The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-22

Dinatlon give a sliVery eiteSt- vot
lettes glisten on half the gowns. and silver
and steel as well.
Not always does the success OF a din
| ner party depend upon the menu, says
the Chicago News Distracted hostess
es have too often realized this fact, and
! marveled that the costliest dishes and
wines should have been eaten and drunk
in that comparative silence which beto-
kens that a dinner Is not adding social
lustre to the giver of the feast On he
other hand, even Indifferent ~banquets
may go with eclat, and linger pleasantly
in the memory of those who dined- we
all know the secret of success and the
explanation of failure TIL right people
must be asked If the one is to be aehiev-
ed: but let the guests be uncongenial and
the other is inevitable.
1t is not given even to the most tact
full hostess, however, to unfailingly
match her guests. And so while you
may go with your partner to the table
you often cannot make him or her talk.
If the initial difficulty of finding a sub
ject interesting to the stranger with whom
one practically dimes tete-a-tete at THESE
functions can be surInounted, then an
goes on wheels and the diners ruin their
digestion by talking hard all the while
they eat and come away feeling that
they have had a pleasant evening. 10
meet this difficulty a little book has just
haon nub,ishes presumably before leav-
80 1870 enc is s,,nnosed 10 lot down
,,psly ers+ moves as the clergy do the
haads ~ +be;r frst sermons. so that if
~ faiIs onotber NAV he Immediately
tr,aa
p,,t ~ tq,is boolxle+ came TO be generally
,,~aa banpass ainars-o,,t might find Them
ce1,,as cbeck rossted before the end of the
6rst course Having. for example, made
$50 me+eoro,ooica move. ones partner
wsah+ raooorize If at once and, refuse to
80 ~ ana mis- might continue till all
~ onyersationa onen;nes wee closed.
far more successful method of loostng
the tongues of eentire strangers sent IN
~ dinner with each other would be to
Mace before each a card roughly descrab-
ing the ether. B. might read that A. was
am enthusiastic golfer and A.. might CLEAN
that B.. had lust come from Soul-- Africa.
An exchange of these conversational
grides would probably be provocative of
much finn esueelally if guileiess Tor SEEM
,nqlv qrileDesso hostesses impaired an un-
conscious or conscious touch of humor to
their description.
-
rose bl,le or purple silk with broad ends
of black satin are oddities in neckwear
to brighten the plain flannel shirt waist
or the severe dark cloth gown. Another
rather odd piece of neckwear is a stock
of silk in white or colors, striped with
black velvet. Beneath is a full bow of
black velvet. the ends edged with white
or coIored silk fringe to match the stock.
Ties of liberty silks and gauzes of chiffon
and crepe de chine and of plain surah are
worn in all colors and in bows of all
sizes. Big black satin bows viii fringed
bright bodice, and black or colored ties
dotted with white or black silks dots are
effective.
Neck scarfs in soft liberty silk and
satin faced surahs come in lovely change
measuring two and a half yards long, for
81, and are prettily fringed on the ends.
A wide black velvet ribbon with double
stripes of open lace work on each edge
and fringed in black satin orp the bottom
makes not a lasting and useful scarf,
but a very dressy one. The price is 81
also. The price of the ribbon is sl.5o a
yard.
~
Interesting experiments with the doors
of herbs have from time to time been
made, and it has been found that many
species of microbes are easily destroyed
by various smells. The odor of loves has
been known to destroy microbes in IS min
! utes; cinnamon will kid some species in
70 ninutes- THYME in 35. In 45 minutes
common wild venbena is found effective,
while the odor of mint has destroyed var
linus forms of microbes in IS minutes, and
it is recorded as the most effective of all
odors as an antiseptic. 1t is now believed
{ that herbs which have been found in
Eovntian m,,mmies were placed on the
bodies more for their antiseptic properties
than as mere ornaments or objects of SEN
timent.
80
right and so is the practice as exper-
ience has proven. saws the Ladies Home
-I~o,,rnaIu Omit the ~akfa One can
not do hard work. mentally or physically.
With ! f,,ll stomach.
So
Allow vo,r white tnlle or pretty chiffon
IN nuff through the omen centre of your