The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-12-16
Uses for Chamois.

his watch. -Phitodelphia Bulletin.
Uses for Channels.
A very economical remembrance fol
some maiden fair to see at Christmas
is a channels skin with which to dat
the last hurried fluff of powder on hel
face and wipe it away again, as every
wonan does.
Place a medium sized tea plate upon
a skin and draw a line around the
plate upon the skin with a pencil.
Next cut the circle out. Finish the
edge by scallops, pinking or needle
work, and with pen and indelible ink
letter the chamois:-'sMislike me not
for my complexion"
A small round powder bag, the size
of a butter dish, made of batting
cloth. with a narrow lace edge and
filled with starch powder, may go
with the channels. Bows of pink rib
bon may be fastened to both powder
bag and chainois skin to hang them
up by.
Pretty table mats. to put hot dishes
on, may be made of chaInois skin,
fastened to astiff foundation of paste
board, cut round. When the mats
are soiled they may be taken off the
p~asteboard and washed in warm soap
suds. Quotations may be lettered on
the mats with indelible ink If de-
sired.
Those who can etch with pen and
indelible ink may finish the table,
mats with a vine of hops or a conven-
tional vine of olives instead Of the
fringe. The vine is cut out In relief,
thus forming the border to the mats.
A pretty set of toilet-mats may be
made by etching a border of nastur-
tiums or daisies around the mats.
A pretty watch case is made of
chamols skin painted TO represent the
front and back of a poppy Tor daisy,
and the two pieces button-holed to-
gether. The same, with a thin layer
of cotton and satchet powder inside,
makes a pleasing satchet.
A monster pansy painted on chamois
and cut out in relief, with the back of
a pansy for the back of the case and
lined with yellow china silk, makes a
pretty handkerchief case. One side
must be left open, so the handker-
chiefs may be placed inside the pansy
on the yellow silk lining.
A pretty book cover is made of
chainois skin decorated in brown
paint. in conventional design-the
brown shading into the tone of the
chamois skin and the pamphlet rolled
as a scroll and tied with brown cord
or ribbon. = Mary MacWeW in the
PhiladelphiG Press.
Warm Baths.
A warm bath will accomplish for
many nervous, irritable women what
a whole church service sometimes
won't-put her back into her natur-
ally sweet and composed state of be-
ing. There's the best of physiological
reason for it, too; it isn't her soul
that's wicked, it's only that poor tired
body of hers, and the nerves that
CULVER and jump with every sound.
When the body is soothed, the evil
spirit is exercised. And for almost
any woman in fairly good health the
warm bath is the best exorcist in the
world. The bath should be at ninety
five degrees Fahrenheit, and may be
enjoyed for fifteen minutes if the fol-
lowing directions are observed:-Be-
fore entering the bath. battle the
back of the neck and the pit of the
stomach with O few handfuls of the
water. This will preventive tendency
to nausea. to which many nervous
women are liable on plunging sud-
denly into water, whether hot Oh cold.
After remaining in the water for
eight or ten minutes, turn on the cold
water and let the water cool gradually
to a temperature considerably below
the normal temperature of the body.
Many women are invigorated by let
ting the water get down to sixty-five,
and in any case no harm is done by
dropping the temperature to seventy
degrees. Ii then a brisk rubbing fol-
lows, and. as a last touch of luxury,
fresh underwear and a pretty gown,
any woman is certain to approximate
near to the state of soul which our
colored friends call glory"
The warm bath Is just as good for
the baby as it is for the baby's
mother. Suppose the small pink
morsel some day gets pinker than he
| should be under the influence of a
| fever whose origin is not clear, and
thrashes about in a most dis
comforting way. Don't have recourse
to medicines or to n physician at once,
but try the warm bath. Have the
baby's tub filed with water at ninety
five degrees; battle the head, face and
chest with u little water, and then
gently slip the little body into the
warm water and battle it with the
hand, using gentle friction. After
ten minutes of this slowly reduce the
temperature of the water to eighty
degrees. Then take the baby out,
wrap it quickly in a flannel blanket,
inside of which a piece of soft
old linen has been placed. Dry the
body rapidly, and then put the little
one back in it's crib. If this bath
doesn't restore the child. it is best to
call a physician. Philadelphia IN
Quiaer.
WANTS EIGHTEEN MONTHS ALL ROUND.