The Jersey City news., 1906-07-07

nous. without an emergency smell.
Should she live beyond the instant reach
of butchers. bakers and grocers. the
emergency shelf is an even more impress
siye necessity.
1t is hardly necessary to explain that
it is simply Il shelf or two in the pantry
kept stocked with table supplies that
can be prepared quickly, when unexpect-
ed guests arrive. or are for some reason
inadequate.
A well-stocked emergency shelf should
contain the best brand of canned soups,
chicken, tongue and boned ham, sardines,
anchovy paste and pate de foie gras,
mackerel and tomato sauce. Baked
beans plain and baked beans with tomato
sauce should have place among the pot
ted foods; also dainty jars of fancy
cheeses, ready for use at seconds no.
tiee, and bottles of grated Parmesan
olives, including pimolas, should stand in
line with ''pin-money pickles" and cat-
sups There should be an array of home
made jellies. marmalades and canned
fruits, glass cans of apple sauce and to-
matoes, and fancy biscuits of many sorts
cheese biscuits. crackers, eac.s i.
If these shelves are always kept well
stocked, it would be an incapable house
wife. indeed, who could be surprised into
embarrassment by the arrival of angles
una wares-as from time imlnemorial the
unexpected guest has been named.
The "early- Towering mammoth is the
best among l;eliotrope novelties.
The ajuga (buglel is useful plant
for carpeting the ground. particularly in
shady positions, and where grass will not
grow about the roots of trees.
There has recently been introduced a
beautiful new pale-yellow variety of the
popular hardy spring flower known as
alyssum saxatile luteum. 1t is more
compact and of a lighter color than the
old saxatile. and is especially good for
rockeries and for edging the hardy bor-
der.
The Sanseveria Zealenica is being ap-
preciated for sunless windows and porch
boxes. Its erect, rigid, swordlike leaves
give it a novel appearance in the midst
of dropping and trailing plants. The
thick, feshy dark green leaves, with
clouded bars of white make it always
decorative, and in May and June it sends
up long, plumy flower pixies of feathery
white.
A novelty in iusticias that is certain
to become popular is the dwarf yellow
1t bears handsome clusters of bloom, sim
liar in form and profusion to the we'll
known dwarf pink variety, but of a rich
orange yellow.
The amaranthus known as sunrise, !"
sa brilliant novelty. Though strictly
new, it is exceedingly rare, as it is shy
seeder and frequently has been nearly
extinct. The foliage is bronzy-crimson,
each branch terminating with a tuft of
bright scarlet leaves, making this one of
the most. brilliant of brilliant family.
1t was used with fine effect last year in
the public parks at Washington.
There was time when stout people
avoided white, for 50 clothed they mag
ined they looked mountains of light
That notion however, has become quite
exploded. The stoutest women wear
white, only, in so doing, if they are wise.
they will pay special heed to the fash
ioning Skirts should be cut in narrow
cores, all lines Of trimming should be
perpendicular, not horizontal or forming
circles, while an excellent idea in the
making Of the corsage is to sew small
"eap" sleeves or epauiettes on the ma
terial bodice and contrasting thin sleeves
of white lawn semi-transparent; also
chemisette or tiny vest Of the same, this
being most effectual in reducing the im-
preston of size.