The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-20

Irwin. TIL dramatic breakfast is, in the
most literal sense of the word, a matinee.
1t takes place in the morning, and at
what must seem to women who have been
up most of night an exceedingly early
hour. Nevertheless scores of them APP
pear glad to pay five dollars az Ticket fol-
the dramatic entertainment plus the
breakfast, which comes at the hour most
mortals dedicate to luncheon. Twenty
years ago, if women had wanted to make
money for an institution, they would have
produced a play themselves, perhaps con-
tributed the refreshments" and worn
themselves out with work and worry.
That method seems to be obsolete among
the women in the same position today.
For instance, the dramatic breakfasts
were planned and carried out by Mrs.
Robert Osborn, who appears to be a provi-
dental dispensation in favor of women
who want to give entertainment for
charitable purposes.
Never mind about the cake and Ice
cream, my dear! Just see that they have
plenty of bread and butter and hot choco-
late, with. perhaps, a salad, and they'll
enjoy the meal nightly. you may be sure.
Offer them plenty of bread and batter,
ever if you have to sacrifice the olives
and the sailed almonds to do so.'
This was the advice which one clever
woman recently gave one in a %quandary
as to what to furnish for a little Sunday
evening supper. : is interesting as ex-
employing the altered attitude of society
in this regard. Time was, and not SO
very long ago, when the giver of an even
ing party felt in duty bound to offer at
last three kinds of cake, all rich and
sweet; with ice cream to follow, and all
sorts of sweets, candies, and CONNECTIONS
to wind up the feast. Then came the time
in which sandwiches, coffee, one kind of
cake and two of sweet biscuits or cookies,
with the inevitable ice cream as a finish
ing touch were Systematically supplied,
because considered correct. With the adj
vent of the afternoon tea, and the conse-
quent recognition of the fact that the
simplest kind of hospitality may be made
delightful, cams another mode OF offer
ing refreshment at parties and enter
tainments. Sandwiches, coffee, and small
and simple cakes were next considered in
best form and all-sufflcient.
And now has come the bread and butter
period-the bread and butter renaissance.
Bread and butter, either in the form of
delicate hin slices, folded together. so as
not to soil the gloves or fingers, some
times served in finger lengths and occa-
sionally cut into fancy shapes. is offered
at all sorts of little affairs these days.
One fashionable little woman has even
dared to offer her guests-and grateful
guests they w~ere-plain thick" bread
and butter, passed without apology or ex-
PLANTATION of any kind.
Another thoughtful woman, widely
known for her graceful and gracious hos
pitality, offered the guests at a simple
but beautiful piazza tea," given last
summer, thin bread and butter, piled high
on the delicate plates in English style and
great platters of fresh and moisture
beaded water cress and lettuce were
passed at the same time. The lettuce and
| cress were eaten with the bread and but
ter, but not placed between it. The plates
holding the delicate greens had to be
replenished several times. The maid who
looked after the filing of the bread and
butter plates declared that the delicate
| slices disappeared as If by magic.
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Time honored matrimonial customs
| come in for a grand shake up at the hand
of the modern club woman, says the
"Woman's Home Companion" At a re-
| cent convention in a big city a three day
| old bride promptly appeared from a
| neighboring town minus her newly ac-
| CURED better half, to fulfil her part of the
| programme. Probably it was a chance to
| speak her mind publicly instead of pri-
| yately, so the conventional honeymoon
| had no charms.
One clever club woman looken on Curl
| ously, and remarked it reminded her of
| the colored woman in Ruth McEnery
Stuart's story. This nanny, being in
"mornin' for her dearly departed hus-
band No. 1, planned to go on her second
wedding Quincy alone. To an expostula-
| ton the dusky bride replied, contemtu-
| ously, "Wha-at? Youse tink 1 done a
dat brack niggah off wifi me on my honey
moon!'
When you go out for a drive this icy
weather, do not forget to stow the furry
foot muff in the bottom of the coupe.
This depends not only upon the long
haired fur to warm the feet, but has a
receptacle for holding a rectangular met
al DOA lOF hot WdteI. IHcIc Il q sup
cock at one end, after the manner of hot
water bags. Fill this with boiling water
from the kitchen kettle before you go out
and you have a prospect of keeping the
feet reasonably warm during your outings.
In. some private coupes or carriages there
is a false panel to the bottom of the We
hicle, which nay be opened to admit a
tin hot water box. This box is almost
! Indispensable for the winter outings of
invalids. The modern equivalent for the
hot brick of our grandmothers' device.
We are coming back to chignons and
I nets in the spring, Nine. Rumor says
but vet not really the old fashioned CHG
non. for the hair is to be coiled in some
distinct fashion, braided or twisted UP
close to the head, not the English bun
that hangs half way down the back. The
net is to do duty as an ordinary piece OF
head furniture, to keep the stray locks in
place. 1t is not to be a marked feature
like the brilliant Trelawny nets. The hail
done on the top of the head is so much
more comfortable for summer that the
low dressing will probably not prevail
during the hot months.
A girlish figure, with the slender vir
ginal contour noticeable in the maiden OF
the period, looks well in a Russian Goa
with loose front, belted in front and a
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