The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-13
ideas for GWo1men.


II takes but a very few hours of stay
where the ocean wave rolls N to con-
vince a women that II We're easier to
look well during the entire winter sea-
son in town than during one short
month at the seaside.
THE preuhsest and daintiest gowns have
an uncomfortable way of Topping. Hair
steadily refuses to keep in curl unless
1T be Of the variety which leans that
way by nature. Straw hats grow limp
and to crown an. there comes a fright
ful coat of burn. which, instead of max
ing its appearance BY degrees, strikes
the complexion at once and puts one for
half a week at least in misery.
The woman who really succeeds in al
ways looking trim and spruce and stylish
at the shore is she who thinks it all
carefully out beforehand. In her trunks
are tucked away many little inexpensive
which it would never have oc-
Cured to the dowdy woman to pack there.
o course, I know that winter cloth
gowns need pressing very Frequently. But
summer gowns. What nonsense. No
body presses those says this latter in
dividual.
But somebody does press summer gowns
however. And in the smart loking wom-
ans trunk are tucked away an iron and
a small oil stove ready for use. When
ever the damp sea winds choose to ravage
among her pretty things she is a match
for them.
The arrangement Of even the very best
of summer hotels is adverse to the keep
ing nice Of the summer wardrobe There
are hundreds of these resorts which pro-
vide 80 n4agre a variety of closets that
one-quarter of her closet wardrobe, be 1t
OF the simplest, will not be accommodated
there without crushing.
ss
Many a woman having once ascertained
the fact hat she has nc space enough
in her closet for her gowns and NOT
enough space In the room for other ward
robes, abandons the afhadr at once. Either
she allows her dainty CONNECTIONS TO
crease and crush in the trunk trays or
viii suspend them from the hook al tine
door with no protection whatever from
the dust.
NOW, this can be much improved upon
by a very slight amount of thought and
carpentry Along the wall let her hang
a sheet, fastening it with nails. Hooks
are driven IN along the top line of this
sheet and the gowns suspended upon
them. such gowns as are the better for
hanging up. A second sheet is made
into an tmpromptu curtain, and with the
aid Of gathering or a drawing string is
arranged to pull easily back and forwards.
This is placed upon the outside of the
gowns, enclosing them and successfully
warding off tine attacks Of dust and
~dampness. Every woman who cannot af-
ford palatsai rooms at her hotel should
carry thither a couple of sheets, sofne
hooks and good sized nails and a hammer.
Out of these she is sure to get lots of
real solid comfort.
1t is a amentable fact that the best
and prettiest of straw hats do begin,
once fairly established at the seas1ore,
to EXHIBIT a shocking lack of backbone.
This limpness is often to be remedied, in
fact, almost always by proper treatment
of the hat when damp. When she comes
IN from the beach or from driving the
hat should be placed brim DOWN upon a
perfectly fiat surface-say the top Of the
bureau--and left in that position until
Thoroughly dry 1t wiz then dry out
stiff and straight, whereas, If tossed
carelessly upon the bed or upon a shelf
upside down. it viii in a few hours be-
come an unanistakable wreck.
"a 1ihc AiA%1AaAC AtA&t q NQt4AT
makes in seashore going is that of
taking with her but one pair of shoes,
land those of the very fimsiest variety.
Now. the smallest outfit of this kind
which a woman cam afford to do with is
one pair of good stout boots. enc pair of
comfortable house slippers and n of
rubbers. With these she can be quite
comfortable. BY leaving out the rub
bers and providing a second pair of boots
in case of wet weather she can also be
comfortable. But the habit which woman
have of going away with but one pair is
NEST dangerous in ~darapness, not TO mem
ton that every pair of boots for the plain
est sanitary reasons should be changed
off at times with house slippers or foot
wear of that character.
For the fluffy locks she will, If she
thinks hard, tuck away in her trunk a
small lamp to heat her curling tongs.
This apparatus is too often excluded from
the outfit under the plea that hair never
will look we'll ait the shore, no matter
what precautions are taken. But the in
strument is a comfortable one to have
on hand when dressing for the evening
or making a call. And with the seaside
visitor who is willing 10 wear a veil the
curls are a matter of comparatively small
trouble.
Going way no woman can afford to do
without n or more nice pieces of veil
ing. For, no matter what the fad may
be in the city at that time, she is sure to
need them near the ocean There they
serve to keep the locks in order. To ward
off the sun or the wins If these become
unpleasantiy strong-and they are in
most frequent use among girls and wom-
en- who are given credit for any degree
of trinlness.
For a protection against sunburn in
any painful degree try rubbing the face
and arms we'll with cold cream before
entering the water. Every woman leav-
ing the seashore VIII want a respectable
coat of II as the style is.
But this may be gradually Il pain
iessly gained. Maidens nowadays ruth
lessly sacrifice the wilderness of their
arms to the craze for athletics. as is meet
and just. Because one cannot be thor
oughiy healthy without athletics of some
kind And there is no swimming in a
bathing dress which has arms.
But then the cold cream should be
called into requizttion because one can
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