The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-15
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break the slide by scraping the feet along
the wall.
In removing burned clothing ffonpa per
son, cut everything loose; there must b.
no dragging or pulling. Do not try tt
save any of the clothing, but II any par
sticks to the body. I let it remain and be
careful not to break any blistefs.
To be able, without sunshine and in q
dry atmosphere, to keep up a goodly show
of foliage is. after all, the essential quail
ity of even graceful palms and stately
rubber plants, plumy ferns and pictur-
esque dracenas ana grevilleas; for q
spread of green leaves is ever one of the
most pleasing touches that can be added
to any apartment. But if none of the
plants mentioned can be kept alive in a
room where you long for the touch OF
g%reenness, do not despair till a eunony-
| mus has been given a fair trial. Although
iAits appearance suggests sufficient hardi-
ness to brave a winter in the ground. it is
a potted specimen that we grow in New
England. and a very useful plant it proves
itself under conditions that would kill
anything les robust.
The ~Eunonymus japonicus ~variegatus
AidhOS q bQSuy SiOWln III Sy IiuiGlIlCdi
form, and its glossy leaves are effectively
enlivened with stripes and dashes of
white. In a cool hall where one would
scarcely trust a palm or fern, it will fill
its niche with a pleasing show of green
and white. If preferred, it can be turned
from the pot to the border in summer and
Will endure r~elifting in autumn without
the loss of a leaf, if given suitable shad-
ing for a time. Fertilizers can only be APP
piled with caution. If spring or summer
shows the plant in poor condition, a trans
fer to the open ground may be depended
upon to restore its vigor. Cuttings root
well If given time, and the bush will prob
ably endure n amount of pruning.
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Women's outing dresses offer a wide
field for novelty of color, says "Harper's
Bazaar" and form at all times, and those
of the incoming season are to be among
the prettiest developments Of this kind.
Plainly made gowns will obtain most
generally, but the combination of colors
and fine fitting will present some features
altogether new and smart. The late own
fashioned by Haas Brothers represent
the entire gamut of styles in recreation
costumes. One of the simplest of these is
of bright blue cloth with double-breasted
jacket, adjustable pique collar, and under
collar-band. The jacket IS made will high
darts, and is loose fitting. The skirt, al
most a circular, opens in front at the left
side. The accompanying hat is of blue
fancy straw with white taffeta loops and
stiff quilts. A very smart yachting cos
tune of blue cloth with introduced VS.
of bright red cloth edged with soutaehe
braid. There is a high v of red cloth in
the entire of the back, and also on the
lower sleeve outlined to correspond with
the skirt. The collar is faced with red
and edged with military braid, and a sue
cession of loops of braid fastened under
gilt buttons droops across the red v in
the centre of the front. The yoke and col
lar are blue, with red bands at the top Of
the latter. The skirt of this costume is
gored, and closes in the back.
There is no truth in the report that
portieres ARE going out of fashion,
What housewife would go back to the
plant, bare looking door frames without
artistic draping of some sort? 1t is true
that different materials and odd methods
of draping indicate new and original
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of some sort remain in vogue; and it is
growing more and more a custom within
the home to have the doors stand open
and draped with heavy curtains. This has
its advantages and its disadvantages. On
the one hand. it is asserted that the air
is purer and circulates more freely, so
that there is less danger of colds, chills
and all the ills resulting from lack of oxy-
gen. On the other hand the objection has
been raise, that it is like living in the
middle of the street. There is no sense Of
privacy, and there is a sense of someone
listening behind the convenient folds of a
curtain that effectually binders conf
Dental chats. There are few homes, how
ever, in which this would prove a draw
back, but even where his whim has some
foundation, health ought to be of more
Importance than any within, and besides,
there is artistic effect to be considered.
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One of the most popular samples "for
spring war formerly was hop tea-a UNI
gent but by no means urpalatable drink,
says ..Woman's Home Companion" One
to both insure good sleep and rouse the
liver to action-so clearing the clogged
systematic treatment to be continued
a month or six weeks. A trial of his rem
edy is decidedly convincing. To make, TO
one good pinch" lone third of a cupful)
of loose hops add one pint of cold water;
steep in a granite saucepan fifteen min
utes. strain.
The girl whose slim n willowy pro-
portions are emphasized by wearing a boa
around her throat is not obliged to give
it up even in deepest mourning. English
crepe is pleated into a ruching thick
to form a boa, and this boa is pro-
vided with long scarf n Great pains
are now taken with the wardrobe of those
.in mourning 1t is no longer thought
necessary to look like a trump, by way
of showing respect to the m of the
departed. Now the box of dresses sent
to the bereaved ones are models of style
and of costly simplicity. It is also a fact
that the woman who finds difficulty in
purchasing a bonnet or hat ready made,
which shall be becoming, often finds
something In the second mourning" case
which can be adapted to her wants with
introduction of a little color or a bunch of
flowers. The ruching of soft mousseline
on the edge of the brin1 is apt to render
these chapeaux becoming to the face
which is not in its first youth.
The way to write is first to have some
thing to say, n then say it as well as
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