The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-07

in two waysv7A eat, whenever she needs
ii. and cut flowers whether she needs
them or not. The home violet-bed has
lone much to bring this latter luxury
within close range.
Don't forget when you do your mar
keting for Easter Sunday to provide a
plentiful supply of eggsv-for Easter
morning breakfast without egg would be
very like Hamlet with the Prince left out.
And. above all things, don't forget some
candy eggs for the children, or at least
some dyed ones.
And hat sets one to thinking: do the
deliberately gotten-up Easter souvenirs
of to-day ever give half the joy that the
old-fashioned dyed egg gave the young
sters of a generation or two ago.
Who does not remember the supreme
bliss on Easter morning which the youth
full mind experienced when presented
with an egg colored with coehineal? And
human ecstacy could go no further. it
seemed, when some kind hand PAINS
takingly scratched the owners name on
the beautiful smooth surface, and per-
haps decorated it also with a puzzling
resemblance of something which we in
stantly and gratefully OWNED was meant
for a chicken or a rabbit.
But we have changed all that. and to-
day the Tp-to-date miniature men and
women would scorn such simple Joys.
The least preteatious Easter emblem
one may offer nowadays is a chocolate or
sugar egg with the owners name written
in mink or white sugar, and even these
offerings are coldly accepted if some
moro fortunate acquaintance received a
Dresden china b~onbonniere in the shape
of an egg or a mammoth affair covered
with brocade and containing a goodly
load of chocolates and marrons
But the choice is by no means a diff
cult one. as the confectioners' shops are
crowded with all sorts of odd and Curl
GUS, as well as pretty, Easter remem-
branees.
The ubiquitous rabbit is much in evil
honlely chicken. Then. too, little gaily
painted wicker baskets are filed with
colored eggs. which are carefully guarded
by Il most realistic old hen.
In the jewelers. shops there is a be-
wildering array of pretty novelties dis
played on the counters and labeled Eas-
ter gifts. To be sure. most of them have
no special significance, but if the gift is
pretty and accompanied by a card bear
ing some appropriate Easter sentiment,
the recipient is apt to overlook any such
%trifing Inconsistency on the part of the
giver.
A Partisan model FOR a cloth gown ex-
hibits the latest device for 3 bodice, the
French back. This dispenses with side
bodies altogether. The French back has
only two seams. and they are Tapped with
a double row of stitching. The back is
only intended for a cloth gown that can
be treated in tailor style. A French blue
cloth made up in this mode may be very
successful, especially if it has accessories
of black velvet; collar, girdle. rundown
cuffs. and rows of punctured. narrow
black velvet ribbon applied TO the skirt.
Thu bodice has a square yoke filled in
with cream eolored lace, q coarse mesh Is
preferred, as fine lace does not accord
with the motive of a cloth gown. The
skirt is tight, clinging to the hips. 1t
has the conventional flare at the foot.
This is the opportunity of trimming ii.
The sleeves exhibit the only sign of
tueking visible in the costume They
are tucked in waves.
1t may be we'll to remind ourselves
that bias ruffes or Spanish %houncing
should not be attempted on any creepy
material or in the finer veilings. These
are bound TO stretch il cut on the bias.
The silk-dotted crepes are the worst Of
tenders. A founce lengthens itself mys-
teriously on one side; it is impossible to
keep it even. Reserve YOU bias-cut trim
mings for materials h will not stretch,
like silk, cashmere or cloth or satin. II
is infuriating to the mildest temper to
have the iounce of a new frock dip. sag,
bangle and finally sweep the ground.
Such a habit is impossible to correct,
Remove the LOUNGES and apply some
other finish to the skirt, or, better Still,
take warning in time of the disagreeable
tendency of the crepe family to be "long
drawn OUT where it is not expected nor
desired.
Baked apples may be used where they
| agree with children, and a raw scraped
| apple may be given, writes Mrs. S. T
Rorer on Proper Cookery for the Nurs-
| ery'' in the April Ladies' Home Journal
Bananas should always be cooked, unless
they are very ripe and the skins quite
| black. To bake a banana nicely you should
have a porcelain or granite baking dish
Strip the skins from the bananas, place
them in a dish. sprinkle over a table
| spoonful of sugar; add four or five table
| spoonfuls of water, and bake in a quick
oven for twenty minutes, basting once OF
twice. Serve warm. Blackberry jam, il
| properly made, is quite an important nur-
| sery food.
A small, but exquisite Easter girt is Of
real Delft china (of which there many
| imitations). The shape is round and fiat.
The PLAGUE top shows the characteristic
| of Dutch scenery-a Windmill, winding
| canal. green banks and messy trees-only
| of course. the banks and trees are as blue
| as the sky. The pretty bit of Delft is
Mounted in silver gilt, and will not dis
color or tarnish like the silver boxes.
Ar expert, one of the high-class cater
ers of the city, gives the precise length
| over the table that a table cloth should
hang. This is eighteen inches at the
narrowest point, a width which gives al
the corners. of course, a deeper sweep
The full yard square napkin is the mos
approved dinner size. although many