The Jersey City news., 1902-04-25
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Among the numerous beautiful designs
sust sn.shed for a great wall paper manu-
featuring firm are number that appear
especially to those who have nome neau-
tifying in mind Others are Interested
si,nn)v because that which is attractive
and artistic must interest. Then, TOO the
wal finish Of a room is perhaps IT'S most
i,rnortant detail. In rehtting a room II
must be thought out with the most pains
taking care. else there'll be some awful
liars but in fitting up new house all
;s plain sailing. First, there must be
those really Heavenly Twins, Beauty
and Simplicity; then comes whatever one
can afford. providing one keeps on the
same lines.
one Of the smartest examples Of the
French panel treatment is styled the
Bernhardt The paper proper is in the
moire silk effect. the color being a aeii-
cate bluet. The ceiling is the palest biue'
nearly white and the woodwork is white
enamel The panel effect is managed
with two-band paper-that is. a roll thai
nuts two strips-and everything is Dor
7eredt The border goes down each sidc,
turning to border ceiling and baseboard
and following around windows and doors.
II also follows around on the ceiling and
frames in the space above the manteL
This border is strewn with nosegays Oh
bright red roses. Curtains and window
seat upholstery are in blue TO match the
paper
Speaking of panels, they are greatly IN
favor. and may be made with anything
from narrow bordering to hand-mouid-
ed plaster composition. tinted to harmon
ize with the handlpressed panels, which
If 50 delicateiy frames They are for
drawing rooms.
For a den We have this splendid new
"hand-painted crown hanging" to use
trade term Ii transforms a bare room
in.o a thing of Turkish costness, and
without the expense once necessary. For
instead of rich silks, the scheme as far
az the side walls 60 is all carried out IN
paper. The paper is Oriental red panel
ed off and topped with a printed design
in numerous Oriental eolorings. Divans,
with the necessary cushions, and the
delicate grill work arches (of the compo-
sition that ID olzs like finely carved wood,
in the doors and windows finish off most
artisticaliy this fascinating apartment.
Lanterns and Oriental hanging lamps,
together with some few pieces of furnt-
ture in the shape of carved wood and red
hangings, complete this fetching den.
Beautiful in the extreme are the many
handsome novelties In etamines, veilngs,
chifons, crepe de chimes and nets that are
in preparation for wear at the Easter fes-
tivities Even in street gowns the pre-
vailing mode is for these lightweight
gowns of etamine and yelling, the addi-
tional warmth desirable being got either
in the undergarments or the outside wrap.
It is for this reason that the long silk
coat, or that of three-auarter length, is
so much in demand, no wardrobe being
thought complete without at least one of
these fashionable and elegant garments
Never have the designs for gowns been
more artistic, and never have they been
more completely carried out than in those
now seen in the shops. For it is not alone
the dressmaker with exclusive clientele
who can now furnish her customers with
the most correct ideas as to styles and
materials We have today to reckon with
the manufacturer of high-class suits and
cloaks, an individual who has at his COM
mand the best designers that the rapid
development of American artistic quail
ties has produced, together with the lat
est conceptions that emanate from the
Partisan ateliers. Nowhere in the world
are the French ideas as to modes so
quickly and widely assimilated as in this
great country of ours. Even before the
summer novelties which have been Gre
ated in the Rue de la Paix are in evidence
at Monte Carlo they are being worn at
Palm Beach or some of the other South
ern resorts beloved by the American beau
monde.
To keep pace with the modern improve
ments and conveniences for the home one
would need really to build a house every
Spring Wanting that experience. it is a
good plan to go through the new house
of some friend just as it is ready to be
occupied. In one thus visited recently it
was noticed that compartment in the
refrigerator which was, of course, a cold
storage box. and finished white tile that
was beautifully clean and attractive, a
rack to hold eggs was fitted This had
round holes large enough to hold the eggs
standing on end, and thus combat the
carelessness of the average cook, who
will put them in the ieebox in a paper
bag, even, and will wonder TO find them
crushed against heavy jars and dishes.
Another innovation in this same house
does away with shade cords-those tor
nents of the housekeeper that have uu-
til recently been considered necessary
evils. In every room in the house stands
a slender rod of wood tipped with a
brass catch. to be used when the shade
flies up to the top of the window. These
poles are neatly finished the metal work
highly polished. Their use permits
much neater handle or finish to the shade
than when the ugly little ring and knot
ted cord must be relied upon for con-
troll of the spring.
Never before has The girl with dexterous
fingers and good taste been SO much in
demand as in the present day, when fri1ls
and ruffles, laces and embroideries and a
thousand odds ard ends that only the
handy girl can make. are the chief char
acterlstics of the regime of fashion ,.ley
are so expensive, these pretty accessories.
and so Indispensable. that many young
society woman has been obliged perforce
to tax her own ingenuity and that of her
friends. and. unfortunate. indeed, is she
who has not the '.knaek' of putting these
dainty things together.
The girl who knows how to applique