The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-12

AS oAAC A4o lHOuS Ills are DellS
turned toward fitting up a room that
shall be appropriate for the young
daughter of the house. Everywhere it
is a labor of love, and the mothers heart
must have grown old. indeed, that is not
filled with tender memories of her own
youth. and the little white m tnar
was the sanctuary of all her girlish
dreams and romances.
A little taste and artistic skill can
make a very satisfactory substitute for
money, and there is RIO reason that the
woman of moderate means shall not fit
up a ~nuggery for her daughter every
whit as charming as the boudoir of lit
tie Miss Croesus.
Pretty wall papers in good colors may
be had for a song. and the almost limit
less assortment of chintzes, figured dem
inns and cotton ~hangings that come now
In such beautiful designs, solving the
problem Of artistic furnishing at little
expense.
Every room should have a character
of its own, and it goes without saying
that freshness, da%intiness and a sweet
purity in keeping with the youth of its
occupant. should be the keynote to the
furnishing of a girls room. One such
chamber that is being fitted up at mod
crate expense for a girl is by way of
being a pretty recognition of her pro-
nounced affection for violets.
The walls, half way down. are covered
with an ivory white paper. on which are
sprays of v~iolets, while the lower half
is covered with a dull green that shades
into the green OF the mating that COW
ers the floors. The bed is of white
enameled iron and brass, and the bureau,
chairs and armoir are of white wood.
There is ? violet and white screen. and
the few pictures are water colors of
good photographs, showing the same
violet tints, while a cunning lilac sun
bonnet is drawn up into a eateh-all and
fastened to the gas bracket. The violet
idea is still further carried out in the
bureau scarf and Pin cushion, which are
of white linen. embroidered in violets.
and the spread for the bed is dotted
swiss over lilac.
The room IS not entirely furnished. the
wise mother leaving much for the hands
of the girl herself. There is plenty of
space left for her photographs. and the
innumerable souvenirs girls collect SO
soon, and which are SO precious to them
and 50 rubbishy to every one else. There
is, furthermore, to be a simple couch,
piled with cushions. which ma,mselle
must make herself. and a tea table,
where she can brew the cheering cup
and entertain her friends while they dis
euss the last ball or exchange conf
dences.
II think that every girl should lave
some spot that is absolutely and entire
" her own" said the mother, sand that
she can do with just as she pleases. I
remember, when I was a girl, always
planning how I was going to do when l
had a house of my own, and being SO
annoyed because my mother insisted on
my having my room fixed like she wish
ed it, instead of the way I wanted it.
I really believe that the desire to nave
some one spot hey can manage is what
leads many a girl to rush into matri-
mony. I don't want Adele to do that,
and SO. when I turn this room over to
her. it is going to be hers, TO do with
absolutely as she pleases, just as much
hers as an E~nglisfrman's house is his
castle. Yes, and to take care of, too.
for she Is to be responsible for its being
Kept in order"
The name of Summer Cloud" is very
appropriately given to one of the daintiest
of hoods, whose f1eecy folds are equally
becoming whether they frame the bright
face of a young girl or rest upon the
silver locks of a grandmother, says "Har-
per's Bazaar
The materials are not expensive, no
great skill is required, and the work can
easily be done out of doors on a breezy
piazza A yard and a half of white cot
ton point d'esprft, double width-the
square dots should be -three-quarters of
an inch apart-wfIl make two, the fabric
being cut along the fold.
Single width can rarely be obtained
IN sufficiently good quality. Half a
hank of single white Germantown wool
for darning and five laps of white split
zephyr will also be needed. Be sure that
the shade of white is the same.
Commence by making a very narrow
hem along the sides and across both ends
of the net. Then thread a darning needle
with the Germantown wool, and begin
ming at one end draw the wool, double.
under each square dot from one side to
the opposite one. pulling it closely-but
not so tight as to quicker the material
across the space of net between the dots.
Cut the wool when the other side is
reached, and repeat the process with the
next line of dots, continuing in this way
until the whole length of the net is COW
cred.
Next. with 4 pair of sharp scissors cut
through the two threads of wool between
the dots. exactly in the middle of the
space. They are held firmly in position
by the dot. and the clipped ends Of the
wool ~springing up have a feathery effect.
With crochet needle of the proper size
to suit the split zephyr make a single
crochet stitch at one end through the
narrow hem. then a chain two inches
long. the stitches of medium length, and
fasten into the hem half an inch from
the first. Repeat until the loops have
been made around the sides and ends.
Then, commencing halfway between the
ends of the first loop, make a second
row. fastening each in the middle of the
space between the ends Of the first row
Sometimes the fringe is made deeper, the
chain being three or even four inches
long. and consisting of a single row of
loops, whose ends are fastened only a
quarter of an inch apart.
These clouds can also be made in
coIors, but are usually p~rettiest in white.
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Usually the season for salt water bath
ing does not begin until July at Newport,
Cape May or Atlantic City, but there is
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