The Jersey City news., 1899-11-15

in the morning." is said OF one enthusl-
ast-a fervor which makes of such
thing as a fault in play by one of the
elect a high offense before heaven and
an apparently momentous topic in the is
sues of the town. Nothing seems to stop
this fever once it is acquired.
Meanwhile there is much to be said for
the whist fever aside from it's untold de-
lights. 1t is a very saving grace for the
woman with loads of time and nothing but
| pettiress to I'll it; 1t brings both old and
young within its SPELL and consequently
more sympathetic and to be desired
footing is established between them. It
freshens the mind feminine and teaches
concentration of thought and control or
that force which must out with the wom-
an of today.
At the first approach of cold weather
baby will be relegated to the high chair
and. his coach during his playtime, for
fear Of cold from draughts when sitting
on the floor. And master baby does not
like the. change. either; he is decidedly
i cramped and uncomfortable in such small
spaces after the summer freedom on the
floor. Something roomy in which the 1T
i tie one can move about, and yet be free
from the draughts Of air sweeping be-
meath the doors, is of special comfort
both to the mother and the baby, and
nothing supplies this need more effective
ly than the padded box.
Take large dry goods box, with sides
Just high enough for baby to take hold OF
/ while standing. Pad the box carefully
| with bright colored quilt, and it is ready
for use either in the house on cool days
/ or out on the sunny porch or on the lawn
in warm, balrny weather.
Here baby is safe from draughts and
from straying into forbidden places. He
| can learn to creep, to raise himself to
| his feet and walk, and when tired of that
/ exercise can have his tops and play with
them in the bottom of the box and scat
! ter them about to his hearts content
| and. while baby is safe and happy in
this attractive little home of his own,
! the mother may have many quiet hours.
| Women take kindly to the art of travel
| ing. and are to be found, in and out of
season, rowing hither and thither over the
globe, singly. by twos. or in large COM
panies. The detached woman of ample
fortune no longer sits at home waiting for
something or someone to come her way,
but she starts out in search of adventure
for herself. Regard for her own comfort
or Difference to early instilled conventions
may lead her to take a maid with her.
| Some women even "set up a man. for
convenience in travelling and the courier
| frequently is found in the service of the
Independent woman traveller. A woman
who spends much time at Fifth avenue
hotel has a valet. She says that he is far
| more useful and more economical than a
maid.
Another woman has little Jap whom
she picked up in the East and who has
| been her travelling companion ever since.
acting as maid. courier, and half a dozen
other things beside.
The high stocks that are worn are very
becoming or ugly az the case may be
They should make every woman who
hasn't short neck look her best. but
they must be cut to snit her 1t makes
all the difference in the world to the eff
/ feet whether the curve up or down is in
the right place. If the collar goes down
in the wrong place it gives the neck a
bare. uncovered look. and If it is too high
at the wrong place it looks as if the wom-
an was smothering. Collars must be cut
| too, with regard to the good and bad
paints of the neck. There was a pretty
| young girl at the theatre the other even
ing who was well dressed as TO every
| thing but her collar, which fitted atroci-
ously- 1t was of some white material,
with a band of velvet of the color of
| the dress around the lower part The vel
4 vet was snug. but the white collar was
too high and not properly stiffened. The
consequence was that as the girl turned
her head the collar was pushed down and
| buleed out above the velvet giving the
wearer the effect Of having goitre.
Very good style Is this new idea in trim
ming the upper part of sleeve, some
times called shoulder trimming" 1t is
| desirable to keep the sleeve as fiat as
possible, and SO fiat trimmings are used
Little crescent moons of velvet are cut
! fitted to the shoulder and sewed below ii
to the sleeve in straight across line
Green velS ct crescents are used on gowns
| Of Oxford mixture. indeterminate dust
colored browns and grays and sometimes
on black. This is entirely without refer
ence to the color of the gown, and the
| on the skirt and rarely OH the bodice If
green is especially becoming a little of it
could be brought into the collarband, but
it does not follow as matter of course.
| and often a red or pink collarband Is
used instead. Green crescents on the
! shoulders are fashion in themselves.
Little brooches and fancy pins buckles.
slides and ornaments other than finger
rings. necklaces or bracelets are made of
metal which is certainly not sterling, gar
nished with paste briliiants or ''rococo''
serni-preeious stones and artificial pearls.
There is no attempt to pass off these
snowy ornaments for other than what
they are. A pretty piece of 'Palais Royal
is worn for what it Is, on occasions of
informal festivity or for everyday use
They take their name from the world
famous Partisan establishments where
these articles are manufactured and sold
in great numbers Our pretty Cyrano
/ chains. the fancy buckle worn on the
street or on millinery. are likely to be
Palais Royal, cleverly made and serving
the purpose to entire satisfaction.
Let US have really natural pictures,
advises photographer, in reference to