The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-24


money. I had nothing I could give but
myself. and 80 / made the resolution that
I you'd never sadden any one with0my
troubles. / have laughed and told jokes
when I could nave wept. / have always
smiled in the face of every misfortune. I
have tried never TO let any one go from
my presence without a happy word or a
bright thought TO carry with them. And
happiness makes happiness. I myself, am
happier than / would have been had l
sat down and bemoaned my fate
This gospel of happiness is one that
every woman should lay to her heart.
What it means to a man to come HON
at night to a cheerful wife no one but
he who has had to fight the hard battle
of life knows. If he is prosperous it is
an added joy. but it is in misfortune that
1t shines like a star in the darkness. A
complaining wife can kill the last bit
of hope and courage in a sorely troubled
heart. while q cheerful one gives new
courage to begin the fight over again.
The mother who let's her children grow up
to be moody and Disconnected, subject to
blues and sulks. is failing in her first du-
ty- She ds handicapping them in the race
of life. Cheerfulness is one of the prime
requisites 10 success. The ~sunshining man
or woman has every one for a friend.
for this sad old earth must borrow it's
mirth 1t has sorrow enough of its own :,
Vandyke collars and ecru and white
batiste, trimmed with lace and insertion.
are made to wear over thin summer
gowns.
Beautiful designs in Louis XVI. trim
mings are broad bands of black lisse.
with Irregular or straight edges, covered
with natural tinted flowers and renais-
sance lace scrolls in white.
On English afternoon tea tables are
seen iced asparagus and white wine in
lieu of the conventional tea and mullins.
Soft tulle, over a scarf Of colored silk
or satin, is employed as a new dinner
table decoration.
To clean straw mating wipe 1t off with
a cloth dampened in warm salt water.
Women in Japan are denied the privi-
lege of riding the bicycle, the medical
authorities of that country being opposed
to the Use of the wheel.
Corduroy silk is a new silk shown In
tartan and Persian effects and in parti-
colored stripes. such as green, gold and
rose, called the Algerian stripe.
Jewel embroidery is iiked for doilies as
we'll as the more pretentious pieces, and
work enliven an otherwise commonplace
pattern wonderfully.
Bright little Dresden flowers are very
taking" On small bits of work. A deli
cate spray in duh green, with a few Of
these quantity gay blossoms, makes a
charming decoration.
There rave been sun baths and mud
baths. sulphur baths and Turkish baths,
Russian baths and alcoholic baths. but
the color bath is the latest novelty and
q positive fad among women with sensi-
tive nerves.
Color baths are said to reach closer to
the real nerve tissues thar any other
means Of cure. They are taken in small
compartments like vapor baths. 1t the
back Of the patient Is an aperture where
a large slide of colored glass may be in
serted or removed at win.
Directly behind the side in each bath
is a huge electric arc light that buzzes
and glows in its white globe and turns
the bath into a miniature lighthouse.
me colors are chosen as one might
choose medicines, and the patient sits
oathed in a glory of the shade-calcu-
lated to quiet her nerves or stimulate
her vitality.
The treatment lasts from one to three
quarters of an hour. and then follows
fifteen minutes rest in a darkened room.
Inc woman who tries to obtain a grace
Iui curved figure with the aid of one cor
set iaeing is making a grievous mistake.
Ine French women long ago learned the
secret OF employing three laces. whether
the corset be worn loose or tight. The
hrst lacing is put in at the top in the
usual way, on each side as far as the
two eyelet holes at the waist. which are
placed near together. With another lace
negin ar the bottom and lace upward,
leaving two eyelet holes below the two
at the waist. Then put the third lacing
into these eyelet holes, four on each side.
With this arrangement. the corset NAV
be made to fit the bust, hips and waist
as in no other way.
An excellent summer dessert for deli
cate stomachs oil for young cradren is
made Of milk crackers. Take a dozen
crackers, break them up into small
pieces. and put them into a china dish.
Heat one quart of milk until It is boiling.
sweeten and flavor to the taste. and stir
into 1t three beaten eggs. Take the milk
from the fire at once and Immediately
pour 1t over the broken crackers. Let the
pudding stand until cool; then place it
upon the ice and eat cold. \
Buttons are visibly increasing in i'm
p~ortance, and there is no LANCER of their
being used to excess, as was the case
when buttons were last popular as a gar
niture-three and four dozen being often
employed to decorate one gown. TaiIors
and dress-makers are using very expen-
sive buttons in graduated sizes to trim
bodices and coats. and also skirts that
have Tapped seams. A set of handsome
buttons which have a defined or practical
use are an effective addition to any cos
tune, but few garnitures are In worse
taste than an excess of buttons sewed
on here and there and and
Of which no real use is made.
To test for bad water buy an ounce of
saturated solution of pe~rmanaganate of
potash. If. when a drop of thte eol,,+;on