The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-02
In Woman'S World.


from the disease. Constant coughing is
precisely like scratching a wound on the
outside of the body. So. long as it is done
the wound will not heal. Let a pei son
when tempted to cough draw a long
breath and hold it until il warns and
soothes every air cell and some benefit
viii soon be received from this process.
The nitrogen which is thus refined acts
as an anodyne to the mucous membrane,
4allaving the desire to cough and giving
the throat and lungs a chance to heal. Al
the same time a suitable medicine will aid
nature in her efforts to recuperate."
Fashions in wall paper and chintz are
reverting to those of the early part Of the
century. It is the very newest thing to
have the side walls of a large dining or
living room paneled off with a scene rep
~resenting a gondola drifting down the
waters of a canal. or showing handsome
peacocks trailing their magnificent tails
over impossible garlands of flowers and
vines with miniature houses appearing at
intervals in the tangled wildwood. Huge
flowers are also in vogue. Roses. peoples
and carnations the size of cabbages lift
their highbred heads from mammoth
[ stems and foliage. Plain effects are much
used for rooms where pictures are a fea-
ture of the furnishings, and green is the
favorite color. Tapestry effects are de-
sirable for dining rooms. Small bedrooms
are often treated with pale blue, pink and
yellow striped papers. The wise house
wife now has her heavy furniture covered
for the summer. 1t is al excellent idea
to cover the furniture first with sheeting-
Old sheets will serve well for the purpose.
] The latest chintzes are covered with huge
flowers. An effective design is a yellow
tulip on a cream-white ground. Glazed
chintz in the same gay patterns are more
durable. as the ~highly-inished surface
does not hold the dust.
A fainting fit is not often IN the least
dangerous. Unless the patient is treated
in an improper manner it will pass away
in a short time without leaving any evil
effects. 1t is caused by the temporary
absence of blood from the brain. Do not
on any account lift the head of the pa
tient on a pillow, or serious consequences
may follow. On the contrary, allow the
body to- be lifted a little higher than the
head and remain resting in a gradually
inclined position from the feet to the
head. Loosen the clothes, especially
about the throat and waist. Admit fresh
air in abundance and do not allow many
persons in the room. Apply smelling
salts to the n~ostrils. or, if smelling salts
are not on hand, use a little ordinary
ammonia diluted with water, and poured
on a handkerchief. A few drops of sal
volatile in a glass of cold water will as
sist in restoring full consciousness when
the patient can swallow.
**
II like the summer girl" confessed one
of her sex. II like her frills, her stare!iy
skirts. her ribbons and curls. and there is
! something so sweetly feminine and cainty
about her that one wonders if it wese
really she who last winter wore tailor
mades and read papers on Spencer or
Emerson. There is an air of the old
timey young lady about her. some
thing to the grown-ups of the days agone
when we were tots in pinafores-long De-
fore the coming of these advanced wears
of clubs and divided skirts and golf tour
naments. Women didn't think much or
! nave any fads ar isms then, as they do
now. but they We're mighty sweet and
pretty-so those who then were court
ing gallants'' say.
1t is prophesied tina earrings will again
enjoy their former popularity, but ideas
have changed so mach of late that 1t is
improbable tina many women will mutt
! late themselves in obedience to such a
decree. The gypsy earrings, consisting
of great hoops of gold, are to be the
most worn, according to rumor.
"
Fashion is veering around to the tunic
or double skirt. MANY skirts are seen
with three hounces instead of the single
deep shaped fiounce. The lowest one of
these is deep, and the other two mod
erately so. For the sake of variety some
upper hounces cut in crescent shape. so
that the points reach nearly to the waist
in front, while describing a deep curve
behind. This is the reverse of the usual
mode of doing them.
To clean looking glasses remove, with
a damp sponge. fly stain and other soils
(the sponge may be dampened with
water or spirits of wine). After this, dust
the surface with the finest sifted whit
ing or powder blue, and polish it with
a silk handkerchief or soft cloth. Snuff
of candle, if quite free from grease, Is an
excellent polish for looking glasses.
49,
To curtain off a corner of a piazza
needs some study of tones and exterior
harmonies. Natural wood shingles, in
their mellow grays, on a seaside cottage
are made still more beautiful If the cur
tains are chosen from Chinese yellow
grass-cloth, at s1.25 for each curtain, with
its fringed end.
On account of the difficulty experienced
in hemming shaped LOUNGES nicely they
iwli be largely finished on the edge with
a tiny ruching, or frilling. silkerin is
a new stuff that is in the front rank Of
popularity for these ruches or frills the
shaded kind being an especial favorite.
The long. round, deep fouace following
the outline of an apron. 50 much to the
fore this summer for skirts, looks easy
enough. but none but a skilled and ex-
perienced hand can make it with success.
Each width is shaped in cores and cut
Ito fit exactly the rounding upper part.
IT it doesn't the effect is utter failure.
There is a distinct style of walk among
women Of fashion. 1t is a swing of the
hips from the waist, a somewhat ensuous
swing. which has a certain style. but