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

tirely black. The arms should be encir-
cled by a silver Gordon
This Gordon is the badge of ~widowhood
and of course should never be used by
unmarried women, though some outside
make the mistake of painting it around
the arms of spinsters. Shells, cherubim
heads and knots or DOW of ribbon are
often placed about the arms of women,
whether, spinsters, wives or widows
If an unmarried woman is a peerless,
her supporters robe of estate and core
net may be added to her arms.
There are now nine different crowns
of coronets used in England. feur-de-lis,
strawberry leaves and balls forming
their varying ornamentation, according
to the varying ranks. Our American
Duchess of Marlborough is entitled to
her ~coronet, but she may not use a
crest.
The searching through family records
and relics awakened by membership in
The Daughters and other historic
societies has brought to light many
coats of arms and crests that at one
time had little or no meaning to the
owners, and they rarely fail to impart
a new interest to the historical research.
A fad that is quite fashionable at
present is the decoration of a fan with
all the different crests or monograms
used or to be obtained from ones
friends. 1t promises to be quite a pretty
idea, put has not prevailed in to any
extent as yet. If one can paint them on
the fan instead of pasting them on, the
effect issof curse much better.
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The corset has found an advocate in a
writer in the Physician and Surgeon
who says:-"The principles underlying the
corset are constantly applied in the pro-
phylactic and curative measures of medi-
cal practice, so that benefit must inevi-
tably follow its proper use.
I'm commenting upon the vertical and
unnatural attitude of men, DR.. T. H.
Manley, in the Virginia Medical Semi
Monthly, makes this plain statement; 1t
has long been my conviction that there
is no garment in the female apparel more
necessary and comfortable than a proper
ly adjusted corset. : : Along with
imparting grace and symmetry to the fig
ure, it likewise is a support and protec-
ton. 1t takes the superincum-
bent off the middorsal spine and conveys
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imparts a sense of comfort and security
To meet his requirements of an ideal cor
set, it mus be light in weight, strong and
durable, so constructed as to be easily
cleaned and so adjusted as to support the
upper dorsal spine and related parts from
the broad lilac crests. Tight lacing may
be harmful, but the assumption that this
is anonymous with corset-wearing is
%groundless and yet responsible for the de-
nuneiations it has innocently received"
The chou continues to hold its own as
a detail of dress. If it is prevalent in
millinery, it is epidemic upon gowns and
wraps. and no women's wardrobe is COM
1lete without several varieties of the
article. These varieties are in different
fabrics as well as in different colors;
they are sometimes attached perma-
nently to a frock, but oftener they are
a detachable detail, to be applied to
different costumes at different times, so
that the effect of another garment en-
| tirely is obtainable. This is especially true
of evening gowns, which, mostly of all
black or all white this season, are sus-
| ceptible to such changes, and but few
women are above the economic need of
] > Va IiiClils
used to be the chief material of which
the chou was made, but latterly silk
muslin, chiffon and gauze have been
considered more elegant. Bright colors
are employed to a marked degree and
from the original round chou there has
latterly been a tendency toward elonga-
ton, but it is still called a chou. The
Killed chou was in high favor last sea-
son; this year there is a return to the
simply gathered effect. If you want to
enIiven your house or evening gown
with the very latest development of the
sort, however, you will. instead of the
chou, pin on your corsage one of the
big stiff bow knots of narrowest velvet
that are spreading their wings in all
directions Just now. But only just now.
Next season we will, in all probability,
return to the chou.
A thoughtful Virginian of mature
years undertook yesterday to explain to
me why Southern people living in the
North revert so often to the old fashioned
cooking: 1.-The beauty of the Southern
family dinner lay in the seasoning of the
food to suit the taste of all the members
of the household, individually and collec-
lively. Old Aunt Dinah, or Aunt Sarah,
or Aunt Chloe, the cook, knew exactly,
from years of practice, what each of the
children liked what the father submitted
TO and what the mistress demanded. and
! she could please all. Fake, for example,
a rice pudding, one of the family stand
bys. In the mixing of the ingredients
Aunt Chloe would mutter to herself
Mars Willie e. like plenty O. cinnamon;
IN Jest put in mother little piece o. CHINA
mon for Mars Willie. Miss Tavy she like
allspice; I'll jes put in a little mo- allspice
1 for Miss Tavy. Mars Habersham e like
plenty O. cloves, / must please Mars Hab-
by wild a little O nutmeg; dar's a little
mo- nutmeg for Miss Julia. Marster e
all right if dey's plenty of rice, and old
Misses eat all de egg IND milk. Dey all
fond of reesins and dey all likes sugar
plenty, SO dar dey goes an de puddin's
ready for de ubben.' She has been STIR
ring ali the time for dear life, and having
looked out for each member of the family
the dish is bound to be a success"
The umbrellas now show extremely
slender sticks, rivaling the slim dimen-
sions of the famous steel rods, which we
all envied when introduced from London.
If you examine the handle part of the UNI
brella, you will perceive that the wood is
pierced to admit an arrangement of
braided black silk cord passing through
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