The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-17

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minis to try the sun cure, do it with a VII.
Walk the sunny side of the street. choose
the sunny side of the street cars and
trains, and sit. stand, walk or lie in the
| sun at all possible times and seasons. If
you can get only one hand or foot in the
sunshine, do tina much, and whenever
possible let the sun rest on your hair.
The hair is a wonderful conductor Of the
health-giving currents. and when you
take your sun bath let it hang loose in
the brightest rays you can find. Do as
the ancient Gretian woman did. lie
in the sunshine with your hair spread
loosely over your face. and 1t win show
the effects of this treatment directly.
The unpleasant dryness which always
follows winter weather and furnace or
steam heat will disappear, and it will
| grow glossy and strong again. It viii be
benefited both directly and indirectly.
A few drops of kolafra in a glass of ice
water make q very agreeable drink for a
warm afternoon. iced tea and coffee and
iced lemonade are also refreshing. ard for
the quenching of thirst nothing surpasses
a draIght Of plain soda, with no cloying
syrup to detract from its refrigefant effect.
To partake of iced milk when one is very
warm is to invite sudden congestion, for
though milk itself is both wholesome and
innocent it is not easily digested by every
one, and should always be taken in sips.
with a slight interval between each. A
dash of lime wafer in a glass of milk will
not effect the taste of the milk, and will
render it digestTble TO a delicate stomach.
Raspberry shrub. a teaspoonful OF eurrant
Jelly mixed with water is also pleasant
and cooling. No one should drink freely
OF iced water on a hot day. 1t is better
for health's sake to keep the drinking
water of the family in bottles on the ice.
having previously boiled it, to destroy
any germs which may carry infection,
h to break the ice into the water
itself. Perfectly cold boiled water is in
nocuous. Boiled water Is sometimes OBJ
jeeted to on account of its fiat and in
sipid taste, owing to the escape of air
and natural gases in the boiling. II
may be partially aerated again by a
thorough shaking. Certainly for small
children, whose palates are less dis
eliminating, while their digestive organs
are liable to be more delicate, boiled
water is always safest, and should be
used in hot weather.
In the summer days there should be
pure water within reach of the house
hold pets-the cat. the dog, the parrot, or
any other animal which belongs to the
home and shares the care of the mis-
tress or her children. If one is going
away for a day or two. this provision
for the comfort and welfare Of the pets
must not be forgotten. It is a heart
breaking thing, which occasions long re-
morse, to return from a visit or a jour
ney, and find that a pet in ones abb
sence has died of needless neglect.-Har-
per's Bazaar.
There is a tendency toward the use of
silks for the making up of athletic gowns.
1t is not so bad a notion, either. for silk
has many qualities to recommend itself
for such wear. 1t is quite the coolest of
all materials, does not cling to the body
when the skin is moist, adapts itself read
lily to any adjustment, while its beauty
is beyond question.
The pretty. thin. striped silks are used
a great deal for blouses, while plain col
ors ara chosen for skirts. Any of the brill
liartly plaided ~taffetas make up into.
CAoA4liA4-61S iIOfSl CUSlQflES 10Y the ten
MS court, where color is always allow
able. One of these costumes shows an
ankle-long skirt made up of large plaid
In blue and green shaded taffeta. The
blouse IS of plain navy blue silk, drawn
easily into a belt OF tan-colored ooze, fas-
tened with a leather clasp and having a
tiny bag attached to it.
The waist has a flaring collar with wide
revers at the front, rolling back to show
q v-shape let in Of the plain silk Qeaving
a glimpse of the throat bare) and a vest
of the plaid laced across with tiny blue
ribbons. The sleeves are big and baggy
to the wrists, and finished simply by a
narrow stiffened cuff.
1t is now possible to have a fashionable
silk dress at very moderate cost. espe-
cially If taffeta is the fabric chosen, for
some of these silks are very low in price,
and with care in the selection a durable
one can be secured.
A particularly handsome dress is of
Powered white taffeta, n possesses sew
eral points that should interest the home
designer. The plafts of the wide skirt are
held down on the hips with rows of her
ringbone embroidery in dark green silk
The bodice has e full blouse front of open
work embroidered white batiste lined with
green, but its back and sides are of the
Powered material. This is used. too, for
the fitted sleeves. which have fun and
novel epaulettes of the batiste. AT either
side of the collar are r~osettes of white
lace, with ribbon straps in back and front
and belt Of the same. These sleeves are
enough to advertise the dressNas new, and
are but one of many new sleeves that
poiDt to a return to tight sleeves next
winter.
Another type of sleeves, that. whsle not
seeming as radical a departure as this
one does, is not so pretty, is fitted tight
around the forearm. wrinkled generously
and a funnel cuff is extended to the
knuckles. When these semf-tight sleeves
become generally worn it will prove that
the shapei1ness of the arm will dominate
the choice Of sorts. and. luckily, there
will be 50 many kinds that even the womi-
an with thin arms can be suited.
A Chicago physician is about to try a
singular experiment: To provide a num-
Der Of children with purely natural Sur
roundings. far from the artiicialities of
city life, and to observe how they de-