The Jersey City news., 1899-10-21

week -days. A light luncheon can be pro-
cured at the rooms. consisting of sand
wiches, fruit, eggs, tea and coffee From
$3.50 to P. NJ music gives additional
pleasure to the patrons, and the energetic
women in charge are meeting with much
success.
"Alice has sen. me sems new things
..The Gossip Of a New York Girl In the
october Ladies Home Journal" Not
much this time, but still what she does
send me is always worth more than the
extra postage which invariably have to-
pay on her lettersl Dear girl, she always
was so careless! She tells me Of the
swell wastcoats the women are wearing
over there. They are made of cloth and
leather, and are buttoned up the front
with small gold buttons She says that
some Of the most snartly dressed women
had their monograms on the buttons, but
usually the buttons were quite small and
plain. The waistcoats. from her descrip-
tion, must be r-made-much like a
mans waistcoat, with muslin or silk
backs. They are all embroidered or paint
ed. The embroidered ones. she gays, are
the most durable
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Mary is one of the oldest names in use
today. Women of all classes christen
their children with the Virgins name,
| and its universal use will never detract
from its dignity Marie is the French
version of the name. and those bearing it
look forward to August Is, the festival OF
the assumption, the fete day, when all
| Maries receive floral offerings In honor Of.
their patron saint. There is no name
more favored throughout France than the
name of Marie. 1t is borne by the
peasants and by the young women of the
House OF Orleans. Notable among the
Maries is the Princess Waldemar of Dem
mark. In some provinces of France al
most every woman is christened Marie,
with an after name, for example, Marie
Jeanne, Marie Therese. Marie Antoinette.
| Many of the ancient houses OF both
France and England value the inheritance
of Marie. with their heirlooms and lands.
| The Noailles. Boisgelins, d'Andignes,
Larochejagueleins. all include one or
more Maries in each generation. Even
men in France bear the prenom of Marie.
which is used in legal documents. though
seldom, if ever, used in speaking.
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Familiaritay breeds contempt, the wise
! old maxim says, and yet does it not often
happen that lap of familiarity breeds
! not only contempt but hatred and en-
nifty? The woman who asks you to ''run
/ in any time dotes on those little gossipy
/ times that women have ON back porches
| or from window to window while the
| housecleaning is being done or the blari-
kets washed and if you are not Of that
| class and fail to run in she detests YOU
for the dignity and good sense you show
There is nothing that a small minded wo-
man squirms over more than lack OF in
| terest taken in her by women who are
her superiors by intellect and breeding
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Mothers should insist upon their nurse
maids being scrupulous1yI clean in their
person and neat and tidy9in their appear
ance at all times, and particularly should
they see TO it that their finger nails are
never too long and are perfectly clean, as
I in the event of their accidentally scratch
/ in. their charges serious results, of which
blood poisoning is not the least, might en-
sue.
/ For deep mourning these are quite or
nearly covered with Grape. Other sleeves
are made very snug, almost as tight as
/ they used to be some ten years ago, when
! 1T was said that a woman had to get up
on a stepladder to get them on. The way
she did it was to fall down.
The Chicago Avenue State Agency has
| already discovered that the modern fiat
I possesses great attractions for the maid
/ in service as against a residence. The
| main reason for this is that, at the
worst, work in the modern fiat IS very
! light, while in the average residence of
nine to eleven rooms 1t IS hard Occu-
pants OF modern flats send their laundry
! out, their doors are of hard wood and
/ keep we'll. the heating and cooking ap-
/ pliances are the most modern, and the
girl that, takes the work in one of them
! is certain of a pretty good time. The
domestic In the modern fiat is more Of
maid than girl of all work. and she
knows it, The city of Chicago is rapid
/ ly coming to that point where the flats
! will outnumber the residences
Never outside the lands of Mahomet has
! the veil assumed such Importance as to-
( day Some women are doubly yelled; in
| deed, three wells are often worn. She
| who wears not the saucy little brown
veil has not arrived" sartorially speak
! ing. The money expended for these bits
! of coquetry Is an eye-opener to the un-
sophisticated. Since smart women every
where have taken the veil they have
grown moro and more critical anent their
quality. From good they have gone to
| better; then to the domestic best, and
after that to imported novelties spending
enough money per yard to buy coal for
| a family for a month.
/ se*
stylish piece Of footwear IS the patent
! leather sandal cut out In Stats, with
| three straps across. The Stats are not
straight, and are waved to leave oval
/ shaped interstices. Nor do the straps but>
ton regularly. The lowest and shortest
| buttons almost in the middle, the others
in 4 diagonal direction toward the out
:, side Of the foot. This has no buckle,
hut a heart or star-shaped ornament Of
cut steel is fixed where the buckle would
4 be.
| Not beautiful, but quite correct, is the
dancing pump cut out until It is a mere
mould for the foot. Of shining Vanished
leather The toe is sensibly round; we
cannot dance gracefully In sharp-toed