The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-10-12

the blouse. The sleeves are entirely Of
the gauze, and remarkable for their
graceful drapery. The collar, belt and
BOWS are in sapphire-blue velvet.
Did you know that pedistry was the
latest fashionable science?
Starting from the base Of the big toe
there is a distinct line. That is the life
line. In one foot IT will curve along UNI
til it terminates under the instep far
toward the lower base Of the little toe.
| This means long life II broken in the
hollow of the foot it denotes a sickness
at middle age. and if It terminates in the
hollow of the foot II means a short life.
| This line is the most interesting one on
the foot. The experiments that have
been conducted lately have proven this
10 be an almost unfailing reading of
longevity.
Next to the line of life are the diagonal
lines, running from one side to another
at what Is known as the hollow Of the
foot; below the .sbali'' of the foot. These
are the lines of love. All the home and
moral sentiments are here found. A pro-
nounced cross line means that a good
domestic woman or a good family man
is here. And If the line is broker it means
domestic arrangement. The originator
of pedistry, seeking to bring the occult
in his new science, has tried to show
that there will be as many transverse
lines as there are to be husbands or
wives. But this is not followed by the
true pedists, who refuse to see more than
character traits in the lines.
Mentality is marked on the heel. Only
those witt pronounced brain ability have
these lines sharply seen. Others have
them as mere markings. If there is a
network of small lines upon the heel 1t
means great versatility. People who
draw, paint. play and dabble in the Ian
guages have may heel lines. A smooth
surface of heel denotes a placid, non
working brain.
The status of American women-and of
German women. too, for that matter
who are or win be married to Germans,
has not been improved by the new civil
code recently adopted by the Reichstag.
The House held fast as a whole to the
custom of depriying married women of
property rights. The husband has the
sole control of a wife's property, and so
not only the opportunity, but the abso-
Lutte right, 10 squander 1t. And even in
cases where a settlement has been made
previous to marriage, still she is none
the less obliged to support him and his
rank. Upon his side, moreover, gather
the forces of social opinion. Law. un-
written and written. tabooes a woman
who withholds her money from her hus-
band, thus disabling him from represent
ing his rank, or, as the phrase goes,
from living standesgemass. A correspond
ent of the Independent" tells of an
American who met the husband of a
Boston girl the other day, driving four
finland and lodged in the most fashion
able hotel in Berlin; her he found living
In obscurity in a village near Potsdam.
What a fool she Isl" was his comment.
| The German relatives of the Baron. who
understand that there is not much for
| tune left in this case, had remarked, on
the other hand, that it was highly
| proper that the wife should thus limit
herself" A wife who did not would be
| considered underbred and be called
| plebeian.
In these days when well educated, re-
II L4kta &t@ > ~ CAV ~
~consen.al employment the idea of a
| s'children's chaperon" as set forth in an
English paper is decidedly aproros. A
cultivated lady for a child's companion
! would surely be a vast Improvement on
the average nurse girl who is usually the
constant attendant, and there are many
rich mothers who would gladly give more
thought to the companions Of their little
ones If they could get the desired quail
fieattons by paying for them. The
.chiidren's chaperon'' must accompany
them on their walks and interpret ma
; ture with special reference to botany,
birds and common objects around them,
and amuse them at home" Certainly the
| requirements are modest enough. but the
atmosphere of refinement thrown about
| the children would be Invaluable to many
a society lady.
"Schin-schin" is the new shade Of pink.
1t is the color of Japanese roses when
they first blow d~elicately. It will be
much worn this autumn in wraps and
dress trimmings. One small wrap of
schin-schin has just been made. This
| wrap is a shoulder cape.
Its foundation is taffeta silk of schin-
schin shade. Over this is laid white plisse
! in a heavy deep ruching, falling to the
shoulders. The plisse is gathered upon
a small high-necked yoke of black vel
vet. upon which there are reliefs in white
lace.
The pink shows through the piisse in a
very becoming manner The white ma
terial is very thin and gauzy. but it
wears well.
| Fantastic hats In various shapes are
| shown among the new millinery. but it
is a question whether they will AXE The
Cars tour has brought out the curious
Russian national cap as a fashionable
bonnet in Paris. II is made very SNOWY,
| with gold thread and Imitation jewels,
and colored plumes stand up on one side
from a white rosette. In shape 1t points
down long at the ears, and has a narrow
hrim turning back from the face and
up at the back.
New English serge and wide diagonal
costumes have tucked sleeve-puffs and
tucked bodices, some of the tucks edged
with very fine gold braid. Other gowns
show the waist and skirt decorated with
rows of mohair or Hercules braid. the
#, bodice closely fitted but amles in the
back, the front and back finished with a
graduated box-pleat, and then the entire