The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-12-07
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IlO0 OF cells, anu StttHCt LIS
where the cells of sight. sound, feeiihs'
love, anger and, in fact, all the mental
moral and physical qualities are located.
..All over the land today in his enlight-
ened age mothers and nurses are sitting
and telling excitable children the piooa-
thirsty tales of Red Riding Hood and
9TH Babes in the Wood and a score
more as unwholesome. The brain-eelis 81
fear. revenge, destruction and many other
of the baser thoughts are all fed ana
nnrtured by these tales. A wise parent
would be talking to her child of the Won
derful work of the bee or the ant. ohe
would talk of the wonderful similarity II
the nature and habits of all things GOO
has made. from flowers and trees up 10
men. And the child who listened to dairy
talks like these from infancy to youth
would not develop into a murderer or q
~vagabond. He would not doubt God or
hate his kind, no matter what unfor-
tunate inheritance was his. If his affee-
lions are appealed to every day. he Is
building up hat part of his nature as
surely as he is breathing. air into his
lungs. Once let women learn what the
profession of motherhood means, and go
about it's fulfllment with the devotion
they show in the other professions, ana
we would, in the course of q century,
find small need of prisons, insane asylums
or p~oorhouses."
Applique bands six inches wide. says
the Dry Goods Economist" show em-
broidered roses, orchids, ETC., with leaves
and border in tinsel. beads and spangies;
they will be worn as panels and borders
on skirts.
Narrow Jet. mousseline and braid gimps
are attractive in the trimming depart
ment, being standard favorites, and this
season they are especially light in effect,
Altogether dress trimmings are doing
well. and advanced and current sales in
dictate a favorable feeling for such goods.
In braids black will ever lead, and it is
worthy of attention that a season that
garnitures and elaborate trimmings are
in that braids are not as prominent. The
imitation Astrakhan bands in black and
colors, but especially black. are winning
the regard of buyers, as they are to be
used on capes. jackets, for skirt borders.
ETC., and fill up the list of popular bands.
fur being too expensive to rival this sue
cessful imitation.
The cheaper trade,is taking braids this
year, but among the better class of goods
the bead. applique and spangle trimmings
are ahead in fashion and sales. Braid
sets, including skirt. cuffs and waist gar
~nitures, are favored in combinations of
two or more braids, the handmade being
the chief and handsomest patterns.
Sapapata baurkro+c of mo11Scp1inp and
beads with a large eabochon centre, are
returns in the braids as separate or de-
taehable trimmings.
Several of the trimming importers are
now in Europe buying for the large de-
mand expected in December and January;
others leave this month to order special
goods for the early spring trade. antici-
pating a large and profitable one in novel;
ties.
An English paper speaks of satin wood
fibre being. used for ruffles in place of rib
bon, but ribbon of anything but silk is
not the shiny goods that we now see in
ruches and ruffles of every kind. Many
limitations of silk appear, but. none secure
lasting fame.
A dainty trife for a woman's dressing
table is a flower reticule. 1t is just large
enough to liold needIebook, thimble,
thread, emery and a few buttons. and
suggest, as LITTLE as possible, the idea Of
work It represents a large water lily.
the carolla is of creamy satin and the
centre of bright yellow satin about FIVE
inches wide. gathered into a full ruifle
and fastened to the bottom, then gathered
on a string at the top, leaving a little
heading. The full puff thus formed is a
good imitation of the stamens of a full
blown lily. The calyx is of green velvet.
or the flower can rest on a round leaf of
apple green satin a few inches larger. on
which the delicate veins are traced with
a paint brush or by needle. using silk a
shade lighter than the leaf.
1t may be hung by the ribbons which
hold it at the top, but is intended to rest
fiat upon the table. Delicate pink. pur-
pie, blue or any of the colors of the lily
or the lotus flower TO correspondence tie
colors in the room may be used.
A sunhower can be made in the same
way of yellow velvet and brown satin.
Women are making a number Of these
dainty things for gifts this year-wernen
who love a bit of pretty work to pick up
at odd times, and who love the lovely idea
of gifts into which the giver has sewed
some little portion of her time ard
thought.
Wrapped in a bit of white paper, with a
knot of red ribbon and a spring of holly
your charming nedlework will be more
of a Christmas gift in the true sense than
a most expensive shop-bought article.
When the children's favorite book grows
shabby it may be renovated by giving it
an embroidered rover, says the Ladies'
Home Journal Cut a piece of brown
holland or one of the pretty art linens
two inches wider and four inches longer
than he book. Turn in an inch at the
top and bottom. and measure the linen
carefully around the book, turning The
extra length inside. Sew this to the out
side. forming a kind of pocket at each
end into which the cover is slipped. The
linen may be decorated with any simple
device in embroidery. a wreath of holly
berries and leaves, with the owners
initials in the middle, or a monogram, or.
the name of the book.
Nothing looks daintier thar white in a
bed room, especially where it is likely to
remain neat ana clean. The bedstead
should be enameied white; also the chairs
and other furniture. On the floor plain
Indian mating should he laid mr. heifer