The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-16
WOMAN'S WORLD.
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otherwise attached ito the leaf bearing
4 the date of the donors birth.
Much ingenuity has been expended this
season in the preparation of charms and
other fanciful trinklets hat suspended or
a chain, may bangle among the trim
mings and furbelows of a dress bodice. OF
peep out from among winter furs. As NO
toilette is considered complete without
such ornament. they are in great demand.
Hearts stand first in favor. There is the
fiat gold heart, about the size of a form,
sometimes larger, now quite plain in
frosted gold, now set with precious
stone One large brilliant. or a turquoise
inserted at the side beneath the left hand
curve, or may a quartette of stone form
ing a four-leaf shamrock.
Sometimes the heart has a motto of an
affectionate dedication traced on it in dia-
mond dust or merely black enamel, and it
is noteworthy that English words are
frequently chosen in which to couch a
formula. Circular discs of gold are like
wise used for the exhibition of simple de-
vices, sentiments and phrases. The pen
dan heart is also made plump, cut out of
a single large diamond, doubtless not of
the purest water, but more frequently out
of an agate, an amethyst. a bit of rock
crystal, or a topaz. An entirely novel or
nament consists of two such hearts
hooked to the ends. of a few inches of
chain, intended to be worn knotted into a
buttonhole or round the loop of a cravat
bow.
"Do our social institutions, our literary,
card and political clubs. church societies
and fashionable functions express Ameri-
can life to our entire satisfaction" asks
Carina B. C. Eaglesfield in the February
''Woman's Home Companion in "A Plea
for the American Salon. answering her
self thus
The society of any city is immeasur-
ably ~broadened and cultured by a salon.
Thinkers need a congenial atmosphere
quite as much as do artists and musicians
and such a salon would most adequately
provide one. Young and timid artists
and writer's would be helped by the andid
appreciation of such a social leader, and
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their wits s~harpened and their minds in
vigorated by the bold and brilliant discus
sions. TIT r~etieent thinkerw would be en-
couraged to talk, and would find a new
pleasure in exchanging ideas with others
of his own intellectual calibre. The best
thing in American wit and humor would
be brought out in such an atmosphere.
and the art of conversation would be fos-
tered and advanced as it could not be
through any other method of cultivation.
Altogether, the influence of such gather
ings on those participating in them would
be in a high degree salutary, and the ulti-
mate result would be a raising of the So
cial standards in America"
A robe lumineuse was what my Dress
maker suggested for a new dinner gown,
says sHarper's Bazaar and on mention
ing this by chance to the others, it excit-
ed some curiosity as to a slumi-
nous dress might be like. 1T is tulle,"
I said, ION a transparent of pink satin,
embroidered in jet, with leaves" Must
be something like a forest, them" said
X, who was present and overheard.
"And in the centre of each leaf" I went
on, sis a little Parrot" said x, de-
lightedly. NO." I said; "a little cluster
of silon paillettes with a iamon in the
midst But the parrots staid with me,
and ever since, every time I ave looked
at the frock, 1 lave seemed to see leaves
and forests dusky,' and parrots and all
other tropical things-so much is there in
a word, and still more in a name. The
world is ruled by words and names.
Shakespeare implied years ago that there
was nothing in them, though we have
ever since all tried as hard to accept this
as though it were true, which it is not.
1 can never see the French frocks, when
I describe them as embroidered with
beads and rhinestones, for instance, in
stead of the French pearls and diamonds.
Chicago has a woman matchmaker,
Miss Name Frey. She works at a watch
makers bench and lathe in a big jewelry
shop from morning until night, and her
highest ambition is to become one of the
best watchmakers in the business. Miss
Frey's great-grandfather, her GRANDPA
Their and her father were all in the bust
ness, learning and practicing their trade
in Switzerland, and she took it up in
spite of a deal of opposition. She began |
just as a boy apprentice is compelled to
do, but is now an expert. She has also
learned how to adjust glasses to defec-
tive eyes, and she is sure of her future,
leaving the p~erplexing question of mar
rage altogether out of her calculations.
80
To scent a bureau drawer nicely take
a piece of flannel cut to fit the bottom
of the drawer and sprinkle it with good
perfume. Now wrap a quantity of sachet
in it and put away in an air
tight box. At the end of a month you
will find that you ave a piece of per-
fectly scented flannel which will hold
its odor for years. Shake out the fan
mel and lay it in the bottom of the bureau
1t makes the most pervading
perfume that is known.
80 |
Any rope upon which weight depends, |
as gymnasium ropes or the cord of
fanlights and window sashes, should be
protected from insidious decay before it
is put up. TIC do this steep the rope /
new in a bath of liquid consisting
of Is grains of sulphate of copper to |
every two pints of water and allow it to
remain in this for four or five days. The
sulphate of copper absorbed will protect