The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-12-28
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WOMAN'S WORLD.


The woman who can see the dainty hair
ornaments which the shops are now
showing without buying them on the spof
or copying them at home afterwafd mas
something abnormal in her composition.
They are to be had in any one OF @
dozen forms-all of them temptations.
They are. of course. for the evening,
when no hat is worn; for the theatre OF a
small social gathering. And then. too, the
clever woman will perch one in her hair
when the man cf the family is returning
from business. and she is donning a fresh
gown for the dinner table.
Perhaps the wee bows of shirred RIBBON
are most popular of all. These are ar
ranged upon sleslder pliable wire.
A narrow niece of satin or velvet ribbon
is SHRED "crinIly," as the children say,
along a strip of wire. The wire is bent
to form a pretty bow. The bow is mounted
on a good-sized hairpin-and the ornament
is made.
The woman who hasn't time or the in
clination to make will pay fifty or seven
tv-ive cents fer one of these. Made at
home. a bow win cost but half this
amount. 1t need cost nothing if she can
find a half yard of soft bonnet wire and a
scrap of satin or velvet ribbon in her mil
linery box.
In making a bow be sure not to have it
too large. This would lose you the butter
ty effect which the wee article takes on.
Somewhere in the region Of six inches
measured across the sloops is loveliest.
There are a host of enchanting things
in feathers. Fer example, a Prince of
Wales (triple) plume in ivory white. These
plumes are only from four 10 six inches
high. and are attached to the hairpin by
a minute buckle of imitation brilliants.
Single plunes, some of them very tall,
are also shown with smart buckles. These
come in black. white. gray and mottled
shades. But the wee affairs are decidedly
the most enchanting.
Flowers are worn in the hair again
artificial flowers A huge velvet rose or
poppy or hollyhock, made in France and
of exquisite French workmanship, is
mounted upon a shell comb and gives a
most delightful finish worn with an even
ing gown.
But then, a woman who can't afford to
spend on unessentials will not care to in
vest in these rather expensive Paris
blooms. And there is no reason why she
should do so.
Twenty-Five cents will purchase a small
bunch Of clustered fowers-myosotis or
arbutus. for example. And these. bound
to a pin with a bit of satin, edged baby
ribbon, will make you an ornament to
dream OF.
sIt is high time that our women should
lead calmer lives" writes Edward Box Of
.9The Push Of American Women in the
January Ladies' Home Journal ssThey
chnu1d oef oWav from, Tho noffoa thar |
what we call progress in these days de-
mands that they shall fill their thoughts
and lives with matters at the cost of their
health or peace of mind. Our homes
must have more of a restful calm, and
our wives must not be lured into nervous
haste and forgetfulness by wrong ambi- |
tions or foolish ideas of what the world
expects of them. There must be left to
every woman q clearly defined interval of
leisure for the enjoyment of those in
f1uences which makes our firesides homes
of rest and places of satisfying and up
lifting calm 1t is a pardonable failing 10
have a pride in the beautiful things which |
our homes contain. But we must not let
that feeling take the place of the in
f1uence the home itself exerts on those
who make it or live in it. Let us live IN .
and know our own homes, and get the
advantage of that restful calm, than 4
which nothing keeps us younger or more
surely smooths out the trials of the day.
If mothers will be calmer we shall see
our girls becoming less nervous and more
restful. Every home should have a CEN
trail figure of restful tranquility. Then
would the influence go out to the chill
dren. But that can only be done by get
ting away from the confusing rush of too
many duties: by arranging our lives so as
to have time for hearth-light rest; by
being at leisure with ourselves; by keep
ing the work of the home inside and the
world outside within boundaries; by, CIV
ing ourselves time to measure labor with
its results; by looking into ourselves, and
seeing what and how much we can do fer
Others. Tranquility is a priceless possess
sion to either man or woman. 1t is
worth many a sacrifice to enjoy it, and to
gain that freeness of heart which will
enable us to drink deep and long of love
and home"
Yesterday we went to the dress re-
hearsal Of the new play at the Gymnase,
sLAmoreeur', ('sThe Decoy"), by Louise
Gaudiilot, and it was a very dressy re-
hearssl indeed, though there is no deny
ing the fact that the fashions of this year
do rot tend to make the general aspect of
audience room brilliant, says >"Harperss
Bazaar" There is a quiet elegance, how
ever, about the severe simplicity of the
-smooth-fitting cloths, the long tunics, the
princesse effects, that TO me is quite at
tractive. But from the waist up the
dresses show no great variety. Hats are
quiet. All this ] noticed both at the Gym
nase and at the public sitting of the
Academic Franchise, where Pierre Lott
delivered an address with the Prix de
vertu.
AT the Gymnase there were certain lace
and taffeta blouses that made spots or
light here and there. but they were not
worn by the best dressed women. Among
these last I noticed Madame Pierre De-
courcelle, wife of the author of Lies
Deux Gosses,' looking charmingly in a
black cloth tailor made gown, relieved
only by the tiniest possible revers of blue,
embroidered. MADAME Rostand, wife of
the author of ''Cyrano.s was also in
black cloth, made after a style which
seems to be very popular in Paris this
w ger, and which has already been Illus
trated in the Bazaar Do you remember
the front page by Metivet, a sort Of long
polonaise Of spotted tulle, opening over a
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