The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-10-27
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The season of matinees and evenings
at the opera is now well open, and in Or
der that well-intentioned women may
provide themselves with such cases for
their glasses as viii not disgrace the
most exquisite toilet a few hints are vol
unteered for the benefit Of such as APP
preciate the wisdom CT care in details.
What most women want to carry in the
bag are the opera glasses, scent bottle,
handkerchief, fan. and, sometimes. when
evening dress is worn, a lace scarf Tor
the head.
A good-sized piece of cardboard is the
first essential in the making Of the bag.
From the cardboard cut a piece the shape
desired for the bag and strengthen IFS
edges with several thickresses Of DUCK
ram, the buckram to run up the sldes Oh
the. bag as far as the embroidery Is p4l
on. The objects to be obtained with Inc
buekram are stiffness about the base ana
a support for the embroidery
Eor tbe material with which the bag IS
covered delicate shades are the pretllest.
Far the blue matinee bag, on which a
neacock strutted through a triumphai
arch of yellow lilies. turquoise blue OF
toman silk was chosen. The bag was cut
to appear four-sided. this being managed
~ tbe cut of the cardboard and buck
ram beneath the silk
The peacock, with it's outspread tan
was worked with embroidery SIX OF e"o
shades of peacock blue. pale yellow,
emerald and faint greea,
Some iridescent spangies gave Tue
necessary sparkle to the BIRDS plumage.
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The head, breast and legs OF the pea
cock were worked with the darker snaue
of the blue, while the feathers were
wrought in a lighter shade, either IN long
or short stitch or set in solidly.
The breast Of the peacock was lnerust-
ed with dark blue facts, or the so-calleo
5eweled heads, while the tail was covered
with beads or spangles of blue and green.
blend the colors. for a tinted plate can be
found in any large work on ornithology-
The bird may be either sketched upon the
bac Or stamped by some embroidery
stamping firm.
ANY one who can handle q pencil, how
ever. can. with the aid OF a piece of car
hon naner and a picture of a peacock,
,,aLa . yood enough sketch for the pur-
nasa of STRENGTHENING If upon silk.
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-t,ah r,rro,,as tba neaoock. was worked
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Scroli-like llnes Vlhd lhe parahei siiies
about the base OF the Dag ana are WorA-
ed with copper-colored japanese eora.
This cord is sewed down with hne SIX.
On each side of the copper cord should
lie a fine line of black, with spines en-
broidered at each arch of the vines.
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From the side of the vine appear to
snrine clusters of lowers. and these are
warled in one shade of seashell silk. as
he 1overs are supposed to be haw-
tborne blossoms.
One shade of green embroidery silk
mist he chosen for the leaves and a
shade Of brown for the stems. Gold 10
represent the yellow pollen in the CEN
tre of the flowers and brown for the fla
rna,+s vii, he ali that ia needed TO en-
hraidar +ba hoo
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