The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-19
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of seven or eight Well-to-do women, anu
he played them off one against the otner
to draw money from them. When one OF
| them came into a fortune he married her
| and threw aside the others. one OF waom
| committed suicide, while another entered
a convent. When he had spent the en-
| tire fortune of his wife he left her ana
! married the widow of a wealthy mer-
| chart. Before he could ruin this woman
| his first wife came upon the scene, as
| the spell he had exercised was no longer
a power over her, he murdered her; pul
SO ~cleverly was the deed done that it was
| not suspected for four years, by when
! time he had ruined his second wife and
disappeared, no one knew where.
But the record fascinator of the world
is of Irish birth. 1t is quite impossible to
| say what his name is, as he has given a
different one every time he has been mar
| ried, which has occurred thirty-seven
times. Needless to say, he has not out
lived any such number of wives; in fact'
we believe his first wife is still living at a
ripe old age. All his marriages but the
first were bigamously contracted It was
his proud boast that no woman 10 whom
he had ever proposed marriage mad re-
| fused him. He was an understood erea-
ture. with a hin frame and pronounced
low Irish type, yet such was his power
! with women that he never found II neees-
sary to do a harder days work than
| travelling from one wife to marry another.
Surprises quoth the knowing woman
of experience, ARE dangerous things-are
deadly things. For the worthy house
keeper next door, who is about to be sur
prised by her friends. the prayers of the
congregation are desired, say l."
Of course, there are surprises and sur
prises. says s-Demorest's.'' But most sur
prises turn out to be the wrong sort.
Even the right sort are the wrong sort.
as a rule.
When comrades of mine are projecting
a surprise for me, if their motive is really
to give me pleasure, let them surprise me
beforehand by letting me into the secret.
A surprise. even of the most agreeable
character intrinsically, must be more or
less of an ordeal, or a shock, simply be-
cause it is a surprise.
Few of US are at our best when
unawares. Our equilibrium is upset, if
nothing more. We are at a disadvantage
and the thing is never quite fair.
1 know better than to surprise even my
nearest and my dearest. The joy is just
as great, and a little greater, if you've
been allowed tc taste it a wee bit in an
ticipation, and to collect yourself for its
heartiest reception.
viennese tailor gowns are deliberately
braided. and English tailors are also ap-
~ VII, o. u praof -daaJ of hraid Ei1H hrai1
has superseded mohair. and it is put on
with beautiful precision n "hatness. .
in elaborate curls and scrolls. In many
models the coat is braided to represent a
double skirt or polonaise effect. All smart
tailors are turning out double skirts. but
these gowns nave mostly tailor bodices
instead of coats. The polonaise-that is,
the real thing. bodice and tunic cut in
one-is not very successfully dealt with by
t~ailors, who prefer to make a separate
bodice and tablier, and arrange them to
show the broken waist-line as little as
possible. More white and tan braids are
used than black. and parti-colored braids
are numerous.
A travelling case for small articles of
the toilet that is pretty and readily port
able is made of snakeskin. It is lined
with bright scarlet satin and has the in
side divided into several compartments.
In these compartments are placed every
instrument necessary for the making of
the toilette. from a hairpin to a looking
glass.
Along with the toilet case goes a small
handbag about six inches long n four
inches wide. In this the purse is carried,
also jewels and other articles of greater
value than those Entrusted to the safety
of the toilet case. This is also made of
snakeskin and can depend from a heavy
gold chain or from a less ostentatious
support-the belt.
| In making up materials for invalids.
whether masculine or feminine, young or
old. rich or poor. do remember also to
follow the law of att-ractiveness as well as
use, says the Kansas City Journal
Soft lace frilis may soil easily. but they
| are kind to thin throats and wrists, and
they will always wash. So, too, very
| often, with the ribbon bows. which are all
most as easy to fasten as safety pins,
and so much more becoming and at
tractive. A tight or even close fit may be
! neither attainable nor advisable, but the
outline of the form may be followed to
some extent. And the shoes, gloves and
wraps which an invalid wears should be
just as nice and pretty as possible al
ways. The light wrapper or dressing
gown may have to be freshened or reno
waited a little oftener than the dun or sad
colored one. but still-well, you'd walk
through fire and water to help the dear
one out. wouldn't you. so why not try
the little ways?
An entirely new collar is made high
and in some cases it is pointed at each
side-of velvet studded with glistening
jets and nail-heads. n having a gradu-
ated jet fringe falling from the lower
edge. Collars of heavy grosgrain silk,
with jet and cut steel associated. and
steel fringe are also seen, while Others
are represented made of mousseline dc
sole embroidered In spangles n jets,
with the fringe of heavy jets arranged in
graduated or undulating style. This par
ticular neck adornment will be sure to
meet with approval. for the jet collars
worn a long while ago were given up re-
luctantly.
The newest robes have a foule ground
in solid coiors with broadcloth appliqued
on in Grecian designs. forming panels
revers, epaulettes. collars. cuffs or plaits,