The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-29

Some of the things one reads are enough
to make one pinch oneself to see II one is
really awake and reading Alright. and the
utter idiocy of them will persist in recur-
ring to ones mind months after they
should awe been buried in the grave Tor
~..forgottens." A bit about De -Merode
when she came over is In this class. 1t
was actually to the effect that 1t was
doubtful if a certain royal parsonage mac
ever really fallen in love with ner' pc
cause. %forsooth, her arms Nor was IL her
chest?) were not covered with enough
flesh to suit tina particular critic. now
perhaps they do these things better over
in Gotham. and perhaps Quaker City folK
are no Judges; but the present scribe, 10
appropriate a DuMaurierism, has yet TO
see a love affair which was inaugurated
on the tape measure basis, or even on the
ayoirdupois basis. True victims OF CUPID
do not start out tape measure in hano'
saving over and over to themselves, lest
they forget:-.My love must measure
thus and thus, and weigh just SO much
That may be a good enough way to pro-
cure meat. but the getting of food fortne
heart is an Indefinitely more delicate mat
ter. Now confess, Algeron, do you love
Esmerelda because her left shoulder blade
is a thing of beauty? And you, Alphonso'
did YOU borrow Cupid's wings to go IN
as apparent as Genevieve's? No; 1t Is saIe
as APPARENT as Genevieye's? No; 1t Is safe
to say you did not; but rather discover
ed the beauty of the shoulder blade or
the prominence of the ~clavicle, as the
case NAV be. after the little god had
done his work. So, brothers. please
tackle such subjects gently in the future
that sympathy is the root
of love, and that men have actually iosl
their hearts to women who were reaAy
very poor affairs from the ape-measure
standpoint. let alone haggling over an
eigth-of-an-inch arm measurement TO
the wrong.
This suggests the people all over w&o
are suffering with flesh mishts-the fNn
person who hasn't enough to properly
protect the mere bony structure, and the
fat person who has many times more
reason than Hamlet, to wish his 100, TOO
solid flesh would. melt" And, really
though the fat ones couldn't see 1t that
way. they seem to have the worst OF lts
providing they decide to reduce theih-
selves. for there are all those dehclous
palate-ticklers, the temptation OF whlcn
+be ascetic cannot even imagine, not 10
mention the wretchedly distastetul exer-
else. It's dumb bells, punching Days
Indian clubs and walk, walk, walk We
see Mr. Corpulerce, and even smile as ne
measures the ground, walking to ana
from his office four times a day, and, in
short. waiting everywhere. Even if he
has a carriage he would about as soon
think of luxurieting in it as he would OF
aking poison, so when his wife ooesh I
feel inclined to drive he has the pleasure
of being snubbed by her pug as 1t goes
for its airing. The sight of comfort on
wheels disgusts him, and he looks with
envy upon even the PERSON VINO IS en-
io--ing five cents worth of trolley comfort,
as this usefud vehicle whizzes past him.
By the way. Mrs. Rorer says we should
drink a quart and a half of water a day.
She always says our bodies are three
fourths water, which perhaps is a dell
cate reminder that he are of the earth
earthly, for the earth, if you remember,
is also three-fourths water. Dust thou
art with a vengeance, though we may
yet zeal it rendered. Water thou art.
to water returnest., Surely the idea is
quite as pretty, twill be quite as poetic
to think of the soul soaring up from the
shimmering sea as from the dust of
Mother Earth.
Harper's "Bazar'' says that cloth cos
TUNES are the smartest to skate in, but
not the newest; they are made wide
enough to allow of free use of the limbs,
and cut to flare around the foot, and with
the fulness thrown well back, so there
shall be no danger of the skates catching.
Unlike the costumes for other sports,
ruffles are put on the inside of the skirt,
n very much beruffled petticeats are
worn; but all are made short, about to
the ankles, so that there shall be no dan
ger of tripping. The object of these ruff
es is that when the skirt swings back as
the skater glides along there shall be a
full look, and not the severely plain look
which is so exceedingly trying. This does
not apply to the skating gowns worn for
hoc~key-playing, which are very ugly, quite
short, and are-worn over kni~ckerbockers.
Cloth and cheviots are the favorite ma
~terials, and it is well to nave a cloth that
has considerable weight; serge and such
lightweight materials do not look well.
The smartest costume lately finished is of
heavy blue cloth lined with red taffeta
silk and with three or four ruffles on the
inside of the skirt. On the outside of the
skirt are four bands of black braid, each
headed with a narrow edge of scarlet
cloth. There is a red flame shirt waist
worn under a short Elton Jacket of the
cloth braided with the black; the revers
are faced with red, and the coat is lined
with red. To put on with this when one
is warm from skating is a fascinating
collar of long brown fur, which extends
wide over the shoulder and is finished in
ends down the front. The hat is a soft
red velvet toque trimmed with a band of
fur which goes around it and then up at
one side, where it is twisted in with black
satin RIBBON bows. With this is a short
pettfcoat made with deep accordion-pleat-
ed Spanish hounce, on the edge of which
are two bias ruffles. This makes the
skirt stand out well, while yet fitting so
closely over the hips as to make the wear
er look quite slight.
The newest dance is like the old min
uet. 1t is called the Newport Lanciers
and is danced as follows
First Figure-Heads cross over. Turn
partner with right hand Cross with
sides to right twice to places. Side
change places the first (third) time; the
second dourth) time back to places. Turn
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