The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-10-19

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its curved seat by a plump pillow covered
with Venetian velvet and having heavy
gold tassels at its four corners. On either
side the drawing room fireplace are also
inevitably a pair of lofty backed court
chairs. These have giided frames, per-
fectlv straight. solid wood backs, down
the centre of which a strip of red velvet
is fastened, velvet seats, and are occu-
pied usually by the hostess and her most
honored feminine guest. A deep Dutch
easy chair is another one of the newcom-
ers in the American drawing-room, and a
feature now noticeable is the increasing
number of footstools. Women are just
beginning to learn again not only that
against a crimson velvet cushion their
7 slender, delicately slippered feet show 10
wonderful advantage, but that there IS
no better means of resting tired feet than
by use of a footstool, and also there IS
no wiser p~recaution, when weary or un-
der the weather. for escaping colds ana
neuralgia than by propping the feet upon
a cushion.
The upholsterers are making foot rests
/. of many shapes and materials, stuffang
them with feathers or a fine hair, and
covering them with bits of handsome
tapestry, bullion embroidered velvet or
soft moleskin, doeskin and leather, and
hanging tasseis at their corners until
they have become essential ornaments
in any well decorated living room
! Next to bodily cleanliness exercises may,
think. be reckoned as the greatest aid
to beauty. says .'Home Notes" In fact,
exercise is almost necessary to c~leanli-
ness, for it is a great incentive to per-
SEPARATION, which is natures way of throw
| ing out the impurities of the body to the
! surface of the skin, which are then re-
moved by the use of soap and water.
Open air exercise should be aiken every
day, but according to strength. One
/ should return home after walking or rid
ing or cycling with a sense of being
I pleasantly f~atigued, but without any feel
ing of exhaustion. Exercise should be
! taken regularly, and if possible dumbbells
should be used night and morning. The
| corset should not be worn while exercis-
ing with dumbbells. Skipping is an ex-
cellent exercise for the. figure. 1t is one
of which our g~randmothers were fond,
and have konwn certain old ladies who
preserved quite youthful figures by
their habit of skipping. 1t is usual with
children to throw the rope forward when
skipping, but it is far better to throw it
backward. for it expands the chest much
better.
sideboards laden with silver are out of
date in the dining room. tits de rigueur
10 have as little Of it visible as possible,
excepting during the actual service of the
taoie. II one stops. therefore, to think
OF the large amount OF plate used at
formal dinner parties, it naturally leads
70 wonderment about its hiding places at
other times.
II many dining rooms there is ap-
p~arently a second sideboard, made in the
style OF fifty years ago. 1t has drawers
above and two large doors below, usually
decorated with fine metal medallions. IS
a piece o furniture it is quite unobstrusive
looking, and Ills with astonishing close
ness into the sid wall. The Dit of rich
brocade that. covers its top, the vase of
flowers, or perhaps the large punch bowl
that stands upon il, give no suggestion of
being what it in reality is, IN iron safe.
80
At the yacht race of the Columbia and
Shamrock many of the ladies were pro-
vided with storm coats, unlikely as it
was that they would be called into re-
QUESTION. Such a M is always use
fui for a yachtswoInan, and is handy for
travelling in any direction where there is
possible exposure to the elements. The
new London model is cut double-breasted
of fine waterproof cloth. 1t is fastened
down the front by a double row of fine
horn buttons. Rubber of macintosh
cloth is not used in these garments, hut
the hard twisted worsted fibre is entirely
waterproof. The do~uble-breasted cut fur
ther distinguishes it from the accustom-
ed y p of macintosh. Both front and
| back are loose fitting. The sleeve is an
in at the armhole. The storm collar
stands well up.
Dresser covers. showing ~polka-dots
scattered ovea a white ground. are the
correct things this season. They are
ruffled with lace either Honiton or re-
~naissance) of the same material. They
are lined with silk. satin or siIkaline.
Very pretty sleeping rooms for a young
girl show the bed draped to the floor in
white swiss or muslin, with sfsanS to
match. Where a house is small, this
method is especially recommended, as a
long box for pretty gowns, bodices, etc,
can be hidden beneath such a bed.
Pretty new soft pillows have covers of
Japanese silk tinsel patterns.
80
Clever Parisians have adapted their
mode of walking to the exigencies of
dress. It is slow. with very short steps,
though there is a sort of prance assoeiat-
ed with it, but a skirt that rests on the
ground both back and front is unsuited
to walking, indeed, to any sort of exer-
else. It is destined for ornament, not use.
and as long as women are so asiliy as. for
fashions sake, to dress themselves so that
they are thereby hindered from carrying
out the ordinary functions of life they
cannot hope to be considered practically
sensible enough to take their part per-
manently in the sterner duties of destiny.
There are several kinds Of heel to the
winter walking boot for ladies. If ii is a
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