The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-31

carpet so as 10 completeiy coNef ~, ain
the lampblack spread out a little on a
thicker paper at the corner from which
those who are to lesse the footprints
start. Something is put at the opposite
side of the room as a goal. Then some
one has his or her eyes b~andaged, and
is told to max a bee line for the goal.
Before b~andaging the eyes, however. the
player is to step into the lamp.lack, so
that each step shall leave it's mark.
There is a prize for the one who makes
the straightest line of steps. The fun
lies in the waving line of prints. The
soberest inatron or the keenest witted
young man leave a disreputably uncer-
tain trace behind. so that Under other
circumstances it might lead people to
think they had looked upon the wine
when it was red. etc.
Another amusing blindfold game is OF
French origin. and is a pretty one, suit
able for an Easter party. Across the
room at one end ara strung two fine
wires, and each of these has a lot OF
pretty little gifts of small value hung TO
It by narrow ribbons which are about
ten inches long The lines are about a
foot from the wall.
The players are drawn into two lines
At the opposite end of the room, and
bfindfolded, two by two. the two first on
the lines are given a pair of sharp scls-
sors each, at the word Go they start
toward the lines. The two first ones
reach out with the scissors and try to
cut a ribbon. Not one in a hundred
times do they reach one. Each has three
trials If he. or she misses the first. When
these have tried and failed, or won, they
remove the bandages from their eyes and
retire. holding their gifts-if they have
them. they give the scissors 10 the next
two and 4hey try. and so on. Ear- one
is blindfolded as his or her turn in the line
comes. and makes tho trial.
when The whole company has tried -;he
hostess win see shst any one who missed
getting a gift receives one Of -hcse not
saenrs.s. Tor shere are, or should De, one
for everybody. It Is surprising .aow little
real idea ws lave of distances without
sight.
A large face made on pastehoard ana
painted has 4 mouth large enough LOT
anybody TO pass the hand through rms
will be fastened TO the back OF W
chairs. Behind she mouth a bag IS hung,
and. this, TOO, has a lot of trif1lns sntS'
some pretty and some comieal in 1t. Ine
compan present. one by one, are Dina
folded and hidden TO reach down the
ogre's mouth for his or her good fortune
IT is worse than n donkey party as Ear as
accuracy Is concerned. nut eventuaily
everyone gets his or her gift, even II
they peep under the bandage a httie.
The opening and comparing Of them Is a
fund of amusement.
80
The most promising fabrics of summer
dress occasions are light buntings, veil
ings. crepe de Chine, and foulards, among
the non-washable fabrics, says Harpers
.Bazars Among these, foulard, which IS
an ola and eried farorite, has Obtained a
firm position in womanss wardrobe MOI
on.vss a Gown of this material useful ana
d2zZzs ser summer ssaF. bur where the
materials are @ell chosen It will likewise
do good service as an in-ioor gown for IN
formal evenings at ftoTna during the au-
t11ufn AMI winter. The new products OF
this season are, many of them, elaborate
w stamped and farcifutiy covered in Per
s;an designs. soma again being of old
chintz patterns, such as our ~grandmoth-
ers fanciea. Indeed they vary from the
most complex designs to those represent
ing tiny flowers strewn with DreSuen
erect tpon cream. white, pale blue, and
mink grounds. A very dainty foulard gown
has ! aafe blue ground upon which white
creseents are scattered. The ground
between is traced with curling vines OF
nale green. a broad band trimming of
green and blue foulard, edged with mar
row blue velvet ribbon, stimulates a Pc
plum oyer-dress with side opening. A
similar trimming scheme is employed for
the bodice, which has a square right SIDE
Tapping over the left side front, which is
curved high over a small yoke of tucked
preamble. The high collar is of crushedfou-
lard. The sleeves are long and plain, ex-
cent for the cuffs, which a a band of
the contrasting foulard (ribbon-edged)
about them. The girdle is of blue velvet
of the same shade as the narrow ribbon
employed to outline the bands. The hat is
ehirred blue tulle, with a large chou at
the side. of blue over White tulle, fastened
by an old silver buckle.
clifford Howard, in writing of the an
nual Easter Monday egg-rolling in the
White House grounds at Washington,
gives a fine. glimpse of the sport in the
April Ladies Home Journal" 1.-THE chief
points of attraction he says, "are the
mounds or hillocks that rise in gentle
slope from the lawn in various parts of
the round Their sides are richly car
peted with soft, thick grass, and here it
is that the little children roll their eggs.
They Chamber up the hillside with their
baskets, the little tots crawling upon
hands and knees, and then turn and roll
their eggs one by one down the green
slope. But the children do not confine
themselves to rolling eggs. Many of them
take more pleasure in sitting about in
groups and picking eggs with one am
other. This is done by striking two eggs
together on their points. The one whose
egg is broken in this encounter is the
loser and gives up his egg to the other.
This game is particularly enjoyed by the
ccIored children. for It gives them a good
opportunity and a good excuse to eat
eggs and there is nothing they like bet
ter. Preparatory to an encounter each lit
tie fellow tests the hardness Of his egg by
Knocking 1t against his teeth. If it can
stand this test 1t is considered a good one
for picking. and the owrer sallies forth
with a broad grin, confident Of success.
The boy who owns a goose egg or a tur-
key egg is a prince among his fellows
Occasionally such a boy appears. In all