The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-10-26
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WOMAN'S WORLD.
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~tractive in the old blues and new old rose
For plain colors serges are in great De
mand also. They cost from so cents up
and lave wearing qualities that cannot pc
denied; besides. they come in all the
pretty colors. 1t is the wear that makes
up for the softness which the cashmeres
boast. Camel's hair serges are decidedly
elegant, while the cheviots and that fam
lily of weaves each and all stand for good
1 service as well as attractiveness, prices
| ranging upward from rs cents.
In plain cloths many choose ladies'
cloth. While it is not strictly suited to
children's dresses, there's no getting round
its richness, and becomingness in many
cases. 1t may be had for 65 cents. Broad
cloth. which is but a better quality, begins
at rs cents.
AZ for color, though all the light and
medium shades are in demand, 1t is yet
true thai most of the selling is in three
of the dark shades-wine color, brown and
blue. Gray and green have a strong fol-
lowing, too. With a touch of velvet, all OF
them are rendered most becoming.
Last, but far from least, come the
plaids. In ever so nan eyes these ap-
pear just the thing. They certainly have
a dash and a cheerfulness most grateful
on a bleak winter day. While some
mothers choose the heavy ones, which
cost from 81 up, most of US consider the
lighter weight ones better adapted to
very young girls. These may be had at
As cents, the handsome ones coming at
from 80 to s. cents.
P. S.-Of course, no mother will seek to
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could be more unkind to a little ones
classmates, and few things could be worse
for the child herself.
When or how fortune telling divination
generally, began to be associated with
Halloween is as mysterious as Hallow-
cen itself-and well night as ancient. In
an antique pooh of English folklore
bearing the significant title, "Ye True
Arte toe Reade We Future there is a
quaint spell which, doubtless, commend
ed itself to the more adventurous feml-
nine spirits of the period. It reads thus:
IF a maybe would know We name OF We
man She is toe marie. let her, on ALL
Hallow Even, steal out to a lime-kiln and
throw in a clue of blue-yarn, still holding
We other end. Presently We end in We
kiln will be sharply pulled. Then the
maybe must say, Who holds?' Where
upon We voice of her future husband will
pronounce his name, both We Christian
and We surname"
Other equally potent spells call for a
midnight visit to the ~churchyard, where,
after certain ineantations. the future
husband will be seen in a vision. These
hair raising performances are still a
regular feature of Halloween observance
in some parts Of England. where the rus
tie youth is apparently as prone to super
stition as ever. AS to the results of the
eerie vigil and It's ~witchcraft accompani-
ment history has but little to say.
Probably in many instances the swain
himself. being p~rudently forewarned, is
sufficiently near at hand to pass success
full muster as an apparition-a suggestion
which might very sensibly be adopted by
romantic young men and maidens who
would fain have their Halloween mean
tations literally work like a charm"
The supreme artistic quality is simplic-
ity, even in furnishing and decoration.
which should be guided by a few simple
ideas. says the "Womap's Home Compan-
ion." The first of these is, "Confne your
self to what is needed; the second is,
Let the few essentials be good for their
purposes and the third is LET them
be as beautiful as is consistent with use
and durability" The commonest fault in
American furnishing is the o~verabundance
of everything. Pictures upon walls are
good, but many pictures in a room
dactrnx~ ao1t1or ul1s~ 49,
are wearisome in ones home or out of it.
One good picture is not only better than
many poor ones. it is also better than
many good ones. A dozen bronzes on a
mantel must quarrel. The Japanese
method of storing artistic treasures and
bringing each to light for a time is the
right one.
Even etiquette has its seasons. We had
known there was a season for everything
under the sun, even to embracing the
wife of your bosom; but it was a little
harder to realize that etiquette had to
come under the same restrictions. If you
keep an eye open, however, you'll notice
hat etiquette is just as different at each
succeeding season as even Dame Natures
dress.
In winter we are conventional, calmly,
coldly so.
In the spring. gentle spring, we begin
to thaw out.
Gradually we soften until summer
blazes upon US. And, well, the least said
OF summer the better. Any one who has
visited Atlantic will admit as much. So
we draw the veil.
But autumn is different. We feel that
chill winter is approaching. and YOU
wouldn't think butter could melt in our
mouths, let alone dreaming we'd array
ourselves in knee-length bathing suits.
And presently, just as soon as the opera
is on, is the time to study the handshake.
At the end of last season 1t had become
a mere ley touching of fingers-at the be-
ginning of this it will be little short of a
pump-handle. Social butterflies mustn't
play with the fire called golf if they don't
want to become athletic. Let's keep the
athletics, though.
Women who poke into odd corners in
the Japanese stores may have seen and
wondered what earthly use could be
made of the grotesque masks and faces
which are piled into large baskets set
here and there on the counters. There
are all kinds and sorts and conditions OF
them. Some are solemn. some are Jolly,
some are sad, while demons nave a gen.