The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-20

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etc, Il then she added to this a really
splendid array Of fans
Her possessions Of seventeenth and
eighteenth century paste alone could hard
~ be matched now outside a European
museum, and now that this ardor for coll
Letting has grown SO earnest the value Of
her array Of antique jewelry has increased
to the proportions of a small fortune.
There are numbers of women who would
gladly exchange their diamond tiaras and
necklaces for her ancient imitation stones,
but fine paste, though the thing most de-
sired by the feminine collectors today, is
the most difficult article to procure.
$50
The American finds much to try her in
Shopping in Italy, says Harper's Bazaar"
IN the first place. briskness is unknown.
The Italian always produces the impress
sion of feeling that he has the whole day
ahead Of him. Two of his f~avorite
Ghere is time) and "Cf vuol pazienza"
Zone must have patience). Whether one
agrees with the first expression or not,
she has ample cause and opportunity to
exercise the second. The leisurely bear
ing with which the statesmen bring forth
their wares drives the hurried and I'M
philosophical shopper to the verge of
desperation.
The very manner in which goods are
kept in Italy is a fruitful cause Of an
guish.-Suppose, for instance, that one
is searching for spring underwear. With
us such articles are kept in boxes or
drawers and it is an easy thing to whisk
them out and display them to the buyer
In italy, on the contrary, each style and
size is wrapped in paper. and the package
tied with a string. To make a selection
it is necessary to rave an endless untying
and spreading out of parcels, during
which lively would-be purchasers suffer
from the fidgets. 1t is the same way with
stockings and a variety of other neces-
sary articles, and the buyer must either
say and practice sci vuol ~pazienza" or
render herself bankrupt in cellular tissue.
Another source of trial is what appears
to us the out1andish method of having
things tina apparently belong together
sold in different establishments. Silks are
found in one shop. woollens in another,
and ribbons in a third. At nj Of these
Cd1 CiG i1GSAA1C5 anu
woman wishes to hang a pair of curtains.
she purchases the materials at one shop,
the rod and rings at a different place, the
iron fixtures at a third. and has to go to
a fourth to find an upholsterer to put,
them up. She must visit a tobacco-shop
for salt, and cannot find. as with us, veg
etables, fruit or bread at a grocer's. It
may thus readily be seen that one must
travel a good deal to do her marketing
or shopping. Add to all this the confusion
incident to the fact that the standards of
measure and weight are different from
ours. a metre exceeding a yard. and a
pound containing but twelve ounces, and
a faint idea may be formed of the mental
complications of the traveller. There is
also a certain amount of beating Town to
be lone in nearly every shop; and even
after half an hours bargaining the pur-
chaser cherishes awful doubts lest She
might not nave bought the thing cheaper
Shopping is really almost equal to the
contemplation of faded frescoes for low
ering the mental tone. and it is hard to
say which has the more to answer for in
the exhausted state.in which most trav-
elers leave Italy.
So
The woman who wears a great deal of
black, no matter how handsomely or sim
ply it may be made, Is always well dress
ed. says the .Woman's Home Compan-
If she is sallow and sickly looking,
with dull eyes. she must never wear all
black, but must always wear a touch of
White or some becoming color up around
~ - To r. - x-o,rkb f,I With foa
skin. bright eyes and pretty coloring, then
all black is decidedly the most fitting
thing she can wear. particularly If her
hair be one of the blonde colors.
Dark shades are always the safest
things to wear by daylight, especially if
one is in doubt as to the harmony be-
tween light tints and her complexion. The
we'll dressed stout woman never affects
rough. shaggy materials, as they only add
to her size. Nor does she wear large-fg-
ured goods in her gowns or wraps. # she
is short she has only a simple narrow foot
trimming to her d~ress-skirts, and never
affects fussy effects in any feature of her
dress. The tall. slender woman can wear
almost anything she likes, 50 long as she
studies her requirements Of color and is
careful dDOut SSthlS iAto HEi Sioti1eo
gracefully. A tailor-made gown is always
in good taste. and black is always suitable
for the business woman, shirt-waists of all
kinds being Indispensable at any time of
the year.
The lack Of proper outdoor exercise.
walking briskly and inhaling plenty Of
fresh air. is the cause of fully one-half
the ills tina feminine flesh is heir to,
says Demorest's."
Walking, which also means standing
erect, with shoulders thrown back, lungs
expanded, and head well poised. is the
best tonic that can be prescribed for ex-
hausted brains, weakened muscles. and
.threadbare nerves.
Business women in Chicago. under the
advice of a physician, who is also a busiS
ness woman. are forming walking clubs,
which, as the members grow in grace and
shall expand into running clubs.
Two miles a day is the shortest sprint
which the Chicago walking club woman
may permit herself. Very few women
have the time to walk to business. and
there are very few. indeed. who are not
too fatigued to walk home. Hence, the
Chicago clubs have decided to walk in the
evening. and. as they are to sally forth
in solid phalanxes. he necessity Of a
has not been considered.
The hour for meeting is usually put