The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-29

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the shops. says Harper's Bazaar.
Girls take up their knitting now just as
they used TO their embroidery. and some
of the combinations of color they make
~. the sweaters are very attractive. At a
reading club the other day. While one girl
read aloud an the others were knitting
sweaters. The sirls first began to wear
them for warmth. putting them on under
meath their coats. Now they wear them
for eyerything-skatins, playing golf or
tennis, driving. bicycling and walking.
One of the girls who spent her summer
at the ~seashore. and took very little ex-
ercise, found, to her horror. when she
Went TO Lenox for a month. that she had
gained twenty pounds. She is seen now
daily, with a dark blue sweater on, TAX
ing a constitutional to lose flesh. Her
friends are all very much amused at her
efforts 10 get thin, and are particularly
amused at the extreme thickness OF her
sweater. She locks not unlike a pugilist
in training as she trots along the country
roads, and if she does not get rid OF her
sapertiuous far it viii not be her fault.
A knitted cap of the same colored WOOL
to so with the sweater makes the outnf
Very complete and becoming. 4 girl who
has just come back from Scotland has
brought with her q most attractive pat
tern. It is larger than q Tam o'shanter.
having a deeper brira.F and q very full
bunch OF tassels on the top, which falls
over the edge al the side. This girl was
seen on a golf field the other day looking
exceedingly smart She had on. in the
first place, a good strong pair of calfskin
boots laced up the front with thick
heavy soles. Her skirt was of strong
black material sold or purpose for golf
suits, which has a reversible side of
bright plaid. Then came q garnet-colored
sweater. over which she wore a black
leather belt. and the knitted cap mention-
ed above. OF the same shade as the
sweater. She looks very ~'swagger.'
80
Home life eements the love of husband
and wife; other modes of living often
loosen the tie writes Edward w. Box
in the November Ladies' Home Journal.
'iNor does the question Of expense excuse
the not having of ones own home. a home
is not, of necessity a palace. The humblest
cottage is a million times better than the
most luxurious hotel ever planned by the
hands of man. IN the one happiness is
u AZ klC lax Il > Jo-t
We can talk all we choose about married
happiness: that it. after ali, rests solely
between W people. and that it makes
no difference where they live. That is
very good as a theory. But thousands of
instances prove the contrary; that the
theory will not work out in practice. Hap
piness depends upon the growth of the
people who are parts of it. People who
stop and stagnate are never happy. True
happiness thrives on what it feeds upon
Let stagnatfon enter into two lives, and
happiness becomes ~stagnant and un-
healthy. But let our lives be filed with
contentment. with domestic pleasure, with
that germ of evolution which springs
from the hearthstone, and the happiness
which springs from those elements is
puref, sweeter and more satisfying TO our.
natures, oar minds and our souls. A man
and wife were made to abide together
in inseparable lives. and as new elements
come nto that union to sweeten and hal
low it, the abiding place should be some
little place, some corner in this big world
which they can call their own. their very
own, where everything around them
speaks of the husbands energy and the
wife's achievement. That is home"
49,
Bathing after a nap is injurious.
If the temperature of the bath water is
either above or below the normal the
face and edges of the lair should be thor
oughly moistened with water before the
plunge is made.
One Should never stay in a tub more
than ten minutes, nor in a shower bath
over two. In a plunge bath one may
safely stay twenty minutes, as the exer-
ton prevents bad effects.
A return from a dusty trip or a ride
in the wind should be followed by a hot
ather than a cold bath. The escaping
steam induces perspiration and the hot
water washes out the fine dust.
If one is contemplating the necessity of
exposure to sun and wind, a cold water
bath is better than a warm one, as it
toughens the skin and makes it frmer
in its resistance to unfavorabls conditions.
The strained juice of three lemons, if
put in the bath water, will give one a
delicious sense of cleanliness. The acid
removes all %stoppage of the pores caused
by the accumulation of saline substances.
The bather who has had recommended
to her cold water baths and who cannot
overcome her repugnancs to them may be
sure that this shrinking is the warning
of a delicate constitution that the treat
ment Is too drastic.
Some of the pieces Of pottery most ef-
fective for decoration shown this season
are of French beer tankards. The oddity
of having a beer tankard from the land
of absinthe is heightened by the extreme
d%aintiness of the design, painted p the
fat and unaesthetie sides of the mug.
glazed gray clay. The design is in blue,
and shows a pretty woman in ball gown,
with coquettish fan. bouquet. etc. taking
her bite of supper with a gay gallant in
evening dress, or, perhaps, the blue fig
ureS are of q Pierrot and a Columbine,
or a couple of Spanish dancers. or two
dainty Vatican maids, with white heads
dence. The covers of these tankards are
of chased or carved silver, and. in add
ton to the curved handle of silver. there
is sometimes a band around the bottom
or the middle OF the mug
The newest convenience for the baby's
boudoir is a big-bowled, long handled
spoon of yellow wood. The bowl is a
painting of a scene from the and of fair
les or nursery ditties. The classic cow
performing her aerial feat, Simple Simon.
other familiar ~personages ornament the
bowl. whose curling edges make a frame
for the gay little figures. All along the
handle of the spoon sare placed brass
hooks, and when it is fastened to the
wall by a larger and more solid hook