off, for II is
sinful to waste a whole bunch at once
until Christmas Eve. Every night the
tumult increases, a kind Of jubilant APP
plause in mild explosives, a mere intima-
ton of what is coming later Every
business house which can under any
pretense handle fireworks, handles them
by the ton. Even the windows of the
grocery stores are filed with them, for
the grocer has recognized that there are
people in New Orleans who may dis
pense with roast turkey stuffed with
~truffles, but nobody can do without fire.
works. There are hundreds Of children
who never hang up a stocking, but ev-
cry one of them would think the world
was coming to an end if there We're no
fireworks for him on the one night of all
the year"
An old wife's recipe has been revived
of late n consists Of packing clothes
and woolens away for the summer be-
tween layers of edar leaves Such
articles as singlets, underwear. petticoats
and blankets can be packed with the
fresh leaves, but silks, satins and fine
clothes should be put between dried
leaves. This is to avoid staining or dis
coloring with the juice or sap of the green
leaf. Cedar keeps away all insect life,
and its rich perfume is pleasant to every
body, while camphor. naphthaline. tobacco
and tar paper, the other leading preserva-
tiyes, are unpleasant to many people
Hammocks in all the eolors of the rain
bow swing to and fro inviting the passer-
by to a X them out Of the shops and
away to the country.
They are of all sizes from the narrow
canvas strip to swing between two small
trees to the six yard wide Mexican grass
net that one can wrap oneself in and
dream the hours away The fever OIL
patriotism has reached the
trade. and the ends of some of the better
ones are laced and interlaced with red,
white and blue ribbons
Bright red. bright blue, green and vel
low are effective colors for summer ham
mocks, and a pleasant touch is given TO
the FURNISHED piazza by having the
tint Of the hammock to harmonic with
the. tea table, couches. etc.
80
Round ground valenciennes lace Is
coming into favor as a trimming for lin
gerie of all kinds and children's clothing
as well. The patterns are almost exact
copies of the old antique Valenciennes,
and it is recommended as almost inde-
structible. which is the highest possible
praise. for anything that adorns the I'M
dergarments, subjected as they are to the
test of wear and tear in the laundry
-.
The new "Dresden'' challies are manu-
factnrad in T.vons and they show many
Of rho varv attra tive designs popular in
+ba si1l,s and sma 1l-natterned satins of
10 81 winter Tbes goods are as delicate in
affae+ nc tho sheer India. woods. and they
m.ka dainty and slmmer-like gowns,
wbic,, can he worn on cool DAYS and even
;nes during the entire season. The Amer
ican chalHes are exceptionally pretty in
though good, can in no way ompar with
the French goods.
49,
rho nre++y silxs nrinted in small Pom
nodo,r aasians 70 hardly IN he called In
III s;1,-s altbo,gb +bav cortainIv very
a1araI,- masauhla tha 6na HIGHT textiles
$50 ths+ far-off connfrv However.
a,ba+bar thoy come from india or In
a,an 80 pa1os+,,o or Patterson thew are
40 INN, d,,rab HE and firm In texture. and
ranaar +hon, s,,itabla for nearly every
nass,h,o oooasion Tbav viii be very
saatssaaasr~ ana oomfortab 1v worn
4smanaha,,t Az o,+,re srm,nar and au-
49,
ru u-o;ah+ moolan and sink goods
.no4e,~ esoo+ u-,4b +be waist sbir-
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