The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-18

oruer to be beautiful. for, believe ME,
neither the preservation nor the attain
nent Of beauty is an easy matter.
But the secret of either is an open one
cleanliness! Here begins and erds the mys-
terry of feminine beauty. Lotion-makers
have striven since the world began. Even
Mother Eve. no doubt. at times worried
about her complexion. Women nave ever
vie with one another in securing the Sc
crets of the toilette.
Inc possessor of millions, who has the
misfortune TO have a muddy complexion,
would barter all her wealth for the for
mula of a Madame Recamier. or a Ninon
de fEnclos, both of whom retained their
beauty far beyond the time usually al
lotted to women.
But doubtless their secret was that
which is open alike to the richest and
poorest-exduisite personal cleanliness!
10 women VINO wish to be beautiful-and
which of us does note-I would say battle.
Let this be your motto, ITO battle. again
20 patne, and always to battle" Water
is a most effective cosmetic that the cum
ningest chemist has ever yet devised. But
iirst' in order to appreciate the necessity
OF absolute cleanliness. let us confront
real Iacts. The body is full OF secretions,
which must be given off :mostof them pass
through the skin-if the pores are kept
open they pass through easily, leaving
no trace; If dirt-an ugly but necessary
Woro-onstructs the passage, then the
evils let loose by Pandora were no worse
blackheads, pimples. splotches-all that
make women unlovely. quickly appear.
me sovereign cosmetic. then. is cleanli-
ness. "A hath nuoru dow ; al~of,A.f.
necessary: it may be tepid or cold. as
best suits the temperament; then at least
twice a week. Before going to bed a hot
bath should be taken. with an abundant
use of some pure white soap, for without
soap there is no real cleanliness of skin.
But hot water used constantly makes
habby muscles. the f~orerunners of wrin-
kles; therefore. after its use there should
be an unstinted douche of cold water.
Battle the face and throat till they Jingle
and glow. Then after a thorough rubbing,
to bed and to sleep. and if the woman who
follows this simple treatment does not
arise in the morning like a giant refreshed
and with a complexion that rivals her
baby's, then indeed the prophets are
false: and her skin must be like unto that
of the p~achyderm.
But after a years course Of bathing.
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combined with a simple. wholesome def,
the result will convince even the most
skeptieal that it is worth while ito suf-
fer in order to be beautiful
A Charlottesville Va, correspondent
writes-Captain j. Kiiebrew has Just WIS.,
tied Albemarle county to see about the ap-
pies the Queen of England eats, which
are not to be obtained anywhere except
in Albemarle and Nelson counties. Fifteen
years ago an English gentleman travelling
in Virginia had his attention directed to
the Albemarle pippin, and was so pleased
that he sent a barrel of them to Queen
Victoria.
Every year since an order for six bar
rels comes to a grower. who has his
orchards between Charlottesville and Az
ton. on top of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
The apples for the Queen are specially
packed in polished barrels, with a small
United States flag and an English Jack
painted on top.
The bon-bon boxes of this season are
the most charming things imaginable.
The confectioners have departed from the
old conventional designs. and one may
send to ones sweetheart nowadays the
daintiest CONNECTIONS in baskets fairly
riotous with summer flowers so like the
real thing that one can scarcely believe
them artificial. Lovers of more ingenious
devices may send their almonds and
nougat and chocolate creams in grand
pianos or in the heart of a melon. ac-
cording to their taste. A fellow can go
broke on sweets nowadays without half
trying.