The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-10-31

WOMAN'S WORLD.
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are delicious, decorative, artistic and
novel.
II The refreshments decided upon, the
thoughts of the prospective hostess fly to
lsthe decorations. Here again, consistency
is a jewel. Have no flowers of the van
ished summer, but flags Of the autumn's
glory, bright leaves and fruits of the earth
on every hand. A simple and easily ac-
complished table decoration would have a
great oval mat of tinted leaves laid night
in the centre of the white cloth, and on 1t
heaped peaches, pears. apples and plums.
At one corner place a horn of plenty filled
with golden and purple grapes, with their
vines and tendrils straying carelessIy over
the damask. Here and there place bowls
of nuts with leaf garlands trailing over
the brim. The horn of plenty, or baskets,
are especially appropriate and effective
for Halloween table decorations. II
something more elaborate is desired
chrysanthemums, the seasons green
flower, in various colors. may be arranged
in bowls and vases in the parlor and din
! ing room and garlanded over the mirrors
and picture frames. When the guests re-
! pair to the dining room each may be
presented with, a bunch for a corsage
bouquet.
Let the dining room be darkened and
all the light come from jack-o'-ianterns
and candles. Candelabra at diagonal cor
ners of the table fitted with red candles
and yellow shades follow fashion and are
brilliantly effective. Aspumpkin, followed
out to form a bowl, filled with yellow and
red chrysanthemums and surrounded with
r~ed-cheeked apples. brown pears and
purple grapes, makes an entirely new
| centre-piece. Another pumpkin bowl may
| contain souvenirs daintily tied inside in
crepe tissue paper, fruit shapes. Little
cfover-leaf silver pins may be one sou
venir for good luck; a heart for happiness;
thimble for celibacy, etc.
Place beside each plate a tiny individual
| candlestick and candle, together with a
match. The guests near the conclusion OF
the feast are asked to light their candles;
the one that burns longest is to have a
wealthy marriage; the first one out is to
have a poor, luckless one.
If ices are served let them be individual
ones in the form of fruit. lust before
leaving the table each one should be given
an apple and fruit knife; the apple is hen
to be pared and the familiar a~pple-paring
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and is a fitting conclusion 10 the feast.
1t is in innocent nonsense that the
Thirtyairst Night may be most enjoyably
spent; genuine mirth and jollity make 1t
to be remembered until the festive night
comes round again.
Judging from the terrible outcry that
has been raised over the unfortunate acct
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the sLady's Pictorial it might be sup
posed that women went about daily not
exactly breathing forth slaughterings, but
causing grievous bodily harm to all and
sundry on the public, highway In conse-
quence of the sad mishap resulting from
a pin, which. torn from its owners head,
together with the hat to which 1t was
affixed, during a recent high gale, was
dashed against a mans face, infiicting
serious injury, indignant men have written
to the press to denounce the hat-pin as
a deadly weapon Woman has been
soundly rated for using such dangerous
instruments. and one way and another has
been represented as a positively reckless
monster scarcely less dangerous at large
than an armed Bashi-Bazouk. But, after
all, hat-pins are not continually hurting
through the air. and the number Of hats
that fly about our streets are certainly
not countless. Man seems, really, TO have
some special hatred to feminine headgear
and its appurtenances. Awhile since they
took up arms against our hats. now they
denounce our methods of attaching them
to our heads. But the man is not yet
born who can invent a hat that will please
everybody. or a means of keeping it firm
upon the feminine couture. Indeed, man
has not yet discovered the ideal headgear
for himself, and he certainly annot keep
on his own top hat when the stormy
wind do blow.
A North American Indian or a savage
from the South Sea Islands stands better
than the majority of our civilized men
and women
Calisthenic exercises, either with or
without dumb bells or Indian clubs, aid
greatly in giving grace to the
Even the simple turning of the head
from side to side, says the Designer
then backward and forward for a few
times each morning. makes the neck lin
Der (not limp, SO that it has pretty,
bird-like turns during conversation.
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nave don more to betray awkwardness
or gracefulness in women than might be
supposed.
A graceful woman is fascinating
whether she is beautiful or plain, and as
grace is an attribute that can be cultl-
waited there is no reason why every wom-
an Mould not be charming.
A matron Of eighty who has not lost
her elegance of carriage or attractive ges-
lures is far more attractive thai the awk-
ward maiden of sixteen or so who is
painfully conscious of her hands and
| feet.
To sit gracefully is quite as much of an
art as to walk gracefully, and is quite
a different matter as well.
I lately heard an amusing story Of a
lady who. having rendered some small
help to a friend, was described with en-
thusiasm by that friend as being most
iii and unselish and devoted to the
| service of others. A girl who heard this
Immediately drew a mental picture of a
| thin, pale. subdued looking creature in a
| cHnging nun-like black dress, with bands
| of smooth, fiat hair parted in the middle,
| and on being introduced a few days later
to a cheerful person in a fashionably
made gown and with vigorously curly
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