The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-11
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WOMAN'S WORLD.

the plan couldn't be a far greater success
than is achieved by the present style of
skirt said a woman of fashion, who
is quite likely to keep abreast of the times
when She finds current styles at all sat
isfactory. says the New York LED
ger. Now l happen to belong 10
that class of women TO whom an ill-hang-
ing skirt is a positive torture. If my
skirts hang ungracefully and | go out on
the streets and pass a window where J
am reflected, / go home with my business
half done. my temper ruined and my
nerves in a state of complete dernoraiiza-
ton. The present fad for making skirts
with as few seams as possible is respen-
s;hle for many uneasy momenrs. 1t is
out OF the question to prevent their sag
cling and making points all around ihe
skirt, or at least IN four places. and the
effect is as though a woman was placed
CT four points like a four-footed table or
chair. This state of things comes TO pass
after about the second wearing of the
costume, and its coming is the signal for
a most ludicrous appearance. 1t IS quite
useless TO cut the points off. They drag
down again and quite as awkwardly as be-
fore. and then if the goods is affected by
damp ess and shrinks, the last state CT
Lndt SkifL Is worse IMAM IHS hiSe. soy
what one may, there is nothing like the
style of half a dozen years ago-the skirt
with a medium width front. two side
cores and two back sections, with a bias
seam down the middle of the back, which
is stayed with a band of the material
cut on the bias and sewed in with the
seam. Fashion to the contrary notw.th-
standing, all skirt should be lined. If
oTs,o;,1 cffan4c 1pSira6 nee f10t
gloria. Nothing is more comfortable, and
it is much more durable than silk. In
deed, it will outwear almost any lning
raaterial on the market-oftsntines me
dress goods itself. A skirt carefully cut
and made after such a model ana lined
with fire, soft, clinging gloria is IN order
to be trimmed in any form or fashion
whatsoever. 1t will neither sag nor drag,
and tia ~earer may pass mirrors II
plate glass windows as often as she
pleases without feeling the red color coBae
in her checks as she looks at her Iigure
effected from the sides Of the streets
This Skin. Will stand any amount Of gar
niture, VIII always look well, and VIII.
never be so far out of fashion as to cause
the owner or it any embarrassment. 1t
may ne fitted so closely at the top tnat
no gathers or pleats will be required, or
the little fullness may be drawn closely
in at the back. Snugly fitting tops OF
skirts are. however, among the most TN
comfortable garments, and are not likely
to remain long in fashion. The best 40
vice ever given on the subject OF skirts
is to adopt a medium style and let the
trimming make whatever notifications
are requisite to meet the prevailing mode
-.
Home industries for energetic women
are on the increase daily, owing to the
completely of modern living, which makes
it convenient for the woman who can al
ford it to spare herself as many house
hold tasks as can be well performed out
side of her own home.
Thus there are well known women in
every city who takes orders for preserves
Jelly and pickles, making it possible for
t woman who does not want to be both
cred to still have homemade preserves
without a bit of it being done in her own
kitchen.
cakes and pies are made in the same
way.
There are others who knit and crochet
and thus make a good living from prl-
vate orders for outfits for infants, couch
blankets shoulder shawls, hoods and
other fancy head coverings
In the city there seems TO be no lack of
opportunity for gentlewomen who wish TO
add to their income. but in the country
the case is different and Mrs. Candace
Wheeler is one of those who has lateiy
started a movement to encourage farm
house manufacture, the rag carpes being
the chief of these.
Mention of the rag carpeting recalls TO
most of us a. floor covering OF many nues
Of rather uneven texture, owing to the
clumsy manner Of joining, but this gives
n, idea of. the rag carpet of today. which
is soft. thick and even and usually IN only
two colors.
A blue and white rag carpet is really
ouife artistic, and some city women who
came by chance upon a green and White
one in a green room Of a country cottage
were so charmed Il t they took steps at
once to possess SUE "a floor covering for
their own seaside homes.
The Joining in the modern rag carpet is
not done by sewing, but by a skiliful slit
in one end of the rags, which, by the way,
are cut just SO long and SO broad, each
one.
when a hard floor is out of the question
for d bathroom or nursery, as often hap
mems in a rented house, one of these mod
ern rag carpets makes the e best COW
ering>
The unsightly white marks on tables,
caused by standing too hot dishes upon
them, may be removed by the application
of a little paraffne rubbed onto them with
a piece of flannel. Afterward polish with
alcohol.
To remove stains from linen, rub them
on either side with yellow soap, and then
apply starch made into a paste with colo
water. Rub this paste well into the
stains. and then put the cloth to hang out
in the open air-if possible in the sun
COR some hours. After it has been washed
IN the ordinary way the stains will have
disappeared.
To clean enameled saucepans:-Dissolve
half a teaspoonful of chloride of lime in a
saucepan of water. and boil till all the
stain is removed.
To prevent the saucepan burning when
boiling milk:-Rinse well with cold water
before putting the milk in, and heat over
a slow fire.
The oil left from sardines is an excel
lent substitute for butter in mixing fish
cakes.
Yellow oil stains left by the sewing ma
rhine will easily be removed in the wash
IL they are first rubbed over with a little