The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-29
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We are DISPOSED to grumble when fate
refuses TO help people anxious to help
themselves.
The fact IS. two-thirds Of our undertake
ings go straight to the wall because we do
not give them attractive surroundings. 1t
costs more at the start: better this than
complete failure.
1 heard a good story the other day. 1t
goes right along with my idea upon this
subject.
A friend answering he4 door bell found
a br.sk-looking body standing on the front
steps. She was one of the smug-faced
type who talks with her features. She
glibly began
Lady of the house, / presume?"
Il am introducing Madame Blanks tot
let preparation, the Lotus Cream. which
no lady of taste and refinement should be
without. Madame Blank is sending sam
piles of her cream TO all the ladies in this
city. Now If you will kindly hold out
your ~hand-open 1T little more, please
there!" IA
Here the features stopped working, the
agent fumbled in the depths of a shabby
bag and whipped out a greasy box. Into
it went two grimy fingers. and before my
4l4CAo u ALAAAh - Til
looking stuff was slapped into her palm,
which she hypnotically held out.
''ThereI" with a~-triumphant expression.
s.There is the famous Lotus Cream, made
of the purest oils and guaranteed to re-
move every particle of %roughness and
chap from the skin.
Now with a determined expression
and a slight pushing gesture. NOW if you
will kindly step inside l will show you
how to rub it in"
Ny friend stared blankly at the grease,
then. coming out of her doorstep daze, in
dignantly said
II don't want to- have 1t rubbed in-I
don't really. Have no need for anything
of the sort. / am very BUSY this morn
ing; you must excuse me-"
The professional smiles of the cream
agent froze into icicle ridges Of reproach.
IF you had told me that before she be-
gan coldly-
But you didn't give me time"
IF you had told me that before went
on the swapping voice, q wouldn't nave
wasted my cream
You would not, indeed" her victim
answered just as tartly. "for if 1 had
known what you were going to do L
wouldn't a allowed you to smear up
my hand this way"
Then, said the agent viciously, you
can just put that cream straight back in
the box and as she switched away the
woman on the doorstep wondered who
would be the next unfortunate to get that
much handle cream rubbed in"
Here was one woman trying to dispose
of the wares of another. The venture
will DE a failure. Both women will feel
rcsentful towar the world.
If the maker of the cream had axed up
cunning boxes and had selected with
great care an agent she might rave stood
a reasonable chance of making Roadway.
In selling anything of sue Il nature
as much exquisite daintiness of detail is
.feessary As in sending out a table deli
-cacy. Why should any woman living in
this fastidious age dream for one moment
that wares put up SO coarseiy and peddled
with so LITTLE tact would make a hit?
1t is always so. Anything that has real
merit. surrounded by delicate environ
ments is pretty certain to receive recogni-
ton. When an article of merchandise
does not, and the fault lies with the mer-
chant. is this Individual ever honest
TO admit it.
fGTIectlO0 must De Inc QdlfIndTk upon
everything that goes before the public if
it has toilet tackled on to it. Otherwise
only a few ignorant souls will buy, and
the scheme n in disaster.
"
The short covert coats are to be used
as much as ever for ordinary wear, says
'Harper's Bazaar" The material of these
covert coats is always about the same,
but the shade this year is a trifie darker
thar last, quite distinct from the mate
rial and shade used in the box-coats.
These little coats do not fit into the fig
ure so much as they did at the back, but
are almost tight-ftting in front. They
should be made very carefully, and nave
absolutely no attempt at trimming. They
fasten with a fly front, n are single
breasted. Some of them have pockets,
other have not; they are smarter with
out them. The sleeves are small, not abb
solutely tight-fitting, but large enough to
allow of a dress sleeve being put under
meath. Then there are the very smart
long coats that are most attractive, but
a little warm for spring wear. They
are, however. so graceful in their lines,
that it will be hard to resist getting one.
They are made of the lightweight cloths,
tan and gray, and even in black and dark
blue, fasten. over to the left shoulder, and
are finished with a ruff1e. They are very
unbecoming unless well fittedS and even
then are not to be rashly attempted by
women who are short and stout. For
short and stout women there are a num-
Der of coats this year that are unusually
becoming. There is the -three-quarter
length coat with the fly front. tight-ft-
ting in the back and as far as the darts
in front, but with the straight French
front. that breaks the width around the
hips very satisfactorily. This same style
of Jacket made on much sharper lines il
one Of the new models for the spring
costumes.
One hears a great deal Of talk about
moist bread, and a large humble of house
keepers shut their bread in alright boxes
to keep it moist. Such barbarous treat
ment of bread may be efficacious in keep
ing it moist, but bread from which fresh
air is excluded always has a disagreeable
clayey flavor, and is unpalatable to peo-
pie of cultivated tastes, who appreciate
the nutty sweetness that Is a prominent
characteristic of all good bread
Most of the bread made by bakers has
to be eaten fresh and moist, or not eaten
al all. It is so light thai If exposed 70