The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-20

would be to hide by pulling the covers
over our heads this quit wouid be SIM
ply Invaluable. IN case a shot proved
fatal instead Of putting our children TO
shame by our cowardiiness they could
| brag for generations to come as TO how
we even breathed our last wrapped IN
.tae ~cclors."
Along the flowery path of temptation,
that leads a woman irto extravaganza
and The. bourne of big bills, there are
| strewed, by designing shop keepers, q
variety of small attractions that feman-
inc flesh is not always heroic enough 10
| resist. The jeweIed cravat rings for
m the leather and velvet hat bands
with jeweled slides and the drawn-work
| stockings. are among the trifies that put
wings to ones savings. Long, long ago
| the judgment of good taste handed down
a decision against the masculine use 81
a gold ci~clet through which to draw a
soft silk tie. Womankind, however, hnds
this fantasy of dress greatly TO her liking
and the jewellers have been all the season
| fitting out the most alluring little cravat
rings, of gold, and silver, enamelSa and gun
metal
1t is hardly necessary to say perhaps
tina turquoise blue enamel and rings OF
precious metal, set with this Fashionable
azure stone. can be counted by the tens
and dozens to every two or three circieis
in any other color and setting.
A gold or silver cravat ring has its
stones well bedded in the metal, and next
in popularity to the blue jewels are those
that most nearly match the eyes, She
who is perfectly conversant with the very
letter of good taste only uses caboehen
| Jewels in her cravat ring and for brown
eyes very deep-toned topaz are set 70
match the iris, that, like those of Chau-
| GERS lady. are as grave as glasse,' star
| sapphires are chosen. while the blue-eyed
| girl clings to the turquoise and the black
eyed beauty selects a diamond full of
dancing lights. In choice of stones there
is yet. another method to follow, if this
whim of eye matching does not suit every
ones preference. Order your gem metal
ring to be set with as many special jewels
as viii tell the initials of your name. A
ring showing an emerald, coral and pearl
may be freely translated as belonging to
a Miss Emily Colgate Prime or Elizabeth
c. Petersen.
Ice Is employed III NdTlOuS ways 49,
ness as a remedy. The ice bag is applied
to the head in cases where there is severe
pain. and to various parts of the body to
| reduce Inflammation. If a proper bag IS
not, at hand, a common bladder fromsthe
butcher may be> used, filled with Ice
broken up into small pieces. so as to lie
| on the part more comfortably; II a cork
is placed in the centre it may be ued
more securely. The ice bag should De
slung over the place so that the Welght
of the bag does not rest on the part. put
| Just be in contact witt it; a piece OF foid-
ed flannel or lint should be placed under
1t so thai the bag does not rest on the
skin; it might cause gangrene without
this p~reeaution.
Ice is given to stop sickness, or in cases
of hemorrhage from the lungs, a small
| piece is placed on the tongue frequently
Ice should be kept in large humps II pos
sible. and these ought to be wrapped IN
a 1arseel or blanket. When required to
be kept by the bedside a piece of fannel
is tied over a cup or basin, the ice resting
in the centre, the water then runs, When
melted, into a cup. and prevents the ice
from melting too quickly. A darning
| needle or bonnet pin is the best thing to
break up the ice with, if a proper ice pick
is not at hand.
A ragged woman was crossing the cor
ner of a public park in London where
the children of the poor are accustomed
to play. many of them barefooted-
policeman stationed on the corner
watched her suspiciously. Half way across
| she stopped and picked up something
which she hid in her apron. In an in
slant the policeman was by her side.
what are you carrying off in your
| apron?, he demanded.
The woman seemed embarrassed. and
refused to answer. Thereupon, the ON,
doubtless picked up a pocketboOk, Wnlcn
she was trying to make away Win,
threatened to arrest her unless she tod
| him at once what she had in her apron
AT this the woman reluctantly unfold.
ed her apron and disclosed a handful OF
| broken glass. In stupid wondernent the
policeman asked
A flush passed over the woman.s race
| then she answered simply
IF you please. sir, ] Just thought t ia
children's feet"
Strawberry dishes are now in order.
For a delicious strawberry cream take
| a opart of thick sweet cream ana sweet
| en- it. Add one-fourth OF a box or gSiA-
tine dissolved in a cup of cold water; You
| have now the sweetened cream with thS
dissolved gelatine stirred in. Beat until
as thick as cream for charlotte russo
Take a quart of Strawberries. WASH ana
hull carefully and mash through a coarse
\ ~culiender. Add the juice OF e1e lemon
and gweeten with powdered sugar until
very sweet, as freezing will take away
much of the sweetness.
Stir all together until nicely mingled,
| then freeze. If a square freezer Is Use,
| pour the berries in first and thee the
/ cream on top, as this makes a pretty
But if served from the pantry get lner-
angue or kiss cakes from the TX 3er. cut
| them in half and heap the cream IN eacn
! half. Serve with ice cream forks.
You can of course. heap the cream INTO
a handsome glass dish and serve upon
the table.
Quite the quaintest enterprise in sum
mer bonbonnieres is due to the genius
Of a woman who has made many Tor ler
| friends. She rightly calls her charming
| notion the bonnet b~orlbonniere. At a
Cheap shop in her town she buys straw
| hg1 frames. With a disk of pa~steooari
| shg blocks up the bottom of the crONr,
| and then with a knife carefully rips the
| crowns top nearly off. Thus the rats
! crown forms a. neat box and the croWnss
| TOP a lid. BY not quite severing. this inn
I promptu lid she leaves what might, be
| called a natural hinge for it TO work on.
All the interior OF the crown Is nned VIII
/ naper neatly pasted in, and then. WITH
trr. ,,4rur Homnrs and rih1aDs. She