The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-11
which would vanish with 4 little syste-

which would vanish with a little syste-
matte attention.
A new occupation is looming up on the
i-mpecunious woman's horizon. It is a
significant fact that mothers who adver-
tlse for governesses require a knowledge.
upon the instructress's part, Of cycling.
in order that she may her
young charges when they go a-wheeling.
1t seems likely that a new remunerative
employment may open up for women in
the form CT cycling cn~aperonage.
In regard to the much discussed ques-
ton of dress, a skirt long enough to
reach six or seven inches below the
knees, this being short enough to render
pedaling easy, seems to find many adj
vocates. Few people are really decided
about knickerbockers.
The other morning there were two girl
cyclists on the platform of a country sta
ton. One wore a short skirt, the other
knickerbockers. The contrast was re-
markable. the latter looking conspicuous
and far from graceful. She could not
even walk about without initiating a mas
culine swagger and thrusting her hands
in her pockets. She was not an impress
1ttO tR aACs oil & lCl1tlfllily 4ldf1uS lis
appeared.
There is a skirt which English women
are wearing for cycling which gives per-
feet freedom and makes life on wheels
worth living. The popularity of this
skirt is the clever Introduction of a wide
trouser, which gives the freedom of a
knickerbocker with the appearance of an
ordinary walking skirt. 1t is made eff
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and short jacket are worn to complete the
costume.
The eelevr English girl who wishes to
go to a dinner party or a dance and does
not W that luxury. a carriage, mounts
her wheel in wheeling costume, her even
ing dress neatly folded up in a box or
bag being secured to the bicycle in some
Ingenious way. and off she goes, with her
father or brother as an escort. Upon the
arrival at the scene of the festivities, She
slips into her gown as easily as you
please.
1t is well to remember that flowers of
some sort should be constantly found on
the dinner table at this season of plenti-
full blooming.
That sweet alyssum seed may be start
ed now to supply the plants for winter
blooming. just scatter a few seed in the
outdoor garden; and that they cannot
be grown to perfection in poor soil.
That a bed of ever-blooming roses will
require no more care during TIL summer
that any other bedding plants; and their
exquisite buds, borne in such profusion,
will be more valued than any other flow
er that can be grown.
THAT plants require well-rotted, not
fresh. manure if the barnyard and sta
BILE fertilizers are used, they should be
used carefully, from the surface soil,
and not near the roots, during the hot
weather.
That lots of climbing nasturtiums should
be planted along the front fence to wave
a CHEEKY greeting to the passers-by. New
er mind if the fragrant. tempting BIOS
some do get picked; it will only encourage
the plants to bear more.
That cuttings difficult to start, espe-
cially Of hard wooded plants, will often
root if packed away in a box of damp
moss, tops and all, and left for a few
DAYS in a warm place.
That seedlings ~transplanted recently in
the outdoor beds require special attention
at this season, lest they dry out, and the
tender roots become injured. They should
be protected from the midday sun, and
be showered with the hose or watering
pot each night until fresh growth starts.
A charming old world engagement ring,
says London Lady, is among the latest
novelties a fashionable jeweler is maxi
ing. Our great grandmothers loved to
wear three narrow gold bands, closely
| cPt all around with ctopacLo,o -, =
ruby ~circlet; the second an emerald; the
third a diamond. This is the idea revived
as a novelty. 1t is intended that the
brides birth-month stone and that of her
fancee shall adorn two Of the bars, and
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that the diamond, the emblem of the in
n%ocence, shall go between, to link the
couple together. The firm I refer to
showed me the original three rings from
which their notion was copied. 1t was
in such a quaint little case, as dainty and
lavender and lawn-like as its contents.
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Take about one pint of fine white sand,
and put it in a wash hand basin, which
fill three parts up with hot, soft, soapy
water. Wash the hands in this soapy
water, rubbing them thoroughly with the
sand, then rinse them in tepid oatmeal
water, and afterwards thoroughly dry
them, pushing back the quicks and press
ing the tips SO as to keep them narrow
and the nails nicely rounded. All night
the washing in oatmeal water can be re-
peated, and after drying them, rub in a
little emollient to soften the skin and
keep up the natural oil so essential for
obtaining softness and delicacy.
Take a piece of cream China silk, half
a yard long and twelve inches wide, fold
1t crosswise, but not in the centre, allow.
ing two inches more on the top piece
than on the bottom.
Having stamped Ter drawn, If able to
do so), nine pansies in a circle around
the top piece (the parlsies measure about
two and a half inches wide and do not
all face the same Way, ensbroider the
pansies in long and short stitch in fancy
shades of heliotrope and yellow Asia.:c
flo silk. and then cut out very care
fully.
Next take tive yards of pretty fine
Lace, gathered very full. or pleated
around inside of the pansies. For lining
use helictrope silk or satin to match some
shades Of the pansies, and a layer of wad.
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