The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-06-26

pared TO a sweet vegetable oil. Fats well
digested are the salvation of consumptives
or those suffering from any form OF
tuberculosis. For these reasons a simple
salad composed of any green vegetable
ana 2 French dressing. should be seen on
every w~ell-regulated table three hundred
and sixty-fiye times a year. Those who
i've out Of town can obtain from the
fields sorrel. long docks. dandelions. and
lambs quarters. for the cost of picking.
where desserts are not used, and | wish,
Tor health's sake. they might be abolished,
a salad with a bit of cheese and bread.
or wafer. or cracker, with a small cup of
conee;. may close the meal. Where a
dessert is used the salad, cheese wafer
are served just before it, to prick up the
appetite that it may enjoy more fully the
sweet. Ara large Inner the salad is
usually served with a game course
So
Why does a man always button from
left to right, a woman from right to
ieft?' is the plant of a modern novelist.
a woman. by the way, although one who
-masquerades in literature as a man. She
goes on to say:-"It's a fact, though.
The in a woman's garments
are always made on the right, never on
the lett; and its just as awkward for her
70 button our way as for us to try hers.
Hang it, man, l know it's so. I got a
poor woman to maxi me some pyjamas,
and she put the darned b~uttonholes wrong
side. ! had to get the beastly things
changed
IntarnSfinp4 a thaca ~, ~ r. 49,, 4.
t~rinsically, they have another value. They
make it very plain that the woman now
elist is not familiar with the up-to-date
shirt waist affected by her sex, which,
among other imitations of the attire worn
by men, buttons from left to right. It
took women a good while to get used
to the innovation, but smart shirt waist
makers insisted upon it, and there is no
question of its being 1.-THE thing
If ycu want your garment to have
the true tailorly effect it must have
its b~uttonholes on the left side, said
the shirt waist makers, 'just as it must
have its shoulder seams well forward.
Any infringement of these rules and your
shirt waist will look like nothing more
masculine than a severely cut dress
bodice" The main distinction nowadays
between the homemade" shirt waist
and the tailor-made article lies in the
way the shoulder seams and buttonholes
are manipulated, and the greater of
these is the b~uttonholes.
So generally is this acknowledged, in
deed, that the clever home. dressmaker
of the day never makes the mistake
of misplacing shirt waist b~uttonholes;
tchd Epouyc foo xra11 r-1,o+ LII -. IL
hallmark Of elegance and smartness to
the garment. This reversion in the mat
ter of buttonholes is worth noting.
1t is but a detail, of course, and as yet
it is only applied to shirt waists, but de-
tails have a way of showing how the
wind blows, while shirt waists are rapid
ly becoming the uniform of feminity. The
left side button hole may be more sig
nifcant Of sartorial revolution than
boomers themselves.
49,
A symposium of girls were talking to-
gether one day last week on the subject
of what constituted a beautiful woman.
Each one had a different essential to
put forth. One said that fine eyes were
necessary, one q finely shaped nose, one
a good figure, another a telling smile,
and still one more declared that all these
were as nothing beside se-lf-assurance
and a good carriage.
But at length one listener broke out
with what impressed all the rest: None
of you have spoken she said, sof what
is an absolute essential; that is, there
can be no beauty where it is not. And
that is good teeth. If the mouth is un-
pleasant-if the teeth are really poor
how can any woman have charms enough
to counterfeit that faultg, And they all
agreed, on reflection, with her.
80
The medium-sized screen is always an
need when the kitchen door
opens into the dining room. This useful
article can be made of linen, denim or
the canvas cloths that come in most
satisfactory patterns. Another room that
should have its screen is the nursery. It
is Invaluable to shut off draughts, which
are needed to keep the air of the room
pure, Screens nowadays are treated in
different rooms, having become a part
of the upholstery. Screen frames can be
had in all sizes and styles and to suit
any purse. A use to which they are Of
ten ~acceptably put is in preserving some
rare piece of stuff, a bit of old brocade
or piece of Indian cashmere, or tapes-
try. or even some family heirloom of
antique embroidery.
49,
Look for the Buffalo moth In Feb
ruary and March, on the window sills.
In a warm house they win work all the
year round They appear to have a
special taste for red; they will eat the
red from q rug and this Characteristic
can be used to the advantage Of the
housekeeper, who places red rags where
the moths are at work; they will col
lect upon them and can be killed. Red
pepper tea is very good for carpet pests.
If the floor is washed in a solution of
~one-quarter of a pound of red pepuer
to one gallon of water it will do much
to drive them away. This is also ex-
cellent for closet shelves and will rid
them entirely of insects. A bottle of
soft tar kept open will often prevent
bugs, on the same principle that tar
paper is used in clothes to keep away
moths"
Little girls who play with their dolls
may be interested to know what sets the
fashion in dolls eyes. When Queen Vic
toria assembled the throne sixty Years e
She was fair and had very blue eyes.
whereupon blue Eyes became all the fash