The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-21
In M0man'S World.

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ly dwarfed and shrunken by the side of
their tall young daughters. A question
asked half proudly and half anxiously
for, although it g~ratifies their maternal
pride that their girls should be like the
daughters of the gods, s'divinely tall,
they have no wish to see them pass those
celestial limits, as they are doing, and be-
come Brobdignaggian damsels, who bid
fair to frighten away all their partners.
For it is an incontrovertible fact that
the boys are not developing in ratio with
the girls. Their average height has
in nowise increased of late years, while
it is really startling to see how that of
their sisters and their friends is assuming
really Amazonian proportions.
"A few years ago. said a society
woman recently, my daughter was
invited to join a dancing class of girls
who were not yet out. AT home we
thought her quite tall, as she was an
inch taller than I, and I had always
considered myself over the average. So
I was considerably astonished to find
that she looked decidedly understood in
comparison with the rest of the girls,
who lowered above her. Even then /
wondered at the increased height of
the coming woman, but what was my
J amazement and almost CONSERVATION
this year when I saw my second dauga-
ter with a younger set, who have taken
the places of their elder sisters, and find
that my eldest girl is a mere pigrny
among the others, and that the second
crop of girls will be much taller than
even the first. Many of them measure
six feet, and even more! l should cay
that this remarkable increase in The
average height of women is really phe-
nomenal. and that scientists should give
it their attention"
About the propriety of a young I'M
married woman going with a young I'M
married man to concerts, the OPERA, or
the play in the evening unchaperoned. I
have my doubts, whatever the peculiar
circumstances may be, says 'Harper's
Bazaar OF course if a girls mother
thinks it quite proper that her daughter
should go with the young man there is
nothing more to say. l have infinite faith
in a mothers Judgment, and a girl needs
no better shield against criticism than
her mothers acknowledged appro-
baton and support. Speaking on general
principles and with the true interest of
girls very much at heart. it seems to me
hardly worth while 20 run the risk of
being censured and talked about for the
sake of an evenings pleasure. You may
think me prudish, but a girl cannot be too
] careful to keep the bloom of her maiden
hood unsullied, and to refrain from Civ
ing the slightest chance for any gossip.
BY the standard of what polite society
accepts as right and proper, a girl should
not so anywhere alone with a young ma
in the evening. Do not think ] am too
severe, and remember I am quoting city
conventionalfties. but they are those
which are accented everywhere by the
best and most refined society.
At a beautiful luncheon given recently,
where Christmas holly was massed on
the table for decoration and the shades
of the candles We're decorated with hol-
ly and everything in red and green, the
! first course of fruit brought out the red
note in a pretty way. The fruit was the
orange, and it had been separated into
sections. the tough membrane had been
removed from each section, each of which
was just enough for a dainty nouthfui.
They were arranged around a plate, "
ing fiat, while in the centre was a lit
tie mound of dark-red sugar, like a big
smooth red bonbon, the shape of a big
chocolate cream: the sugar was to sweet
en- the orange if the guests desired it.
The fruit was eaten with fruit or oyster
forks.
Women who are obliged to wash their
own dishes and at the same time wish
to preserve the beauty of their hands,
should remember that after taking them
out of the dishpan they should be imme-
diately rinsed in strong alum water. This
will prevent the nails from becoming soft
and the skin getting rough from sthe re-
4 peated contact of the hands with the hot
dishwater. Before beginning to dry the
dishes they should dry their own hands
thoroughly. The busy housewife is too
often careless in this respect, and the
result is rough, red and unsightly hands.
An inventive genius has come to the
Women,s assistance with a very ingenious
contrivance, and made it possible for a
woman to curl her naturally straight
locks and yet not be a guy during the pro-
cess. This is done by the use of a set OF
hairpins and small rods and bits OF baby
ribbon of the hue desired. The hair is
wound in and out on a hairpin and .
piece of ribbon, which has it's two ends
left out. When this is completed the
ends of ribbon are tied in a pretty little
bow the hairpin slipped out, and there YOU
are, with your hair done up on ribbon.
Art serge of any bright hue will make a
pretty rug for baby to learn to creep upon.
Figures of animals cut from flannel
padded slightly and worked over with
worsted, may be a%ppliqued upon the rug
after it has been neatly bound with braid.
If the baby is a girl she will be delighted
with the rug upon which kittens. rabbits.
SQUIRRELS. birds and flowers are scattered.
A boy baby will naturally prefer lions.
tigers. horses. dogs and bears upon his
rug. The animals should have tongues
of red flannel and the eyes should be dis
tinctly marked.
Coffee sponge, piled high on a dish,
makes an attractive and delicious dessert.
Make AN infusion with o~ne-quarter of a
pound of ground coffee, strain it through
a cheesecloth bag, then dissolve three
quarters of a pound Of sugar in one PIN
of cream, add this to the yolks of six
eggs. then put in the coffee and shake un-
til of the consistency of lemon sponge.
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Borax is, doubtless, the best softener
for water in which woolens are to be
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