The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-01

counted without estimating the value of
the stock Of jewelry. 1t can always be
pledged or disposed of. The market for
its sale is never closed and never de-
pressed. The most ignorant native who
wishes to sell a piece Of jewelry knows
it's market value quite we'll. He can
scarcely be cheated.
Jeweiry forms the greatest factor
in matrimony. The most lowly bride has
her stridhan, which is occasionally equal
in value to five years income of the
bridegroom. There is often a scarcity of
clothing, sometimes a scarcity of cook
ing pots. generally not a particle of
furniture, but nearly always a stock
of jewelry. The wife hat has no jewelry
possesses nothing else; she cannot be
robbed. The family that does not have
jewelry is absolutely INDECENT.
One of the greatest boasts of the jew
elry owner is that his boards cannot be
taxed. A man may own jewelry valued
at a lakh of rupees and pay no income
tax. h is a source of great satisfac-
ton. Jewelry yields no recurring in
come. but it Is priced more than Govern
ment paper. If it never increases it
diminishes. is a national saying,
common among men and women alike
No native marriage, except among the
most impoverished, takes place without
a transfer Of jewelry and very frequently
of new jewelry.
"The hygienic value of the bath to peo-
pie in ordinary good health is very greatly
increased by a most vigorous rubbing,
writes DR.. Cyrus Edison il discussing
When and How to Battle" in the June
Ladies' Home Journal. with the flesh
brushets and gloves, the rough Turkish
owels and other appliances-one of the
most valuable is the narrow band of
t~oweling-this can be administered with
the greatest ease, and it should always be
t~horough-in fact, it is difficult to overdo.
Its effect is to stimulate the reaction
from the bath, and bring the vessels and
nerves of the skin into a healthy, vigor-
Gus condition. One of the most valuable
baths to those in whom the organs of the
lower part of the trunk are weak is the
hip bath. In this the bather is seated in
the bath, and the water covers the body
as high as the waist. If the water be cold,
that is, if we desire to stimulate the or
gans by the shock, a towel wet with cold
water must be folded turban-wise on the
head. The duration of the bath is from
fifteen to twenty minutes. and its effect
is immediate. The baths excite the vase
motor nerves of the abdominal organs.
Their use should De prescribed by a ply
stefan. As long as the result of bathing
is not to weaken the bather we can prac-
tically say a person cannot, when in
health, battle too much I nave spoken of
the hygienic value of the bath, but / nave
said nothing of the physical pleasure to
be derived from it. Every one knows the
delicious feeling of cleanliness, the glow
of the skin, and the general sense of ro-
bust health which follow a good bath.
What is more delightful than the exhilarl-
ton of a swim in salt water? These re-
suits are a part of the experience of all,
but it must not be forgotten thai in these
very physical pleasures there is a distinct
hygienic effect"
One of the latest novelties for the table
is a fruit dish and flower holder combined.
1t is a round dish made of silver in an
elaborate floral design, surrounded by FIVE
graceful horns of plenty. When the dish
is .heaDed with fruit and the horns filled
with flowers harmonizing with the fruit
in color, the effect is exceedingly pretty.
$50
Sarah Bernhardt's last public appear
alce in this country before she sailed
for Europe was on a bicycle. She was
once accustomed to frowning on the wheel
but whatever she may have once felt
about the propriety and the utility and
the economy and all the rest of the
things women think of when they are
considering the bicycle she became one of
the most ardent advocates of the delight
full exercise.
The great actress rides a wheel as she
does a good many otner t~hings-enthu-
ssiastically and well. If she is over so years
old she does not show it, or feel it either
one is sure, when mounted on the wheel.
She took her first rioe less than three
weeks g and now no one would know
that she had not always been a cyclist.
When riding in Central Park the other
morning Nine. Bernhard was mounted
ON a glistening machine that is one of
the prettiest things of its kind ever turned
out by the manufacturers. It was a pres
ent, but the madame has never said whom
from. Her costume is just like that worn
by wheelwomlen of her age, only that it
may be made of better material, and
some new ideas may have crept into its
folds which other fair cyclists do not
wear, for the divine Sarah wears nothing
but the best. The cloth is brown, with a
tinge of red and green woven in the goods.
The bodice has a dark yellow silk front,
made after the style of the front of a
shirt waist, with a short coat made of
the same goods as her skirt. Large, full
sleeves set 1t off. The skirt is longer than
the ordinary bicycle skirt, coming down
below the shoe tops. 1t is made in plaits.
which drop in a graceful manner over
the tall form of the actress. Just a bit
of dark brown leggings can be seen above
the dark tan shoes. Her hat is a Fedora
of light color. A dark brown ribbon waist
belt. with a bunch of green at the side,
held in place by a jeweled buckle, make
her a picture on a wheel that would at
tracts more than ordinary attention. Seat
ed in an upright position, she pedals along
with an air of confidence.
A peculiar show every spring, writes
a Berlin correspondent, is the final and
public test to which the pupils of the
BARRIERS and Hairdressers' Institute have
to submit before they can obtain their
graduation papers. This test, to which
the public is admitted for a fee, takes
place in the Philharmonic Hall, and
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