The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07

In Woman'S World.



j, generous-minded cannot help feeling thai
their e~nthusiasms are largely a matter OF
sentiment of the kind that women OF
every class are prone to mix with the
various things of life, while secure in the
belief that they are simply accomplish
ing a rigid duty; and in no wise do they
represent an actual force, inasmuch as
while there is u~ndoubted power to be de-
rived from their cooperation, the NOV
ing strength that springs from a seduc-
tive personality is in most cases woefully
lacking. Nevertheless the woman who is
a factor in our politics exist, and we have
only TO go to the national capital to see
her in all her glory.
An open fireplace is to a house what a
beautiful view is to a veranda, says
sHarper's Bazaar" 1t is full of SUCCESS
ton, carrying ones thoughts always out
into the beyond, and ones visions away
from ones self. An architect who ig-
norantly robs us of either robs us of OPP
portunities for which all the brilliant
other things he does can never compen-
safe. Even the minor architects are be-
ginning to understand this, and are help
ing us to regain what we have missed.
For, if the truth must be told, we lost
our heads. not SO many years since, over
modern conveniences, as we did over
labor-saving machiness; and the country
householder was as pleased over some
continuance for keeping her house warm
without the bother of an extra fire as her
husband was over some farming implies
ment which saved him the price of a
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case was even worse, for open fires were
only regarded as one more means of add
ing 10 the dust. 1t was quite forgotten
that, as some writer on the subject has
observed, sit might almost be said that
the good taste and savoir-faire of the in
mates of a house may be guessed from the
means of heating it," 1t has since been
remembered that 'old pictures, old fur
niture, and fine bindings cannot live in a
furfiaee-baked atmosphere, and those per-
sons who possess such treasures and
know their value have an additional mo-
tive for keeping their houses cool and well
ventilated"
1t is a growing perception ofthese facts
which has led to the extended Interest
taken in all questions relating to fire.
place0 In fact, as in former times 1.-THE
fireplace was always regarded as the prin-
cipal feature of a room, and SO treated
in every well-thought-out scheme of dec
grafton" so today it has become one of
the first considerations of an architect
planning an interior.
what a pity it is" said a masculine
critic. that SO few of the dear creatures
unite s~oftness with strength. / know
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outdor recreations, who can ride well,
drive well, play a good game of golf.
and have no nonsense about them, and
others Who are perfectly delightful at five
o'clock teas, beautifully attired in pictur-
esque gowns, presiding over cosy. tea
tables; but the two seem to be distinct
types, and are, more's the pity, more or
less -rreconcilable. Not that a tea-gown
the athletic girl probably owns half a
dozen pretty negligees. which she puts
on whenever she has time, but the
adaptiveness to the situation is wanting.
THE latter has none of the bewitching
little ways and soft, enhancing nonsense
about her that the former is uast mistress
of, but who, to be frank, is just a little
ridiculous when she appears the next
morning to keep a golf appointment which
you have foolishly been led on to make /
while under the influence OF her tea-table
fascination This is an indiscre+ion I
which you bitterly regret when you lose
a whole morning keeping tally of her
folisl little strokes which she makes
with feminine shr;eks ana lat1el,tar in
the most exasperating manner. Truly,
sColors seen by candlelight
DO NOT lock the same bv day.,
and taking her an in an for a life com-
nanion I nrefer Diana 10 yenus but if
is q nitv all the same that the two
natures seem incomnatible The latter
is lovely and sweet. and dear Diana is
50 ~avsf,,llv matter of facttp
So
.T know a dear little girl who is sure
that ber room is everything to be de-
s;red , zyritas Mrs John r Sims of sThe
s1aanjng Room on the Farm" in the
Januarv 81 .adies, Horne Journal, at is
fftaan feet so,are and has two ward
robas 1Abere is a north ana . sorth win
ao,o The walls SIRE covered viii, paper
IN > deiicate shade of gray. with mink
clover blossoms scattered over it: the
window curtains are Of silkoline in the
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