The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-10
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WOMAN'S WORLD.

+, artistic designs ana colorings that 1t is
by no means difficult to find what will
blend well with any carpet, and as the
material has SO many advantages which
cannot be claimed for stained boards. 1t
is a pity that it should not be more gener-
ally used.
Having recently had occasion to furnish
a small house at the seaside, l determined
to indulge my fancy for linoleum as a Dor
der TO all the carpets throughout the
house instead of following the almost uni
versal custom of stained boards, and with
the happiest result. So great, indeed has
been the success of this departure from
the usual method that I think it may in
terest others to hear how | managed my
rooms, and If any were tempted to follow
my example, and will also follow the di-
r~ections l give for keeping 1t in order. I
am sure they will feel rewarded by the re-
suit. OF course, taste must be exercised
to produce a good effect in this as in
everything else. No one, for instance,
would place a light-toned linoleum out
side a dark carpet, or vice versa, but take
a dark carpet of rich. subdued tones, suit
able for a d~ining-room, and border it with
one of the dark brown linoleums made
- q PdiauCt nOOI. anu LIE HIlOIl
is excellent. These dark linoleums should
never be washed with soap and water. I
find the best way to keep them bright and
dark is to rub them over once a week
with oil and m~ethylated spirits mixed in
equal quantities, using only a little at a
time on a soft cloth, and then rubbing
perfectly dry with another cloth or with
a chamois leather.
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The drawing room is treated in a differ
ent manner. The carpet being light, /
nave chosen to go with it a linoleum that
is such an exact imitation of Indian mat
ting that it might easily be mistaken for
1t, the touches of red and green in the
design lending warmth to the general eff
feet.
For bedrooms / like a white ground
with designs in natural tints. 1t gives
a room such a clean and cheerful aspect.
and blends well with art square of
rather an unpronounced type of which
there are so many. A damp cloth passed
over the linoleum to remove the dust
when the room is being done is all that
is necessary, though soap and water can
be used occasionally, but care must be
taken to dry it Immediately.
The worst enemy to linoleum is the
housemaid, witt her dearly loved pail
of water and ~scrubbing brush, and it is
difficult to convince her that a liberal use
of water is a mistake; unless well looked
after she will scrub it like a boarded floor
and leave it to dry Of its own accord,
fast or slowly, as the case may be. It
speaks well for the material that it will
] resist even this treatment, but, naturally,
] it wears much longer if properly cleaned.
OF the hall and passages it is unneces-
sary to speak, for here it is that linoleum
reigns supreme. My endeaTor has been
! to show that it might with advantage be
more generally introduced into the rooms,
thereby saving q. great deal of labor that
is now expended upon polishing stained
boards. and without in the least detract-
ing from the artistic appearance Of the
house.
In frosty weather, says .'Harper's
Bazaar 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 possible, 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 pur-
pose, should be used to cut off any hang
nails; but it is better to use a file to
keep the nails short, and for this purpose
there should be three or four files of va
rying size. To give the lustre desired
there is a new kind Of wash that a
the nails pink, not deep red, and also
gives a gloss and finish. After this is
put on the hands should be washed, but
sufficient of the polish will remain.
After the hands are washed the second
time to remove the polish the nails should
be rubbed briskly, either with a piece Of
channels, a nail-polisher, or by rubbing
them again with the palm of the hand
This last method is perhaps the best of
! all, for it polishes just enough without
| giving too exaggerated a finish in APP
pearance.
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 tina it will soon go out of fash
ion to wear them with anything but even
ing dress.
Among the more popular materials used
| in modern gloye-making are kid, lamb,
buck, dol and dog skins, says the
ssWoman's Home Companion The kids
are specially reared for the use of their
hides. They are all kept in pens, and thus
are prevented from injuring their skins
asafhst hedges. palings or rocks. They
! are fed only with milk, SO as to preserve
the quality of the hide, which becomes
very delicate, and. naturally, more valu-
able. At one time Senator Mackay, of
Nevada, conceived the idea of buying up
all the goats in the world, so as to obtain
a monopoly of kid leather, but the scheme
did not flourish. Following closely upon
this was a plan projected by several
French capitalists to catch all the rats in
Chicago and establish a preserve which
would supply the French glove-makers
with ratskins to be converted into kid
gloves.
Elizabeth G. Jordan. a writer for a.
metropolitan daily, tells in the January
Ladies Home Journal What it
Means to be a Newspaper Woman She
points out to her sisters the way TO
success by the light of her own expert
ence, and the article will be of practical
value to the young women who may be
Thinking of taking mn Journalism as a