The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-27

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WOMAN'S WORLD.

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!. come under this head, is made by several
| of a girls friends. Heavy linen, such as
Is used for sheets, is bought for a PED
| spread; a large, snowy design is stamped
| out, running towarde the centre from the
corners. Each friend is asked to work a
| certain amount until the spread is fin
| ished. This is a particular instance where
many hands make light work. SIX or
| eight can work at the same time and the
\ pattern is so large it is quickly finished.
Thimble bees are given mornings or at
| ternoons, as suits the hostess convent
ence. The invitation is simply a calling
and bearing the date and hour and the
word .'Thimbie" in the corner. rms
means that. the gathering is a new-fash-
toned sewing bee.
Each girl brings her own fancy work
and it is needless TO say, one and all en-
| deavor to nave a new stitch or design.
| tea is served at 5 o'clock; on a summer
morning light refreshments and cooling
| drinks are offered.
Much of the ennui of married life, says
| Vogue comes from the inability of the
| husband and wife to converse. Talk they
can, of course, so can the child of four
years or the newly arrived European
peasant, but of the art of conversation
they know as little as the dumb four
footed creatures. A sag of old recon-
mended that in. choosing a wife the young
man ought to make sure that the pros
pective bride numbered among her ac-
complishments an ability to talk we'll,
SO as to provide enliyennent for the in
finitude of inevitable tete-a-tetes.
Fortunately for maidens, young men
| give no heed to this advice-if. indeed,
they have ever heard of it-for if they
did the Benedicks would be few in any
community. The popular method of part
ner selection results in married couples
being recognized as matrimonially bound,
whenever they appear in public, mainly
by reason of their dumbness, unless a
third person joins them.
Comment upon this non-conversational
habit usually provokes the defense that,
as this man and this woman live together
and nave lone so for ten or twenty years,
they are talked out, which, so far from
being a. valid excuse, is really their con-
| demnation. Talked out" in a world
bristling with subjects for thought and
it's expression, and when a walk or drive,
or ride in town or country, and when
papers, magazines, books, stimulate in
terest and offer countless worthy topics
for conversation.
In the matter of hats, English fancy
seems to lean toward straws, whilst the
Parisienne favor chiffon or tulle. Doubt
less the economical commercial instinct
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liking, for straw is easy to brush, where
as the delicate chiffon is soon ruined by
the dust and rain. There is no question
as to which is most becoming, and the
soft folds of the tulle accord so well with
the I~ncroyable cravatS of one shade of
tulle, such as pink or mauve, yelled with
white, tied in huge outstanding bows.
But why, oh why, does not some one
teach an Englishwoman how to tie a
bow? walls an observer. A solid lump of
ribbon, a limp, detected mass of lace or
tulle, looking like a chest protector, is
not a bow; it is a dead failure. 1t wants
the light fingers, the deft touch, and
plenty of material, which enable. the for
eigner to regard this finishing touch to
her toilette with a complacant "Voila, ca
va
An important point in setting out plants
is to firm the soil well about the plant
after setting it in the ground, says the
'sWoman's Home Companion" This can
be best done with the feet, stamping the
soil gently Immediately about the base
and against the stalk of the plant. This
serves to keep the plant in position, so
that it will not be whipped about by the
wind, and prevents the air from getting
at the roots. As the plants are knocked
out of the pots dip the ball of soil sur
rounding the roots in water, and pour a
little into the hole into which the plant
is to be set. Fill the soil in about the
plant. and compress it, as suggested
above, and if no water is applied for a
week the plant will not suffer. By the
former method only the surface of the
soil is wet, and the roots of the plant re-
main dry.
Now is the time for the good house
keeper and the maiden who looks after
her complexion to turn to the dandelion,
just sending its shoots out of the ground.
There is nothing better or more appetiz-
ing than a dandelion salad. Tit plants
taken when they are two or three inches
high, the leaves young and tender, and
the stalk from which the leaves grow,
just above the root, crisp and white,
cleaned thoroughly and served without
separating the leaves, with hard-boiled
egg, chopped, and a French dressing, all
thoroughly mixed, the salad is delicious.
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A variety of much-stitched gowns
is to be found in one black silk stitched
with white. The tucks on the bodice
and across the tops of the sleeves are
stitched with the white, and the effect
matches the plain white vest and the
lapels upon which there is outlined a
geometrical pattern in black chenille.
A thick club enc of bamboo is the han
die of a pretty parasol. Curved ribs, ster-
ling-silver tip and band about the handle
are also on the list of novelties. The ma
tural wood handles exhibit many knots.
The pale. natural hue of the wood is
allowed to appear.
A small golden-yellow satin straw hat,
something of the cocked-hat shape, with
points over the ears, has two white os-
trioh feathers placed against the upturn-