The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-10-06

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chase the liner and select a piece for
which those silks may be used. A stuffed
cushion Is inches long viii cost IS cents.
Three quarters Of a yard of faffeta silk
20 inches wide viii be required for the
ruffle. one ten yard piece Of satin baby
ribbon win cost IS cents. When you pur-
chase the ribbon rave a yard and a half
cut off 10 put around the cushion and
get the to have the rest
made up into six punches of loops. This
will be done without charge. and theyxwin
be very much handsomer than If made
by an amateur. For the lace ruffle, you
viii require two yards Of lace five or six
inches wide. This will cost from 20 to 40
cents a yard. as you desire. To cover the
lower part of the chuslion three-six-
teenths Of linen will be needed or If you
prefer to use some of the taffeta that viii
wear well viii cost IS cents a yard. For
a wedding resent there is nothing dam
tier than one of these cushions made en-
4 tirely Of white materials Of white mater
ials with the exception of the color
scheme of the embroidery. In place OF
the embroidered piece a piece of hand
some satin may be used for the top OF the
! cushion If desired and covered with z
piece OF rich lace. This of course would
cost considerably more than the ernoroi-
dered piece and the cost could be made
as large or as email as desired.
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Every one has heard of a now famous
journalist who possesses a study the walls
of which are papered with those little
! leaflets, alasi only too well known to
many members of the profession, bearing
the thanks and regrets Of innumerable
editorial departments. so It viii not be
surprising to many Of our readers # we
inform them that there are many other
| people in different professions who now
that success is theirs, have taken q leaf
ont of the book of the gentleman in ques-
lion and papered the walls Of their sit
ting rooms and studies in fantastic and
! often inco~mprehensible fashions, says the
London Daily Mail"
For instance, Nine. Christine Nilsson
has two rooms in her house. in one of
which the walls are papered with leaves
Of music taken from the opera in which
the great songstress has appeared, while
the walls of the other are covered with
the receipted bills of divers dinners par
taken Of by her IN various places where
in she has been resident Doubtless these
two rooms are more pleasant to their
owner than the smoking room Of an Am-
erican actor, whose walls are covered with
press criticisms. Those that are of an
adverse nature are framed with a blue
border, while those of a laudatory char
acter are similarly surrounded in red.
Judging from the predominance Of blue,
it would seem that the gentleman in
question was not always the success in
his particular line of business that he is
today.
Down utney way there IS a house that
boasts of a room papered with stamps of
al n~ationalities. and an inn at Bognor
has a room with a similar mural decor
alton. Nearly a million stamps were
used in the latter instance, and they
took four years to collect
The Tenderloin Club of New York
boasts many rooms fantastically WALL
papered. In one room 5000 playing cards
adorn the walls, while in another count
lescs theatre passes do duty for WALL
paper. Champagne eorks do a similar
duty for another room, and lance pro-
grammes very prettily embellish the ban
room walls.
Great Portland street boasts a res
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autograph room from the fact that on
different occasions the guests present
wrote their names on the walls, the guests
in question having all been celebrities in
the artistic and musical or dramatic
worlds. The proprietor has taken the pre-
caution of preserving the autographs by
means of glass plates, thereby showing
that he is a man of business, for many of
the writer's were famous individuals and
hold a place in history; for the names of
M~ascagni, G. r. Sims. P~elligrini, Sarsate,
Phil May, Paderewski, Tosti, Melba. N.
Daupier n Mile. Charninade are worth
preserving.
The young American heiress who re-
ceived more than her fair share Of pro-
posals and love letters from her admirers
hit upon the idea of utilizing them as a
sort of dado for her afternoon tea apart
ment, and has thereby made this a most
exhilarating function. the various writings
being narrowly scrutinized by the hostess
girl friends. NOT altogether out Of idle
curiosity, for it must in fairness be stated
that all the signatures and addresses have
been carefully erased from the letters.
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Among the women who need have
no thought of economy h~and-painted tea
gowns are as much the fashion as those
hand embroidered.
These costly manipulated negligees are
made of flmy boiling cloth over a foun-
dation Of satin, crepe or liberty silk. They
are billowy with lace frills and are veri-
table dreams of loneliness.
One made to order for a New York
woman of social prominence now at New
port was Of White boiling cloth scattered
with h~and-painted orchids. The boiling
cloth vas cut to reveal the petticoat in
front. which. instead of being one petit
coat, was three diaphanous affairs made
OF crepe meteor. The under one was deep
violet, the next pinkish heliotrope and
the outer one a faint stem green.
This gown was trimmed. with frilIs of
real yalenciennes lace, each founce head
ed with violet baby ribbon.
The same rule Of avoiding conspicuous
effects applies to travelling as well as
walking in the street. When a woman
travels alone she should try never to at
tract attention in any way. The best
sort Of costumes to wear when going on a
journey Is a dark blue or black serge skirt
and jacket with cotton or silk shirt-waist
and dark hat or bonnet For summer, a