The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-31
%BERNHARDTS COMPLEXION.
Her G~littering Costumes as Cleopa-
tra-Magnificent Jewelry.


Sarah Bernhardt has set all Paris
crazy by her African complexion, the
cosmetic for which is a connection OF
her own. The compound consists OF
saffron, we'll kneaded with powdered
coffee, combined with a delicate mix
ture OF musk and chicory, diluted
with rose wateru until sufficiently liquid
to be spread over the skin.
Instead of making up for the part
she brushes up. It has been the
dream Of her life to play cleopatra, "
and for years she has been collecting
Jewels, girdles, armlets, bracelets and
necklaces. Every dress consists OF a
diaphanous piece of material seven
wards long. embellished with metallic
or silk embroidery. This long strip
of cauze is wound and drapad about
her Iithesome form and held in place
at the hips belt and shoulders with
magnificent fasteners, brooches, aud
pirdIes. incrusted with stones of every
conceivable shade.
Through the garment other jewels,
buckles, and embroideries, used TO
ornament and secure an under
garment. simmer and shine. In
her hair, about her fingers, arms, and
ankles ~bandeaux, bangles, and brace
lets blaze, and the sandals in which
her feet are slipped are also finished
with rainbow effect. Row after row,
ana chain upon chain of jewels encir-
Gle her chest and breast, and the I'M
paralelled display of opals, turquoises,
topaz. scarabees. corals, sapphires,
~amethysts, rubies, sardonyx, mala-
chites, and pearls produce the almost
overpowering sense of luxury.
One dress, an Egyptian robe, is GER
tainly a most wonderful creation. The
material in itself is of gold-colored
gauze, appliqued with a design OF
laurel leaves. The belt of pearls and
turouoises that holds the delicate
fabric in at the waist also secures a
barbaric drapery at the hips made Of
a tigers skin. Fancy the contrast of
embroidered gauze and tigers furl
For a head-dress she veal a skull
cap of pearls, fringed with coral and
turquoises.-L0n&on Standard.
Initiated the Queen.
Juliet asks Romeo, Whats in q
name?" apparently deeming one
designation as good as another in a
warm climate. But there are Juliets in
dear old England who have their own
opinion on the subject. At a recent
provincial exhibition a sumptuously
bound visitors book was placed in
the lobby. and the great show was
opened by her Majesty, who was ac-
companied by the Princess Henry, OF
Battenburg. The local Mayor, q
highly respected tradesman (gasfitter
and plumber, | believel accompanied
by his wife, was of the royal party.
As usual, the Queen placed her name
in the visitors book as Victoria, u
the Princess following with "Bea-
trice;" then came the Mayors wife,
who, seeing what had gone before,
wrote with a bold, steady hand
s.Jane.n The official who had charge
of the book has not been seen since,
He is believed to have exploded in an
ante-room-LenOr Herald.
Bejeweled Ronmanian Women.
The women of Roumania are said tc
be beautiful. Their charms are MOI
of the frail Anglo-Saxon type, but Of
the more rugged order peculiar tc
southeastern Europe, The women
of Roumania are peculiarly fond o.
jewelry. In this respect their tastes
differ from those of their more highly
educated northern sisters only in the
fact that the former are less discrimin.
ating. They wear their trinklets Oh
all occasions when they don their
better attire, and the quantity of jew
elry necessary TO satisfy their ambi
ton is surprising.
The greatest obstacle in the way o.
the qualification of the RoumaniaI
bellies passion for jewelry is the
poverty of the person upon whom she
relies for its purchase. Nearly al
Roumanians are peasants. and ever
those who occupy positions of dignity
and honor are comparatively poor
1t is obligatory upon the woman
therefore, to temper their require
ments to the purses of their husbands
brothers or lovers. As a rule theil
jewelry is of brass or other base meta
thinly plated.
The Roumanians are partial K
beads and bangles. Not only do they
wear a profusion of the latter about
their heads. but necklaces of then
and strands of beads, relieved by
them at frequent intervals, are yer!
much effected. They are also freely
worn as ornaments for the loos'
draperies that predominant in tn
construction of the RoumaniaI
woman's gowns. Considerable ski
is displayed by some of the bette
dressers in the gracefulness will
which they catch up with these bit
of metal the folds of the materia
composing their attire. Rings ar
seldom worn except by the wealthie
people, and earrings are simple il