The Jersey City news., 1898-03-29
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failure, by the overcoming ol opstaSie'
and the bending of difficult tasks, creep
forth the most beautiful results. BY their
cultivation they show how different ma
lures need different treatments. BY the
manner In which they refuse to tnsiVe
near weeds they teach the clearesf les
son of human association, and show that
sin is an Intrusion in this world we
learn the great lesson that While the
most gorgeous flowers appeal TO our aa-s
miration, we love the fragrant ones the
best Every lesson every pleasure, We
can learn and derive from these silent
messengers from the earth The howers
speak a universal language. they adapt
themselves TO grave or gay. A flower is
never misunderstood. We associate now
ers with all the joyous seasons OF our
lives as we'll Flowers often speak 10 US
when our own words seem powerless 10
express what we really mean. They are.
the daintiest bits of Gods handiWorK.
They call to us to care for them TO iove
them, rewarding us with prodlgaity
when we respond to their beckoninS'
Their message is Divine. Like an April
day. shadow and sunshine is life.' But
so the flowers grow, and we come 10
June by the way Of March,
When will women discover how to dress
their hair without hairpins? Hairplns,
understand from Mrs. Humphrey, are the
chief obstacle to feminine independence
How truly aendish hairpin can be no
mere man can ever know When 1t press
es against the skull and produces local
nerve torture of an indescribably vicious
nature. man might imagine the easy
| thing would be to pull it out
woman feels SO tremendously at dlsad-
vantage il her hair IS untidy. She cannot
even argue until il is neat again. Is TINS
really so? When women sit in the House
| of Commons, shall we read in the Parma
mentary reports something like this: Ihe
| leader of the opposition spoke with prll-
| liant effect till ner hahn came down, when
she lost the thread of her speech and re-
sumed her seat amidst sympathetic mnr-
murs. in which the right honorable iadles
on the treasury bench cordially joined1
! | do not make this suggestion in any mis-
| erabIe spirit of buricsqre. For I, II
the withdrawal of that single PIN, says
Mrs Humphrey, with genuine eioquence,
''tiie whole bright coiffnre should come
| tumbling down, ayl there's the rubH' Men
| continue to maintain that woman is con-
r
| they know nothing, about that hairpin
pressing against her skull? Clearly, the
| woman who discovers how to make the
stability of the bright coiffure' auto
matte will sounds the knell of mans
vaunted supremacy in argument?
The French have long perceived the
beauty of variety in tableware, and in
| some art loving households go SO far as
| to have every cup, plate and saucer
/ painted so as to make a separate picture
This, of course, is delightful. but involves
| an expense which takes it beyond the
reach of the average citizen But
| everyone can follow the simple but
! charming practice, which prevails from
Morocco to the west, through Africa and
| Asia to Japan on the east. In these civil
izations a pleasing variety is secured by
| having as many shapes and sizes as the
owner can afford by having them more
| or less colored and figured; also by
having pretty little pots and dishes for
special purposes upon the table at all
times during the meal. Among these
! little objects, which are useful, beautiful
| and enjoyable at the same time, are little
/ dishes in glass or earthenware three
| inches in diameter, on which is built
little pile or pyramid of salted almonds,
| of olives, or radishes or of small fruits.
Still another is pretty flask or pot. with
| a nozzle, which holds a gill or two gills,
| and is filed with any one of a number of
| fluids. such as vinegar, onion vinegar,
! olive oil, lemon juice. say. milk cream,
pepper sauce catsup or other food acces-
sorry Pots of different sizes and designs
| add much to the attractiveness of the
board. They can be secured at any one of
| the great department stores and are a
| very excellent investment for all who love
| art.
Every woman can afford a pair of small
| sharp scissors, a nail file, bit of cham
ois skin, and a little box of pink powder,
| and with these aids she can keep her nails
| in perfect order. The best way to mani
cure ones own nails is to soak the finger
4 tips in warm water for a few minutes,
then press back with the blunt end of the
file the cuticle which grows over the base
| of the nail and snip it off with the points
of the scissors; this must be done with
care. not to mutilate the skin.
Every trace of dirt should be removed
/ with a nail brush and hot water and soap,
4 and the nails cut close to the sides, but
left rather long in the middle, not pointed.
| but rounded into the desired filbert shape.
Next the edges of the nails should be filed
smooth when little bit of the pink pow
der may be applied to each nail, which is
finally polished with the chamois skin.
Hammocks are likely to play a
more prominent part than ever in
| summer house furnishing this sea-
son. says .'Harper's Bazaf." Be
| sides their positive use as yeranda
adjunct, and their potential benefit when
the house party happens to out-number
the beds Ca practice first instituted in New
| York City studios of bachelor women), il
now appears as parlor establishment
Hung across a corner of an alcove it has
a way of breaking up the lines and angles
of an apartment most successfully. The
/ favorfte hammock for this purpose is oi
a good gray color and of plainest fish-nei
weave. Gay cushions of tartan, bandanna
or .sOld Glory give it color as well as
comfort. The highly colored hanmocks
Of fancy weave and fringed and self-up.
holstered were never in good taste, ant
this year they have not even the zest o.
novelty. For indoor service. especially
the plainest hammocks are to be prefer;
red.
The most dressy outdoor garment fol