The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-19

detachable list, and we long TO be able
TO try fruit as Il beautifier. There are
apples. They head the list, and oranges
and grape fruit and neetarines and dates
and figs and apricots and lemon ana
peaches and prunes and currants ano
cranberries and STRAWBERRIES and cherries
and plums, and some are in season all the
year around, For wealthy folks they sure
ly are, and some we. who are. just. COM
mon clay, must be content to wait for,
but always we may find in the market
enough fruit to give us a breakfast every
day in the year.
And of course, when worldly wise, we
remove the skin of our fruit, because
there is that hateful germ that. according
to authority, is c~linging to every earthly
thing we handle.
Nature offers us nuts, and nuts we
agree are better than all the pastries and
buildings and ices that come to our tables
if we wish a healthy dessert. Some beauty
disciples eat nuts three times a day.
l am persuaded there are more ugly
skins from lack of nourishment than from
overfeeding. But it is j smart woman
who knows how to reach perfection by
being neither a glutton nor a diet crank.
I could go on preaching diet for ever
and a day. 1t is a theme upon which
more changes are rung than any other we
hear about. 1t is capable of such results
no onder we harp e~ternally upon 1t.
In merely touching upon the necessity
for proper food so much must be left to
be said another time. Well and good. 1t
shall be said. yes. n again and again.
So
The ordinary furnace-heated house is
a bad place in which to grow plants.
The air seems to have had all the damp
ness removed. and that moist condition
so conducive to a good growth in plants
is not found. This may in a measure
be overcome by means of evaporation,
which while not supplying a great
amount of moisture. hou do some
thing toward relieving the bad condition
of the atmosphere. Place jars or
pans of water in. around or about the
furnace. hang buckets of water down
inside the furnace pipes, below the reg
listers. or place them anywhere that
rapid evaporation may be induced. Keep
all the plants in light, airy location. but
away from draughts. Never consign a
well-grown specimen palm to a corner of
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It's beautiful appearance will last a short
time only in the dark. close place. 1t
may seem strange to some. but the very
best place in the house if the tempera-
ture can there be maintained at an ever
point is the kitchen because of the con-
slant evaporation of the water as it puffs
forth from the spout of the tea-kettle.
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In the frosty weather. particularly If
dark clothes are worn. the hands very
soon become soiled and require frequent
washing. They should be washed in
warm water. not hot water. and. if DOS
sibla. in soft water. After washing they
should be dried very thoroughly in bran
or oatmeal. and great care taken that
the nails are most thoroughly dry; in the
drying the cuticle can be pushed back
sufficiently to show the half-moon at the
base of the nail. Nail scissors. not used
for any other purpose. should be used
to cut off hanG-nails: but it is better to
use a file to keep the nails short, and
for this purpose there shoul be three
or four files of varying size. To give the
lustre desired. there is a new kind OF
wash that makes the nails pink, not deep
red. and also gives a gloss and finish.
After this is put on the hands should b-
washed. but sufficient of the polish will
remain. says "Harper's Bazaar"
After the hands are washed the second
time to remove the polish the nails
should be rubbed brisiiy. either with a.
piece of channels. a nail-pohsher. or by
rubbing them again with the palm of the
hand. The last method is. perhaps, the
best of all. for it polishes just enough
without giving too exaggerated a finish.
Rings are so much the fashion that
the hands must of necessity be well
kept, but it is a mistake to wear too
many rings, particularly with a plain
gown: it is to be hoped that it will soon
go out of fashion to wear them with
anything but evening dress.
The two-piece p~etticoat has come to
join the three-piece skirt and the two
piece skirt. The street petticoat is duly
provided with three founces. only one of
which can be worn at a time. The skirt
is made of fine cloth or silk or MORE
moreen, as one chooses. 1t m at
the knee. somewhat briefly. with a row OF
buttons thickly studding the narrow hem.
To this is buttoned one of the iounces in
fine weather a show piece of carnation
red or brilliant green or of demure fawn
or black. For rough weather we don the
"storm founce.'' The bright-colored silk
hounce and the black one give the impress
sion of being several petticoats. whereas
they all appertain to one short garment
which is half-mounted as a deep. close
fitting yoke. This is in order to bring the
fulnas well away from the hips and
down at the knees. The storm iounce
should not be of cloth or any woollen. for
then it will elongate and cling wher
soaked with rain. Have our storm
iounce, of black silk or satin or of some
dounce is a good idea. Have the yoke OF
your petticoat perfectly fitted. The rest
you can make yourself
AS a safeguard and convenience. moth
ing more valuable has appeared for
many a day than the new Time Spoon
In general appearance much like the
ordinary silver teaspoon. on its handle
is a dial about the size of a quarter OF
a dollar. and upon it are plainly en-
grayed numbers after the manner OF the
clock-face. In the center is a little in
dictator that may be turned at will to
show when the next food. medicine (oi
for whatever purpose the spoon is
utilized is to be given. The good nurse
like the good soldier, obeys orders. there
fore in the sick room the question "Wher
was If given last?'' is inexcusable, par
+;o,,tarlv with tfhe ssTime Spoon as aiC