The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-11-28

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we see beneath it a dainty mass of
ethereal clouds which ook like smoke just
as it is about to vanish. But it's pretty,
this foamy sea of chiffon sort of setting,
and that means THAT we can forgive much.
Another extravaganza is the cloak with
a long train. But how stately and grace
full it is! It may be chosen in splendid
broche, or 1t may be made Of finest fur,
or It may be of chiffon. You smile! You
opine that the latter will be warm with
the thermometer at zero? That only
! shows you've not looked into the matter
The plated chiffon opera wrap is every
bit as warm. as the one Of fur, and all
because of the cosy padding that turks
in its soft -satiny foundations. Whether
or not it has a hood is a matter of per-
sonal taste. Most of US choose them be-
cause of their picturesqueness, and
they're fine to draw over the head COM
ing home. Going, no thank you, as we
value the appearance of our tresses.
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What shall be said of that laundering
Kindness of home folk that considers CIV
ing the boy only presents of such things
as he actually needs? asks the "Woman's
Home Companion" 1t is an outrage up
on the spirit of Christmas to present
him with new shoes, ties, handkerchiefs-
something that he knows he will get any
way-when his sleeping and waking
dreams for weeks before have been filed
with visions of tops, balls, guns and mag
ie-lanterns. The most beautiful knitted
muffler woman's fingers ever constructed
cannot compare with a jack-knife with
/ four blades and a eork-screw attachment,
when exhibited over the backSfence to a
neighbor boy on Christmas morning. Very
soon after the days of kits a boy reaches
the age when he yearns with his whole
soul after any toy or c~ontrivance that
will test his muscular skill or endurance.
At this age an appropriate present would
be a rawhide or rope Iariat, such as is
used by the Buffalo Bill riders. A pair
of hand or arm stills will be received
with equal favor, and in the same cate
CORY comes a new fishing rod, snow shoes,
tennis racket. golf clubs, a good bell,
lamp or cyclometer for his wheel, or even
a live pet, a new dog, a pair Of rabbits
or MISUNDERSTANDING that he can pet
and rain for all his own.
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When your system is running in first
class order and you find your skin greasy
and shiny, or coarse and rough, or your
nose red and with too high a polish, it
may be worth your while to try the fol-
lowing, as applications once a day for a
few weeks will make a shiny, greasy,
coarse skin soft and velyety, says the
Philadelphia Record"
In a half pint bottle put one and a half
ounces of cucumber juice; then half fill the
bottle with elder flower water. add one
ounce of eau de cologne and shake well.
Then lido one-half ounce Of simple tine
ture Of benzoin and shake lightly. Fill
the remaining space with elder flower
water.
One quart of canlphor water. one n
pure glycerine, one-half ounce powdered
borax. Let it mix well. Let 1t dry on
and remain a few moments, then
thoroughly wash the face with soft water.
In addition it is well to use the almond
cream each night rubbing 1t well in.
Use the two following preparations, al
ternating each night for two weeks, af-
terward using them occasionally. A
smooth, soft skin will result
No. Thirty cents worth of almond
oil, five of camphor gum, five of white
wax, five of -spermaceti, ten drops oil of
lavender; stir till light and creamy. Bath
the face in warm water then apply this
cream, allowing it to remain on tvs hours
or even all night in some cases.
No. 2 is a paste for the rough kin. Mix
a quarter of a pound of unsalted lard
which has been washed In rain water and
then in rose water, with the yofks of two
freshly laid eggs. and a tablespoonful of
strained honey. Add as much oatmee- or
almond meal as will work it into a paste.
Drink and hurry and worry send most
of the men to an asylum" says a doctor;
while love affairs. combined with a lack
of food. throw most of the women off
their balance The love affairs would
nave but little influence over them if they
were properly. fed; but among the
illusions in which girls and women in
dulge is that: as they care very little
about their food SO the lack of it can
not have much effect upon them. They
rather despise men for being careful to
have regular meals, whether business
presses or not, and are inclined to vaunt
their own superiority in such respects.
But If this disregard of the natural in
stincts of hunger leads US in the same
path as drink and hurry and worry"
lead men, and if we are to be Inundated
by Representatives, in love affairs, how
pre-eminently does male
stand out in the matter.
We SO often exalt our weakness into
something to be proud of And if we go
without our UGH some day, an avenging
headache swoops down and makes us ir-
ritable. Surely that is nothing to be
proud of Or, if the men of the family
are dining out, the women have tea and
toast and scrambled eggs, and next morn
ing wonder why they feel so limp and
as If everything to be done were dread
fully troublesome and impossible.
Edward Box writes, in the December
Ladies' Home Journal tina there
must be some radical and growing de-
parture from the right and best way Of
celebrating Christmas when each recur-
ring year we hear a larger number of
men saying, We'll. I'll be truly hankfuI
when this Christmas business is over
they are led to this remark gem
orally by seeing their wives, mothers,
sisters or daughters reach Christmas Day
utterly tired out. with the prospect of a
siege Of illness as soon as Christmas is
over. And II must be confessed that fhis