The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-23
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were more appreciative of wOmenS WORK
in the home, and regarded housewifery as
a profession and a responsible one, de-
serving of the highest respect, and requir-
ing quite as much brain and education as
any masculine profession, there would be
fewer women looking for broader fields OF
work and more responsible duties. Men
have made women feel too keenly that 1t
is what the man does: that 1t IS his pro-
fession which moves the world. and thai
the work which a woman does IN her
home is, while necessary, yet hardly to De
compared with a mans achievements. 1t
is this holding up the greater Importance
of the work of the outside world which
has driven many an ambitious woman
into that world to become a part of it,
and thus ACQUIRE a position of more APP
parent Importance. Not given recognition
in their. natural work, women have gone
out and tried work that is unnatural to
them"
Everyone knows that ammonia is a good
. remedy for bites of summer insects. mos
quitoes, etc., but when it is not convent
ent to carry about even the smallest pro-
vision of this useful liquid. q piece of
| 6OOu 0llOn COdp ahoWt tiC Soia1N wv
ing and healing purpose; it should DE
slightly moistened and thickly laid over
the spot. Onions are also very effectual
in serious cases, only the sting should
be well pressed out before the cut onion
is rubbed upon the skin.
White of egg is a most soothing appli-
cation for burns-if the egg is absolutely
new laid, all the better for the wound;
it has a mmost healing effect. and, where
the burn has been rather deep, it is adj
visable to cover it with the hin skin
which is found just inside the shell; it
must be used as soon. as the egg has been
broken, whilst it is still moist and re-
movable. This simple remedy has healed
many a burn, and even in serious cases
has made the journey to the doctors less
unbearable by far.
The prettiest way I ever saw a bay win
dow fixed was in the house of a friend
who has but little money, but makes 1t
up in an extra amount of taste.
She purchased a lot of thin strips of
wood about one-sixteenth of an inch wide,
and long enough to reach across the top
lights of glass. These were woven in
and out basket fashion, leaving diamond
| shaped spaces about an inch wide and
were fastened securely to pieces perfectly
straight, slightly thicker than the others.
These were fastened securely to the top
of the sash. The rest of the window was
covered with sash curtains of silkaline
| slipped on brass rods.
So
Fashion autocrats predict a belt and
| buckle year, and one of the swell shops IS
| showing a collection of belt and buckles,
from which every woman can take her
choice. The present fad is that these
buckles shall match, and very pretty,
| dainty sets are shown, in m gilt,
in floral designs, scrolls and even yet
| some of the ever popular -four leaf clovers.
One of the new belt buckles comes in
the floral pattern. a flower. for every
~month-rose for June, holly for December,
lily for Easter, chrisanthemum for Oc-
tober, and so on through the calendar.
| Some are oxidized silver, some are in fire
| gilt, some are in natural colorings.
A very faddfsh buckle is a style called
the Ceramic" an imitation of a lost art.
These buckles are as large as a silver dol
| lar and are of a dull, furnished green, cop-
led from some specimens found in the
ruins of Pompeii. They are set in a gold
rim of dull Roman gold, and look as
though they had just been dug out of the
ruins of the ancient city. AS they are
comparatively expensive they are bound
to be exclusive.
Fashionable summer p~arasols are devel-
oped i'll plain silk with a cover of en-
broidered mousseline de sole, chiffon or
other gauzy material.
Parasol handles, too, are very decora-
tive and form the most costly part of
the sunshade. In one of our leading
stores there was displayed a few lays
ago a parasol of old rose silk. covered with
the same color of mousseline de sole
~sprinkled with pea green polka dots.
| Around the edge of the parasol were ruff
les of mousseline de sole and one of plait-
ed silk. Between the two ruffles was a
full frill of soft white lace, making the
whole effect very charming. Above the
ruffles was a putting of the mousseline de
sole under bands of pea green ribbon.
The handle was an immense claw of
sterling silver holding a mother of pearl
oval in its clutches.
Charming in their simplicity and good
taste are the new designs for re-
movable trimmings for summer frocks,
almost all of which are made of soft silks,
the new laces and fancy ribbons and .ac-
Gordon plated chiffons, says the Ladies
Home Journal"
Parme velvet is used for the diminutive
belts which clasp the waist of the Spring
beauty" The belt is only one inch wide
and, therefore affords a mere suggestion
or line of color. 1t should be fastened. not
with a buckle, but by a clasp, and that
no larger than a dime. The larger clasps
are all very well for carriage cloaks or
| capes, but the waist clasp is as small as
possible. TIT clasp is of openwork metal.
The narrow belt is often red or orange
velvet, although any color can be used
that will harmonic with the toilet.
Very stylish are the sleeveless "Etons,
of beaded silk or of openwork jet. Often
the Eton fronts also represent the popular
jacket idea. There is no collar to these
"Etons." One of the m~osrsshowy is made
of crocheted silk, a very heavy cable be-
inng used, and jetted spangled or pallet
ties are applied at the crossing of the
chequer work. The jacket is a lattice
work of sparkling jet and shining silk