The Jersey City news., 1898-08-26


her husband is the proprietor of at least
two millions more.
Having lived her life in beiledom and
having enjoyed all the tribute which the
world pays to youth. beauty and wealth
this wise woman is getting ready to live
her glorious young life over again, in the
shape Of her little daughters whom She
is bringing up to reign as she reigned
This wise woman is unselfish. as all
wise women are for to the unselfish per-
son is given, while from the selfish one
even that which he covets is taken
away. This woman knows that, in being
the mother of two reigning society queens
she win enjoy life as well as ever she en-
joyed it in the days when all the world
was paying her compliments.
And how is she getting her daughters
ready to this enviable position of So
ciety beauty oh, by wise ways that any
mother, rich or poor, would do well to
initiate. Beauty is never glut on the
market and the handsomest woman will
talI you that she never saw the day when
sne regretted her gift. The homeliest will
tell you how often she has lamented its
lack.
This woman is giving her children the
easily bestowed gifts Of fine complexions
rosy cheeks, good hair and a well pro-
portioned figure She takes them out in
the morning to the barnyard which she
has stocked with goats These animals,
in the afternoon, draw goat carriage
and afford sport for their little mistress
es. but mornings they give milk to make
/ them healthy. The girl who miliSs the
goats is made very picturesque with
stiff white cap of Normandy and by her
side are charming porcelain bowls from
which the lucky babies drink.
The children. though IN the country, do
not run Wild They are kept scrupu-
lously clean, and the dirt is carefully
washed out of their shapely little hands
before it has had chance to harden
them.
The hair is left undisturbed as much
as possible for nothing kills hair as much
as attention 1t is brushed and lightly
conbed twice day, but is untortured by
curling tongs or braids. The smallest rib
bon confines it.
rho little figures are kept 1.-THE by chas-
ing butterflies over the bills and the wise
mother is positive that some day they
Will have 2her. own svelte figure
Gold jewelry may be cleaned by wash
ing it in lather of warm soapsuds. to
which a few drops of sal-volatiie have
been added This irnparts briiliance, and
the articles should then be dried with
soft cloth and rubbed with chanaois
leather.
silver jewelry should also be washed in
little warm, soapy water. 1t may then
be polished with a very little OF the best
whiting or hartshorn powder and finished
off with a soft leather. Maltese silver or
naments of filigree work do not require
powder to be used; they should be
brushed with a small brush and soapy
water, dried carefully and rubbed with
soft leathre
After gold jewelry has been cleaned it
should be placed in a bag of lockwood
sawdust, to be procured from a jewelers.;
shake and rub the ornaments thoroughly
IN the dust, and they will look beauti-
fully bright and clean when taken out.
Chains and necklets may be cleaned this
way
Pearls should never be dampened. They
should be exposed to air as much as pos
are liable to change color. Opals must be
kept from fire and heat, as high tenn
perature renders them liable to split and
fail from their setting. Coral may be
washed with soap and water jet must
be repaired by means of jewelers. ce-
nent. Ivory may be washed and exposed
to air and sunshine to keep it good
white color Steel iewelry must not be
worn at the seaside. It is extremely sus-
ceptible to damp, and easily rusts. TO
remove rust, buy a little crocus powder,
and mix turpentine with it until it forms
a fine paste. Rub this well on the steel
and allow it to dry on.
Then remove the powder by means of a
brush. and polish with a leather. If the
rust has eaten deeply in, apply mixture
of tripoli with half its quantity of pow
dered sulphur Mix, and apply with a
soft rag; brush off and polish with dust
of dry whitening. If almost hopelessly
rusty. soak the ornament in strong vine
gar for a few hours. Then wipe it dry,
rub it with sweet oil and emory powder,
and polish with crocus powder on
leather.
A watch should be wound up every day
at the same hour Avoid putting it on a
marble slab. or near anytfing excessively
cold, as the sudden change of tempera-
ture. contracting the metal, may some
times cause the handspring to break. The
cold coagulates the oil, and the Divots
and the wheels working less freely, affect
the regularity Of the tilnekeper. In laying
aside watch, be sure that it rests on the
case. If suspended. the action of the bal
ance may cause oscillation, which will in
terfere with its going. To keep your
watch clean, take care that the case fits
closely, and see that your pockets are free
from fluff, which is so often given off
by the cotton, cloth or calico Innings.
So much of our comfort in life depends
upon the shoes we wear and upon the
condition of our feet, that too much vigi-
lance cannot be exercised by mothers in
the choice of shoes for their children.
says Harpers "Bazar" Every one knows
that the shoe bill is a constantly recur-
ring item Of expense: that growing boys
especially run through their shoes in a
manner most alarming to paterfamilias
In some parts of our country it is the GUS
tom for little feet to go unshod, except
during the cold weather. ard the claim is
made by those who favor this fashion
that barefooted children enjoy almost per-
feet immunity from colds, and that their
little feet develop more symmetrically
than they would cramped up in tight