The Jersey City news., 1899-10-16

flowing feathers that mark the early au-
tumn display. After the stiff ligidity OF
the summer sailor and its cousin, the
Rough Rider, this change to cloth and
velvet is very charming.
Passing the window of Fifth avenue
milliner the other day. my attention was
called to the six hats which occupied
places of prominence as samples of the
wares inside One and all were cloth
covered and on not one was there an
inch of felt visible. They were all made
hats,
The toque is. coming in to stay. The
toque, as understood in Paris, is small
hat, worn a little back, and made of some
cloth stuff, or of velvet or silk, never
straw or felt.
One of the prettiest of the toaues was
made with soft crown, stiffened inside
and laid in folds irregular and graceful
This crown was of tan ladies' cloth.
Around the crown was a very full roll Of
emerald green velvet, as large around,
perhaps, as your arm. The velvet was
finished at one side with a very large
bunch of green leaves. On the other side
were green leaves standing upright maxi
ing a bush up on which no flowers grew.
The price of this was enormous, but 1t is
not necessary to name 1t because of the
ease with which such a hat might be
manufactured by a clever milliner under
your instructions.
The s'tailor-made'' hat has a soft crown
and a brim covered with cloth; a quill
may be stuck in the side of it, or feathers
may curl over the brim.
Hats are growing smaller, they tell us,
and if we say that we do not observe
such tendency, they turn to the I'M
mense picture hats of last spring and
show us how they are disappearing. Still
as long as hats with brims are worn back
from the face, tilted upon the hair. Just
SO long will these hats look large; their
very position makes them so.
A charming hat looked as though It
were made from last years fiat felt
hat turned back. The brim turned back
all around, giving very large mare
around the face, almost a poke in fact,
and the back was bent to a point to set
down over the hair.
This hat was covered with Persian
velvet of dark rich shades; and its only
trimming was long bow, laid next 70
the hair at each side and a great mass
of purple tulle punched at the front.
To keep the tulle in shape there was
thin silk lining such as is used inside of
SO many tulle bows this year II you
are making an ornament Of tulle or
chiffon be sure to line 1t with silk; the
silk does not show through the chiffon
though it renders II much more dur
able
Hats share the style of dresses: they
are made of many colors. You see velvet
of one hue. feathers of another, all upon
a hat of different colored velvet
The preferred shape for toque is the
dish shape. This consists of crown
only. without particle of brim. To
get a perfect crown it may be necessary
to cut a crown out of your last years
felt. or as many women do, out of this
summers straw hat. The crown of a
sailor hat makes a splendid foundation
upon which TO build a velvet toque
Many of the New York shops sell these
dish-shaped crowns ready to be covered
and trimmed. But you will find that a
straw crown that fits the head answers
as well. DO not have the crown too deep.
but remember that the more shallow the
better 1t will sit upon the head.
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This is the month to start an indoor
cry during a long winter, let us cultivate
love of natural beauty There is always
a sunny window, if not a bay where on a
rustic stand or an old oilcioth-coyered
table more or less elaborate receptacle
for plants can find room.
The cheapest and simplest holder is an
old tray, large old platter, or even
huge tin dish, like a pan. To make it sue
cessful, suggests Good Housekeeping,
line the receptacle with bits of broken
pottery. then with small pieces OF char
coal Cover with rich leaf mold, leaving
space at the top for Blanket of varie-
gated MOSS Before the last is adjusted,
If not too difficult to procure, plant in
the mold all the fine, fairy growths that
flourish in moss. There are cheekerber-
ries, wintergreen, twin berries, and, If
they can be procured, even the hepatica
and the anemone In fact, take up bod
lily. all the rich wild growth of the wood
land and transfer it to your interior gar
den On an old cracked platter I have
fostered such a miniature indoor jungle
as gave Joy and sunshine to many win
try, snowy month. And this was done
without the possibility of drainage.
A more ambitious garden is made by
lining with zinc wooden box, the dimen-
sions of which shall be determined by the
place IN which it is to stand. Several
small apertures in the bottom will secure
health to larger plants, which are to have
the same soil as has been described In
the centre set the largest one, either a
geranium, a cyclamen. eo1eus, or a fern.
With proper care and affection a maiden
hair will here all winter rear its grace
ful feathery fronds- On either side set
sweet alyssum, and near the edge ivy.
trade-scantia, and all those quick, hardy
growths that are 50 attractive. The heaio-
trope is hardy and a good bloomeF. and
the nasturtium can be readily cultivated
One winter the large central window of
our library was filled with a magnificent
solitary nasturtium that climbing on
trellis to the very ceiling, continued for
weeks a glorious burst of tropical exur-
berance and color, through which the sum
shine stFeamed is through q painted win
dow. But that plant was the sole occu-
pant Of a pot, allowing no rival IN its ele-
waited throne. Yet, nasturiums fringing
the edge Of plant holder show the ut
most grace and beauty.
OF course, a stand OF separate plants
where one has room and time. gives great
er scope for foliage and blossoms. This
description is intended for those who have
1ifela ersace a nd less time vet who crave