The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-03

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the skin. Two ruber tubes, each ar
eighth of an incl in diameter. compose
this coil. and they communicate with a
little hot-water reservoir. under which
burns an alcohol lamp that can be moved
from mace 70 place.
II hGt a moment TO fill the reser-
voir 2e tubes and to light the lamp,
and onl5 four minutes to heat the water
up to a temperature that is almost bis
tering. In much less time a gentle
warmth may be attained, and by turning
the lampwick up or down the tenipera-
ture may be lowered or raised on de-
nand, or it may be kept steadily at any
desired point for hours.
There is no water to be changed be-
cause of its getting cold, and none of
that gradual cooling of the hot appliance
SO annoying to sick people, especially
those who find some local application of
heat the only method of relieving their
pain. The new device guards against all
ell this, and. as both the alcohol and the
water can be supplied whenever either
may be wanted, it is now possible for the
first time to keep on a patient a perman-
ent hot appliance at a steady degree of
heat, or else a varying one.
Poultices and wet cloths, which grow
clammy and unpleasant very quickly, are
made unnecessary with this device. The
tubes reaching out from the coil are so
long that they allow the alcohol lamp to
stand on a table near the bed and vet
give the sick man or woman some lib
erty of movement. The lamp is tied on
to the table to prevent accidents.
The mats and coils are made of differ
ent sizes and shapes for different parts
of the body, and for use in various dis
eases. There are many forms of them.
One clever adaptation consists of double
metal disks attached to the rubber for
tonsilitis. The coils are also made in a
special shape for wrapping around the
neck.
Very lovely and lovable is the woman
who has cultivated a disposition angelic
enough to see the good and not the evil
side OF human nature, who can be Sc
we're with her own failings and excuse
the faults of others. We are told that
she is a dull, uninteresting creature, and
if we take the trouble to look into the
matter, we inc that she does not laugh
at her neighbours pet weakness; she does
not enjoy hitting out right and left at
the world at large, and is always ready
with a plea for unseen and unsupported
reason, a long way toward modifying
harsh judgment. Our lovable woman
may not be witty, she may be a little
prosy; but she it is to whom we go when
in trouble for sympathy, and conffde
with a feeling that our secret will not
be torn to shreds as soon as our back is
turned.
Easter eggs can be colored with aniline
dye. 1t should be diluted to the proper
shade and the eggs boiled in it. Green,
the color of hope IN resurrection, is par
ticularly appropriate, but a variety is
pleasing-red, pink, blue, pale yellow and
purple. Eggs can be boiled hard. and
painted in water colors with a single
spring flower, as a primrose, or a butter
fly, also a symbol of the resurrection.
They hould be arranged in nests of moss.
German children believe that the Easter
egg are laid by hares, so representations
of this little animal are often placed on
them. or near them. Painted butterflies,
mounted on wire, can be- made to hover
over the nest.
Smooth, glossy eyebrows and long,
dark lashes add wonderfully to the beauty
of a face, and women should care for
these necessary adjuncts to their good
looks. If the brows are thin and i'll
formed, rub pure grease or vaseline on
them at night, and battle them carefully
in cold water in the morning. Never
brush or rub the brows the wrong way.
Brush them daily with a. small eyebrow
brush that you can get at any good drug
store, but do not get into the habit Of
sfr%ubbing;;'' 1T will rouglhen and break the
hairs.
When wooIen dresses or any wooden
garments nave become badly creased and
wrinkled do not attempt to use a hot
iron Upon them, for it is likely to leave
the mark Of the iron and give the material
q shiny look without producing any good
results. If the crushed and marred
in hot water and the clothing is then
hung up in the air or in a cold place the
marks win all disappear.
The collar band with its decoration has
been a prominent feature of fashion for
some time, but now thel latest models have
quite plain collars with a very modest
fril of lace or chiffon at the back or two
pointed tabs of velvet or silk.