The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-26
4 Ideas for dWo1nen.

domestic woman naturally turns to thu
Frightening and furnishing Of her room.
and their contents.
Perhaps the dust has settled so thickly
in the creviees and carvings of tables
and chairs that no amount of rubbing
will remove 1t. and the furniture instead
Of shining prettily has a dull. soiled look
When his is the state of affairs dom
hesitate TO wash the article, howevel
costly. In slightly warm. soapy water
not too much soap. but enough to make
the water soft. Wash very quickly. but
thoroughly, and dry with a clean, soft
cloth. rubbing gently.
Have ready a mixture of one part lin
seed oil and two parts kerosene, and
y when the article has been dried thor
pughly, rub on the mixture mot a large
Quantity; then polish off with a dry,
clean flannel.
It is well to use flannel in applying the
oil-one cloth to put on the oil, another
to rub off an excess, and another still to
polish the furniture to the desired gloss.
Unless the furniture is very much soiled
washing will not be necessary, but the
oil should be used in more generous guam
titles. Don't mix toe much oil at one
time. 1t gets soiled and has not a good
effect. A little mixed frequently is much
better. h treatment has a wonderfully
freshening effect on bedsteads, chairs,
dressers, or any piece of furniture that
has a polished surface.
I saw a parfer suite that was trans
formed by a def handed woman from a
shabby ~disreputable AFFAIR into quite a
neat and certainly a novel n p~resenta-
BILE room decoration.
It was originally a very good suite
of Powered damask, a dark, blue with
a vanishing yellow or golden brocaded
flower. The edges were frayed and soil
ed, yet TO rave them done over by an
upholsterer was more of an expense than
could be well afforded, at least just then
At a bargain sale the woman had pick
ed up several yards Of handsome linen
lace about three inches wide and OF a
very pretty. close pattern. This lace was
caught strongly to widths OF farmers
satin the same width as the lace and OF
a rich, dull gold shade.
Bands of this were caught securely
with small upholsterer's tacks over the
worn edges of the chairs and across the
tops of the sofas and upon the arms.
Gimp finished the whole neatly in the
regulation style and the shabby old fur
niture was transformed into an exceed
ingly novel and pretty set.
Pale yellow silk sash curtains behind
the lace draperies carried out stfll fur
ther the touch of yellow in the general
impression, and toned the Hight TO a
soft golden haze, intensified by the yellow
silk shades of lamps-e very rich n
harmonious ensemble by day or artificial
light.
The girl who loves to spin along the
country roads at all hours and In all
weathers has become conscious Of the
state of affairs of her hair. not notice.
able before.
OF course, she soon discovers that her
front hair would not stay in curl, as
tanning through the air, facing the
breeze. and sometime a very stiff one,
did not tend to keep bangs" In curl.
Then she noticed that her hair was
WHISKY. had lost its vim and gloss, but
she did not attribute this state of affairs
to the wheel.
But 1t is a fact hat bicycling tends to
spoil glossy locks. At least. 1t makes
them SO much harder to keep as they
should be kept.
Wheeling through sun and III dead
ems the natural gloss OF the hair, this be-
ing caused. no doubt. by exposure and
the greater amount of lust the hair ac-
cumulates while out of doors.
In dressing for the wheel the hair
should be brushed as smootly as possible,
and nftf I'm 81 that the q nv hat x,~,x1d
owe 1t TO the greatest advantage. Ali
crimps and curls, though they are very
pretty and becoming, had better be
avoided for the sake of the beauty of the
hair itself.
When the ride is over the hair should
be the first attention. Part of It in even
quantities on either side the head and
brush for tan or fifteen minutes. This
removes the dust and restores the gloss,
as brushing ~inyigorates the scalp and
brings out the natural shine of the hair.
After this treatment. 1t may be dressed
in any desired manner, but If duty does
not call the cyclist outside the privacy of
her own home for several hours the better
plan Is to let it hang loosely upon the
shoulders. And. by sthe way, do you
know that mode of wearing the hair is
very beneficial to the hair? Southern
women, who usually have splendid
growths of hair, wear 1t in a loose hang
Ing plat all the morning, when social OBJ
legations do not claim them. A very ef-
feetive yet simple osmeti for brighten
ing the hair and restoring its gloss and
sickness of texture from the simple gar
den sage.
Make a very strong decoction Of the
sage and ain water. and to a half pint
of the liquid thus obtained add a half
PIN OF good bay rum and a tablespoonful
or suiphate Of quinine. Keep the mixture
In a glass-stoppered bottle and shake well
before using. Apply to the scalp with a
small sponge before retiring or when
ever the thorough brushing is given the
hair.
This Is a remedy for premature bald
mes and grayness. 1T was used by the
women OF Colonial and later days and
the recipe has been handed down from
these stately old ladies' TO their descend
ants as a much-prized secret weapon NJ
defense against Father Time, who womb
rob them Of their greatest and most nr,zad
possession. a luxuriant growth of tresses
These women had sage grown album
dainty In the trim old borders of thar
gardens and the bay rum they were forced
to distil themselves nv hreakfn~ tr+