The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-30
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ton tina each player keeps account fol
herself of all the red cards which are
taken, and nothing else is counted Wher
the time is up the fortunate player who
holds the most red cards takes the first
prize, while the one who has the least
gets the BOBBY
The prizes should all be something per-
! tanning to the rose. Numerous articles
| can be thought of, such as rose bowls, rose
| candlesticks, rose sachets, bottles of rose
| perfume, b~onbonnieres with candied rose
leaves, etc. Upon each table are placed
four full-grown La France or Mermet
roses. with long stems and green leaves,
as well as a dainty dish filled with pink
and white bonbons. Each player also has
a tally card of pink paper and a pink PEN
ell attached for keeping the score.
The ices served are pink and white, and
the supper table should be gracefully
draped with pink ribbons. with rose Pc
tails strewn about on the cover. In fact,
roses in profusion should be everywhere,
and the lights should be softly shaded IN
PINK.
This can be made a pretty form of
amusement, and ones own ingenuity
could suggest many more features to
make it a great success. 1t would be an
added attraction if the hostess were
dressed in a rose pink gown.
Any other blossom could be given spec
ial prominence in an evenings whist par
ty, having it figure in the decorations and
prizes and ever in the costumes in this
instance; and the various wild flowers
The vio.ets and the buttercups and daisies
could be used with excellent effect dur
ing spring and early summer, but the
rose is the all the year round flower that
is appropriate for every social function.
There are a great many fascinating bar
gains displayed now IN the shops in the
r~eady-made silk petticoats, says "Har-
per's Bazar.' These are sold for consid-
erably less than the amount of silk put
in them would cost by the yard; but, like
all bargains, they have some bad points.
The cheap skirts are made on the old
fashioned lines. The front breadth is so
narrow that the skirt wears out very
quickly. and in the back there is too much
fu.ness. The clever seamstress now buys
these petticoats, opens them out as far
as The drawing string will permit, folds
over the extra fulness until h has a
bias seam directly up the middle of the
back. which of course cuts out quite a
lot of silk from around the hips With
this silk she puts extra pieces at either
side of the front breadth. giving the re-
luir.tl width across she front. As a rule,
these ready made skirts are very well
ort around <Ae hips, and fit fairly well
around the west, and can without any
trouble be made to fit perfectly when the
additional fuiness is taken out of the
back, n Il, instead of being fastened
with a drawing string, the fulness is laid
in q small Dleat and a button and button
hole made ITO fasten the petticoat.
Begin to enjoy yourself when your
guests arrive-in fact, before they ar
rive is Mrs. John B. Sims advice to the
hostess in an article on Entertaining
in the country in the July Ladies
Home Journal" do not try to serve
such an elaborate dinner that the work
of getting it ready will draw so upon your
powers thai they will be strained
to their utmost endurance. When your
visitors arrive greet them with a hearty
handshake: make them feel that you
1 IOdAy LII liz COIAlit6t pea "a tiSi
pleasure that you hope the day may
bring; compliment them on their good
appearances; notice the neckwear, the
dainty handkerchief; be thoroughly inter-
ested in each and every one. When the
time comes for you to prepare the dinner
and place it upon the table, Leave your
guests as gracefully as possible. If the
dinner be not too elaborate, and the mem
tai atmosphere be clear and bright, your
friends will come again. Eat to live
and not Live to eat Should be the mot
to of every household"
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When, as is often the case, a petticoat
costs more than the own, it behooves
the wearer to show 1t. especially nova
days. when it is the fashion to ave the
hat match the u-ndergarment in tint, so
to get the full effect of a well
thought out costume there must be a
CLINT of the same color at both extremi-
ing that it is intended requires a clever
manipulation of the skirt which is quite
an ~ in itself.
To daintily shake out a skirt after leav-
ing a carriage or public conveyance and
lift it just a trihe at the crossings, and to
give it a right swing when taking a seat,
so as to show the bright ruffles. and do
It all without obvious intent. is not so
easy. -dy lady has learned the lesson,
and our fashionable mondaines now
manage their skirts with as much dex-
terity and grace as a Spanish senorita
m~anipulates her far.