Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-12-21
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN
Personal Gossip and Special Gleanings
From the Metropolis.
Especial Corrrsrondcncc.l


From the Metropolis,
Especial Correspondence
NEW YORK. DvC. lS-A New York
woman Is wearing ono of Queen Mar
gucrita's last years gowns. She Is not n
poor relation Of the house of Savoy, but
lust clever American woman who spent
last winter in Rome and was served by
the same court hairdrcsser. She found
ont that the queen gives all her clothes
after very little wear to various servants
as pcrQuisitCs, and they sell them. She
bought from the hairdrcsscr n brown vel
vet suit trimmed in sable that had only
been worn half "A dozen times for SEQ and
now she has had IL rCmodclcd, and all her
friends are talking about her Cxtrava-
gance and wondering where, on her hus-
bands salary, she gets the money for such
clothes. The queen gives her maids all
her stockings after one wearing, and this
same frugal American woman has some
pairs she has not yet had washed, because
she likes tn show her privileged friends
the exact shape of the royal lady's legs.
There are various devices for keeping
cut flowers fresh, but the ono that is worth
all the rCst Is In keep the strms immersed
in water right up Ia tho blossoms. They
don't show we'll in that position, but
when they arr, rs IL were, of duty mt
night. for instance, ii you will give them
TINS hlLu t1I - tIAtu lut'S Will
times as long as they would without 1t.
Of course the deeper the stems are in the
water all the time the better. This is the
way the flower painters preserve their
| models, and they are people who have
n financial interest in having fine flowers
| and keeping their florists bills small.
Miss Wheeler. the head nurse of the
New York Babies hospital, says no one
knows what little babies suffer from mis-
handling IIpr nv fuuwlr In wash
babies without lifting them from the lap.
| They are laid ON soft flannel apron and
| then turned about by pulling the apron
| without touching them. They are never
| put in II tub till they arc able to sit alone
| Under this method even sick babies love
to he washed. and laugh and crow during
| their baths instead of emitting the tortured
| squalls familiar in domestic life.
If your nails are brittle and continually
| breaking, it Is sign that your nervous
| system Is out Of order, and you had better
| look after il.
ono big American editor says Beatrice
HarradCn, the author of ships That Pass
In the Night, writes the most illcgiblc
| copy that ever came into his office.
II you want tn make children happy
during the holidays give them a soap
bubble party. The Christmas trco itself
won't give them moro pleasure With
4 NNEh llitAt ALhuAlC INV tuttItttluilitllb Ctbtl
be made much finer than ordinary bubble
blowing affords. Pipes are not the best
| thing to blow with. Tin horns seven
inches long and an inch and an eighth in
| diameter at the mouth can hc made at n
triflinG expense and arr 100 per cent bet
ter. They should b. family flutcd for an
inch upward from the base in order that
enough fluid may be collected to feed the
bubble. One fourth of an ounce of white
| e
three-fOurths of pint of water is the
mixture that makes the finest bubbles in
the world. The soap can best be dissolv cd
by boiling it In the water three or four
minutes. With the horn and this mix
turc bubbles can be blown n foot in diam
etcr of the most brilliant coloring.
The purity of candy can be conclusive.
ly tested very easily. Dissolve it in hot
water, and If no insoluble sediment is left
pure sugar only has been used. Sugar is
so cheap now that adultcration is not
common. Glucose Is used in cheap candy
and sometimes in fine, but glucose Is a
kind OF sugar and entirely wholesome,
though not very sweet. Its use makes the
molding of bonbons smoother and firmcr,
so that they do not so easily melt and run
together in Il warm atmosphere.
Mrs. Frederick Vanderbilt and some
other New York ladies are interesting
themselves in the extension of the train
ing of nurses for the sick. They have had
a course of lectures ON Dclsartc and his
system delivered before the nurses of the
Postgraduate hospital so as to try to teach
them to walk more lightly and handle the
helpless more gently. In the London hos
pitfalls nurses have for years now been
trained in aesthetic gymnastics, " and the
experienced rich find them moro agreea.
BILE than the graduates under the Ameri
can system.
4, Cocoanut oil is being used moro and
more in the toilet. Women careful OF
their persons find it delightful for the skin
when rubbed in thoroughly all over the
, body after the bath. II the feet are rub
bed with it every day, it keeps them as
soft as baby's and does much to prevent
, corns and bunions. Used ON the scalp
, it is n sure cure for dandruff. 1t need not
be put on the hair, but simply rubbed in
small quantities with tips of the fingers
! on the scalp. After n railroad journey OF
! any experience in which the face has be
come soiled it can be cleaned by this oil
, bath much moro thoroughly than with
: soap and water and with much less abuse
I | of the complexion. After such n BATH
when the oil is rubbed off with n soft
cloth the skin shows no sign of grease
but the iniinitcsimal amount of oil left on
the skin Is tho best possible basis for pow
der. n small amount of fine powder Their
adds to tho look of freshness and bloom
and is not pcrceptible To the closest OBJ
| servation
; Mrs. Dr. Parkhurst Is noticeable among
the wives of New York clcrgymen as be
ing particularly well dressed in the solid
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