The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-24

are always a good combination, and the
black lace seems to heighten the effect
most artistically.
] know a genuine woman. Do you?
The phrase genuine oma 01oes not
probably mean a deal for the worlds wit
and wisdom, but it means volumes for the
worlds happiness. 1t means that the wo-
man has love and sincerity and trust and
friendship for and In others and herself.
Women are apt to misconstrue these
qualities and think they get on into
trouble; that sincerity means always tell
ing the truth and letting other people
make a cats paw of one; that trust
means being blinded and deceived by our
neighbor; that love means silly emotion
thrown away on a thankless object; that
friendship means bearing others bur
dens. while they. lightened of the load,
are enjoying life. And these qualities
can mean these conditions, but it is not
necessary that they do.
Too much of any of these things makes
a woman a weak character, but the medi-
um makes a genuine woman the love-
lest kim to Know. and the dearest to tie
to when storms are breaking.
1t is not an easy thing to be genuine.
1t is a most unselfish task. A genu-
inc woman tells you the truth when she
n d it necessary and there isSa prin-
ciple involved, but it does not argue
she tells you always the truth when it
is unnecessary and would cut you. She
doesn't lie, but she can tactfully evade.
Deliver me from the woman who
parades her truth thrusts to the public
and forever quotes the ope line of
Scripture, that lying is an abomina-
ton to the Lord. She may get to
heaven on that one virtue, but there
are many who don't want to know her
intimately there.
The genuine woman does not mislead
you by the careless advice, either.
Where principle is involved she tells
you sincerely what she thinks is right.
She may be wrong in the end, but you
respect her genuineness.
She way not have that sympathy which
which prompts women to send flowers
to ~convicts, but she holds you with a
firm grip when she thinks conditions
are getting too hard for you.
Her creed for friendship is that with
true friends lit is more disgraceful to
distrust thar to be deceived and yet
she believes in the wisdom of the SER
pent.
She does not hin brilliantly at a
dinner party nor aim to have a salon;
but L don't know a cosier sitting room
in town h the n where a few wom-
en- love to go and sit by her and ask
her advice. 1 nave gone there when it
seemed 1.-The whole world was buttoned
up wrong and you were the leftover
butten,' and came away with the
whole thing Strengthened out. Not
that her advice is so strategic, but
from the hilltop of genuineness she
sees things clearer. You go in aeon
palmer and come out a philosopher.
Now, it takes a lot of u-nselhshness to
do that. It is so much easier to tell people
anything that is plausible. One has to
put a whole lot of ones affairs out of
the way to take up other peoples when
they need it and ask it.
1t is SO easy to give idle advice, then
blame Providence for the result.
1t is so hard to be really genuine and
take the result with a friend
Walking heats and fatigues the feet,
standing causes them to swell, while the
pointed toe and the high heel of some of
the fashionable boots hat are now worn
absolutely cripple them, and in these con-
ditions attention should be paid to the
best means of relieving the fatigue exper-
fenced by these long-suffering members.
The best thing of all would be the univer-
sal adoption of the footgear constructed
on hygienic principles, not with a sole
tapering toward the toe. but broadest at
the base of the toes, and continuing
broader or even wider at the tip; but
fashion has declared that boots with
pointed toes are to be worn. and worn
they will be. For these. then, relief is to
be found in bathing the feet in hot water,
and two hot %footbaths a week and a little
pedieuring win soon remove the cause of
much discomfort and fatigue. A warm
bath with a small quantity of sea salt
in it is almost as restful as a nap. Paddle
In the water until it cools, dry with a
rough towel, put on fresh socks or stock
ings and the relief will soon be felt.
Spirit baths are used by professional
dancers, aerobats and pedestrians to keep
the feet in condition.
A cycling costume tina can either be
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open or closed as the taste may be, with
a Killed. skirt reaching half way below the
kree. To this is added a perfectly plain
skirt, touching the ground and having
sewn on It's seams mall rings through
which a narrow ribbon passes. enabling
the skirt to be raised to the same height
as the killed one, or for walking purposes
to be lowered, when the upper killing as
sumes the appearance of a double skirt.
The same kind Of hat can be worn with
either of these costumes. The sailor shape
is the most In vogue, with trimmings of
blade feathers mingled with a drapery
and bow of net. either waite or maize, or,
if preferred, of the same color as the
dress.
Felt hats for rainy or doubtful weather
are a most necessary item when setting
out for summer quarters.
The sash is such an important item in
the summer gown that the use of two or
even three materials in its construction is
not surprising. A pretty batiste showing
blue figures on a white ground is oddly
arranged in this respect. A deep iounce
of the material, headed and edged by a
putting and narrow frill of plain blue
mousseline de sole, trims the skirt. The
choker is a scarf of blue, with a large
bow behind. and frills of the mousseline
de sole ornament the top of the sleeves
and finish them at the wrist. From UNI
der the knot on the back of the choker