The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-05
fairs much care and d little knowledge

is required.
In the first instance. as much brush
ing as can conveniently be given should
he bestowed upon the hair, ana 1t should
be a rule, r~eligiously carried out, that the
hair should receive a very thorough
brushing before retiring, and the crimps
and crinkles Of the day before should
never be allowed to remain over night.
Brush the ha straight ANA arrange In
one or two plaits or coil softly, pinning
in place with one or two pins.
The hair that receives much crimp.py
requires special washing, or, at least,
special preparation for washing.
Divide the hair in two paris and brush
thoroughly. then. with care AMI patief:ce
rub into the head a piece of cocoa butter
or white vaseline. about half the size Of
an egg.
Rub and knead the whole head well
With the finger ends, or get some one to
DO II for you. which is much better.
Have ready a large basin OF water as
hot as can be used and some good soap,
and wash the head and hair perfectly
free from oil, rinsing all soap from 1t in
several warm waters.
Wipe as dry as possible by rubbing be-
tween towels and dry in the shade or be-
fore the fire.
When quite dry mix five grains sui
plate quinine in an ounce OF good bay
rum and repeat the kneading process
with the tonic. finishing the drying before
a sunny window or in the open air, if
possible. but he is very careful about this
latter process.
To dry the hair in the sun causes it
l IN Sfrao1 49, 49, L l---t -.
to sun when quite dry is of much bene-
fit to hair and scalp alike.
Once each week is often enough to
treat the hair to this process, a weekly
bath being sufficient to keep it clean and
tory t.frizzling."
Then a word as to curling. If the
heated iron is used it is of great bene-
fit to know that if you avoid wrapping
the very ends of the hair around the
iron, and also avoid laying the heated
curler close against the root of the hair
very little damage will result.
Hold at least an inch of the ends of
the hair between the fingers that you do
not curl. In bandeaux it will not show
and you will not be sappingS the life from
liz oil. LII SuOIl cOFlS duQ CURED
bangs where uncurled ends would be
unsightly, frequent clipping is necessary
as the ends of the hairs deaden and die
from the application of heat, and then
the hair falls. 4sAs3E8MM
Clipping the hair renews life and pro-
notes growth, which with judieious
washing and nourishing of the scalp will
keep in order and fair luxuriance a head
subject ven to the most severe whims
of fashions couture.
As we shiver through the January
cold wave the flowers that bloom in the
spring seem to be very far in the flu
ture, but, nevertheless, we are more
than likely to fndsfn our mornings mail
the finely-colored catalogues of the busy
florists, who are getting ready for the
coming season. This will be the ban
ner year for sweet peas,' they tell us,
and over one hundred varieties are ready
in their seed packets to be sent here,
there and everywhere. Every imagin-
able color, all imaginable shapes are to
be had; from the tiny Cupid, which grows
only four inches high, to the Royal Rose,
with it's large, soft leaves. There is
choice for every woman alive, and it is
fair to predict that the scent of the
sweet pea will add fragrance to mi
lady's toilette on all possible occasions
after the first blossoms I've appeared.
Now is the time to select samples, to
choose sites Gf that is allowable) and
to combine artistic varieties. The old
rhyme says
Sow peas and beans in the wane of the
moon;
SOON
That they with the planet may rest and
rise,
And flourish with bearing most plentiful
wise.
But perhaps the latest florists do not
pay quite as much attention to the moon
as did their worthy ancestors. However
that may be, a little f~orethought about
early flowers is worth a wealth of hind
SIGHT when all the neighbors are luxuri-
ating in a wilderness of blossoms and the
foolish virgins are going about sans de-
corations. There is that about sweet
peas which will insure their prosperity
now that they have come into favor:
They bloom all summer long and by
planting them at different times a sup
ply can be counted on from early spring
until late fall. The catalogues are out;
the florists are ready; dozens of quaint
fancies and odd designs are offered, and
in spite of frost and snow the first breath
of spring has come to find all the anna
teur florists ready.
The reason why so many physicians
object to drinking of water during meal
time. says the Ladies' Home Journal"
is that Americans, as a rule, drink ice
water. The temperature of the stomach
is from 98o to 1909 Fahrenheit. After a.
meal it should be from 99o to 1922, and
if a person is exercising it sometimes will
run up to 1899. Now this temperature
is necessary to carry on digestion in q
perfectly healthful way. Constant drink
ing Of ice water during the meal or an
ice at the close Of the meal will reduce
the temperature of the stomach some
times to $50. which would stop digestion
and soaner or later render one a con-
firmed d~yspeptic. Water of an ordinary
temperature is not so -objectionabie-in
fact. it would be better to take a swal-
low of water now and then during the
meal provided the water. is cool, not iced.
Foods that are slightly diluted are more
easily digested than those which are
concentrated n dry.
The fashionable evening headdress of
two or three feathers with an aigrette