The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-12-03

WdttZ, QlI llQt DIT dill ike Tile OlQ QGUA-
! temps waltz.
In Mecklenburg the waltz IS never
danced at all at court. the reason being.
it is said, that the Grand Duchess Marie
does not like dancing. Moreover, almost
everywhere at German courts the slow
! waltz was looked down upon as bad style.
Good form depends upon the leaders Of
fashion, and so the slow waltz has been
pronounced as the correct dance at the
Ecourt of Stuttgart his winter. Both the
queen and her stepdaughter are very fond
of waltzins. He majecty has command
ed that the waltz is to be danced slowly
at the court balls now, as is the custom
in Vienna.
Some one has said that our children de-
sire to begin where we leave off. sConse-
| quently. if they can procure the ~e1egancies
Of life in no other way they will secure
them on the credit system. For it IS a
fact that the poor pay far higher for the
accommodations they receive than do the
rich for theirs. The usual outcome Of
this kind of housekeeping is that the deb
tor falls behind in his payments, is an
noyed by duns, borrows a triHe from a
friend to ward off the evil day, and at last
abandons hope, losing furniture, and all
that has been paid as interest and prin-
| cipal.
In happy contrast was the course
adopted by a bright eyed wife in London.
Calling at the house, l rernarked:-"Your
home looks very pretty She replied EN-
phatically: at is pretty, for we have Paid
for everything in it" Then she told me
that before hermarriage her intended re-
quested her to select a carpet and he
| would buy it on trust; but that abe stout
- refused, and assured him that the bare
floor Was good enough for her until he
could afford TO pay for what he pur-
chased. / Exclaimed. Bravo and I am
persuaded the little woman has made a
good business man Of her husband by his
time.
There is no one thing in housekeeping
so helpful, simplifying. restful and clear
ing to The brain and conscience as the
having OF Il fixed allowance for expendi-
lures, or a fxed standard of living, which
amounts to the same thing. If the pro-
vision he generous. the standard should
likewise be generous: If meagre, one may
stflI live unifornaly well.
1t is the boast of some wives that their
husbands accept uncomaplainingly what
ever is put before them, be its quality
what ii may. Alas. hat any roman
should make a boast so self-accasing'
AND alas, thai any good but mistaken
man should become a parry te selfish me-
g~lectfulness and Incidence BY his COM
p!aisanee, For the man wso ACCEPTS DIS
comfort and Door living Gave from low
ing inva,id handsl, VIXEN he has done his
share toward securing the reverse, IS not
an angel, hut a poor weakling lackins is
sell -resrect. Gallairtry, consideration and
chivalry are not Incompatible viii com
NOR sense.
IN a large aleove OF the drawing room
Of the Hull House Social Settlement Of
Chicago is a little circulating loan ex-
hihit OF choice aicturos, which have
gladdenea the eyes Of many weary suf-
ferers in barren homes, says the Won
ans Home Companion.f' 1t might wesl
be called the children's bedside exhibit,
for such. in fact. it is. Only one picture
is placed in a sickroom at one time: but
the visiting resident is careful to keep
these superb photographic Reproductions
OF me paintings in brisk circulation, 50
TINT the recovery Of the small nesghbor
must be rapid or a large portion Of the
collection will find its way to his bedside.
e~r
So far there is little novelty in textiles,
and plain materials will certainly obtain
greatly especially for winter fabrics.
Stripes also are well thought Of. but fig
ured stuffs. onee the cold season really
sets in. will be little seen. This is the
result Of the new style. in dresses. piain
materials alone Icing really suitable for
hounces, double and treble skirts.
Cloth jackets are tight fitting. but cnly
partially fastened. They may be closed
| just across the bust ard open over the
waist line and throat. or closed at tne
throat and open the rest of the way down,
or fastened only at the waist. The cut OF
the jackets must be so perfect that the
contour viii be preserved whether lie
coat is fastened or not.
a satisfactory way of giving a child
sugar on its oatmeal. says one who has
made children's diets a study. is to spvin-
! kle it lightly over each spoonful, using a
large salt-shalzer. If care is given in the
ioH+i1 oitit q itietN AiChE ti1 = t~ttT
| spoonful will be required for an entire
saucer Of the cereal.
Feather boas are again the rage in Par
is. Not the black ones. but the eolored
variety. Coral pink is the smartast,
while violet is also much worn. Coral
pink has also become popular for headgear
in the French capital for morning wear,
and the danes Of fashion are all having
their old fashioned coral jeweiry reset.
Little rung-like strans of ribbon, velvet
or cloth, bar across the open front of soft
mousseline on our coats, becoming in eff
feet a ladder of straps. One notices this
particularly on the Louis Quinze coats of
! velvet or broeade. The soft front Of lace
or chiffon is literally strapped with the
ladder-like arrangement. Sometimes
handsome buttons or studs of coral and
turquoise are spaced on the straps.
All the new toaues are much larger
than they have been for several years.
and the greater portion of them turn
back from the face directly in front, with
a sparkling gemset buckle holding a clus-
ter of sole, erect plt,rnes, and a curved
osprey feather in the centre.