The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-10-20
ideas for dMo1nem.


1t has been suggested that what some
people want is sleep holidays.
They do not needfto go to watering
places and summer hotels, and to be
entertained by a round Of gayety, with
a band always playing. The apostles Of
the new method say that many people
would be benefited if they just went to
bed and slept for heightened periods. and
that they might do well to take holidays
in just tina way.
They affirm thai as a rule men and
women and children do not get sleep
enough. and thai the old adage, EARLY
to bed and early to rise makes q man
healthy n wealthy and wise" needs
changing There need be no reference to
early rising in II. Late to rise" might
be substituted.
The advice of that old saw was con-
cocted in days when there were no ex-
press trains, no telephones, no teie-
graphs, no hurry. Where is the use Of
telling people to get up early whose
brains are racked with anxiety and
worry. and who are really being burned
UP DS Iut t@cI-tuE4 Cdo2klS totC a. AA~
things have to be done?
The proper thing to say 10 them is
to get as much sleep as they possibly
can on every possible occasion.
The suggestion of occasional sleep holt
days, when worried people of this kind
could temporarily shuttle off their NOR
tai coil. is on this understanding quite
intelligible. There would be no difficulty
IN making arrangements TO carry the
scheme out.
The proprietors of the summer resorts
would no doubt be glad to provide ac-
commodation for any number of somno-
lent guests. The prevailing question
would not be. What is there for din
ner2. but Is my bed ready?' There
would be memoranda as TO the length
of time sleep had been INDUCED in or
was desired to continue. mfr. A came
on Saturday: he Is TO be called on We'd
nesday night" Mrs. B. viii sleep for
one week. etc.
No doubt If the fad were started es-
adjustments would vie with each other
in the perfection of their sleeping prepa-
rations, and we should be told that alb
solutely unbroken repose for any desired
per3CQ couiQ De oDtdlned.
Joking apart. however, there may be
something in the contention that q
greater amount of sleep is required By
people nowadays-especially brain work
ers-than was formerly the case.
Nskola Tesla, the electrician. is cred
fred with saying that he believes that
a man mlgh. live 200 years # he would
sleep mos. of the time. That g why
negroes eften i've to advanced old age,
because they sfeep SO much. lie also
alluded te the current repors that Mr..
Gladstone now sleeps seventeen hours
every iay.
There is something distinctly plea saa-
in the flea Il an old age OF slca SOM
manding intellect being kept vigoroas
by us sirnplest Ct remedies. INT the
worst of prarspts. like those OF modern
apostles of sleep, Is hat their instruc-
tfons will be taken advantage of by the
lazy and brainless as an exc Isl for an
inactivity for which they have no man
ner of warrant either in the Develop
ment Of their brains or the lei.cata aG-
iustment of their nervous system.
I nave no Doubt that when the Weary
waggles read this about Gladstone we
shall find stacks Of them asleeD by the
roadside.
The newest ribbons are either MORE
shot in the most charming designs, or
have black velvet stripes over bold pat-
terms. says London Queen The nov
city Is that this year the MORE ribbons
are made much lighter and thinner, be-
cause It is no. longer necessary to trim
with erect bows. as we have been wear
ing them in hats and bonnets, for. this
stylel has yielded to ~pieafings and hori-
zontai gatherings. But there is much
that is uncommon and different from
what has been seen In times past, as for
example, a broad ribbon with a chine de-
sign Of large velvet fiswers, outlined with
gold or silver, that appears to be painted
on. The soft max of MORE, that is called
chiffon MORE" is generally made In
widths from 5 Inches to 6 inches, and In
the most beautiful eolors-the loveliest
red pink "jacquemtnst,s and a red hello
trope "aubergine." An admirable in
tance of these clorings is to be seen on
a peau de sole ground in plain color. the
large flowers In short MORE. .Ombre eff
fects are a big feature, and they are so
wonderful in coloring that they point
to a revolution in taste. Indeed. man
Of them seem to be reproducing the mixed
eolors on q palate For instance, in the
width one shade melts into another, green
blends into blue with an intermediate
tone of cerise, or brown into violet, with
black in the centre. On many of these
shaded ribbons close-set spots are shown,
and certainly the best ombre effects are
in glace. A Scotch design-viz.. a colored
stripe, with some suspicion of a tartan
mixture in It Is also thrown on these
in such tones as blue, violet and green,
gray Nile green and aubergfne, while
with blue and green there are brilliant
fire tones, the three giving the greatest
possible effect. Here and there In these
ombre ribbons there are high lights, as
though a ray of sunlight had glinted on
them. There are many armure grounded
ribbons, which recall a small perca1e pat
tern But It is doubtful at present wheth-
er these ombre ribbons will take. The
Americans a been p~atronizing largely
the ombre moires, with sur-ray stripes.
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In nearly every case the so-cailed
'Ideap' MORE shows q chameleon mix
ture of colors, l. e., there are two tones
IN the weft and one in the wool. which
gives an opalescent effect, especially when