The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-10-09

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A School of Millinery.
A pretty and practical idea is the
opening of a millinery school in
Brooklyn, which is proving a great
attraction to the girls, with a reflex
effect in the advancement of female
industry in woman's own sphere. A
long table is spread with hat frames,
flowers and ribbons, and behind it sit
the expectant and critical class. The
teacher, a milliner of high repute in
the trade, lectures after the manner
of a professor, taking the frame in her
hand and proceeding to dress it, while
she calls attention to the effects pro-
duced by different combinations. The
hat is covered, lined and trimmed
before sixty pairs of eyes, all of
them sharply intent upon the process
and closely studying the points. A
girl soon learns that it is not the east
est thing in the world to build up a
graceful bonnet, and at the same time
she is consoled by finding that it does
not take a year or two to learn the
art. The professor in charge guaran-
tees that a girl with ordinary good
taste ear be made an artist in ribbons
and flowers in twenty lessons, and will
then be ready to take a good position
in a first-class millinery establish
ment.-NeW0rk Sunday Cal.
The Train Skirt Must Go.
The trained street skirt has had a
heavy foot set upon it's graceful
sweep. Valued medical authority as
serts that disease and death Turk in
every fold of the skirt as it rustles
over the dirty pavements, gathering
all the city's refuse. Said a physician
talking on the subject: Women
who are dainty about everything else
will take off their soiled skirts to
their own rooms, throw them carelesly
across a chair and breath for hours
the atmosphere that cannot avoid
being vitiated thereby"
Well, the discarding of the trained
skirt will be a hardship only to the
few. 1t is a pity to make the asser-
ton. but the who lifts her
skirts gracefully is a are exception.
To grasp upper and under skirts
firmly in one had and to hold them so
that no part nor portion slips its
moorings is an accomplishment.
practice and perseverance, will over
come the difficulty" suggests the
train admirer; and even granting this
we may conclude that it is only the
leisure classes, those who have time
to conquer the obstacles, who will
continue to patronize the trained
street skirt.-IabIe Talk.
Reading Character by the Nose.
There are those who pretend to
read character by the shape of the
nose. They say that large nostrils
show courage. People of fearless dis
position breathe fully and freely. All
the fiercer animals have dilated nos
trils. The dropping nostril shows
histrionic talent. If the nose also
droops, it denotes a tragic power, and
If only the nostril, the capacity is
marked for the Interpretation of com
edy. Where the nose is thin at the
bridge it shows generosity; while a
nose that is thick at the bridge argues
acquisltiveness. When it is Tip
tilted like the petal of a flower" the
person is inquisitive. A projecting
nose argues a disposition to investi-
gate. 1t is ahead of the person, as it
were. and wants to scent out things.
Look at your nose in the glass and see
what sort OF person you are anyway.
A Bright Lamp.
In these days when lamps are used
SO much the care of them is quite an
important matter, writes Maria Par
loa, in her department in the October
Ladies' Home Journal. If the lamps
be good and have proper attention,
ole cannot wish for a more satisfac-
tory light; but if badly cared for they
will be a source OF much discomfort,
The great secret of having lamps in
good working order is to keep them
clean and to use good oil. Have a
regular place and time for trimming
the lamps. Put a folded newspaper
on the table, SC that any stray bits of
burned wick and drops of oil may fall
upon it. Wash and wipe the chimneys
and shades. Now take off all loose
parts of the burner, washing them in
hot soapsuds and wiping with clean
soft cloth. Trim the wicks and turn
them quite low. With a soft, wet
cloth, we'll soaped, wipe the burner
thoroughly, working the cloth as
much as possible inside the burner, to
get off every particle of the charred
wick. Now fill the lamps within
about one inch of the top. and wipe
with a damp, towel and then a dry
one. Adjust all the parts and return
them to their proper places. When
w a new wick is required in a lamp,
wash and scald the burner before put