The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-06
WOMAN'S WORLD.

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pensive-perhaps 20 cents each-but they
are of no mean proportions and one
goes a long ways This fruit is one OF
the new things we acquire with our west
and East Indian possessions.
Cut the pears across in thin slices and
lay on a glass dish; dress with oil, salt
and t~arragon-a French dressing, and
there you are. You both please your
guests and astonish them, if the NOR
sci has not before been tasted by them,
and it will be quite amusing to offer a
small Klondike as a prize for the one
who can tell what he is eating.
If afternoon tea is served before din
ner, this pear may here be used with
great success for sandwiches-indeed,
its mission seems to lie in this direction.
Butter thinnest Slices of bread-but do
moi spread it thick. a paste pre-
pared of the mashed alligator pear,
treated to the French dressing, and
spread this upon the bread, but do not
forget to add a triae of nutmeg Cut
the sandwiches in diamonds, stars. or
! squares, and serve with your cup OF
tea.
A hot morsel for the 5 o'clock fune-
ton is crisp, thin ginger snaps, the very
best which you can make or buy. Pu
them in the oven to get toasted, butter
sprinkle them with a dash OF cayenne
pepper, and you have a toothsome tribe
for a cold afternoon, when you come IN
from the golf links; say for your cup OF
tea. Served with bones broiled mar
row bones-these ginger snaps are quite
chic for "a late supper.
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Chapped hands. are in season, and not
very wholesome, either, 1 think hasty
washing and insufficient drying one
cause of cracks and chaps, and wearing
gloves part of the time and carrying
them in the hand part of the time IS
often responsible for the trouble. This
mixture is excellent for the hands, to
use after washing them and before they
are quite dry:-Two ounces glycerine, two
ounces rosewater. one ounce spirits cam
phor, one ounce benzoin. This also whit
ems the hands. Rubbing the hands with
olive oil and busting them with pre-
pared chalk before going to bed will
keep them soft and white. Those who
are afflicted with hands that are chron-
ieally damp and who wishes to keep them
dry for fine needlework or embroidery
should use a little of the powder of lyco-
podium rubbing it on the hands after
washing them. Performers of magic use
this powder to sprinkle on the surface of
a basin Of water, when by a little adroit-
ness they can plunge their hands to the
bottom without getting them wet, SO
great is the resisting power of his sub
stance.
It is we'll to remember that all lngre-
clients of an acid, alkaline, acrid or as
tringent nature injuriously affect the skin
of the hand. Anything that fills up the
pores, destroying the natural moisture,
injuries the delicaey OF the skin, while, on
the other side, excessive moisture or per-
spiratfon of the hands generally indicates
debility or a disordered stomach and re-
quires a special course of treatment Do
not neglect the cleansing and whitening
properties OF oatmeal for drying purposes
after the hands have been washed and
toweled. Sweet almond oil, honey and the
y'olk of an egg beaten together max a
fine paste for rough or chappad hands.
For red hands mustard foot baths, regular
sleep and light exercise are remedial
agents. Practice holding the hands up SO
that the blood will not run into them too
freely.
That history repeats itself is a platitude,
but a platitude sometimes is the truth. In
1903, under guidance of Josephine, the sar-
torial phrase was, How well Madame or
Mademoiselle So-and-so shows off her
lines! How beautifully she is draped." To
show les lignes is the desideratum of fash
I onn hla drorc al 4hn Droco114 +fpao nfn
years after. The fact tina knowledge of
effect and simplicity of outline produced
the best results, first began to be realized
then, has now developed into an acknow-
lodged axiom. Fashion, after going
through all the transformation scenes of
crinolines dress improvers. balloon sleeves,
etc, once again has veered round to the
graceful mould of the first Empire. the be-
ginning and the closing years OF the nine
tenth century being the most artistic of
all.
A wordy war still RACES ound the skirt
a la node. There is the skirt with the
front and sides carefully moulded to the
figure, and one broad box-pleat, the "pli
Bulgare," behind. There is the "jupe
bonnie femme set into knife pleats all the-
way round, pressed fiat round the hips,
and cut on the principal of the sun ray
skirt. There is the skirt set into small
tucks at the back, or into actual gathers;
the draped SKIRT, the unique, and the
amless back skirt. Never before have
we offered so many sacrifices on the altar
OF variety. Plain skirts are not yet doom
ed. grace and common sense together go
to recommend them.
49,
Old fashioned PEPPERMINT is the confec-
ton dear to the heart of all the grand
mammas, because it was the one best
known to their childhood, says the WON
ans Home Companion" So you must
learn to make it for the sake of those
who viii appreciate the pains you have
taken for them. And the rule I am Civ
ing you now is ~grandma's rule. To every
cupful of fine graduated sugar add one
fourth of a cupful of hot water. Boil for
five minutes, flavor to the taste with pep
permint extract, stir until thick. then
drop on paper and set away to cool. Make
the drops large or small, as you fancy,
but the smaller ones seem the most deli
cate.
A gift that will prove immensely popu-
lar with the little folk on Christmas
Day, or. indeed, at any time, is the will
low swing. Intended as part furniture for