The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-21

ticipant in the delights Of the out-of-
door life. OF course, a series Of views
and groups was the result. She is now
busy evolving from these views a dozen
effective little volumes to be used as
tokens on the t~wenty-fifth Of the month.
The leaves of the books are cut from
heavy cardboard. into which the photos
are set as in an album. The leaves are
not sewed nor pasted. but tied together
with inch-wide ribbon at the points
where a bound book is caught with
thread or wire.
The cover is eray-blue linen stretched
over pasteboard and decorated in water
colors with dainty scenic views. Each
book bears the inscription Sacred to the
Memory of the Blue Mountains"
So many publishers have adopted the
pretty style of binding their new books
in vivid colors that the removable novel
cover this year must be in bright hue
or must not exist. These covers are
intended for slipping on and off of the
paper novel, which one peruses upon the
train. They are of heavy silk or linen
and are fashioned in much the style of
the paper cover which children use upon
their school books.
One of the prettiest I saw this sea-
son is in vermillion. The title and dec
orations are embroidered in gilt. yellow
linen forms another handsome affair with
scroll and title in two shades of green.
49,
Every woman cannot afford to give a
handsome lamp for a Christmas gift,
but any woman can concoct for . her
friend a set of those dainty feathery
shades which are always in order upon
table candelabra-
Moreover. there are all manner of in
expensive hades for lamps which re-
quire a woman's deft fingers, and which
are made far more ~charmingly at home
in her boudoir than they can be pur-
chased in the shops.
1.-THE only way to preserve the skin"
said a w~ell-known complexion specialist,
sis by nourishing n feeding it, in or
der to sustain the nerves and muscles.
Washes and cosmetics applied to cover
UP evidences of advancing age only
shrivel up the skin and produce an arti-
fetal look.
1.-THE fatty substance which supplies
sustenance to the skin decreases with
age, and to learn how to supply this loss
is a secret which has cost me years of
hard work and experiment. 1t is a cur
ious fact. but the pores of the skin
know the kind of food they require and
will absorb none other, and if this nour-
ishment is supplied regularly the face
assumes the clean, healthy appearance
rnffba.,4 ruLfo[, ra u-a1,1v noa Ja bno,.-
tiful."
The specialist gave some valuable adj
vice about the care of the hair. To pre-
vent the hair from falling out the scalp
must be kept perfectly clean by a wash
ing every two weeks. and a lotion is
needed to stimulate the oil sacs. 81
recommend" she said, .the following
formula Shave off a little olive oil soap
and dissolve in boiling water, then add
one dram of bicarbonate of soda, one
dram of ammonia, one ounce of bay
rum, the well beaten yolks of two eggs
and one pint of distilled water. A care
full brushing of the hair night and morn
ing will add greatly to its glossiness and
beauty
Edward W. Box writes of Dogs n
Feminine Affection in the December la
dies Home Journal" and points out the
dangers of caressing a dog, however well
cared for it may be. 1.-THE most emin-
ent physicSans.' he asserts, have con-
cltisively shown that the practice of al
lowing the body of a dog to come into
close contact with the human body is
fraught with the greatest physical evils.
The cleanest dog in the world is not with
out this objection. It cannot be. A dogs
nose should never be allowed to touch
any part of the human skin. The most
casual observance of a dogs habits will
show the reasons for this. In fact, from
whatever standpoint one chooses to look
at the matter-from that of cleanliness,
health or bodily danger-the practice of
petting dogs with close embraces Of any
sort is a positive wrong. Women annot
be too careful about this. either as the
practice affects themselves or, if they are
mothers, their children. We can be fond
of our dogs-many of them deserve hui
man a~ffection-but we should bestow this
fondness Upon them with a little careful
regard for common sense. One point, of
all others, cannot be too carefully re-
g~arded:-the face should never be brought
into close contact with a dog. A sense of
cleanliness alone should forbid this, eve
If positive danger did not Turk in the
practice"
The lamp of blu delft chinaware is
one of the best of the dwarf lamps now
SO popular. In appearance, finish and
originality it seems far superior to those
of glass, iron, brass and aluminium.
The oil reservoir is prettily decorated
with blu figures of ships and other de-
signs. It has a globe and chimney, the
former being made of the same material
as the lamp and decorated with blue
figures to match the lower portion. The
lamp is eight inches high over all, and
is perfect in every detail, and it is GER
tain to find a large and ready sale among
holiday buyers.
The new bicycle kit consists Of an oil
can, wrench and pump and is now made
in silver, being quite as practical as
though made of baser metal. Each ar
ticle can be engraved with the owners
initial or crest, and the fancy leather
case holding the contents can be marked
in the same way.
The Countess of Annersley, one o,