The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-01

it or her own. and saluted her admirers
anew.
Joseph was highly pleased with Char
otte. whom he had NOT seen since she
WAS thirteen, and tried TO give her as
much compensation as he could for the
pleasures of the Continental life she had
left behind. He took her to Long Branch
and Saratoga. but he soon discovered that
her chief taste was for painting. At the
old gallery of the Academy of the Fine
Arts in Philadelphia were exhibited sew
eral studies and landscapes from her
brush.
There is no special room that can be set
aside as a ewing room. The litter of the
sewing materials accumulate with sur
prising rapidity. There seems to be. no
end to the accumulation of spring sewing,
for there are made-overs to receive at
~tention, as well as the Easter costuming,
and when this must all receive attention
at home something must be done to keep
the living room p~resentable, or it will
soon become sewing scraps from begin
ring to end. A rug of linen crash large
enough TO cover half the room will be the
greatest convenience in such an emer-
gSncy. Almost at Il moments notice all
the threads and scraps may be gathered
up on this rug and shaken on a paper in
some convenient place until they can be
sorted and the serviceable pieces divided
from the sell rags" And if the room
must be used hastily for some other pur-
pose than a sewing room it will take
only a few moments to gather up the fou
corners of the rug and keep the scattered
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again spread in place for continuing the
work. A canvas rug will no be expensive
and although stout and firm, will be light
enough for easy cleaning when soiled.
During the cold winter weather. or in
summer. when ice is in daily use, there
is no difficulty in securing the cold APP
plications 50 often required in sickness;
but during the spring weather, when there
are warm days before the ice man makes
his regular round we were often at a
loss to follow out the physicians orders
until this useful hint was given us. 1t
is claimed that this most useful hint for
sick room attendance is very seldom
known outside of a hospital ward, and
not even there in many cases. Yet all
should know how to obtain a cold cloth
without the use of ice. Everyone knows
that in fevers and weakness cold cloths
on the face or forehead or at the base of
the brain is one of the most comfortable
things in the world. In the tropical hospi-
tails and where ice is scarce. all that il;
necessary is to wet a linen cloth, wave
it TO and fro in the air. fold it and place
it on the patient. Have another cloth
ready, wave it to and fro just before APP
plying it. These cloths have a more CRATE
fui and lasting GOODNESS than those made
so by the .burntrg cold produced by ice.
If the home dressmaker attempts a
guinped dress. let her remember that
the gninpe is made on an underwaist
of fine white lawn. 1t has arm holes not
too closely fitted. hi guimpe will not
stay in place unless attached to an un-
derwaist. 1t will tend to rise up when
tine dress is over it. 1t is not necessary
that the underwaist goes quite to the
waist, but provide eyes at the lower
edge, back and front, SO that the CORE
spending hook may be placed at the foot
of the cut-out portion of the waist. When
these are hooked the guimpe cannot ride
up, and will stay in place as it should
Do not get the guimpe too tight around
the neck, for it will then be uncomfort-
able, and any letting out might leave
stitch-marks on the fine satin or muslin.
The old-fashioned shawl of Chantilly
lace will come into play again if you
line it with silk. Only the thinnest china
silk is used, and any color you desire
shows well under black Chantilly lace.
Lace scarfs are utilized for lace pam
/ cling, for guimpe or jacket fronts, for
| a tunic Cor overskirt), or for little man
| ties. Lace wells are used over the face.
| or to trim a toque. Lace enters conspic-
| uously into millinery; all kinds of edge
lace is used for houncing. ruffles and
! ruching. In trimming a skirt with lace,
remember to keep it below the knees,
as aounces do not look well nearer the
waist. Decidedly it will be a lace season
and a lace year.
Don't run the risk Of spelling the skin
with any questionable 'cures" for remov-
ing the spring tan or freckles or sunburn.
if pure sweet cream can be obtained.
This is one of the very best applications
for an irritated skin. whether from sum
burn or wind. 1t should be rubbed in
gently at hight. Then for whitening and
softening the skin buttermilk is. the favor
tie application. and with plenty of cream
and buttermilk at hand W. can defy the
most trying weather.
1t is sometimes difficult to provide em-
ployment for the dear grandmother or
perhaps invalid aunt of the home circle.
Such will be interested in the making OF
the bathroom rugs out of white cotton
rags of the sewing-room. These should
be cut into narrow strips sewed together,
and then wound into balls. When there
is enough prepared then have them
woven the size required. The weaver
may be instructed to use a blue or red
warp as ones taste elects, and the cotton
fringe at each end to match the warp.
These are the most durable and prettiest
of bath mats.
:, Colors. combinations and designs are in
excellent taste. and there is a wide range
for choice. even though Dame Fashion
has set her stamp of approval primarily
upon casters, tans, beiges and grays.
Several new shades of blue and of green
are noted, and a touch of yellow in silk
and-wool novelties is exceedingly fetch
ing. These win surely not linger on the