The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-28
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WOMAN'S WORLD.

I: to the sparkle of diamonds and are,
therefore, popular while the iridescent
fires of the opal make it popular in spite
| of superstition. -.
The solitaire diamond, symbolizing
purity, is as greatly in favor as ever for
| engagement rings. More solitaire dia-
mond rings are sold for engagement tok-
| ems thai any other, though there are, ana
| always have been, instances where lovers
insist on having with the diamond a
| sapphire to express constancy, a pearl Tor
innocence or some other stone expressive
| of sentiment.
Among the newest settings shown this
| season are solitaire emeralds, ruples,
| sapphires and other stones with three
| small brilliants imbedded in the shank of
! the ring on either side of the stone. The
light reflected from the b~rilliants brings
/ out the color of the central stone and adds
to the beauty of the ring without dding
, greatly to its cost. Hoop rings continue
in favor. They have from four to eight
or ten stones set in a row around the
band, usually very narrow, so that three
| of these hoops can be worn with good
effect.
The correct wedding ring is a plain, bev-
| eled ring of twenty-five caret gold, which
is as nearly pure gold as is practical to
manufacture. A new ring that is finding
favor with some brides-elect is a mar
row carved gold band with small colored
stones imbedded at intervals. 1t is pref
ty, but the plain gold ring is not likely to
be ousted from favor by it.
Ar interest in heraldry accounts for the
fancy which has led to the revival of
seal rings, gold, however, aking the
| place of the engraved stone. Many women
wear small gold seal rings with the family
crest, and a dainty little ring of this de-
| scription has the seal fashioned in heart
| shape. with delicately modelled female fig
ures on either side of the tapering shank.
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1.-THE number of male infants born year
| ly exceeds that of female by one to four
| per cent, the proportion varying slightly
from year to year. writes Professor d..
r. McAnally of 1.-The American Girls
Chances of Marriage" in the March
Ladies' Home Journal" 1.-The mishaps
of boyhood, however, reduce the number
of boys to some extent. but not SO rnuen
as to make the adult females outnumber
| the males. For every American woman.
therefore. there ought to be a husband
in posse if not in esse, and the fact that
there is a large percentage of unmarried
| adult women in the country, and a great
er proportional number in some sections
than in others. is attributable to causes
which nave disturbed the balance of popu-
lation. In all new countries-and conn
pared with Europe and the United States
is a new country-there is a large proper
ton of males than of females. The ag-
gregate population of the United States,
so far as the latest official figures show, is
GO. ea2. $50. OF which 80, 067, $50 are males and
20. So. $40 are females. hi the prepon-
derance of males over females would seem
to make it comparatively easy for the
American girl to secure a husband, but in
| certain sections this is evidently not the
case. else the proportionate of adult I'M
married women would not be so large. Ii
men would remain in the neighborhoods
where they were born the proportion OF
| men and women would be nearly equal all
| over the country, but men find work hard
| to get in the older and more populous
| communities. and go to the newer States.
| The Young women are left behind, and the
Young men, after settling in their new
| homes. forget the companions of their
Youth. and contract alliances among their
new friends in the West, hence some OF
the Eastern States show a surplus of fe-
males"
Dinner giving, very sensibly says q
writer in What to Eat, is an art IN
| which few excel. 1t is easy enough 10
| select a number of dishes from a cookery
book and lave them prepared by ones
cook. or to order a dinner complete IN all
IT'S details from some caterer; but to make
each guest feel that ne has dined well
without giving him the conviction that
he has dined heartily is a feat not often
; accomplished ever by the most particular
hostess.
The American entertainer is prone TO
excess in the quantity which he offers TO
his guests. He does this out of a mistaken
| idea of hospitality, not from any fear OF
being called mean if hi should give only
a small repast.
AS a rule, a dinner should consist of not
more thar five or six chief courses-that
is. soup. fish, entree, roast and vege-
tables. each one served separately, fol-
lowed by an entremet of some sort, and
fruit. This is considered quite sufficient
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| give more thar that, and whose guests
| would be shocked to see four or five vege-
/ tables on the table at the same time. With
| the entree are often served two vege-
| tables. but the chief dish of that kind al
WAYS comes on as a separate course,
either Just before or after the roast.
The celebrated dinner given in London
by Mr.. Walker, which has been referred
/ to in astronomical treatises for over
fifty years, consisted simply of clear
| turtle, whitehall, grouse, apple fritters
| and Jelly. Another dinner given by that
renowned entertainer comprised spring
soup. turbot. ribs of beef, dressed crab,
and Jelly. And the amateurs who were
asked to these simple repasts were all
! satisfied with the result.
A testers ~quadrille was the leading fea-
ture of a children's fancy dress ball re-
! Gently given in Paris. A large number
of the boys went to the fancy ball dressed
as little court testers, in bright red satin
and black velveteen jackets. Their shoes
were very pointed, and those who wore
slippers had them made with double flaps
both zach and front. Their coats were
bordered with gilt braid and tiny bells
at an interval of an inc and a half.
Their caps were pointed, and also trim