The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-03

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vas in black to signify the winter
season, when nature is most colorless.
Catharine de Medici's widows cap
vas black. The white widows cap is
now the only survival of the ancient
white mourning. Mary Stuart fol-
lowed her mother-in-law In wearing
black after the death of her first hus-
band. White is more suitable for the
winter wear of a delicate child, in the
harsh Dutch climate, than black.
which Is cold in winter, hot in sum-
mer, and only advantageous in hid
ing coal smut, and in seemingly re-
ducing the bulk of stout figures.
Care of the Hands.
Borax water is good for washing the
hands. Coarsely ground oatmeal is a
fair substitute for soap in washing the
hands. White unscented soaps are
the best, as highly-scented soaps are
usually made of rancid fats. A solu-
ton of oxalic acid will remove fruit
stains from the hands, but 1t must not
touch an abraded surface. After
washing and drying the hands thor
oughly, glycerine and spirits of cam
phor in equal parts mixed together is
EOO0 W AaO VNGI tAiCin. OOCOhhbb VA
is a pleasant application. Wearing
kid gloves two sizes too large is help
full in preserving the hands. One
should have an old pair of gloves to
take up ashes in, to sweep in and to
wear in all dirty work that permits
the wearing of gloves. Ii gloves are
dipped in not very hot linseed oil
they become waterproof and may be
worn while washing. Frequent Wig
orous rubbing of the hands will pro-
mote circulation and keep the skin in
good condition. Good Housekeeping.
Id Dinner Hour.
A maid of honor at Versailles was
once asked by Louis XIV. what
o'clock it was. Her reply to the ques-
ton was often afterward quoted as the
very perfection of compliment:
Whatever hour your majesty
pleases." 1t has been reserved for a
London correspondent, and, of all
London correspondents, for that of
the Leeds Mercury, to rival this deli
cate flattery. He announced that the
future dinner hour will be whatever
time the Prince of Wales pleases, and
that the Princes pleasure is for s. The
news is ~reassuring. Our fin de steele
b~anqueting hours have lately been
too much retarded. The prince will
serve society il the dinner hour is
pushed forward. Pail Mall Gazette.
An Accomplished Chicago Woman.
In electing Mrs. Potter Palmer
president of the lady managers of the
Chicago Worlds Fair, the right per-
son was put in the right place.
AS is well known here, Mrs. Palmer
was a Miss Honore, a member of a
distinguished Southern family and a
sister of the beautiful wife of Colonel
Fred Grant, the eldest son of General
Grant, and our present Minister to
Austria. Mrs. Palmer's husband, who
is a millionaire, built the Palmer
House, of Chicago. The Palmers
live in M OF tine North side
palaces of Chicago, facing
the lake. Their house is a
copy of an English castle and is con-
sidered one of the finest residences in
America. Mrs. Palmer makes annual
trips to Europe, and has purchased
some of the finest and rarest tapes
tries, statuary and Dric-a-brac, to say
nothing of valuable paintings. Mrs.
Palmer is even more beautiful than
her sister, Mrs. Grant. She has dark
hair and eyes, is tall and slight, with
an air of elegance that is most attrac-
tive. She talks with remarkable
grace and ease. She seems to under
stand Parliamentary rules thorough
ly, for she presides with great ability
and dignity .-Epoch.
Points in Dining Room Etiquette.
AT one time, many years ago, it was
not unusual to pass around the table
one finger bowl only, into which the
guests might dip their fingers. Ira
ditions of those days have doubles SIS
been handed down to the housewives
who now seek the latest light up on
the fashions. For their benefit Hdr-
peT's BGzGr states what those already
instructed will consider unnecessary,
namely, that at the present date it is
the mode to serve each guest with a
finger bowl for himself or herself.
Such a bowl, whether of china or
glass, is to be one-third filled with
water and set on a dolly or a fruit
napkin laid upon a plate. The water
may be scented or a geranium leaf or
q spray OF citron aloes MAJ float upon
VIZ S0-A0SNs Oab DoAN N0tCAs AOt y
cold, is more in vogue. The finger
bowls are usually put on the table
with the fruit or the dessert at the
conclusion of a meal.
Another often overlooked point in
dining room etiquette is that OF leav-
ing the napkin unfolded ON quitting a
table where one has been a guest for
but a single meal. The inference pro-
duced by folding the napkin is that it
will be used again, and this is an un-
pleasant suggestion when one knows
that she herself, the only person who
ought to make use of the tuinbled
dainask, will be absent at the next
repast. Since no one else will care 10
take the napkin into service again be-
fore it is washed she lays it unfolded
by her plate as she rises from the
table.
The Most Graceful Decoration.
All the beautiful decorations on the
table will ainounJ to nothing unless
the hostess herself wears, as a decora-
ton, a charming manner and an alb
salute ignoring of anything except
that which viii give pleasure to her
ArvIcK 10 AoTHEKs-ARs. wIssI.ows, soorH
Sc SYRUP should Always % used when children
ar- cutting teeth II relieves The little sufferer