The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-10-28

majority. but, of course, they are to be
had in colors. 1t is d bfaIding year.
There are some seven different widths.
SILK ginlps, wide and narrow, made q
cord and gimp combined. are most excel
! lent in their a~daptability to present fash
| ions. They show every kind Of twist
and evolution, and sometimes are speckled
but more often are either all black or all
white. The designs are rarely cunlber-
some as of old, but light and useful
The following suggests a new winter
game for small students in ~geographs-
One day my cousin "a city in Maine)
said to me, "Let us so fishing for "a cape
in Massachusetts,
THAT will be fine" l answered, laying
down her new Getty in Italy) hat that
had been admiring, and upsetting Q bot
tie of Ca city in Germany in my haste.
but I am afraid to go without a
Qsland near England" said nay cousin.
Lets ask-anddwo capes in Virginia.
l answered.
So I ran across the street for the two
who were to aceompaay US, while my
cousin fixed up a small lunch, consisting
of islands in the Pacific Oeeanl, a large
piece of "a country in Europe, and an
town in New Jersey for each Of us;
and, for a joke, she put in a large triver
in Vermont).
1t was a beautiful day in ca cap in
New Jersey, and we expected to have q
fine time. fed Dick, my pet Islands off
the coast of Africa, and we started.
To save time, we thought we would go
through the barnyard, and across lots,
but l saw a large (eape il South Amer
ica) sticking out from behind the barn.
and refused to go near old Brindle; so
we went another way.
AS we were passing through the woods,
all of a sudden my cousin cried cut "a
cape in North Carolina)i there is a big
(river in Washington)i'
1 picked up a piece Of broken "a coun-
try in Asia to throw at it while my
cousin eagerly snatched a Getty in Ire
land, thinking it was a stone. One OF
the boys had sense enough to throw a
Getty in Arkansas) at its head, killing it
instantly.
We thought our troubles were over now,
and were laughing and talking gayly,
when we suddenly saw, a few feet from
us and coming for US as fast as its feet
would carry it, a dake in Canada
This was too much. We turned our
faces toward home and ran for our lives.
In the fight my cousin lost her beauti-
full, new cape, trimmed with Ga cape in
FIorida).
We did not stop running until within q
Gsland belonging to Rhode Island) of
our house, where we said Ga cape In
Greenland) to our companions. and went
near India).
The art decorators continue to deck up
their establishments with tapestries and
papers and drapery fabrics of artistic
tints and delightful texture, and the
home-loving woman prowls about envying
and idolizing and coveting.
The beauty of the wall hangings and
the upholstery fabrics this season are sat
isfying to an unusual degree. A hand
some pattern in the Louis XVI brocades
has a ground of pale aesthetic tint and a
design of flowers and festoons in white or
silver. The festoons inclose the large,
rather stiff bouquet. the straws of which
dIe 1StQ by iGIIOW llOSliilS IIDDofIS, L Ic
festoon itself is an imitation of fine point
lace and reproduced with wonderful deli
cacy. 1t is caught UP at intervals with
sprays of flowers. All through the design
narrow floating ribbons with tasseled ends
are seen. Another Louis XVI brocade OF
unusual beauty is in deep turquoise blue,
with great loose bouquets of colored car
nations, their vivid green stems tied with
broad pink ribbon which meanders like q
coral-tinted serpent throughout the pat
tern. The ground of this brocade is a sort
of rich corded silk, and it resembles 6
fine tapestry as much as a brocade. In
Orienta c%olorings the tapestries are very
handsome. Those with dark grounds and
light figures are. perhaps, the most ef-
f~ective, but the wide stripes of light and
dark, with the figures in contrast, are
new smart
The ordinary fu~rnace-heated house is {
bad place in which to grow plants, say.
the Woman's HONS Companion Tn,
air seems to have had all the damoness
removed, and that moist condition so con.
ducive to a good growth in plants is no
found. This may in a measure be over
como by means of evaporation, which
while not supplying a great amount o
moisture. should Go something toward re
lieving the bad condition of the atraos
phere. Place jars or pans of water in
around or about the furnace, hang buck
cts of water down inside the furnace
pipes below the registers, or place then
anywhere hat rapid evaporation nay D,
induced. Keep AL tie plants in light. airy
locations, but away from drafts. Neve-
consign g wesl-grown specimen palm to
corner of the room, though it may lool
better there. Its beautiful appearance,
will last a short time only in the dark
close place. 1t may seem strange Il
some, but the very best placaafn tn,
house, if the temperature cau Fh6sA b,
maintained at an even point tn,
kitchen. because Of the constant BRA
ton of water as ii puffs for1ay III,
spout of the tea kettle.
Solid colored fabrics. says the Ladies
Home Journal win prove the universa
choice this season, SO at the risk of ap
pearing of one idea 1 must advise ladies'
| cloth or the newer Venetian for a sdress,
fall suit" Belt, collar and yoke Of velvet
overlaid with an embroidery Of silk corr
and ~spangles, would be pretty. if you
dressmaker is equal to the work, as thesi
emoroideries are done by the sewer; i
not, have your accessories OF taffeta sill
with q tiny fur e6ging. or band of corr