The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-24
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WOMAN'S WORLD.

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curl from disappearing at the first pro-
vocation.
1t is alisvery well to talk about straight
locks being the right thing now, but
Observation-Disclosures are no prettier than
they ever were. Tight frizzes are not
/ permitted, but loose natural turns are
still a graceful finish, and there is just
one sure way to accomplish them. Wind
the lock from the very tip of the hair
in a round mat, until the lock is snugly
curved down in the very centre of the
little mat the turns make Fold up the
mat in a square of tissue paper. Press
it, paper and hair, at night before you
go to bed and let it stay in the paper
all night.
In the morning, the paper unfolded,
down will tumble the lock, glossy and
curved into a loose series of rounds, as
different as can be from the quirk OF
corners that passes for the usual ar
tifcial curl. No matter how long or how
short the lock, it will come from this
treatment natural and what is more,
it will seem to hold the curl, coming
J out in a pretty loosening of the curve
instead of in sharp angles.
All this takes time, though, and a
shorter way and almost as good is to
wind the lock over a roll of silk, being
sure the tip of the lock curves under
snugly. The difference between the nat
ural and the coerced curl is all in the
curve of the tip. No natural curl ever
starts to eorkscrew right from the scalp,
though a wave or SO may show there.
So devote all attention to the rounding
of the ends.
If an iron is used let it be a good-sised
round and not scorching. Dampen the
hair slightly and curl slowly. Slip the
lock from the iron and let it stay pinned
in a close-gathered round for a little
while, at any rate till it cools. This hold
ing of the curl till the hair cools makes
the curl last much longer. Two rules
then-go slow and look out for the ends.
When the necessary locks are curved do
up the hair, letting the curves escape
in their own natural way.
There should be general rejoicing in
girls schools over the announcement
made by the British Medical Journal"
that piano practice is distinctly injurious
L L III 1ICiNOo III AAtttC 5iA'f -
Eold-he is we'll named-a nerve specialist,
has been Investigating the subject, and he
finds that the effects of learning to play
the piano are so deadly that out of a
thousand girls studying the instrument
before the age of twelve, no less than SIX
hundred suffered from nervous diseases
in after life, against one hundred who
had never learned at all.
His opinion is that the deadly" custom
Of making little girls hammer daily or
poor, patient pianos, shoul be prescribed
by public opinion. Were it put to the
vote, there ought to be no doubt about
the result, for if the nerves of learners
suffer from the daily practice, the nerves
of listeners must be in still more perilous
condition. DR.. Waltzhold deserves a pub
lie memorial, and were a subscription
raised for the purpose. it would cerainiy
be a handsome one. for there is not a
schoolgirl who would not spend the last
penny of her pocket money on it, while
the victims of next door pianos would
simply beg to be allowed to subscribe.
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The s~unbonnet's the latest. And 1t
isn't only for youngsters, for even ma
dame has found thai her own pretty eyes
are twice as pretty as seen dow its
shady depths. 1t isn't all a matter of
keeping fair, either. Lots of girls who
like to be brown as berries appreciate the
way in which it protects their eyes from
the continual glare. And the sun, de-
spite his thousand and one good qualities,
does glare most of the summer whether
one summers at the shore or is perched
on some mountain side.
You may choose it in any color, and
the painfully sensible person will select
picue, because it will remain firm and
uncompromising such a long time. But
those of us who love soft, graceful eff
fects will order it in null, or dimity at
the worst. After all those of dimity are
very sweet, a pink and white one with
Val edges to all its little frills especially.
( Just tie If under your chin and there
you are, ready for golf or anything else.
A white one is exceptionally dainty, with
its edgings of sheer black lace. But the
brunette will lose her heart to a chic
affair in cherry red, a stunning bit from
the depths of which her sparkling eyes
will do no end of damage. But you may
find any color-there's only to choose.
OF course, ~childhood's happy hour has
not been forgotten. Children, indeed, are
more addicted to the sunbonnet han their
elders. There are any number of the
heavier sort, some of them very hand
/ some, with embroidery or hemstitching,
and these are more effective in white. The
sheer ones boast about as many ruches
and frflls as grace those which will shield
the eyes of sisters older in the art. A
sweet one in sheerest white has every
frill edged with narrow blu satin baby
ribbon. Another eauty in white has fine
insertions let in the length of the poke
front. There's more variety in the in
fantile bonnet, especially in size. 1t
ranges from the bit hardly larger than
a cap to the fairly full-size bonnet.
So much for the sunbonnet, as coquet-
fish headgear as one could well find.
So
Do you know how to crisp lettuce
leaves? asks a culinary authority. A
most simple process, but one rarely
adopted judging by the wilted stuff VIC
generally see served. A gentleman of the
old school was my teacher and while yet
a wee maid / was promoted to the proud
dignity of crisping the lettuce.
First carefully separate the leaves from
the stalk, discarding discolored and i'm
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