The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-16

ghosts troop with the family party
haunting each step. Poverty or the back
slidings OF some member OF the household
or some other disagreeable reminder has
showed them from their Kidding places
Once they arrive there is no getting rid
of them. All benefit that the jaunt
might bestow are completely lost. The
expedition is i wretchcd failure.
If families would only be content to as
semble together anywhere under the sun,
at home or on a highway, without nag
gins or without hauling into the hours
recreatio discussions that are sure TO
create discussions, they might walk IN
unity of spirit and with a zest that would
do one and all a world OF good.
The eligible age for evening dress with
little boys has been lowered Ito s years
Hardly out of kits, the ~youngster IS al
lowed to get into white b~oard-bosom
shirts, Iow-cut waistcoat. black untinish-
ed diagonal knee breaches and a SATIN
faced Tuxedo to match. Until the age OF
Is the boy. who has a sensible mother,
wears his knee bTeeches Of an evening and
patent leather pumps with black silk hose,
a white tie and round white enameled
studs and cuff buttons are the adjuncts
of this dress, usually seen at children's
parties and dancing school. Such an out
fit is considered more modish for the lit
tie fellows than the velveteen Fauntleroy
and Louis Ky dresses. or the blouse of em-
| broidered muslin, with the little braided
velvet suits. to which those mothers
| loving the infantile and picturesque still
cling.
For spring wear many boys under 10
are seen iii smart hooded military capes
falling only a inch below the waist line,
buuttoning with German silver knobs from
| collar to hem, and faced inside with scar
| let. After the first half-score of years
have been passed the well dressed boy
| assumes the dignity of a short box-shaped
| covert coat, in every detail a miniature
| copy of the one his father wears, with
fly front and four patch pockets on the
outside.
Over their first cotton gowns of the
| season, little girls also are wearing short
capes that are wonderfully becoming.
| These are had of cashmere lined with a
gayly colored silk, while their dark blue
| cheviot REFERS are relieved by brilliant
| coats of arms embroidered on the sleeves,
| and by dark red cuffs and collars, striped
in white braid. Boys and girls alike, for
stout play day suits, wear the invaluable
galatea cloth, ard in killed skirts and
| blouse bodies, For an interval at least.
the sexes. in the comfort of dress, are on
| equality. Besides the galatea a great deal
| Of denim is now employed in children's
| wardrobes by practical mothers, who
| make up play ground pinafores, jumpers
| and overalls for the little men and won-
en-. The overalls. strapped on the Shout
ders, and cut exactly on he pattern OF
those worn by house painters, are made
| up alike for boys and girls. To wear these
| the girl merely takes off her top skirt,
and in bifurcated case enjoys the same
liberty of movement as her brother.
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A beautiful set of plates, intended for
| service with any course where mush-
| rooms are accessories of the piece &c re-
sistance, are small, with a rocco edge.
| springing from one side of each plate is a
| single variety of mushroom, with it's dis
| tinctive surroundings. Such of these
| fungi as grow in the fields have the weeds
of their natural environment beside them
| on the plate; others that are found by
| the roadside or in the woods are SINH
larry accompanied by their proper wild
! 6owers and ferns. The large platter
shows the growths in riotous profusion,
and with the set is a fiat tray to stand
he chalng dish upon that is equally gen
erous in its grouping OF the velvety roots
The woman's Home Companion says
that there is no more nutritious and
healthful meat than young, healthy nut
ton we'll cooked. Mutton, like all meat, is
tough when first killed. and should be
long enough to grow tender. Good NUT
! ton should have an abundance Of firm,
white fat. but not an ~oyerfat appearance.
| Sheep off of the great ranges have dark
| eolored meat like that of wild animals,
while those which do less running have
meat of a lighter color.
AT three years of age mothers usually
| want their boys to look as boyish as pos
| sible. and adopt the kilt skirt and blouse
| or Jacket, and one-piece suits; the latter
are serge, duck, denim. pique or Madras,
saws the Ladies Home Journal" The
, PROTEST are of pique, with embroidery
for belt. collar edging centre plait and
! cuffs. The blouse and kilt skirt are made
| Of Madras, blue or white serge, linen.
| duck, gingham or percale, and the short
| Jacket of the same material with a loose
waist of white lawn or cambric.
The variety in hats and bonnet for
for the little ones is wonderfully large.
In addition to the pretty shirred lawn
| cap. which is always a favorite with con-
serative mothers, the picture hat with
| straw crown and a waving rim of lace
edged plated lawn or organdy is a deci-
ded favorite.
Pretty pique REFERS are the fashionable
| outdoor garments for the tiny tots. The
| newest nave deep collars edged with q
| wide ruffle of Swiss embroidery, while an
| ether novelty is that of the insertion
trimmed epaulettes. White, pink, blue.
| cardinal and green are the fashionable
colors, all of which are said TO launder
admirably.
Coats and hats cannot be stolen from
a new hat rack, which has an unturned
pes, on which the clothes are placed,
with a hinged jaw above, which clamps
them, n can only be opened with a
key.
FOR THE FREE KINDERcARDEN.