The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-08
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boured, if you don't happen to remember,
means embroidered, is in the front rank.
| Its stripes are mostly crosswise. and one
of them in lace effect. One with a pref
ty unobtrusive design has futtery, undu-
lating stripes that look exactly like black
| chantilly. But, as the Swisses first men,
toned, there's hardly a combination you
can't get. A white one with violet stripes
and black dots fingers in the minds eye
The bingham, or chambrey, II you pre-
| fer. robes ares interesting to those who
like to do very little in the dressmaking
line. Indeed. the skirts are all made,
and consis of gored bingham stripes,
with something embroidered thereon, set
together with Val insertion. There's a
ruffle by way. of a finish. The china blue
one with white embroidered dots and Val
is very pretty. We really became so at
tached to the robe which suggests its own
making that we don't want to see it a
into the past with the winter.
So
"And does your husband get furious if
you ask him to wear rubbers?"
Eyes"
And does he look like q thunder cloud
if you ever hint his feet may be damp"
YES"
And when he gets sick does he keep
you all of a f1utter on the edge of rs
sick room and do you try to divine what
he wants without his having to ask for It?
And after a time does the spirit move
him to speak or does he just keep mum
until you are half crazy?"
Here. says. Dorothy Maddox in the
Philadelphia "Inuqirer,'' the woman who
had been listening to the dialogue broke
in with-ssWhat IDIOTS! Why don't you
let your men folk alone until they come
to their senses? That's M way with
Hezekiah. He came home the other morn
ing all Zone up with aches and pains. As
usual he went off in a corner. ! put on
my bonnet and marched straight out of
the house. I knew he would not let me
do a blessed thing for him until he came
to his senses and / made, up my mind
that he would come around as usual in
about an hour or two. Sure enough, when
l got back home he was as meek as a
Moses. Then l clapped on mustard plas-
tiers, soaked his feet, gave him quinlne
and whiskey and / hGd 40 more trouble
with him than if he had been a baby.
I am a husband manager, I am"
The two women stared in dumb amaze
ment at the speaker and when she had
gotten we'll out of sight and hearing one
wife said to the other
what a heathenish c%reaturei Why the
bugles on her gown fairly quivered while
she was telling about Hezekiah. Poor
man.! He must lead an awful life with
such a woman"
Awful" came the response. "She calls
herself a husband manager / should
like to see her manage my jamie. That
man will not be driven. He must be
coaxed. I can wheedle him into taking
medicine when he is sick, and # I work
with him long enough I can get him to
eat the nice things l make him. I have
to go about it mighty gingerly, though"
$50 do l." The tone was gleeful.
''And. oh. if 1 could only tell you how
relieved I am when he takes his first
mouthful. Then it is right easy to get
things to tempt his appetite. I always
dread the first few hours My husband is
a dear man, but he is peculiar"
$50 is mine
Then the couple separated. looking as
pleased with themselves as if peculiar
husbands were not the sharpest of all
matrimonial thorns.
Woman, dear woman. She was created
for the role of martyr, and she plays it
never so well as when she owns a lord and
master.
Chief among articles of dainty lingerie is
the corset. 1t is always spoken of as
"glove-ftting," ETC., but does not always
deserve such praise. However, any wom-
an can have a continual supply of COM
Portable, we'll fitting corsets if she takes a
little trouble and patience and makes
them herself.
In the first place, buy a well cut French
corset that fits perfectly. 1t will be high
in price at first, but subsequent use of this
good investment will prove it very econ
omical. Wear it until it gets nodded to
the form; and has the individuality re-
quired to make it quite comfortable, then
take a good look at tia very good look-
and study it's mechanism well. After
that rip it up and use it forever after as
a pattern.
1t will be a little difficult to get the first
corset made just right, but the second one
will probably be all that could be desired
"a love. a dream, a creation and SO on.
Italian cloth is a very good material of
which to make corsets. 1t is strong,
cheap, Is cents a yard, and has an attrac-
tive satin finish. Either muslin, victoria
lawn or cambria is good for lining. This
cloth can be obtained in black, white and
all the delicate tints and coIors. Flow
cred feulards, surahs and ~taffetas mak
the prettiest c~orsets. The lacers, sachet
putting and stitching in these should be
of the same color as the flower or leaf
of the design on the silk.
Any woman who become an adept at
wants them made for her by anyone else.
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II you have no very smart toilet to wear
to an afternoon tea or to pay a call, let
your costume be as plain as possible,
cloth or even pressed flannel instead of
silk. Have pretty jabot arrangement of
soft mousseline-de-soie, or lace or tulle
under your chin, and pin a bunch of
fragrant purple vio1ets somewhere to
your costume. You will then not only
pass in a crowd but be remembered
for the freshness and fragrance of the
dissolving view you afford to all who see
you. The neat lingerie, sweet violets and
spotless gloves create the lasting impress
sion. If these little points are immacu-
late, who win notice that the gown is
not, of Paquin, nor that the bonnet has
been worn straight through the season?
Now that the opera season is upon US,