The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-14
lightly. This treatment, faithfully perse-

E1ClQS are III IuDSl CunSldll Qtiti1itds
These are made Of lisse. bordered with
yalenciennes. the most fashionable being
white Valenciennes, with the pattern out
lined in black. Some Of them are made
in the finest chiffon. bordered with ruff
fled lace, in which acorns are introduced
into the design. the edges bordered with
tasseling. Detached collars of ali kinds
! are made in silk and cotton. They scner-
| ally take the form of a sailor collar at
| the back, and revers in front, bordered
with frilling. united by narrow beading
and white embroidery. There are others
made in white muslin, rather of the yoke
| form, pointed pack and front, edged with
an insertion bordered with lace Quite
new are collars and cuffs made in thick
| jackenet, and horizontally tucked all
over, to replace linen.
An exceptionally pretty salad, looking
| almost too dainty eat. was this fur
| nished lately by a cooking school gradu-
| ate for her test dinner. 1t was down in
the menu as a Birds Nest Salad and
| the deprecatory remark offered by one of
| the invited guests that lit seemed almost
like robbing a birds nest" was most
| natural. The white heart leaves of let
tuce were used to stimulate the nests,
| several of them being curled about to
make the little hollow. In each of these
were placed five little specSled eggs made
of cream cheese rolled into shape, then
sprinkled with fine chopped parsley. The
French dressing which was ITO aninate
the WHOLE in Sidney Smiths trenclant
words, was cunningly hidden away under
the leaves of the dainty nests.
At the present time, when the legend
wet paint confronts us at all manner
Of unexpected places, it is well to be
prepared with a means of removing the
paint, should it by chance have been
rubbed upon the clothing. 1t is quite
useless trying to attack paint stains with
anything else but turpentine. If the
stains are not fresh ones, rub them first
of all with a flannel moistened with salad
oil, and then rub in pure oil of turpentine.
Fresh stains will yield to turpentine alone
and the paint having been removed, the
part should be washed with soar and wa
ter. wrung out, dried, and pressed with
an iron.
According to a writer in the New York
Mail and Express, the ubans prepare
chicken in a way which is exceedingly
pleasant and quite original. The bird is
first boiled until it is done, and the meat
is then removed from the bones and cut
into pieces about half the size of the
little finger. To each piece is added a
little silver of boiled chile and salt and
pepper. The whole is then either Dreaded
or dipped in batter and fried over a hot
fire. When served each piece is a golden
brown, firm and crisp on the outside and
remarkably tender and juicy within.
They are known as fritas, and are worthy
of being adopted by the American house
keepers.
A new function has arisen for the lady's
maid. In addition to her list of virtues
her capacity for hairdressing and her i'm
munity against seasickness-she is re-
quired in many instances to ride a bicycle.
For the young lady skimming among
the highways and hedges requires a BIZ
cycling chaperon, and this want is met
by a maid ain in the requirements of
the wheel. The luxurious cyclist, fur
nished with a hiking maid, no longer
heeds the collapse of her tire, for to the
wheel-maid belongs the labor of the bell
lows and the blowing thereof.
Rough Rider hats of soft French felt, in
every shade of color, appropriate for au-
tnmn wear, are trimmed with a scarf of
fancy silk laid in close, flat folds around
the crown, with two quill feathers on the
left side. The newest toques nave brilns
which roll slightly forward from the face
towards the front and back, the front
trimmed with a large Louis XVI bow of
velvet, with a large buckle in the centre
of the fiaring loops. Merely a Knot of vel
vet in front, with the elongated breast OF
a handsome Trinidad bird of brilliant
plumage on one side and folds of the vel
vet on the other.
Pale colors only seem to be a sort of
supplement- to the brighter hues, and are
rarely, if ever, employed by themselves,
unless it be in creams and blue-tinted
tones. Chiffon has been brought out in
many tender hues, especially pale blue,
which is being universally blended with
pink, especially with pink roses for even
ing wear. Chiffon saslles are mostly of a
lighter color thar the dress itself, and
these are p~rettily bordered with the gath
cred white ribbons of the narrowest
width, five or six rows not being consid-
cred too much. Happily, chiffon cleans
well, or its extravaganza would be great.
"
If one cannot procure bottles, or the
proper sterilizing apparatus. which costs
about two dollars, says the Ladies'
Home Journal" put the quantity of food
to be used in twenty-four hours into the
double boiler, and let it remain for ten
minutes after the water in the outside
compartment has boiled. Cover during
the process. Pour the milk into a self
sealing jar and stop the mouth with a
plug of cotton wool. Keep the jar in the
iee-chest, and do not leave the plug out
after removing part of the contents.
For housekeepers who AVE bronzes to
clean this may be interesting.
When very dingy the article must be
immersed in boiling soapsuds n then
dipped in pure boiling water, left to dry
and polished with a leather. Rinsing
them in beer is supposed to be very good.
The bronzes should then be put to dry in
some warm place, such as the Kitchen,
but If they are regularly busted and rub
bed over with a leather none OF these
processes will need to be adopted.
No woman can long retain a beautiful,
rosy skin. and eat at irregular hours. She
cannot skip her luncheon occasionally, as
business and bfIsv women ara am ~ do