The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-14

The class is recruited from 4 missionary
training school, ;and is DUE 70 the kindly
interest OF a cefrpfn phiIanthroplc woman.
The young met are preparing TO so to
! Chisa, and it Is her itfea. talat5hey will
be more practically equipped for their
work If they know something about home
cooking. No class eyer enrolled at the
cooking school has shown greater clfthu-
siasm in the work or made more rapid
progress. The young men have taken
hold with a zest. and bid fair to turn out
a set of co1don bIcues in all hut'the dec
GRAFTON. At isn't that they show greater
natural talent for cooking than women,.
said the head teacher, but they unques-
tionably AXE more interest in the thing,
Then. too. the fact of their sheer physi-
cal superiority is in their favor. They can
swing open range doors and lift pots and
kettles without so much as a long breath,
perform other heavy labors which to
women must be always more or less OF a
STRAIN The instructor of this class of
young men is a young woman, but. thanks
to her good sense and tact. the class has
not yet developed into what it might SO
easily do-an opportunity for Irritation
second only to the Chinese Sunday school.
The young men acknowledge that in
learning to cook they are laying up for
themselves every chance of matrimonial
unhappiness. When we get married"
they say. 1T won't be the way mother
used to cook but the way l used to
cook myself
So
The Rational Dress League of London
is making a fight for dress reform under
the leadership of the y~iscountess Haber-
ton. The object is as follows
ITO foster and encourage reform in the
dress of both sexes, but more p~articu-
| larly to romot the wearing by women
| of some form of bifurcated garment. espe-
| cially for outdoor exercises, walking
tours, homework and business purposes"
This is to be done by organizing cycle
rides. tennis clubs and matches, walking
tours, boating trips and evening parties
and meeting for the purpose of educating
public opinion, by the reading of papers
and discussion OF all public matters of in
terest, especially of those questions af-
| fecting the sta as of women, at which
evening gatherings opportunity could be
1taken for the exhibition and discussion of
new inventions and forms of rational
wear
Als by encouraging Inventors, makers
ard manufacturers of improvements in
dress and dress materials, and providing
by exhibitions and other means a chan
mel Of communication between the said
makers and rational dress wearers."
The press and the public are to be sup
1 yx1fod cx-sfQrna tiaaf1u with sinfprpSfipp
information on the subject of dress re-
FORM"
A new and important point is the decis-
ion to take legal action against drivers
who willfully endanger the lives of "ra-
tional' cyclists, and against any persons
using insulting language directed at RAJ
tional dress wearers.
Perhaps the very newest trimmings for
gowns and wraps are of Jet and steel.
many of them being made more youthful
looking with a lash of color here and
there. Something very new among the
embroideries on net and chiffon is a COM
b~inatien OF raised flowers in lace and jet
on steel sequins. which forms the stems
and leaves. Bretelles are one of the fea-
lures of the new gowns. and are made
l Qulltl Rl1tl4t " Il tiidy oC ALA 10 ~
orately as one may wish. They follow
the line of the sloping shoulder. which
must be cultivated, as it is the coming
affliction, says the April aWoman's
Home Companion"
The newest feather boas have six end
three on a side, and fasten at the neck
with a jeweled ornament, which is usu-
ally rhinestones. Hosiery grows more
- +1:1e1 1a,,1 ~ ro1nrc ooah adou Ac
sleeves grow longer gloves grow shorter,
having its day.
A new idea in London consists in
adopting the Oriental practice OF burn
ing sandal wood in the home. 1t pro-
duces "a very rich incense and lis potent
against flies and mosquitoes It is pos
sible to get the wood prepared for this
kind of use, and where this is not feas-
ible it can be made by taking the wood.
cutting it into pieces a half an inch
thick and three or four inches iang and
bakin- these in a slow oven fer twenty
four f.Ulirs. They are used in a metal
urn or vase, the wood being lighted and
allowed to burn until it makes a flame
an inch high, covering a surface of
ABOUT a square men ana then blowing
it out. The red hot ember shoulders
until it has consumed all of the tissue
and converted it into fine gray ash. Dur
ing this process the heat sends out a
thin stream of very aromatic and agree
able gas and vapor.
The death of Adelaide NJ. Ide. the
daughter of Henry c. Ide. ex-Chief JUS
tice of Samoa says the Boston Tran
script" recalls a pretty incident of her
childhood. When she went with her
father to Samoa she was a little girl, and
became a great ~favorite with Robert
Louis Stevenson, the author. who lived
there. She was born on February %,
and consequently she grieved greatly
because she did not nave birthdays as
often as other girls. Mr.. Stevenson,
noting her disappointment. declared that
he would give her his own birthday,
and drew up a legal documen deedir g it
to her."
The dress of the period is arranged by
a skillful dressmaker so as TO make a
girl short-waisted at the back and long
waisted in front. To this end the skirt
fE affen voado IN foc+a,a oxxar a., ,.a.-t