The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-07

MTtfS OF paFaulSe ledlnerS, anu the Si'u
ed hues that hint of the peafowrs piuin-
age. The sober grays and pale browns
and shaded wood tints of the hawk and
the heron are most sought for, but the
bright eolored feathers make an effective
shade for a drawing room.
se
at is so easy when you are young and
pretty. and long for the good things of life,
to drift into a flower covered path that
leads-where?" writes Ruth Ashmore. on
.The Business Girl and Her Employer"
in the February Ladies' Home Journal"
Therefore, you must learn, you brave,
busy girls, to look at life as 1t is; TO see
it truthfu1ly and TO realize where the
flower covered path will lead you and in
what it will end. The other path may
seem harder TO walk on; it may offer few
attractions, but if you look closely at 1t
you will find that along the sides there
are little blossoms that do not FADE
quickly like the more brilliant exotic ones
blossoms that bring happiness into life.
There are the blossoms of self-respect, OF
duty done, of knowledge gained, of hon
esty. and, best of all, there is that never
fading flower of true womanliness. Whlch
path are you going to take? You cannot
afford to hesitate. And there is no middle
road Sometimes you may have walked
a little way in that path of folly and then
turned back. If you have done this give
never-ceasing hanks for you salvation.
But think it all out, and take the right
path at first. the path that ends in love
and happiness here and hereafter
go
When a girl is born in Corea she is not
even dignifed by name. Several names
are written on slips Of paper and placed
in an urn before some favorite deity, ana
when it is necessary her godfather selects
one without seeing it and she is known
by it until she reaches w-omanhood among
the members of her own family; strangers
designate her as the wife, mother, sister
or laughter of such or such a man. This
is not merely the result of custom. The
laws are strict in this matter and hold a
woman of little more consequence than a
domestic animal.
In the higher classes of society the
girls are separated from the boys of the
family at the age of seven years. They
occupy the apartments of women and are
forbidden to communicate with any one
on the outside.
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and cretonne cover has been turned to
account as a workbag. The side that is
next the fire goes straight up and down.
The other side has pockets. The upper
portion has the woodwork studded with
brass hooks and upright rods about three
inches high. Ones spools and reels are
intended to be supported on these. From
the hooks lang needlebook. pincushion,
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sors. wax and emery are bestowed in APP
propriate places. The lower half of the
screen is made into pouch bags, where one
can keep pickup work when not using
it. AS the screen is only intended for use
with a low chair the sides are not very
high.
A Klondike ice is as good to eat as 1t
is tempting to look upon, and the old
invention of a famous New York ca
terer. 1t is in reality nothing more than
a roughly shaped cake of rich ice cream,
of any flavor preferred, but so artfully
tinted by a secret process that it shows
a deep gold color. This big lump of frozen
cream, which is obviously intended to rep
resent an impossibly big nugget of purest
rough gold. is encased in an inch-thick
covering of crystal clear jelly, which
CLEANS and glitters at every point with
| tiny specks of gilt foil, until the aspect
is quite that of a large lump of the pre-
cious metal frozen into ice that is also
full of frozen chips. 1t is the custom at
/ dinners now to pass one big Klondike ice
about the table. or to serve every guest
a special nugget with a gold-sprinkled
casing of clear jelly.
*
One of the newest and most popular ma
terials selling at this moment at a re-
duced rate is the cloth cashmere, which
looks like ordinary cashmere on the face,
but is of a much firmer texture. The old
! fashioned crystal silk is coming back to
us again much softer than satin, with all
the silky sheen. Fleur miroir is the new
silk in Paris, which has a trace of miroir
| velvet in it, and yet with a decided silk
surface; it is one of the most charming
stuffs we have had for dinner wear, and
| even this is to be found in the sales. and
may be confidently purchased for the
coming season.
Leggins are worn this winter by lit
tie girls as well as their brothers. Black
velvet leggins are correct for Juvenile
full dress for both sexes. The leather
kind are rather thrown in the back
ground by those of heavy, smooth-faced
cloth to match the costume in color if
not in material. Straps or small steel,
| jet or bronze buttons are used for fast
ening, and sometimes a narrow edge of
fur is placed along the outer edge.
As a salad is a good way to serve seal
lops occasionally. Put them into a basin
of sailed water, and cook slowly for an
hour. Rinse in cold water and again boil
slowly for twenty minutes. Then plunge
in cold water. drain. and cut into slices.
mixing with the same quantity of celery
! stalks that have been cut into dice. Toss
in a salad DOW and cover with mayon-
naise dressing, garnishing with lemon,
radishes and the celery tops.
/ To wash the comfortable blue flannel
blouse suits that both boys and girls use
for common wear it is better that soap
be left out. Grease spots should first be
removed with Il thorough sponging of
naphtha; then the garment should be
washed in bran water. into which 4 half
| ~teacupful of salt has been thrown TO hold
the color. The same precautions are need