The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-30

, baby to the one ana WtAtASu pi -
other, the rejected swain carrying the
baby and dancing round with it until the
figure was repeated.
A scarf and fan figure is Also a favorite.
| The ladies wearing the scarves, danceo
| with the gentlemen who had been dec
! GRATED with theAsame colored ribbons
The canary bird figure is q new ana
good one, the gentlemen carrying cages
with live canary birds, the ladies having
badges o redrosss, and dancing with the
gentlemen whose cages were tied with
Identical colors-
The wheel and sash figure is amusing
in that the gentlemen rolled the wheels
into the room. the spokes of the wheels
entwined with ribbons of the same color
as the sashes worn by the ladies.
Brides are not always the yielding, dot
Ing creatures they are pictured Some
times they have funny crankisnas' which
| pop up even in the sugar plum days q
faatrimony.
Usually they nave to do with a jealous
J guarding of household gods. The young
housewife is likely to make all sorts OF
petty ~exactions in this line and it's only
when her husband good nataredly gives
in, that the little domestic bubbles VIII
be skipped without friction.
This is the story of a newly married
couple by a bachelor who gIoats over a
chance to point out the restrictions OF a
Benedict.
Il went to call on the Blanks just after
they came back from their wedding trip
When / got into the house, ] sound Ned,
the self-assertive Ned. sitting in a corner
of the hall smoking.
st was rather lark and the hall was
narrow, and Ned didn't look any too com-
Portable, although his wife was ~snuggied
down beside him smiling like a seraph-
Somehow there was a sort Of moodi-
ness in the air. I noticed it; it ratified me
and | Numbered:
ssWhat in time" / asked, 'tare you two
incoming in this place for9S
Med shifted u~neasily and then blurt-
ed out: eWeH, you see. er-Madge won't
let me smoke in the reception room-says
it viii ruin the draperies. everything viii
smell smoky; doesn't want me 10 smoke
in the dining room. says everything will
taste smoky. and she wont let me a
| my pipe into the sitting room, because
she's afraid tobacco will hurt her canary
81 grinned feebly. and muttered some
thing about matrimonial felicity or some
fool remark, and all the time | was Won
dering how long it would be before that
meek Moses would resent having his
rights second to the bric-a-brac and the
canary bird.
Wen, last week I dropped in at the
Blanks. They've been married a little
over a year now, and Ned smokes all
over the house. Madge doesn't even
sneak q look of reproval at him.
when we were in the sitting room and
Ned nonchalantly said, smoke, old man!
I couldn't help gliding How about the
canary?'
Med fairly staggered as he answered:
o. hang the canary. But it's taken
twelve months or more to develop his old
time spirit of Independence
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To make hot tamales, scald a quart of
good Southern white cornmeal. says the
December Ladies' Home Journal lave
ready your corn husks and several husks
torn into narrow strips like ribbons. lave
cooked thoroughly and chopped hne a
chicken; add TO it a Spanish pepper
chopped fine, and a palatable seasoning of
salt. LAKE the GOFIiIle1ls II your manu-.
sort of pat it down, put into the corn
husk sufficient to make a roll six inches
long down the centre. Put in a couple
of tablespoonfuls of chopped chicken. then
roll the husks and cornneal over, making
q. complete roll with the chicken inside.
Fold the ends Of the corn husks over; tie
them with the narrow strips which you
have prepared. Put the bones taken from
the chicken in the bottom of a kettle;
add q sliced onion, three or four cloves,
two bay leaves. a tablespoonful of salt
and a quarter of a teaspoonful of pepper;
cover with cold water and bring to a boil.
Now put your tamales all over the top;
the bones will act as a sort of rack, keep
! ing them from being covered by the
water; cook continuously for two or three
hours, and they will be ready to serve.
The rolls are cut into halves. Dish them
neatly, so that the ends will be exposed.
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The first touch of cold sharpens the
| appetite to such an extent that the wise
home caterer must bestir herself to pro-
vide dishes of a more savory and hearty
nature than the light iummeries that
We're popular during the hot weather.
Cheese is literally laid on the shelf during
most of the summer, in a cooked form,
at least. but now it may be reinsfated,
surrounded with the charm Of novelty.
On the first frosty night a delightful sur
prise either fer dinner or supper nay be
made from stale bread vienna II pos
sible). Cut slices about an inch thick, re-
move a thin layer of crust. cut into rounds
with a biscuit cutter, or cut in quare
and make a round snace in tho rontra