The Jersey City news., 1901-03-09
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a wrong and a right way to wiring out a
dish cloth-our grandmothers used to say
good many things-and yet everyone
probably had a different way, or "a way
OF her own, OF wringing that dish cloth.
But did our grandmothers ever discover
there was right and a wrong way to
carry muir? If they did they have not
handed 1T down very generously to pos
terlty, and it would be safe to estimate
that three-fourths of the well-dressed
women of today carry their muffs hind
side foremost; that is, with the grain of
the fur running toward instead of from
them, and it makes all the difference in
the world, both in wear and appearance.
A muff carried with the hair running out
ward adds to the erect, straight stylish
figure now in vogue, while the muff with
the fur pointing inward toward the bearer
is apt to give her somewhat stopped ap-
pearance. Then again. the muff carried
backwards and constantly rubbed up the
wrong way win wear out much quicker
than fur rubbed the right way, not to
speak of the beauty of the fur itself, ac-
cording as it is carried. Just imagine
collarette with all the hairs pointing to-
ward the neck.
Lent this year does not seem to offer
much diversion. aside from the card table,
in Jersey City society coteries. The Len
ten lecture field. as yet, is almost vacant,
and there seems to be but the one Lenten
Sewing Circle. that of which Mrs N. w.
Condict is president, and which is now
entering upon its sixth year. This time
last year there were at least three Lenten
lecture courses. while this year there is
but one, that being given by Miss Louise
Fisher, of New York. under the auspices
of Mrs. Jonathan Dixon, of Jersey ave-
nue..
This class meets every Monday AFTER
noon at the residence of Mrs. Dixon, and
has but small membership. There are
six lectures in the course to be chosen
from Miss Fishers regular course of
twelve. Thus far four have been chosen
and two given, Louise of Prussia" and
'Lessing,' while the third, German Lit
erature and German People," will be
gives on Monday afternoon of next week,
and the fourth. Hans Sachs, the Cob
bier Poet" the week following. The SUBJ
jects for the other two lectures have not
yet been chosen. The class has among
Its members Mrs. E. F. c. Young, Mrs
Henry Traphagen, Mrs. G. v H. Brink
erhoff, Mrs. Flemming, Mrs Jonathan
Dixon, Mrs, Warren Dixon, Mrs j. Fran
els Mccoy, Mrs. Alexander Post, Mrs.
R. M. Jarvis. Mrs. William Lutkins. and
Mrs. w. E. Pearson.
The Lenten Sewing Circle is not bad
institution. To be sure a number of So
clety women getting together to sew for
the poor an hour or two once a week
during the forty days of Lent cannot ac-
complish great deal, but then at the
end OF each season they hold an exhibi-
ton which, for pride's sake, if for no
other reason, must make a good showing
and SO each member finds it encumbent
upon her to furnish specified number
of garments. In nine cases out of every
ten she cannot or does not make these
garments herself, but she gives them out
to be made up at so much per garment,
and thus is many poor seamstress
helped along by the institution of the
Lenten Sewing Circle
For the Lenten euchre SO much cannot
be said. 1t takes the woman from her
moons per week, and furnishes employ
ment for nobody but the manufacturer of
imported ware" and occasionally the
caterer. while it teaches the gambling in
stinct and is a regular School for
Scandal
1t is really relief nowadays to go into
a house where the bric-a-brac matches.
You can then be pretty sure it does not
all consist of euchre prizes. When one
woman can win four euchre prizes per
week, and gets mad if she doesn't, it does
not take long for her to at least fit out
one bric-a-brac cabinet. Perhaps this is
one reason why the bric-a-brac cabinet
has become SO popular as a wedding pres
net.
The Woman's Club is to have four
meetings next week, and the first will be
that of the Philanthropy Department, to
be held at half-past two at the residence
of Mrs. Peter Sip Van Wrinkle, No. 213
Tcnnele avenue.
On Tuesday there will be the usual Glee
Club rehearsal at the residence of the
Music Department chairman, Mrs. Car
wood Ferris, No. $40 Montgomery street.
Wednesday will bring meeting of the
Literature Department at half-past three
in Hasbrouck Institute, when there is to
be a paper on Sixteenth Century Actors
and Stage Characters" by Mrs. w. f.
Burleigh, and a discussion, Resolved,
That the stage at that time was an in
faence to elevate the standard OF life,"
affirmative, Miss Lirotard; negative, Mrs
A. ]. Newbury.
On Thursday afternoon there will be
meeting of the Town Improvement De-
partment in room l, Hasbrouck Institute,
at half-past three, when Mrs. Benson will
Introduce her newly elected successor,
Mrs. Franklin Whitney
The Ramblers will meet in Hasbrouck
institute on Wednesday afternoon to con-
tinue their study of the Greek drama
Five of the historic plates being, or to
be. painted by the Keramic Art Club for
the Museum of the Free Public Library
have been completed and are now in the
hands of the treasurer, Miss Darling.
They are 1.-THE Founders of Jersey City,
by Miss Rich; "Old Van Worst Home
stead, ;" by Mrs. Sarah Mount; Bergen
Soilare with the Whipping Post in 1900 -