The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-11-01

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| ful loops and puffs of hair. Sometimes 1t
is surrounded by folds of tulle in delicate
shades. with a tortoise shell dagger run
through. IN odd fancy is to have black
| tulle interthreaded through the hair, with
ropes of pearls showing here and there
| Sometimes the tulle matches the tuhe
yelling the collarette. which is finished
with jeweled beading.
At one time the addition of a slice of
lemon to a cup of tea was considered
| rather questionable taste, and we were
! inclined to frown down a custom so
Russian. But it is now quite common
to find many other flavorings on the after-
moor tea table, indeed, we sometimes
wonder III the natural flavor OF the tea
| will not be quite forgotten in time under
| its fashionable DISCUSSES.
The correct tea table of today is the
perfection of simplicity in its arrange
| ment, although a place must be FOUND
| for these f1avorings. 1T Is asserted that
| comparatively few women know how TO
make the afternoon tea table inexpensive
| and attractive. for it's beauty now con-
sdsts tn this simplicity and the conven-
fence and taste with which 1t is arranged.
According to recent authority. a small
silver Dreamer and sugar bow are now a
necessity, and they impart a certain ele-
| gance and set off the simplest table.
Both must be small and set on a ray
| Lemon cut in small pieces-a slice quar-
tered is the proper size-is decorative on
A small. plate of contrasting color.
Tea served with branded cherries IS
no-waconsidered delicious. and it Is always
well to have a bottle of preserved cherries
IN a Gun. For an ordinary afternoon tea,
eli a cup with cherries and pour over
s,1f3cient brandy to cover. Let 1t steep
well in the cup until the guests arrive,
then empty the cherries into a pretty
glass bowl. The cherry bowl accom-
nanies the sugar, cream and lemon on
the tray. that is passed after the tea has
been served. Al silver bonbon tongs may
be laid on top of the cherries. One cher
ry is dropped into a cup.
Shredded pineapple is another delicious
adjunct to the tea table. The preserved
pineapple is better and more convenient TO
handle than the fresh fruit, as a jar VIII
last for a long time, while the fresh pine
apple is troublesome to prepare, and II
must be used fresh. A little shredded
pineapple in tea has the effect OF a eoroial
No lemon is used with the pineapple.
There are still other iavors used occasion
ally. but the lemon, the branded cherries
and the shredded pineapple are the favor
ties.
To the true hower-lover nothing In the
way of artificial plants can ever quite
equal 1.-The real thing" which continues
to develop and take on new beauty from
dav to day. Yet, in man. rooms, and IN
many homes. growing plants are an nm
possible luxury because of the unfavor-
BILE conditions that must surround them;
and ii is in these homes that the artif-
ciallv-preserved plants will be appre-
ciated.
r,bis Is one of the latest branches OF
decorative industry-the preservation OF
nlants grasses and vines in their natural
colors for window display. tits said tnat
the process has now been brought to such
a state of perfection that the artificial
vines cannot be distinguished from the
growing plant except upon close scrutiny,
ann they can be procured at very small
/ cost.
A woman with artistic tastes can evolve
,,ast beautiful effects with the aid of
tbese graceful vines, by starting them
from a rustic basket in a winoo" anu
| training them over the window or ooor-
way. letting them fall In graceful loops OF
| garlands. A Beautiful effect can be pro-
| cured by fastening them treilis iasnion'
| across curtains of lace drapery,
AS the plants are prepared by a cnem-
! ,cal process the sun has no erect upon
tbatr co1oring, thus making them a very
a,,yahle d-ecoration. Palms and other nail
naants are a~prepared in a similar manner,
th,,s giving the possibility OF very peau-
| ttf,n decorations even in dark, sunless
! halls.
The housewife who is inclined to com
.,1ain Of the s'muss,' made by growing
plants and the danger of spelling carpets
and draperies during the repeated wafer
ing will be the one TO welcome these arti-
! dcially prepared plants; and she will prop
| ably glory in her wisdom OF choosing
plants that do not require "fussing over
to continue their beauty. Yet no one wno
has a. real love for .the green Things
growing would be content with thssa
prepared plants in any position where
sunlight and air and proper temperature
can be given to a ported growing beauty.
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81 would rather my daughters shouio
be born pretty thar good" said a mother
Lean train them. to be good, but l cannot
make them pretty She spoke somewhat
iestingly. but She was half right, hall
wrong. 1t is almost as easy to train chill
dren to be attractive in person as in char
acter asserts the sDelineator.y There are
traits of blood which no amount of train
ing can overcome, and there are homely
faces which constant care from babyhooc
viii never render more than passably
good-looking yet childish figures, 4fks
Young trees, may be rendered shapely BY
physical culture, while complexion il
largely a matter of diet, Of bathing and Of
exercise.
Psychologists tell US that the wonderful
beauty Of the Egyptian princesses mus
be attributed to the careful physical cul'
ture given to each daughter of the roya
family from. the moment of her birth, ane
many of the methods of skin-culture prac'
tised by the specialists of today have beer
revived from the papyri of old Egypt
] The hair may be cultivated; so also MAJ
the teeth; lessons from a good dancing
master in early childhood rarely fall t.
give the ease of carriage and grace o
poise which are anon the chief items o
the indefinable whole which we designate
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