The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-15

thinner SHOES lot the heavy ones, Il
the walking is good If she pins a few
violets or a bunch of Glove pinks in hel
buttonhole so much the prettier.
When she arrives at the house she car
unbuttor. her coat, throw It back and be
entirely we'll gowned for any affair, nc
matter how formal.
If friends are invited In for dinner
or afterward the same costume will
serve, with the coat of. If she is going
to the theatre all that is ,.eeded is heI
cape-even that can be of heavy black
cloth lined brilliantly-over the satin
bodice with the same skirt and a pair OF
white gloves.
When the days are warm she can wear
the coat open over a dainty cotton shirt
waist. or nobbier yet, a scarlet vest with
tiny black buttons and white chemisette,
with high collar and white pique Ascot
tie.
This is to be quite one of the favorite
diversions of fashion for the spring. Be
sure of only this-that the vest fits well.
An ill-fltting vest is a calamity!
Non can ever claim that a black tailor
gown is a cheap affair. If made salts
factorily 1t cannot be. That is, as to the
actual outlay of money. But if it serves
the purpose of four gowns and lasts lon
ger than two. each costing half as much.
then it is economy in the final count
ing.
While fashionable tailors for women
ask $75 for a handsome silk-lined braided
gown, it can be gotten UP for ss5, if one
hasn't the price of the former in ones
pocket.
Sound. restful sleep, both by night and
by day, says a writer in "Harper's
Bazaar" is more easily induced if from
the first the child be taught to lie on its
stomach and face. The only necessary
precaution against s~uffocation is the pro-
vision of a smooth, fat, somewhat hard
hair mattress without a pillow. The adj
vantages of this position are many. Some
one has said that half the diseases of in
fancy result from keeping the stomach
too cold. and other half from overheating
the spine. BY adopting the position sug-
gested as the uniform enc during the
hours of sleep. the stomach and abdomen
are kept so warm as to prevent collie and
stomachache. n materially to aid the
digestive process, while the spine and
back of the head are no longer overhead
ed by the increased temperature of the
sleeping child. 1t may be a coincidence
merely, but it as least a significant one,
that all the children the writer has known
to rest habitually face downward have
been unusually sound sleepers, and have
enjoyed more than average good health.
1t is surprising to see how early a
child will discriminate and show prefer
ence for the face position, and how read
lily it accommodates itself to this atti-
tude. A child from eight to ten weeks
old will readily have learned to turn its
head from side to side to obtain the re-
lief of a change of position.
A young babe on its back is as helpless
as a turtle in the same position; it's one
possible motion is the throwing out of
legs and arms, and each such movement
uncoyers the child and exposes it to
d~raughts. Placed on its face, a babe two
or three months old will not only rest it.
self by frequent changes of the position
of all portions of the body, but since it is
powerless to reverse itself, 1t cannot get
uncovered nor lapse into any unwhole-.
some cramped position. 1t is quite other
wise when the infant is lying fiat on it's
back. This position not only invites in
digestion, but it also causes bad dreams
and night frights. and promotes the IAN
gerous habit of mouth breathing.
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photography has reached a cult in
these days. The amateur photographer
has become one of degree, the best rep
resentatives of a class possessing a skill
with the camera equaled by few pro-
fessionals, and he is applying his ac-
rOTnn1jShroonf in daIfnhff,1
A great many most interesting pres
ents were exchanged during the recent
holiday season, whose execution was
possible through the medium of plate
and film. One young matron received
from her husband a most valuable SOU
venir of their first and never-to-be-for-
gotten European trip, taken last summer,
in the shape Of a book filled with pic
lures of herself against many back
grounds, from the crowded pier where
they boarded the liner to the sublime
solitudes of their journey among the
Alps.
1t has remained, however, for a very
up to-date mother to use her skill in
photography to give her young son of 9
a very telling lesson. The child's dispo-
sition was what Is known in family par
lance as "touchy,' and most of the
time his face was darkened in resentment
of fancied wrongs.
In one week his mother succeeded in
getting snapshots of twenty-eight
clouds" against three '~'sunshines,'' an
array which, in it's proportion and APP
p~earance, made a great impression upon
him.
The use of the camera as an income
adder is also extensive and extending. At
the women's exchanges there are young
in taking interiors or homes, coy cor
ners, luncheon or dinner tables set for
special feasts, repeated pictures of Mas
ter or Miss Baby and even of certain
toilets of any member of the family that
reach the stage distinction.
Nothing keeps the hands in such good
order as rubbing a little drop Of glycer-
inc and water into them after washing.
This is especially necessary in winter,
and for those who have to do much
homework. Nurses who have frequent
~ to use carbolic acid are very apt to
have rough hands: a little glycerine will
keep them in good order. If the hands
have been much neglected and the skin
is chapped, the glycerine may cause a
little smarting; this shows the healing
property of the glycerfne is al work.
Its use should be persisted in. and in
a few days the hands will be quite
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