The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-19
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WOMAN'S WORLD.
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Enquirer and before they had finish
ed there was unanimous agreement upon
one change in household economies at
least. namely the 'parlar.
Traditional ideas of its elegance have
melted away beneath the hot fire OF moo
crn criticism. The -housekeeper who m
sists upon a parlor also insists upon re-
ferring to her servant as the girl
The first move toward routing the par
Tor was made when little houses as wen
as larger ones exhibited with pride a re-
ception hail.
Here is where people drop down for a
rest and closely connected with 1t. IN 2
house of modest dimensions is a tiny re-
ception room. Not the slightest hint re-
mains Of q parlor when this room IS m
spected.
In oIden days the parlor. the room OF
rooms. was a sacred place. indebted by
dust it's shades primly drawn and rot
4 feck of sunshine allowed to wander
over its fine carpet and finer furniture
Today the apartment that has taken
its place IS supplied with plants and these
plants must have air and sunshine ana
light. Two-thirds of the p~rettiest re-
ception rooms are furnished with willow
which. in summer may be stripped bare
and in winter dressed up in the gayest Of
art work.
we must go way. way back into the
country to find a real old-fashioned com
pany room. the kind of room that a mar
rage or a death puts on display.
Only a little drapery is used to divide
reception han or the plain ordinary hall
Of past days from the reception room.
The two seem common property. There
is a cosy interchange of draperies and
furniture that is highly delightful.
And then when the home becomes rath-
er too pretentious for so small an apart
ment we have a substitute the drawing
room and next comes the salon.
As one woman puts It, i've visit all
over the modern mansion, up stairs. down
stairs and in my lady's chamber And
so we do. Two-thirds of the house re-
Gently built supply a second landing that
is broad enough to hold a divan and a
chair or two. This landing generally has
a bay window where a table may be
placed and it is literally bathed in the
rarest of tints from the stain glass win
dow that is a part of its finish.
Then comes the sitting room on the Sec
ond floor, a room devoted to comforts for
family and visitors. Once upon a time so
much indoor luxury belonged exclusively
TO mansions of importance.
Glad am I that the parlor is rapidly
losing prestige. It had nothing in com
mon with artistic tendencies. We would
never have dared desecrate its precincts
by any Of the free and easy methods that
are introduced into our present-day guest
corners.
Thanks to this age one can spend a COM
Portable wait in almost any Of the recep-
ton rooms belonging to a mistress Of adj
vaneed notions. There are a few good
magazines scattered about. foliage plants
faa4 the place of ornaments, choice brio
a-brac sieFe being allowed a nook of hon
or. eclutiering." such as was once in
dulged in is no longer permissible.
I happened into a reception room the
other morning that may serve as a sample
of the many CHEEKY rooms now the vogue.
MY friend had but a small sum to spend
on this apartment and yet / considered it
ideal.
She had taken an old steamer chair
from the garnet a roomy rocker from the
sitting room and with one sleepy hollow.
a cane-seated divan, ard a couple of cane
seated arm chairs. she had been able to
ignore stuffy furniture. All these pieces
were comfortably cushioned in denim, one
of the delicately tinted green denims, the
color of the inside of a maple leaf.
She had utilized a table. a little seedy,
but with a draDe so pretty that one had
only a faint suspicion Of its genteel shah
biness. On it were books, a gay little
study lamp and a Bohemian vase of green
filled with spicy pinks.
A smaller table held a Queen Anne tea
service which had been a part of her
~grandmother's wedding gifts. a few thin
bits of china and a tea kettle.
Some flmy stuff foated in front of the
windows. A window seat had been placed
under the misty curtains. Altogether a
charming room and a thousand times
more restful than many rooms costing a
small mint of money.
Glad that the parlor is no more, the
parlor for which every other room in the
house must pay for its gorgeousness. the
parlor with its useless finery, its endless
t~rumpery? Indeed am, and so should
every woman be il she has one grain of
artistic 1eeilng IN her Soul.
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Bowling really requires three things
steady nerve, good judgment of distance
and accurate delivery. The first two
are physical qualifications possessed in a
greater or less degree by all persons in
fairly good health, but on the third lin
ger the hopes and fears of bowlers.
Perfect, delivery of the ball in order
that possible spares can be made is the
enc bright goal which all bowlers are
striving to. attain.
In former years. when pins were
punched and the tenpin balls were small
balloons. it was not difficult to make
strikes, but with the radical changes in
roduced in the set Of the pins and the
establishment of fixed rules for every
thing pertaining to the sport, the style
changed and the game became more
scientific.
AS It grew more difficult the players
naturally studied harder to produce the
best results, hence the inquiries made at
the present time for information as TO
the best way to learn 10 bowl.
: In the first place, never attempt to use
a ball which is too heavy. Select one
which can be easily controlled and which
does not tire the wrist.
Never take the ball with the tips of the