The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-02
1deas for dMomen

says Dpfolny MaGucA III the
"Incuirer.ss Last summer I was IN nor
water most Of the time, and this season l
have had more than one unpleasant ex-
perience."
We all pricked up our ears as the trou-
bled ono went on
ssYou see, / put my finger in other
peoples pie. What l do is always done
with the desire to help them along. For
instance. have a habit of recommending
nJaces to persons searching for summer
board.
nDanst eyer do it as you value your
peace of mind That is my advice to you
all. Again and again lave / raved over
certain resorts. inveigied my friends in
to trying them, only to be roundly be-
rated for my pains.
II remember last year I settled down
IN an old fishing village that l thought
ideal. One day I dubbed over in a letter
to some relatives about it. and on they
came.
..From the day they arrived until they
took their departure I never had one mo-
ment of real comfort. They fused and
fused about the merest trifies, and finally
went off as mad as hatters. bag and bag
gage.
az am done I said. done. forever, en-
couraging people to Try anything I like"
And SO | thought I was. but here I have
gone and repeated this insane act this
very season. and l know as well as I
am living all ! shall get for tolling a fam
lily off to a mountain resort that I like.
1t has been perfectly lovely in the past.
1 bet a cookie this year will find it a dis
grace.
"Another trick of mine which gets me
into trouble is taking things for granted.
r am Just telling you so that you may
profit by my mistakes
Every one nodded approval. and she
went M
Taking things for granted I find is a
dreadful blunder. It is one women are
constantly making. Sometimes mere
courtesy prompts an invitation. Impulse
dictated it. and as soon as the impulse
has passed. the invited one. fool enough
to accept finds herself in a pretty kettle
of fish. She is plainly one too many.
you may say nobody with a particle
of manners would treat a guest as a hang
er-on. Won't they? Well. some time give
some woman a chance. and see.
II heard a lot of people discussing the
other evening their plans for a vacation.
A foolish creature listening became inter-
ested and ceolly showed herself into the
party
II could see she thought she would be
a delightful acquisition. l wanted to get
herroff in a corner and tell her a thing or
two that would keep her home.
.'She has foisted herself on those people,
and yet hasn't sense enough to see it. She
will probably spoil the party. It's mem
bers are to go to a country house; this
outsider has arranged to board at a near
by hotel. and expects to share in all the
country rouse pleasures.
ssThe hostess of this house has evidently
a surprise awaiting her. Will she be Ella
ted or disgusteds Disguised, of course,
alRd everybody else d%readfully embar-
rassed.
BE as still as a mouse whenever you
are with the summer enthusiasts. Let
them erthuse to their hearts content. If
you must plan, plan independently of
them, unless they are frankly cordial in
their invitation to you to join their party.
AlOLueI IIlCE Oh IulA6. ~. QRdT, !
seems sometimes as if it got me into more
trouble than all the rest, is thrusting my
recipes on people.
II have a mania for offering jelly ard
preserve and pickle recipes to housekeep-
ers who are no doubt far wiser han I
about such matters.
.If the things turn out all right. well
and good, but if the jellies don't iell or
the preserves and pickles happen to go
wrong, I am made to feel small enough
to go through the eye of a needle.
AS for my soft-heartedness, it gets me
into trouble summer and winter. In sum-
mer, however, I suffer most from being
obliging. Whenever I am going anywhere
from home there always seems to be
somebody waiting round to give me a
commission.
1T is Please get me a set of photo
graphs from such a place or bring me
a souvenir Of some Sort 1 take the COM
missions and 1 notice that no money ever
accompanies them. 1t is always let me
know just how much it is when you re-
turn a very indefinite arrangement I
call it,
Here one of the group asked
nave ypu ever uedFQ the story or the
woman who was tormented with commits
sions? She stood it as long as she could,
and one time. when loaded down with
paper memorandums, she gathered the lot
together and let the first good, stiff breeze
scatter them. When she returned home
she told her friends that the papers had
all blown away because no money had
been put on them to hold them down.
Good I will take that hint TO heart"
and the woman who had been doing all
the talking added, Summer is full of
enough unpleasant possibilities. If 1 can
escape one I am in luck"
Soft, clinging effects will have the pref
erence over all stiff materials, says the
'sWonan's Home Companion" Cash
meres still have a place in handsome
gowns. as do the henriettas and albatross
as we'll as the fine serges. Canvas-cloths
are made softer and show a variety of
open-wreught meshes in all the new au-
tunn tints. Poplins are still with US.
and those of high siIken luster are much
used for very dressy wear. especially in
the shades of gray and green. For dressy
black. either satin. popiin or some of the
fine ~bengallne weaves are shown in pref
ereace to the bFocades and moires. Crane
effects and crepons are good, ana show a
tendency to a pretty sflken gloss. Ladies'
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