The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-01-05
DOINGS OF WOMEN FAIR.
Suppression of the Swedish
Publication, Which Re-
vealed Women's Age.
THE BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS CLEMENTINA.
Is Beauty Only Skin Deep?-The
Evils of Footbinding in China.

The ladies of Paris not only have
their carriages for shopping, for
travelling and for their rides in the
Elysian Fields, but they also have
their railway carriages. Baroness de
Rothschild travels in her boudoir on
wheels. Mrs Mackey, from San
Francisco, has her carriage, which is
a fairy palace on wheels, costing
$37, 500.
Mrs. Hetty Green, who is said to
be worth $40, 900. 600, and is probably
the richest woman in her own right
in this country. told an interviewer
the other day that she disliked bust
ness, and would a great deal rather
be u society woman Yet at the
time S le was attired in a dress that
could not have cost $40. She spends
but little money on personal uxurles
or adornment. All the jewelry b
wears is comprised in two plain old
gold rings, and she lives in inexpen-
sive ouarters-much OF the time IN
boarding houses.
Mrs. Depew is, in some respects, n
opposite of her witty husband. She
has a serious face, big black eyes,
long, straight features, and a low.
sweet voice. Her favorite colors are
garnet and mauve.
A voyager from the South Seas SAYS
that Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Louis
Stevenson conform with frank SIM
plicity to many OF n habits ana
fashions of the region. There is a
800 - II, Af fhn mir NVondnr-
ing on lovely Tahiti with bare feet
and dressed in the graceful flowing
garments worn by the natives.
The Empress of Germany recently
celebrated her thirty-fourth birthday
and the christening of her only
daughter by giving the maternity
homes of the empire one hundred sets
of baby clothing. The Emperor re-
leased four hundred women impris-
oned for various %offenses.
Mrs. Noble, wife of the Secretary of
the Interior-it is mentioned IN Kate
FIELDS WdshingtoD-often writes on
oAe day a postal card Addressed to
herself, so that its receipt next day
will remind her of duties or appoint
ments requiring her attention.
The most beautiful unmarried
Young Princess in all Europe is the
Youngest daughter of the King of the
Beigians, the Princess Clementina.
Sine is just twenty-five years of age.
very tall. has beautiful dark hair and
ewes and carries herself like a queen.
She has led a sad life on account of
the misfortunes that have befallen
her family. The suicide of her favor
lite brother-in-law, the Archduke
Rudoipil, and the death of Prince
Baudouin of Flanders. who had been
mentioned as her possible husband,
have combined 10 impress her with
the feeling that she should spend her
days in the retirement OF a convert.
But a marriage with the Crown Prince
of Italy or Prince Ferdinand of Bull
garia. is being discussed. She has a
beautiful gsrl friend, the Princess
Josephine of Flanders, who is fair
haired, blue-eyed and always happy,
and is the greatest neiress in all
Europe.
Tie women of Zurich, Switzerland,
have won a great victory. They have
secured The suppression of the Thier-
buch, a publication which revealed
their ages, occupations, descendants,
etc. 1t was issued annually, and was
more frequently consulted at cafes
dllO OlliSI pQOllO 10 DAAd UAO Oioy
directory. Now that its fate has been
sealed, n cannot purchase a copy of
the last edition for a fifty franc note.
A Stupid Adage About Beauty.
Vino has not heard of the old say
ing, Beauty is only skin Deep" and
how many efforts have been made to
impress on the minds of children that
tine appearance amounted to very
little so that the conduct vas all
right? And what a stupid practice
this is, to be sure!
As a child grows up it, learns that
the appearance of a thing is of the
greatest importance. Failing to learn
this, it makes a failure of life. Whether
it is farm produce, dry goods furnish
ings or fine arts, matters little; if the
appearance is not right, the undertake
ing is almost certain to lack success.
When humanity fully comprehends
that the looks Of things are of the
greatest Importance in every walk of
Life, one of the problems of existence
will he in q fair wav To solution