The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-12-01

I SWer one question dsAeu
about massage.
The movement in m~assaging the race
must be rotary. Go around IN circles ahe
let ono circle overlap the other, always
rubbing upward, never downward. Always
| rub the face upward when drying the
face. This is a rifle, but trifies work
good or bad results.
When there is a very large amount OF
fine stitching to be done on the macnlnei
when a goodly pile of sheets, table linen
white frocks. tuckings and ruffling mas
accumulated, then let the house sewer
| select a day of damp. moist atmosphere
| or even one of rain. for her task, secute
| that she will be able to run off one long
| seam after another. without any OF tina;
| swapping of the thread, at the same time
| so trying to the patience and so1nJurlous
| to the appearance of the work, says
"Harper's Bazaar"
For. as with the 1ace-makers, who are
| obliged to work in damp rooms lest tne
| delicate threads they weave may preah
| and spoil the precious web, the moist an
of the rainy day renders the thread OF
the machine supple and elastic, and bet
i Ter able to bear any tension without
breaking.
1t would really be a saving of time and
temper if the house sewer would lay
aside such work for suitable weather.
day in summer when the warm air is sat
urated with. moisture, or one IN winter
when fog and thaw render exercise out
of-doors unpleasant. for then the threai
| of the sewing-machine is on its best Pc
havior.
A current of air or the breeze from an
open window will cause the thread 10
| break. even though the barometer IS pc
low change and the little color bar
| ometer has gone from blue to viole1;
neither should the machine stand near the
fire or the radiator.
A correct eye is everything in doing
machine work well. But there are a few
c-ommon-sense points that may be toii
without waiting to learn by experience
For instance, you can stitch more evenly
on the right of the presser-foot, with the
bulk of material lying to the left, than
the other way. The tendency of the feed,
or teeth, is to throw the work somewhat
off, as well as on, and the stitching Is
better guided on this side.
When you are stitching a seam, with
one piece bias and one straight, let the
bias side come next the feed-that is, be
on the under side. This is especially inn
portant in thin materials. Naturally the
feed takes up the side Sosit a little faster.
When the bias. or crossway, side is to y
the machine feeds all right. But if
the straight edge is toward it there will
be q pucker.
We use so many machines now in our
daily life thai we may make one word of
caution serve for sewers. as well as for
the faithful sewing machine: Keep it well
oiled and ready, and use it evenly and
kindly.
For a patriotic dinner the cloth
should be white, the centre being sprin-
killed. with red and blue sequins around a
big bouquet of red, white and blue flow
ers, says s..What to- Eat A able bor-
der may be made of forget-me-nots small
red roses and white jessamine, and at
each place should be a small vase of the
same flowers. If menus are used they
should be small fag-shaped white cards
with a red and blue border painted in
water colers, but it is considered, more
elegant now to dispense with menus ex-
cept for very elaborate dinners. II pos
sible, the plates should be white, edged
with blue and red, but where these are
not procurable. the plain white is per-
missible. Other appropriate decorations
may be thought of by the hostess.
The dinner begins with clear soup in
which are small squares of red and blue
custard; then salmon on blue aspic with
white sauce. The entree is lamb outlets
with tomatoes, the outlets having blue
frills on the ends of the bones. or little
chickens a la creme with red cream
sauce. A vegetable should next be serv-
ed as a separate course; asparagus, if In
season, on a blue dish with cream sauce,
the dish being decorated with beet-root
cut In star shapes, or caulihower may be
substituted, having the same decorations.
For the roti use only the white meat
of poultry (hot) and decorate the plat
ter with stars of red and blue aspie; If
preferred, this may be replaced by small
birds, such as quail, broiled with a piece
of red bacon on each and served on
toast corded with blue aspic. A "salade
russo, should %ccompan the roti. This
should consist of cold potatoes with "a
FEW lQlIlfttoco aiiQ Stidt ~ ~ SNNt
root and surrounded with the whites of
hard boiled eggs, some of which are coll
ored blue for the purpose and served with
a mayonnaise dressing. The dinner is
completed with red. white and blue ices,
ribbon jelly in the three colors.
The Alcott girls. self-helpful, kindly
and bright, came among the young people
of Concord and made themselves felt at
once writes Edward w. Emerson, a
friend of the Alcotts, of when Louisa
Alcott was a Girl in the December
Ladies' Home JournaI.v But they
helped their good mother and did their
part at home, and however little the girls
followed their fathers philosophical
flights or ~grahamite and vegetarian prac-
tees (Which after they grew up they
abandoned). they were a loving and loyal
family. Louisa was fine looking, had the
most regular features of the family. and
very handsome, wavy brown hair like her
mothers. She had always q rather
masculine air, n a twinkle woke con-
stantly in her eye at the comic sid Of
things. Anna, the eldest, was plain, but
SO friendly and sweet-tempered a person
that the beauty Of expression made up for