The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-15

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to fall in two or three ringlets.
All this Is for the street, or a simple
home toilet. but no evening coiffure to
without a curl or two falling on the neck.
Then, too, it must be noted that extreme
ly high hair dressing is altogether sout;''
in no case does the couture tower above
the forehead. as formerly.
The crown Of the head, rather far back,
is where the centre of the coils and puffs
must be pitched, and every woman who
is her own hairdresser knows the import
ance of getting this base of operations
established in just the right spot. If
either too high or too low. the result IS
DISASTROUS.
The three or four inch long curl is a
distinctive addition to an evening Golf
fure~ 1t enhances the fairness of a pref
ty neck and captivates the fancy. Twenty
or thirty years ago every young or FASH
a woman wore a solitary curl stray
ing eoquettishly over her left shoulder
or brought over to the front to wander
among the jewels and laces on her cor
sage.
The curls In those days provided in
spiration for susceptible poets and, al
though the curl of this season has at
tanned no great length, yet it indexes what
is to come, and It is safe to predict that
the verse-makers will again nave a
chance. There is no denying that there
is a character expression in a curl; one
curl will be airy and Notwithstanding.
another lachrymcse and droopsng; yet
another audacious. Yes, there are curls
and All i nr,l n1 - - -...5-1 Il
$50.
The value of a picture depends upon
What there is in 1t for it's possessor,''
writes William Martin johnson in the De-
cember Ladies' Home Journal on the
Selection and Framing of Pictures" 81
painting by an amateur may be more
precious in your eyes than one of
RaphaeFs cartoons. Therefore. sell your
cartoon to the highest bidder, and when
you outgrow the little painting buy back
the cartoon if you have learned to see its
beauty.
NO one can tell you now to understand
art without you seeing it, studying it. liv-
ing with 1t. n more than any one can tell
you how to tell good cloth from bad; YOU
must first have had experience with cloth.
Learn a language before you try to con-
verse. But do not go so far as to imagine
tnat you must learn drawing and paint
ing before you can appreciate pictures.
The less you know about technique the
more capable you will be of looking at a
painting with an unprecedented eye. Get
at the artists intention. Does he express
an idea to you? Is he interesting in the
way he tells his story? Does he convince
you Of a truth? If the picture is that of
a head, does it impress you as having the
characteristics of an individual? Does 1t
look like a human being7 Suppose a land
scape is under discussion-do the trees
sway, the clouds float? Is there any at
mosphere in the painting? These are the
tests of a painters facility with language.
But more than this is required-it is the
intellectually behind the brush. Herein
lies the difference between sublime art
and the commonplace"
An interesting and somewhat original
wedding present has been sent to the
young Princess of Naples by the aristo-
cratic ladies of Venice. It is a sunshade
covered with a magnificent piece of an
cient Venetian lace, which is fngeniously
draped so as to avoid cutting the price
less cover at all. The handle is Of a single
piece of tortoise shell round which winds
a serpent covered with brilliants. The
serpents diamond eyes are ixed on the
royal crown of gold, inlaid with diamonds
and rubies, which forms the top of the
handle. A knot of gold is fixed to the
lower part of the sunshade, on which, en-
crusted in diamonds, the words are en-
graved, lie Signore yeneziano. 1885," h
sunshade is placed in a case of olive wood
ornamented with silver.
So
DR.. Sophie Lepper, the English food
specialist, says in speaking of the pecu-
Earities of various foods, that blanched
almonds give the higher nerve or brain
and muscle food; no heat or waste. Wal
nuts give nerve or brain food muscle. heat
and waste. Pine kernels give heat and
stay. They serve as a substitute for
bread. Green water grapes are blood puri-
flying (but of little food value). Blue
grapes are feeding and blood purifying:
too rich for those who suffer from the
liver. Tomatoes, higher nerve or brain
food and waste; no heat; they are thin
ming and stimulating. Juicy fruits give
more or less the higher nerve or brain,
and some few. muscle food and waste;
no heat. Apples supply the higher nerve
and muscle food. but do not give stay.
Prunes afford the highest nerve or brain
food; supply heat and waste, but are not
muscle feeding.
Palmfst say that long fingers are a
sign of refinement, says the Ladies'
Home Journal" A short, stubby hand
argues a lack of sensibility; a thin thump.
rather small, denotes weakness. Strength
OF character is shown by the thumb as
sorting itself over the other fingers. If
the thumb curves backward its owner is
obstinate.
Coin purses, so convenient for travellers
and shoppers are out in all the fashion,
able feathers. and the favorite designs
are supplied with gold and silver clasps.
MILLET'S MODEL.