The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-03

held wen in and up. the shoulders thrown
back, the stomach drawn slightly IN. ths
chest out. and the knees ED straight-
that is all that Is required-and with prac-
tice the Du Maurier carriage Will become
second nature in an incredibly short time.
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But though few women understand the
science of walking. fewer still know how
to stand-the weight is thrown on first
| one foot an then the other-never by
any chance are both legs used at the
! same time to support the body! The
| simple rule is stand straight, let both
legs bear their share Of the burden, and
the Bonded knee and uneven hip VIII
become an utter impossibility.
Last of all a woman seldom knows
how to mount a staircase, she bends her
body almost double and as she ascends, a
person standing above a only view the
top of her head; by no possibility can he
obtain a glimpse of her face! All wrong!
Why change the pose of the body, com
| press the lungs and use the head as a
battering RANT! Rather hold the body with
additional erectness. initiate the lungs
and let the throat and head be held firm
ly upright; then the operation becomes
an easy one, instead of a difficult feat,
which leaves one hopelessly out of
breath and painting at the top of the.
staircase.
But my half hour was up, and as l
hurried away with visions of lovely
Trilby O'Ferrall in my brain, / could not
help but smile and sigh-smiled as 1
realized how quickly one grows to find
sermon in stones, and sighed as l
thought that the hand which had mutely
preached so many sermons. and silently
taught SO many lessons, was stilled Tor
ever!
A newspaper said the other day that
as rife shooting required a steady nerve
and a good eye few women were cap
able of using the most delicate of fire.
arms. As a matter Of fact, when a
woman has had an equal chance with
men at rifle practice she has more ehan
demonstrated her ability to equal man
with the weapon.
Every year women go to Maine. TO
Canada, to the Rockies, to Africa 70
India, and shoot deer from
moose from boats, and tigers from me
backs of elephants. They also take
their aipenstock and strap crampons on
their feet, to seek the channels OF the
bleak Alps, and it is pleasing to note
that the dificulties of the precipices ana
the shyness of much hunted game are
not too much for the huntress, with
cheeks made rosy by the thin cold air OF
high attitudes, since she fetches her
game down man-fashion. So far as IS
known, no woman has ever killed an eie-
plant. but lions, tigers, grizzly, Rus-
sian and black bears, panthers leopards'
tigers, lions, deer of most If not all KINDS,
and the uplands, long shore and sea birds
have fallen when women have pressed
the triggers of their weapons.
So important has women become in the
hunting field that the manufacturers have
had to pay special attention to weapons
for her use. The guns must not be SO
heavy as those for men. The coming of
smokeless powders n long, slender bull
lets fred from six or seven-pound rifles,
has put women on a footing beside men,
for the new rifles will kill anything.
To clean white ostrich feathers, cut
some pure white soap into small pieces
and pour boiling water on them and add
a little mite of soda. When the soap
Is dissolved and the water cool enough,
dip the feathers in and draw them
through the hand. Do this several times
until the lather is dirty; then make a
clean lather and repeat the operation.
Afterward rinse the feathers in cold
water, slightly biued. Pat the feathers
between the hands and shake them over
the fire until they are perfectly dry. Curl
them by drawing each fibre between the
thumb and the duh edge of a silver
knife. With a little care and patience
the result will be all that can be desired.
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To improve the color of white cloths
and clothing that have been washed, a
spoonful Of borax dissolved in a little hot
water should be added to the last water
In which they are rinsed. It will whiten
the clothes very much. Another hint for
the laundry is to add a little dissolved
gum arabic to the boiled starch used for
linen collars, cuffs. and the bosoms of
shirts; frequently salt is also mixed with
the starch.
Huge buckles of steel, Jet or imitation
Jewels are a pronounced feature of large
hats this season, and immense oval
buckles appear OF some Of the French
GOWNS, directly in the back on a velvet
beEt.
A handsome dressy hat is of pearl-gray
felt, decorated with a full pleated ruche
of Russian green ribbon and a brilliant
bird of Paradise.
You can purify the atmosphere Of a
room by throwing resin upon burning
Goals in a shovel.