The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-01

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perry materials, of which the India prints
in indigo blues and whites in Oriental
designs take the lead.
Among the quickest selling of the mex
pensive curtains are those of Irish point,
or heavy applique on net, also Louis XIV
net combined with Honiton. Tambour
| and fish net; the latter are of very open
mesh. either hemmed or lace-edged and
in white or ecru.
be made of simple den
$50
The exquisite bobbin lace of italy.
which was celebrated as far back as the
fifteenth century, has its birth, accord
ing to 4he following story, in the listless
hand of a fair girl:
A young fisherman of the Adriatic
VISA betrothed to a beautiful girl of one
of the Islands of the lagoon, who gave
her lover, as a souvenir, a new net
wrought by her own hands. The first
| time he cast it he brought up from the
sea a dainty petrified ~wrack-grass, which
he FASTENED to present to his iancee.
Soon after war was declared. the sail
| ors and fishermen were pressed into SER
vice of the Venetian navy and left for
the East. The girl was inconsolable
| over the absence of her lover and the
possibilities of war, and for many days
neglected her work, and with an hchlng
| heart. only busted herself in examining
and admiring the beautiful wrack-grass,
which was his farewell gift. While abb
sorbed in following its wonderous petri-
fed ribs, knuitted together by the
delicate fbres, she began to twist and
plat the threads weighted with small
leads that hung around her net. Little
by little she wrought in a deft, skillful
manner a perfect thread imitation of the
beloved petrification, and SO created the
bobbin lace. the pride of the Italians,
who know it as "merletti a piombini.'
Mrs. S. 7. Rorer lays down these rules
for Cooking for the Sick and Gonzales
cent in the March Ladies' Home Jour
nal:'' 'In cooking for the sick a mod
crate heat is necessary to bring out and
intensity. rather than destroy or keep
within. the delicate fiavorings of the ma
terials used. Where receipts call for but
ter it must be added to hot dishes after
they nave been taken from the fire. All
fried things must be avoided.
sGruels. or semi-starchy foods require
long. slow cooking. Meats must be cooked
hut not Overcome. Under no
ces should raw meats, raw beef juice, or
raw beef tea be used. Pasteurization is
necessary to remove the danger OF dis
ease germs.s
Serve hot foods hot; cold foods cold.
This does not mean the extreme OF either.
sIn arranging the tray keepAeveything
as dainty as possible. using white or very
pale colors. Al simple vase of lowers,
with not too decided an odor, will prove
an added attraction. Roses, violets, lilies
of-the-valley or bouvardias are advls-
| able for their daintiness and absence OF
heavy odor.'
Narrow bias foulds of black satin, call
ed smilliner's folds,' are seen everywhere
on gowns of black or of colors. They
are finished with a row of machine stitch
ing on Zach side. But as every one wears
them if is now considered rather more
DISTINGUISHED to have bands of cloth
stitched on in the same fashion. The
hands are narrow and also cut on the
bias. Take a good hold, and leave a
good turn-down at each side, or you may
he ANNOYED by the hand suddenly fray
ing out in an unexpected manner, which
is highly provoking. The fraying sud
| denly appears in a gore or seam, where
there is some strain in a glove-ftting
| sheath skirt, say over the knee. 1t must
be Instantly remedied, for the poplins,
| diagonals and whipcords. if cut in narrow
bias strips, have a tendency to increase
the fraying out, once it is begun.
The banquet table of a golden wedding
| anniversary dinner was decorated with
three gilded bowls a large one in the
centre, and two small ones half way
down the table one each side. all filled
| with yellow chrysanthemums, whose tint
was kept away from too sharp a contrast
with that of the bowls. by an intervening
fringe of green. At the four corners of
the table were gaceful horns of wicker
work in standards well filed with yellow
overs. these connected with the central
decorations by a rope of smilax and gold
| cord. At each plate in a little fiat gilded
| basket was tiny growing plant of green
with name card tied around it with mar
row gold colored ribbons, and the W
dates. half a century apart, being
wrought in illuminating text OF each
place card.
So
Young girls are wearing a great many
| sashes with their simple evening gowns.
These are generally long enough to reach
to the hem of the skirt, and sometimes
start without any bow at all beneath the
waistband, but a good many striped glace
sash ribbons are being pointed at the
ends. with rows of black velvet of the
narrowest possible kind edgdng this point,
and also the outstanding ends, which are
cut diagonally and intended to stand up
above the waistband. This is a new style,
but not quite SO pretty as the soft green
white crepe which passes around the
waist and is tied in a loose bow, and
falls with careless grace over many a
white gown. the ends fringed with .dia-
monds.
Yokes and guimpes of every shape, color
and fabric are in fashion. Besides being
a very dressy addition to the toilet they
are most useful in transforming a half
low. rounding or Pompadour bodice into
one appropriate for any day time dress
occasion.