The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-08-30

WOMAN'S WORLD.
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lengthwise. soak them for three days II
strong brine, wash them In fresh water
dry them quickly in q clean cloth, and
put them In a pan over the aire with plen.
II of water; as soon as this boils drain
It off, and ~replenish with fresh water as
before. Repeat the boiling, draining, and
replenishing, adding this time a small
lump of ~bicarbonate of potassium. Let
this boil for half an hour, and let this
cucumber stand in the liquor over night
Drain them we'll. Slightly bruise in a
mortar " pound or more of strong ginger
boil this in three pints OF water, with
l ounce of cloves and a stick Of cinna-
mon. When the liquor tastes almost un-
bearably of ginger, strain it through a
jelly bag, return It to the pan, adding
to every pint ~ pound Of loaf sugar, and
clarity this syrup with a little white Of
egg; after it has boiled UP and been
SKINNED lay the cuculnbers in with the
odd bits of ginger, and let it all boil for
ten minutes. Put all into a jar together,
and set 1t in a cool place for two days;
drain off the syrup, boil it again and lay
in the cucumbers for ten minutes: then
let it stand for three days, after which
pour the syrup, ginger. etc. into a pan,
add the cucumbers when 1t boils. and
after t-hree-quarters Of an hour return the
whole to the jar. which must be left TN
covered In a cool place for twenty-four
hours. Cover it with q bladder dipped
in spirit. and cover 1t over this with
4 white paper.
with the first touch Of gold IN the
| boards a feverish activity begins. The
| farmer gets his binder and reaper ready
and arranges with his n~eighbor to trade
| off work. Daily the thrasher creeps near
! or. now East. now West, but always
| farther North writes John Northern
| billiard in the September Ladies' Home
Journal AT length the men Of the
| family ride away in a wagon TO help a
~neighbor, returning at night with the
news that the machinery may be here
| at any time now The women are thrown
| into a autter of excitement, and the next
day, while the men are gone. the oven is
filled with loaves, then with pies and
| cakes. The great kettle is hung on the
| crane in the yard and hams are boiled.
| All the buttermill1 IS saved to be sent to
the men in the field, and root beer is
brewed. The chickens are dressed and
vegetables gathered in anticipation of the
harvest supper.
.tAt last the t~hrasher, drawn by four
horses, pulls to the Held. and other wag-
ons follow. loaded with singing. shouting
men and boys. most Of them n~eIghbors,
only a few travelling with the machine.
Thu last wagon wiu contain women and
girl neigabors. Who have come to help get
supper ana wait on the men. They come
on TO the house, bringing vita them many
dishes, knives and forks and table linen
10 help out the ordinary family outfit.
Such shouting and Laughing and Joking
and exchange of good news and bad news!
I'm the MINDLESS September air the
booming of the separatorss cylinder rises
| above the steam voice Of the traction en-
CINE. Six teams are in the field hauling
! the wheat to the machine, and the feed
er, with easy, majestic movement, gathers
the sheaves under his arms and feeds
them into the Unsuitable nav. All the
afternoon the golden straw climbs and
falls over in the smoky air; the chaff
flies in a binding cloud; and the grain
flows like a stream of sun-tiecked water
into the two-bushel measures, which are
tipped into a wagon
-
corsets are being made in Paris with
straight busks, which produce an abso-
lutte 1atness from the bust downwards.
There is no curve inwards at the waist
now. Wristbands are drawn down in
front to give that graceful, sinuous APP
pearance, which the divine Sara first ac-
auainted us with, and which she exploits
to perfection. In Short the Empire style
is coming in again, and this forbids the
use Of the ordinary corset. Instead a
sort of coutille underbodice is worn, and
the waist comes just underneath the
arms. An Empire dress. turned out for a
leading Parisienne, exemplified this to
perfection; it was in fine old rose cloth,
cut to the shape perfectly plainly, with
a short spencer of ecru embroidery, end
ing underneath the arms, and no stays
were to be worn with this costume. No
style is more graceful. more becoming,
nor more hygienic If properly worn. But
whether the bellies of the twentieth cen
fury win wear it as gracefully as the
bellies of the First Empire. with the
creole Josephine as an example, is quite
another story
Another resurrection is the eruption of
little bows over our frocks. Let us hope
that modern taste is too good to allow of
the meaningless plasters with which we
were pleased to afflict ourselves a few
years ago. At present these little bows
are like Uriah Heep, very tumble; they
unobtrusively lace together the fronts of
polonaises and tuniques, and run up the
side panels of skirts, but there they are,
all the same.
It used to be considered enough to orna-
ment our gowns with lace or gallons, or
ruches of some kind Now whatever these
are they nave to be supplemented by adj
ditIonal bouilonnes or ruches of some
kind. Our fehus, sashes and hounces are
all edged with some additional adorn-
ment. and the amount of work this inn
plies is something astounding. Chiffon.
unless it is very good. is not at all dur
able, and we are said to be falling back
to tarlatan, of which many of the little
edging ruches are composed. The full
founce which figure at the foot of many
dresses have a bouillonne at the edge.
and many rows Of ribbon or tucking