The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-22
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decollete, with which is worn round the
neck a dog collar of pearls, naturally, If
one has them. but if not, of jets, of fill
gree silver, of any sort of pretty fancy
that one may choose to adopt.
Rupert Hughes contributes an article
to the Century on Women Compos
ers, lin which he says:-
"A prominent publisher tells me that
where, some years ago, only about one
tenth of the manuscripts submitted were
by women. now their manuscripts out
number those of the men two to one.
While his ratio will not hold in pub
lished compositions. the rivalry is close
even there. Women are writing all sorts
of music. A few of them have already
written in the largest forms, producing
work of excellent quality and still better
promise. 1t is in the smaller forms,
h~owever-in instrumental solos and short
songs-that they AVE naturally found
their first success. So good has their
work been here that honesty compels the
admission that hardly any living men
are putting forth music of finer quality,
deeper sincerity, truer individuality and
more adequate courage than the best of
the women composers. Besides these,
there is a number of minor composers
writing occasional works of the purest
quality; and in art quality is everything.
AS to nationality. one finds best repre-
scented the three countries that are now
working along the best lines of modern
music. Germany, of course twhose Clara
Schumann wrote much hat was worthy
of serious consideration, France and
America; for America, whatever its mu-
steal past, is surely winning its right to
the place in this triumvirate of modern
music. Its tendencies are toward the
best things. Italy has recently had a
furry of new life n of growth away
from the facilitating mawkishness into
which it had drifted, but has not yet
produced a notable woman composer.
The other continental countries seem
even more torpid; and though English
women have written much. they have
not got beyond the prevailing ~cheapness
of the English school, except. perhaps,
in certain of the compositions of Mrs.
Marie Davies and Miss Maud Valerie
White.
The newest dancing shoes are made
of perfectly plain white kid, without so
much as a row of perforated stitching
across the toe. Their toes are broader,
too, and the vamps not SO long as for
me-ly. Low shoes are far more COM
fortable to dance in thar slippers, and
also have the advantage of looking bet
ter. If a slipper fits snugly enough
about the instep to look web, it makes
a dancer remember hat she has feet,
and her partners suffer in consequence
for the minute a woman is conscious of
her feet in dancing she dances badly
On the other hand, if the slipper is
loose enough to feel easy it will not
stay on. The low shoe has none of these
drawbacks. For a time kid dancing shoes
and slippers went entirely out of vogue,
and only those made of satin were con-
sidered strictly chic. But satin does not
give, and is most uncomfortable, so it has
been ousted. 1t is a relief to see dancing
shoes plain, for few feet are SO built that
they can stand being embellished with
buckles, bows, butterflies and the like.
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A well known society woman was dis
cussing the debutante question yesterday
at a Lenten sewing circle. She had evil
IDENTITY thought the subject out well.
The pity of it is" she said, that the
bud gets everything during her first
year She comes fresh from schoo and
she plunges at once into the vortex.
She attends so many functions that she
hasn't time to enjoy any. All novelty is
worn off during the first twelve months
and then what is left for the three years
to come? Nothing. The maiden is blase
and tired-worn out. The remedy Well,
why not keep a thing or two. Withhold
some thing or things at first. To my
what with her afternoon teas.
classes and small luneheons. a
debutante has quite enough on the tapis!
We could hold over the large dinners,
balls, and so on. Shed feel fresher and
better for it,
Make a chain or cast enough stitches
on the needles to go oun baby's leg a
little above the ankle; now knit plain
until the leg is of the desired length.
Then take half of the stitches-or those in
crochet back and forth until a
is crocheted as long as the foot,
a few times as you near the
toe to give it a shape. Now pick up
stitches along the sides Of this piece and
crochet AL around the foot until it is
enough, narrowing a few times at
heel and toe when nearly done.
When large enough pnt together with a
seam at the bottom of the foot. Put
kind of fancy work at the top and
cord and fassel at the ankle to tie with.
fne<yarn is used these socks will be
pretty and comfortable.
was given to detail in fashion.
The clasps Of the seasons gloves are
really beautiful. says TABLE Talk They