The Jersey City news., 1899-01-05
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keep the mouth shut" writes Katharine
| e. Junkermann in the january Woman )
Home Companion in the first article Of
the series 1.-THE Cultivation of the Speax-
| ing Voice.
s'Of course. no tone can be either
| strong or pure if the lungs are cramped
so that the air cannot find room. In order
/ to increase the size of the lung cavity,
raise the chest and keep the body well
and strongly poised.
| $50 much harm has been done to voices
! by allowing the mouth TO become the reg
ular air-passage that the need of care
cannot be too frequently emphasized. Be-
sides, the injury done by the unwarmed
air entering the lungs the mucous mem-
brane is hardened by the saliva being
! dried up, and the muscles of the tongue
and throat grow stiff and less responsive.
1t is comparatively easy to control ones
breathing when awake, but when asleep
the harm goes on. To remedy this in
wolves a slight discomfort, but one can
endure it patiently looking to the end.
| Cut court-plaster into little strips about
one-fourth of an inch in width, and paste
(, several across the lips, placing them up
and down, with the lips held naturally.
| If one is tempted to give up rather than
| endure the discomfort this method in
wolves, a walk through an ordinary day
coach, or a night made hideous by the
presence of a snorer in near berth,
will cause solemn VOW to be taken never
to do likewise.
| There never was a time when women
| paid SO much attention to the little things
as they do today. Not only the rich
women, but all women are particular
about the minor adjuncts of dress that
add to the finish of a womans gowning.
| Among these so-called trivial affairs
that attract shoppers in the Christmas
| tide are the many beautiful jeweled hat
| pins.
| Candidly, I know nothing of the history
! of hatpins. but think they are a mod
ern contrivance. l suspect that those CO.
| quettish bohnets that our grandmothers
wore, with the rose peeping out from be-
meath the brim, and the long streamers
that tied in q bow under the chin, were
not all coquetry. Those ribbons were
there to keep the bonnet on. Whether
they did or not is a problem we can solve
readily with the aid of a hatpin.
All the shops devote some space to
hatpins, but one shop today showed a
! whole counter full, an enterprise as re-
munerative as it was attractive. But
| there were none in silver. The counter
scintillated with the prisms of Partisan
art-dead white of pearls, glowing red
and flashing white crystals were all there
| for the buying.
They ranged in price from 81 to twenty
| five cents, and these for forty-tive cents
| were by far the prettiest of any on the.
counter. The newest in the more expen-
sive pins were great pear shaped stones
/ imitation coral-set in gilt metal. For
seventy-five cents one could get crystals,
red, white or deep orange, incrusted with
mock pearls. There were plenty of the
dull turquoise blue stones, also set with
pearls. They have been on the market
for a long time, but all of these have
variations of setting and shapes that sug-
| gest novelty
The pins for thirty-five cents of which
spoke, were in two colors and var
Gus shapes. They were dun pink and
turquoise blue stones. cut like cameo
9 head in relief on the smooth stone
and were Simply Set III 1iilS GIT liiSSe1i-
"The secret of domestic finance is to
make little money go "a long way,
writes Frances Evans in an article
| "About Men" in the January Ladies
Home Journal sgThe old axiom about
saving the pennies and letting the pounds
take care of themselves is not the natural
policy Of Americans; only the frugal
Scotch and French know that rule by
heart. But women could learn it bstter
than men, because their minds dwell more
naturally upon little things. If they are
rarely great financiers they are frequently
successful small financiers. Make a
woman responsible for an allowance and
she feels the interest of a junior partner:
pay her bills and she is put on the foot
ing of an inferior. There is a feeling of
ignominy about asking a man for a car
fare, fifty cents, five dollars, or even
hundred dollars, disagreeable beyond ex-
preston to woman with, any pride or
independence. Now that women are
thinking more for themselves than in the
past, independence is becoming naturally
part sof their creed. This independence
cannot be choked OUT
Crepe scarfs in dainty colors are being
much worn with theatre waists and even
ing gowns They are about eighteen
inches in width and at least two and a
half yards long, and becoming alike to
old and young. A scarf of this sort
serves two purposes, giving considerable
warmth over the shoulders and chest
and keeping very light gown from
becoming solied by a dark wrap that
may be put over it. The way to wear
it is to spread it out over the chest, cross
the ends behind, bring them back to the
left side in front and tie them in. loose
knot. A coat is easily slipped on over
this, and those who wear the scarfs are
already adopts in removing them grace
fully and quickly.
They are going to start mouse club in
New York. There is one in full blast in
Boston, with German, Herr Anton Rott-
mueller, at the head.
Mrs. Jack Gardner, who always takes
the most intense interest in peculiar and
eccentric fads, is to be a patroness of
the Boston affair, which has already fifty
members. So the circular says.
The society mouse is of course. dainty
creature, Of all shades and colors. the
rarest being pure white although black