The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-08-25
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WOMAN'S WORLD.

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/ train boys and girls under their instrue-
tion to an appreciation of the funny side
of life. Sure enough, this would be an
exemplifcation of the old saying. Enter
tain first; instruct afterward." This is
splendid, what is more, fer people now
adays-that is, people who take hold OF
| life at the light e~nd-believe that happi-
ness is as contagious as mumps and
measles. And club women who would have
school children learn to laugh and b
make the world laugh with them, have
hit upon an idea that will be worth
| thousands of theorems in the great school
| of experience.
I wonder why some. one has not dlseoV-
| cred the profit there would be in attend
ing to children's hair. It would need put
! little preparation or training to enable
one to give to the little heads a fashion
| able hair cut or trimming, and parents
would really welcome such a person. l
have often noticed how 10th professional
hairdressers are to deal with juvenile pa
! irons, and how ignorant they are on the
subject OF style for young peoples neads,
| and the thought has crossed my hlnu
more than once hat there was a spienoid
opportunity for a woman or taste, one
who would make a study OF each small
face. make the most of its good points
and conceal its defects. Inspiration coulu
be drawn from famous pictures ana con-
siderable enthusiasm worked up over the
profession. This is but one OF the MANY
fields of employment not yet discovered
by women and perhaps a hint IS oniy
needed to turn feminine attention TO IL.
Maybe a month will be sufficient to snow
me a practical result of it, right here IN
a city which is undoubtedly waiting for
it.
A vigorous note of warning against the
essentially feminine habit of holding pins
in the mouth has been sounded by Dr. A.
Monae Lesser, in a recent lecture to the
Red Cross nurses. Don't do it, he
says. Not so much from the fear OF
swallowing it-for that would mean only
a surgical case-but from fear based upon
good grounds, of contagion- Tubercu-
losis and many other disease can be
transmitted in no easier way. Under the
head of the pin all kinds of germs may
be located, and irritating the tongue ever
so little renders one liable to contract dis
eases. Even a new paper of pins IS not
above suspicion. In Europe especially
boys prowl about the streets, hunting
for pins, which they carry to the factory
and sell to the manufacturer. These are
laid in rows, and go in with the new pins
ooking as innocent as their fellows,
though they are far from what they APP
pear. The questionable habit of women
putting pencils and silver money in their
mouths was also placed in the same cate
CORY Of dangerous" and to be avoided.
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To a certain extent. say the millinery
Trade Review plumes enter the COM
position of the early winter models, but
are seldom placed outside. A big clus-
ter of roses is sometimes placed against
a brim turned up in front, or a little
bunch of velvet pansies underneath a
fiat brim in front of the left ear In some
cases dahlias are substituted for roses,
and there is little doubt but that violets
will run pansies close as soon as the win
ter really sets in. There has been a good
deal of talk about black velvet flowers,
n their application to between-season
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had caught the fancy of the milliners who
make for the American buyers. Nor ave
these been much tempted by the fancy
ribbons which are being largely used to
trim country and other autumn hats, in
combination with all manner of quill
feathers. couteaux. frigates and the like.
frequently clipped into the most fantastic
shapes at their extremities.
Ready made, Parisian-looking hat bows
are sold in the shops, ready for purchase
by amateur hat trimmers The prepare
ton of ribbon bows is a point in which
the tyro is most apt TO betray her lack
of mechanical nicely. A homemade
looking bow will spoil an expensive piece
of millinery. Somehow the amateur does
not pinch the loops tight enough or make
the bow look firm and tidy. For fear of
mussing the ribbon, she fails to make a
good estimate of the relative proportions
of loop ends, changes them occasionally,
and when the business is completed it
has not the firm, crisp stylish LOOK of
ribbon bow fashioned by the knowing
hands of an expert milliner.
The so-ealled Bourbon hat bows come
ready wired, stitched and shirred, in
either taffeta or satin or velvet ribbon in
several colors. One of these almost trims
a hat, or they may be purchased for use
without a hat. In this case you must fix
a large hairpin beneath the knot of silk
which congresses the butterfly loops and
bows. This fastens it to the eoiffure. 1t
makes a pretty ~headdress. A black taffeta
Bourbon" is the most useful selection to
make, and in general the most becoming
color and material if it is intended to use
it as a headdress.
Instead of an overskirt. where sue is
not desirable, as in the case of adapt
ing a last seasons gown, the tunic
effect can be initiated exactly with the
aid of Pompadour ribbons. These narrow
ribbons are themselves trimmed with a
border of finest silk mousseline, ruehed,
shirred or gathered. When this so-called
Pompadour ribbon is applied to a sleeve
or bodice the effect is very good, but as
the lines Of bodice and sleeves are kept
somewhat fiat this season the new trim
ming is best displayed on a skirt where
the unexpected fullness of the ruche-
edged fancy ribbons simulate al over