The Jersey City news., 1906-04-05
June 81, 1905.

leghorns have their brims bent and twist
ed into such becoming angles and then
trimmed with tiny punches of the dainti-
est small blossoms and foliage or maiden
hair fern that they might easily pass as
flower hats also. Height rather than
width is the aim of the milhners this sea-
son and this idea is accentuated By the
use of long fluffy tipped ostrich plumes
and full sweeping paradise aigrettes or
straight ostrich feathers that sand up in
true cockade fashion.
Many persons are superstitious and
observe every supe1stitious custom they
hear of to the letter
1t is believed by many that if a child
cries at its birth and lifts up only one
hand it is born to command.
1t is thought very unlueky not to weigh
the baby before it is dressed.
When first dressed the clothes should
not be put en over its head, but drawn
on over its feet for luck
When first taken from the room in
which it was born 1t must be carried up
stairs before going down, so that it will
rise in the world.
In any case, it must be carried up
stairs or up the street the first time It is
taken out.
In England and Scotland it is consid-
cred unncky to cut the baby's nails or
hair before it is ewtlve months old.
The following poems amount almost to
a superstition in many parts of the
worki:--
Born on Monday, fair in the face,
Born on Tuesday, full of Gods grace,
Born on Wednesday, the best to be had,
Born on Thursday, merry and glad.
Born on Friday. worthily given,
Born ON Saturday, work hard for living
Born on Sunday, never shall know WANT
This saying. with various changes, is
known all over the Christian world. One
aeveiation from the original makes Fri
days child free in giving Thursday
has one very lucky hour just before sun
rise.
Take one plump chicken which has
been singe6 and drawn and divided into
ten pieces Cut three good~sized onions
into thin slices and cook them without
browning in two tablespoonfuls of butter.
When done lay the chicken joints in the
same saucepan. with all the dark meat
at the bottom. Now add one cup of fine
" chopped celery and one can of toma-
toes which have been carefully strained.
Allow all to come TO the boiling point,
cover the saucepan and simmer for half
IN hour. Thea add one level teaspoon
full of salt, half teaspoonful Of pepper
and one can of corn. Push to the front
of the fire and allow them to become
thoro,lghly heated. Serve the chicken in
the middle of large platter. with the
corn and tomato sauce in which it was
cooked poured around it.
Instead of the small bonnet and the
long veil the fashionable mourning hat
of the day is medium sized toque made
Of crepe, from which crepe veil falls
plaits. This hat is very unlike the crepe
mourning bonnet, which was rarely be
coming and most uncomfortable to wear,
as the crepe. OF necessity, fell SO far for
ward over the shoulders. The veil must
now be placed on the hat in such way
that it falls only from the back of the
hat in plaits or folds. For widow the,
toque may be faced with white crepe or
there, may be- narrow. white ruching
among the black folds about the brim.
The toque with veil attached is By no
means the only style of hat permissible
for mourning, although it 1850 simple as
to be IN excellent taste even for first
mourning. while at the same time. the.
shape can always be altered so as: t5 be,
becoming. Al shapes and sizes In hats
fashionable today are being initiated in
crepe bur the smaller hats fortunately
are still the most popular. There are
many round and three-cornered shapes.
which, not Of exaggerated size, are in
perfect taste. made IN IN erene wit',
long veil attached, and if the toque or
turhan cannot he matte bscos.uAg MA
surely be possible to ind model on
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