The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-11-18

That AidShd 10 W4tilltL IN
Uncle Sam.
In walking one should endeavor to take
a long. smooth, gliding step rather than
a short, choppy one. BY the latter is
meant the hippety-hoppety, little jerky
| walk which many small women affect,
| and which always suggests to the onlook-
! err tight shoes. No woman who can put
! her foot down comfortably and firmly
! will ever walk in this manner, and the
firm, steady walk, with its undulat1ng
| glide. that is as different as possible from
a masculine stride, improves the Whoie
! appearance. To walk well and properly
one should transfer the weight OF the
| body from one leg to the other as each
is thrown forward in taking a step. This
| throwing of the weight is accompanied
by a graceful, scarcely perceptfble sway
ing of the body. The weight Of the Dody
! should come more On the ball Of the foot
than on the heel, but the latter should
slightly touch the ground at every STEP
| Walking on the toes alone gives a mn
icky dancing-school-master look to the
| figure. The toes should be gracefully
| turned out at each step. and the leg
| should swing loose from the hip
Perhaps no class Of persons meet with
so much or so severe criticism az teachers.
Much of his criticism is unjust, and ex-
lists solely because parents and others
listen to unverffied reports and do nothing
a~equaint themselves with the real inner
to workings of the schoolroom. Any per-
son experienced with children knows that
| these reports, even when absolutely truth
full from their point Of view. cannot be re-
lied upon. Again. says the 'sVoman's
| Home Companion" anyone who has had
the training of children has experienced
the notifying fact that even the best
| trained children sometimes woefuily lapse
from their knowledge of good manners
and courtesy when away from home
among other children. Some mothers will
not tolerate any correction OF their chill
dren's manners by the teacher, taking II
as a direct insult to their home training.
/ when it is but the result of childish heed
| l~essness or self-will. No greater injury
can be lone a teacher than to condemn
her at home in presence of her pupils.
There are many-they usually allude to
a teacher as a school marm-who persist
in believing and encouraging the idea that
a school teacher is never to be regarded
with other than suspicion.
So
Nowadays children are sent to dancing
school almost as soon as they can walk,
that they may learn to enter and leave a
drawing room with ease and elegance,
bow and bend with just the correct curve
and thus never fall into the seif-con-
seriousness that leads to- awkwardness.
The trouble is, however, that these pref
tr 1if+1o Or q and pnncriSmS are gen.
orally reserved for the social world only,
and that ten to one if a man or woman is
alone, or with the intimate members of
the family, he or she Tolls in the chair,
sprawls on the lounge. or sits with the
feet twisted about the table leg. Constant
practicing of graceful postures and move
ments, never allowing ones self to fall
into careless awkward habits, will in time
make grace almost a second nature. or at
least so familiar as to cause one to as
sumo a pleasing position every time in
preference to an ungainly one.
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Take a lesson in folding and knotting
your new windsor tie from the attendant
behind the counter of whom you make the
purchase. She has an oval standing mir
ror near by, and by adjusting this in the
proper light you can observe her every
motion in passing the cravat from front
to back of the neck, pinning the
edge to your bodice. laying the soft silk
in five narrow folds. passing the dimin-
ished lengths over at the back and again
to the 'front.', where they are knotted and
tied with care. Very small loops, care
fully reduced in size, and very lond ends
give the style to these long cravats. A
stick pin holds the long ends from flying
loose on the bust line or just above it.
The ends reach quite to the waist. These
crepe-de-Chine cravats are two yards long
and come In tender colors-lemon, Nile
green, blush rose and forget-me-not blue.
49,
Fringe continues to maintain its popu-
1arity, but it is noticed that short fringe
is preferred to a deeper trimming. In
truth, fringe has its limitation. The deep
fringe which is netted for half Its length
is a perfect nuisance to the unfortunate
wearer. She is brought up suddenly to a
full stop on the street by her fringe catch
ing on a button or umbrella of some pass
erby. Fringe is not adapted to street
use, unless you buy the Tom Thumb va
riety. This is too short to catch in any
thing, and is a mere plushy border. A
fancy fringe has a heading of chenille
OF tue SAINT cUiOl, pul luc 1tlhSS AO QCePcI
than the brush edge" skirt binding is
| the better investment. Have 1t very short
and full if you use 1t at all. Cloth ~fiounces
look well edged with the narrow Tom
Thumb fringe.
II "
Pink out the edges of your ruffle or
hounce which is made of cloth for a mid
season or winter gown. A cloth ruffle
sounds rather clumsy, but it need not be
so, if undue folding and hemming is
avoided. Cloth ruffles are narrow and
used in groups. It is customary to gather
these shoulder founces. The upper edge
is always pinked, the lower may be pink
ed or hemmed, as one prefers.
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School suits for boys, who outgrow the
useful sailor suits, are made of cheviot
or indistinctly checked or plaided WOOL
lens. A Norfolk Jacket belted, a SINGLE
breasted coat rather long. or a round
Jacket cut away at the waist and very
short, are all worn with knickerbockers
or short knee trousers. The knickerbock-
ers are extremely baggy about the knee.
The lad just entering his teens II Of
| suitable age for the Elton suit, with its
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