The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-20
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this artistic fashion have invaded all
manner of articles in gold n silver
also leather goods. Rings, cuff buttons,
belts. pocketbooks and other articles are
now incrusted in this way. Emeraids
and sapphires are first favorites with
opals a good third.
Hat and onnet pins are very large
this year, being studded with uncut
stones whether real or imitation.
Diamond stars and pendants have
waned in popularity. Jewellers keep but
a moderate stock in hand as the sale has
greatly fallen off. They are still in
use as wedding gifts.
Rings show some odd developments.
The furore for animal representation, in
jewelry has invaded mems rings. Two
squirrels in silver sharing their nut-an
uncut gem-form one popular model. A
tigers head with open jaws holding a
large sapphire and the Ike. Serpents
with jeweled heads continue in
For seal rings the very newest are.
small affairs with the seal in gold, plain
and smooth except for a monogram in
artistic outline. MEMS seals rings only
are seen engraved with coats Of arms
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Quaint bits are everywhere, in every
line of bijouterie. Studs which contain
wee timekeepers are among the most
recent arrivals. In fact. watches are
tucked away into unexpected corners
more and more each annam. The glove
with palm fitted out in this way is
again on the market.
All manner of insects, birds and rep
tiles are seen among the latest fancies.
Butterflies. bees, flies, ladybugs and
spidersavi ! with lizards, snakes, turtles
and winged creatures of all kinds for
popular favor. The backs of watches
and the tops. of -bonbonnieres n vim
aigrettes show insects and animals from
which the fair wearers OF these creep
ing things would shrink if they en-
countered them in life. Minute dia-
mond take the form or
donkies; birds lowering over nests OF
eggs, horses racing, dogs leashed to-
gether and other odd devices. Huge
e5amond birds form aigrettes. Five or
six rings. with fine wires-each showing
a different stone such as pearls. sap
phires and diamonds, are new and beau
tiful. Enormous gold rings, with jewels
in the centre, are employed for scarf
pins. the turquoise being in favor es-
pecially. Big safety pins of gold have
in the centre an amethyst by
diamonds. Brooches in the form or
silver baskets with bright-tinted flow
ers springing out of them are odd n
pretty. Chain purses have tops of color
ed enamel, jewels or glass, in which a
four-leaved clover is enclosed. A novel;
ty in necklaces are cross-cut bands OF
velvet threaded through long bars OF
diamonds, mounted in lace-like design
rows of pearls are held in place in the
same way.
How indignantly would the average
woman repel the accusation that she had
"a dirty face and yet how few really
know what it is to have an absolutely
clean one! If you doubt this statement,
look about you and see if you cannot
count on the fingers of one hand the num-
Der of your acquaintance who are Tree
from acne, or blackheads, which are moth
ing more nor less than greasy matter de-
posted by the tiny glands that open by
means Of tubes into the outer skim, and
which, gradually becoming discolored by
smoke or dust, disfgures the fairest of
skins
All this comes because people do not
understand the gentle art of keeping
themselves clean! 1t must be remem-
bered that cold water will not really
cleanse the skin, and the boosted cold tub
taken once a day leaves the bather in
very little better condition than II she
tubbed but once a week. In a word, IL
requires hot water to remove the seba-
ceous matter which clogs the pores or
the skin and the tiny fakes which con-
stantly accumulate as the cuticle of the
body renews itself.
Many a woman who bathes daily has
been shocked and mortified at the
amount of dead skin thrown off in the
Turkish bath in the process of
and has from that moment lost faith III
the efficacy of cold water!
If people prefer cold baths, by all
means let them continue them. but they
should take as well q hot bath once a
week, with stearning OF the skin under a
bath sheet for ten minutes at a time,
otherwise the skin has no chance to act
in a beautiful manner. If enc resides
in a very smoky PLACE. the warm bath
should be more frequent, as the atmos-
phere is SO charged with dirt that the
skin must be constantly cleansed from
IT to keep the pores open and free from
obstructive matter.
Plenty of soap must also be used to
keep the skin clean, but any but the pur-
est will coarsen and roughen II, so care
must be used TO select a pure brand, alb
solutely without alkali in it's composition
Next in Importance in the selection OF
soap is the water used. Rain water
of course, is the softest and best, but if
that is out of the question a pinch of
borax will counteract the effect Of hard
water on the skin, or one can always
buy distilled water at q druggists. Hard
water. which contains lime, dries out the
natural oil, and as a result of it's con-
slant use there will be premature wrin-
kies and dryness, especially about the
eyes and cheeks.
n Gentle friction also adds much to the
preservation of the skin, and the daily
use of the loofah with warm water and
soap, followed by a generous application
of cold water. will do more to promote
and preserve its beauty and freshness
than all the rmulae for wonder-work-
ing cosmetics ever devised by quaek or
chemist!
The girls have got an idea into their
heads this season that it is not at all 1.-THE
thing 70 have a long string of bride
maids, walking up the aisle before them