The Jersey City news., 1898-10-04

the onloOker; the other two hundred ana
ninety-nine will be sore trial to their
! friends. for she who is the least bit TOO
broad in the beam and she who has been
gifted by Providence with what are
known as japanese hips, cannot profit by
this novel and severe cut.
Continue, if you desire to be in the van
Of style, to leave your rear widths trifie
long, that is. q fan-lilke spread beyond
the heels, and do not make the base of the
skirt too crisp with hair cloth. three
| inch interlining will do.
GOOD living is not high living in the
ordinary sense, writes Ella Morris
Kretschmar in the course of an article
on the ..Art of Cooking in 'Woman's
Home Companion" The very acme of
good living is the best presentation Of
good material in simple form: and in that
sense it is the best and highest Of living
The introduction of cookery as a branch
of our public school training will start the
| coming generations of housekeepers in the
right direction: but the crying need Of
the present, next to a knowledge Of ma
| terials, is for houselSeepers to better un-
| derstand the Importance of the high art
of simple cookery.
MANY woman will ta11e infinite pains
in making a cake who probably could not
tell of the vegetables in common use
which should be put TO cook in hct
water and which in cold, which should be
salted at first ana which later, end why;
how each should be dressed for serving,
and the difference in dressing them when
young and old. Among housekeepers
~, asal- t1a-1
breadmakers: twenty who make pretty
deserts to one who is expert in cooking
meats, and fifty who make fine cake To-
one who understands good soup making
Do not. because you have kept house
ten, twenty or thirty years. feel your
housewifeE dignity would be compro-
missed by beginning@all over again in GER
tain things, for that is being progressive.
A minded woman would not do
it. be sure of that. The really useful
knowledge you already possess will count
for its full value; your expertness in the
non-essentials is very desirable-as a sup
plement to more important knowledge.
OF course you can cook a potato. But
how? When you have really exhausted
the fine art of cooking potatoes You
have finished one fundamental branch of
a splendid education. There are others
of equal Importance and each alike is
necessary. if one would be an intelligent
housekeeper."
The ball room coiffure is strikingiy
different from that of the last two sea-
sons inasmuch as the bouffans porapa-
dour and rolls have become more orderly
and less eccentric. and the towering
plumes and aigrettes, punches of quilts
and dinner-plate bouquets of violets have
given way to a more modest and, there
fore. more becoming Vatican decorations
Ia fillet of ribbon, a wreath of tiny bios
SONS. a Louis XIV. bow and buckle a
bracelet of satin or chiffon, with sides ard
buckles to fasten it.
A small nosegay of flowers on one side
of the head or a scarf chiffon, with
rosette buckled with pearls. are girlish
and pretty, while TO carry out the POM
padour idea narrow black velvet ribbon
is pinned about the throat. the two short.
PORTED ends crossed and fastened under
the chin with round brooch, this worn
with as many chains and necklaces as one
likes, or quite by itself
A necklet of tiny pink roses, or OF blue
forget ms e-nots is ma6enly fastened
about the throat with a knot of ribbon on
the side. and narrow necklace of pink
satin ribbon tied IN front with a double
Louis XIV. bow, buckled with Jewels, is
extremely smart and picturesque at the
same time. A very fashionable and not
at all common neck trimming. with a de-
oollete frock, is a scarf of white tuie,
tied under the chin with large diaph-
anous bow. with a jeweled buckle in the