The Jersey City news., 1898-07-06


/ 1T is not without a certain amount o1
! impatience." said a society matron, |that
4 / occasionally hear men speak Of fentaie
1 extravaganza as If they themselves We're
models of economy. 1t is unfortunately
true that TOO many members OF my sex
spend money foolishly at times, but for
all-around extravaganza and ignoring ~
not ignorance of the value Of small sums
OF money men easily take the PALM And
4 you may be sure that ] never allow
masculine sneer on this subject to pass
| without something in the way Of reply
Talk about the extravaganza Of women'
Nhy not long ago the plan of an or
! ganization composed chiefly of women
| befng mooted the question of dues arose.
and a man suggested quite casually that
/ they be placed at $50 a year. Fifty dollars
| a yearl Why, to most women $50 a year
| is an immense sum, only to be expended
after judicious and careful calculation OF
how it may be used to the best advan-
/ tage, while the matter-of-fact way IN
| which it was suggested was an APT illus
/ tration of the masculine attitude OF MIND
| as regards both large and small sums OF
money. Men may be capable OF economy
l-doubtless some men are-but to most
men the very idea of the small economies
which are second nature to women in gem
eraI is unknown.
! s.Men have their club dues, usually pret-
| ty heavy. hut who ever heard OF man
who wanted to join a club or casino at
a country place for few weeks who was
/ deferred by any consideration OF an ex-
pense. of $50 or so? They do not stop to
consider the relative expense of a dinner
or luncheon at swell place; they jump
| into cabs in a reckless way which makes
women shudder, and SO on all along the
| Ene.
.Whereas a woman will walk to save
/ car fare: she calculates all her personal
| expenses closely and carefully to scale
and the thought of a SO subscription tex
cent to a society like the Daughters or
Danes when another even more power
full foible comes into play would make
her shake in her shoes"
man with an expression of pain
upon his face and good-sized bundle
/ in his hand rushed into hat store the
other day and. throwing the bundle
upon the counter, cried
ssHeros that golf hat I bought yester-
day. MY wife says it won't do, SO I've
brought it back. She says I must ex-
change it for one with broader brim
| and a lower crown"
"Certainly,'' returned the obliging
salesman. you may exchange it for any
thing you like though l must say, sir,
that / don't quite understand your wife's
| objection.
.sYou know that when you were IN mere
yesterday you tried on the broad brims
and low crowns, and that you didn't like
| them Both you and agreed that the
/ hat you bought was the only style be-
coming to you.'
Becoming to mel" repeated the Gus
| toner. Great Scott. man. do you sup
pose that my wife cares whether or no
| the hat suits me? What she's after Is
whether it's becoming to her bought
| the hat for myself, of course, but IN
| these days when a woman does ana
| wears pretty nearly everything that
man does and wears, a married man
| doesn't have necktie that he can call
| his own.
when I took home that hat last even
| ing the first thing my wife did was to
put it on her own head. and the first
| thing she said was:-'Why, Henry, don't
| see what you were thinking of to get
| hat like that.
You ought to know by this time that
narrow brims and high crowns are not
| becoming to me. I wouldn't appear on
| the links with that thing on my head
| for the world. Take it right back. and
never again make the mistake of getting
clothes that are unbecoming to your
! wife :"
/ To put hats in trunks this year will be
no part of the feminine philosophy. Tas
! woman who has pretty hats will be fool-
ish to trust them in the recesses OF
trunk amid linen, gowns and the ODDS
and ends of milady's gear. Modern me-
chanical science has devised a very sim
| pie answer to the question, How car we
most safely carry our elaborate summer
| hats?"
A hat box has been invented that
| though small in compass itself, can hold
six hats of the greatest amount OF fuss
| and feathers" In this, on sides, bottom
/ and top, there are small metallic arms
that turn and can be slipped over the
brim The sides carry four lats, the bot
| tom the fifth the cover the sixth. irnl-
! ly held in place in this manner none ef
hat-box locks in precisely The same man
ner as does a trunk Not only does its
cover lift up, but on opening one of its
| sides falls. Thus any hat can be taken
out or put back without disturbing the
others.
The rolls for sandwiches for outdoor
luncheons should be perfectly fresh, and
should be rather small, with a tender
crisp crust, says the Ladies' Home Jour
nal.v The round graham rolls are exceed
ingly nice for this purpose. Remove from
| the top of the roll a piece of the crust the
size of silver dollar and with blunt
| knife or spoon take out the centre. The
space may be filed with any highly sea-
soned chopped meat, fish lobster, crab, or
| even fruit the lid replaced, and the sand
| wieh served in a pretty basket Tongue
| sandwiches may be made by either chop
/ ping the tongue or cutting it into thin
slices. Where the tongue is chopped it
should be rubbed as described in the re-
| ceipt for chicken sandwiches. and highly
seasoned.
| The craze for tucking gowns is stin
at its zenith and the fashion will con
tinue through the entire summer. This
trimming appears on transparent dresses.
ON silk and satin ones, and on all other
materials which can possibly be used for