The Jersey City news., 1902-08-04

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the summer vacation one must not for
get that stormy days are apt to come,
and that hours spent on the veranda with
nothing to do are not at all pleasant.
So be sure and find corner for little
work" called so for lack of better
drawn work or lace work, and you will
not regret it when the rain comes and
you cannot read, for boarders always
talk, and you must have something to do
Remember always when you tuck the
-'ryork" in your trunk that the wise wom-
an never wastes her time over foolish
things. Whatever you are going to do
make it worth doing, and care and pa
tience will not be wasted.
While renaissance seems in a measure
to be becoming passe, drawn work is
holding its own wonderfully. This is ex-
cellent work for the country, and when
done carefully lasts for years. The Nir-
ginia drawn work makes dainty and ar
tistic centre pieces, and the pattern can
be varied indefinitely. One that was ex-
tremely pretty measured thirty-six inches
across. square A three-inch hem was
hemstitched, and the space of three
quarters of an inch above the hem was
left all around. The squares were half
an inch in length, and there were forty
five of them across the cloth. The drawn
work went all around the cloth, seven
squares deep.
A pretty idea came out of the West a
few DAYS ago in the shape of the indis-
pensable chamois, so necessary yet so
clumsy to carry. Every one knows the
value of the chamois skin to wipe the
face these hot, dusty days. The idea in
question converted the skin into SEM
blance of handkerchief, which night be
tucked in the purse or the shirtwaist.
The chamois skin was round, six inches
in diameter, and around the edge was
a lace beading and. footing an inch wide
When stuck in the shirtwaist it gave the
appearance of being a handkerchief
The girl who would make her friends
happy with little remembrances at birth
day, Christmas, or other celebration,
knows there are hundreds of trihes to
be made while in the country. The
opera bag and the dance bag are not the
slightest of girls needs and welcome
indeed is the gift of such convenience.
The dance bag is the larger of the two
and should be made sufficiently long to
hold the slippers, fan, handkerchief, cha
mois and powder box of the dancer.
Made of pale blue or delicate violet
Louisine they are exquisite. They meas
ure about twelve inches long and eight
wide and are lined with deeper shade
of the same material The opera bags
are more elaborate but much smaller.
being only large enough to hold the
glasses. Some of the fashionable women
carry those tiny magnifying mirrors, IN
which one can see the arrangement of
ones hair without attracting bit Of
attention. These bags are prettiest
when constructed of painted satin. A
dull cream satin with cluster of wild
roses is exquisite, fastened with dull
pink satin ribbons. Another that is ex-
quisite is pale blue with white dogwood
blossoms painted on it. Others are made
of brocaded satin and those of Louisine
are pretty.
Cushions are always acceptable and
make fascinating work. Of these there
is an infinite variety, and a trip to the
shops offer a world of suggestion. The
monogram cushion is novel and popular.
They are prettiest made of satin back
ground, and for college men the college
colors should be chosen. For Rutgers
and Wesleyan, black satin back with
the monogram in red is exceedingly pret-
ty. The initials should be large enough
to avoid confusion in working. Sur
rounded with ruffle of black bound
with red and stitched with red the cush-
ion is very handsome.
For wash cushions duck is the best.
White duck worked with silk is effective
and the finest thing to roll up in a trunk
to take to the country. After weeks of
rough handling, tumbled in the ham
mock or on the ground, left in the rain or
soiled with grass stains, they can be
Numbered, and are all ready for another
such experience.
Embroidery holds its own. The centre
pieces are exceedingly pretty embroided-
ed in yellow roses. Clover is far from
new, but is still popular, as are straw
berries The newest styles are of towel
ling, worked over and under the ribs
with silk, giving the effect of darning,
but the silk running only one way. A
pattern in four shades of green around
the edge gives a remarkably rich effect.
Other designs are quite as pretty and as
numberless as the stars.
There are any number Of ways OF
using embroidery. Magazine covers, book
covers, tag holders, pipe holders, stick
pin holders and many other things make
acceptable gifts and pleasant work for
a rainy day at the seaside or in the
mountains.
"Breakfasts' That is almost the first,
but not quite the first, sound you hear.
For you have been gradually and de-
lightfully awakened by the sounds of
nature-the singing Of birds, the cadence
of wavelets on the shore of the lake, or
the murmur of stream as it leaves
its deep pool And, into the lake or that
pool you have been for dip. Such