The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-10

to look unconscious and interested dur
ing the recital?'
THAT is pretty bad" answered her
friend, but it is worse to tell the same
story over again to the same person, and
just toward the end to become suddenly
conscious of the fact when it is to late
to retreat, and one is obliged to continue
the recital"
Il had an amusing experience the other
evening at a dance at Mrs. Maids, put
in a young woman who was one of the
group. 81 said to a girl who has a repu-
tation for smart sayings that / won
dered where they would have supper"
".Oh' she answered, sin the converse
tory, under the famous palms. 1t sounds
all very fine, but they have lots of little
red spiders, they come wriggling
down like that, and drop into our plates,
she continued, laughing and moving all
her fngures together with a pretty little
gesture and expression of adherence.
Il was rather amused at her descrip-
ton. but as some one came up for her
to dance at that moment, 1 too, went OF
in search of a partner and forgot all
about it. so that an hour later, when L
again found myself standing beside her,
I stupidity said the same thing:-"I Won
der where they are going to have sup
per?v whereupon she. also forgetting,
glibly repeated her part. bringing in the
little red spiders and the dramatic ges-
lures and all. quite , qconscious that
was the same man upon whom she had
got off the funny little description in the
early part of the evening. Sh evident
" thought it effective, n that it would
serve TO do duty twice, and, for aught
/ know, several times
There is" said the matron of the party,
continuing the theme, "a certain old
bachelor who says exactly the same
things 20 me every time he meets me.
Good evening, Mrs. - he begins,
this is a remarkably brilliant gathering;
are your charming daughters here? And
how is Mrs. - asking for my sister,
who is often seated beside me-. But it is
his formula, and he invariably asks each
question in turn
1.-THE stories of the paterfamilias. which
are always sacred to his family, are
very funny resumed the first speaker.
81 remember it was an unwritten law
when 1 was a child that we should always
laugh heartily at them when they were
told. and never even to ourselves suggest
that we had heard them dozens of times.
I often wonder now how so many old
gentlemen can repeat the same ancient
anecdotes and laugh over them and ex-
pect their wives to laugh as if they had
not been told scores of lines. There is
no act of c%onjugai duty, I think, more
heroic than the angel patience and sweet
ness Of the poor martyrs who laugh over
the same bad jokes every time they are
repeated"
Marvels of color and design are the car
pets that come to US from Persia; and
it is the artistic. after all, that keeps in
touch the East and West. But as we
wonder at the geometrieal designs inc
enjoy the luxuriant softness, a thought
is seldom given to the women who sit all
day at the loom weaving the precious
fabric. The favorite design is the eight
pointed star, over and over again appear
ing, large or small. as the fancy of the
weaver may dictate. There are not more
than twenty patterns in all. but in the
colors and in the borders the weaver
exercise great care in preserving origin
atty.
The Rev. Yaroo Nessan, a native of
Persia, is a graduate of the Theological
6O1lAIid1y VI 4Ol H. C8PCOllL6 SWIM
to return to his native land as a mis-
sionary. He naturally takes much in
terest in the principal industry of his
country, and shows photographs of two
young women who are expert rug wea-
vers. These women live in the mountains
of Kurdistan, one of the four chief places
noted for the manufacture of rugs or, as
the people of the East call them, car
r IT, IT, -s-- 100 1ro~, %ha
industry descends from father to son
and from mother to daughter. The max
ing of a rug is often a family affair, diff
ferent members working at different
times, each choosing colors according to
his own will. That accounts for the diff
ference of design that the owner some
times deprecates, but which is really the
best evidence of the genuineness of the
carpet.
The many mistakes in the matching of
colors are due to the fact that if the wool
runs short the weaver will often replace
1t with another that looks as much like
1t as possible.
The women of Persia are very pic
turesque creatures. They are above the
medium height; they have the beautiful
dark eyes SO common in the East, their
NOUNS are Sinali ana perIecl Cupiu )
brows," the hands and feet are small,
and, above all, their charm is the beauty
of the hair. They arrange it with great
care and adorn it with ornaments of
various kinds. Silver and hollow gold
ornament are used by the peasants, and
poor, indeed, is the girl who has not a
comb or pin of some sort for her glossy
black locks. Thu women of the richer
class load themselves dow with jewelry.
bracelets and necklaces, and hanging
from the neck is a long chain, from which
hang numerous bottles which contain per-
fumery, usually altar of roses. Blue,
black and auburn are their favorite tints
in hair. and to produce blue hair they use
a dye indigo.
The dinner gowns made up for Lenten
dinners are not quite so low In the neck
as were the dinner and ball gowns earlier
in the season, and many of them have
long. tight fitting laee sleeves, Jays
Harper's Bazaar" A very charming din
ner gown of pale yellow mousseline de
Sole is made with entre-deux of Valenci-
ennes lace and bands of the tucked NOUS
seine dc sole. This is put over a flame
colored silk petticoat which shows
through the valcnciennes lace. giving odd
touches of color. The skirt is very long,
and ic tinicbad araynd fhn foof with Num-