The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-13

yet her dainty, stylish boots and gloves
that so attracted their attention. Nor was
it her general air of grace and beauty and
elegance. though that, too. was very
marked.
Mo-; what really drew all eyes In her dr.
rection was the collection Of flags of all
nations that she wore. The flags were in
the form Of tiny enamelled stick pins, and
they were ranged systematically all over
the front of her bodice. The effect was
not alone novel: it was startling Not one
Of the entire carful had ever seen any
thing like it before. 1t was a unique dis
display. A man who looked as If he might
be a jeweler gazed approyingly at the
girl, as well he might, at the prospect OF
SO profitable a fancy among women.
A man who looked as though he might
be the father of several daughters sighed
and gazed abstractedly out the window.
Most Of the other passengers were pre-
occupied in trying to find out just how
many countries were represented by the
stick pins. Surely the girl could have
slighted but very few indeed. But the
flags were so numerous that before any,
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them the girl arose and left the car.
Well" remarked a man to his neigh
Dor, there's only one explanation for
that. She must be the heroine of an In
ternatfonal episode"
Transparent materials are preferred for
evening dresses. which makes the lining
an important item, says the Ladies
Home Journal If glace ~taffeta, twenty
| inches wide, is selected 1t costs seventy
five cents; silky looking cotton Innings, at
thirty-fve cents, are forty inches wide.
| resemble finely ribbed silk. The outside
material may be a chiffon at sixty cents,
| mousseline de sole a little heavier for a
dollar, or a net at the latter price; these
are forty inches wide. Then tulle, two
yards wide, may be found at q dollar;
gauffered Japenese crepe or silk even as
low as forty cents, being twenty-four
inches wide, and lovely cotton crepes for
fifteen cents. Small-1gured, self-colored
silks for evening wear are from seventy
five cents, but are not as much liked as
the transparent materials. A silk skirt,
even of the useful habutai silk, twenty-
four inches wide and fifty cents a yard,
10 lSlFt dlu SiAASn WiCA IA bAtAA .
chiffon waist over the same or silky cot
ton lining.
Doctors who have investigated the sub
ject are generally of opinion that the
woman who sits with cross legs issues
an invitation to disease.
It is not the mere fact of placing the
limbs In position indicated for a moment.
but keeping them that way. TIL con-
tinued pressure of one limb upon the
other, the steady bearing down upon the
nerves and cords of that portion of the
human body speedily brings about a con-
dfbion of affairs hat produces s~c.atica,
neuralgia and sometimes nervous prostra-
ton.
The troubles resulting TO women and
young girls from sitting in this position
principally afflict those females who, by
the nature of their employment, sit with
legs crossed. That is why the doctors
who practice in sections peopled by work
ing girls find much disease that may be
accounted for In no other way. In almost
every Instance the patient has been a
woman busy during the day at work of
such a nature that it was easier for her
to sit with legs crossed.
Sometimes women who sew a great deal
by hand in their own households have this
trouble, and wonder why it is that they
should have constant neuralgia affection
when they a not even caught cold.
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Cucumbers are invaluable as an adj
5unct to the toilet, and may be partaken
of literally by those having high colored
complexions; and In addition to eating
them, the juice Of a cucumber rubbed
well over the face before exposing it to
he sun win keep it free from tan, SUM-
burn and rockies. II the skin is in
clined to be rough or red, try this GU
eumber and almond cream, putting on a
little ait night or before going out, but
always wash it out in the morning, or
when coming in: Bleached almonds,
-hree-quarters ounce; lanoline, ene-half
ounce. Pound the almonds in a mortar
until they are like paste, and mix them
with the honey and cucumber juice; then
d the l~aloline. and thoroughly incor-
porate together IN a white pot placed in
boiling water. When the ingredients are
all blended together, remove till cold.
when the cream will be ready for use.
"
A grandmother looked up one day
lately from a newspaper, with an excla-
nation of surprise: Here is the death
notice" said she, "of a woman whom /
remember as quite an old lady when 1
was a little girl. And she was then con-
sidered a hopeless invalid. She has out
lived every one of her contemporaries
who were all well and strong when she
was suffering from what they thought
a fatal disease" This is so far from an
isolated case that it makes one reflect
upon the reason for the common long
evity among invalids. The proverb usu-
ally quoted perhaps gives a clue: 1.-THE
cracked pitcher will last the longest"
So it we'll. because we take more care of
1t. on account of its known weakness.
The sickly learn their danger, and study
how to avoid im~prudence. OF increase
weakness into great harm. Their care
must mean their salvation.
A very new and modish sleeve for
silk waists or house gowns of soft mate
rial has two deep ruffles, one on top of
the other, over a sheath-Ifke sleeve.
These wide ruffles are each cut in three
quite deep points, one in the centre, one
at each side. and they in turn are edged
with a double ruffIe OF chiffon or silk.