The Jersey City news., 1899-12-15

which win be converted by dainty stitch
es into fine handkerchiefs or pincushions
or slipper bags or mouchior cases or any
of the things that women are SO fond
of making to distribute during the holi-
| day season.
There is a pleasing excitement about
buying remnants of the sort that one
! might experience in purchasing prize
package or a lottery ticket-one gets 50
much for ones money-and, besides. one
can never tell exactly how valuable ones
purchase is until she has taken it home
and opened 1t and begins to calculate its
possibilities, which are often greater than
4 they appeared at first sight.
Do you ever stop to think how few peo-
pie there are in the world who are con-
tent with themselves? They find them
selves, as a rule, either too long or too
short too thick Of too thin, or too some
thing says the Philadelphia Record !"
We don't know how to remedy the too
long. or too short, except by careful dress
ing, but catering to the too thick or too
thin is much easier.
1t is more difficult to get thin than to
get fat. First of all one must give up
lots of loved dishes. Then he must ex7
ereise much. But it can be done, and
with an accompanying increase in
strength and vigor. Here is the Diet
Lean meats without gravy, oysters. fish,
shell-fish, game, bread Of whole wheat
-four. toast or same, eggs, cheese. green
vegetables, with little or no butter, stew
ed prunes and rice Avoid butter, milk,
cream, sugar. all sweets. white bread and
potatoes Drink very little Sleep but
seven hours per day. Exercise to the
point of fatigue. Walk five miles day,
beginning with two. Bicycle rides are
also advised
Getting fat is rally easy. It is not
mere matter of diet, though the correct
diet is factor. Have the food rich,
but not over stimulating. Eat all that
is desired but never over eat. Milk,
cream, butter, sweet bread, corn bread,
puddings with sweet dressings and all
sweets, potatoes, fruits. ice cream, fat
meats ,gravies and the like, should be the
regular diet Increased nutrition should
show an increase in weight
But all this is criminal unless all the
organs are in perfect order. Too many
persons seem to care only for the out
side. To continue, sleep as much as pos
sibIe, even mapping in the daytime, Re-
cline at every opportunity Make no
fatiguing exertions, and exercise only
enough to keep in perfect condition Ride
rather than walk BY following all this
one is sure to take on flesh. Too many,
however, want said flesh too soon. If
you feel hurried just stop and think how
long it took you to lose your flesh Even
Rome was not built in day. And how
much more complicated to build up our
factory of a thousand industries
If ANYBODY can make a perfect cup OF
tea, it is the clever demonstrator who
gets a large salary from one of the large
ten companies for showing just how the
fragrant leaf should be brewed to achieve
perfection "Scald your earthen teapot,
says this woman, suiting the deed to the
word, ..just SO, and never. never use tin
teapot under any circumstances. Measure
out the tea, allowing a half teaspoonful
for each cup of boiling water, reducing
the proportions when several cups are re-
ouired or increasing them if the tea used
is not up to the standard or if the drink
er prefers 1t extra strong. Have fresh
water that has come to boil for the first
pour on the bubbling boiling water. Cover
closely with tea cosy and let the tea
brew on the back of the range or at the
table from three to five minutes II the
tea is to stand for some time remove the
strainer with the tea leaves, else the
fragrant aroma is wasted and the tannin
extracted"
An American paper has lately been
preening itself on the credit due to Amerl-
can women for their influence in the i'm
provement of the dress of Engljshwomen,
saws a writer in the London Queen"
That is as it may be; do not know 1t
is hard to trace the connection between
cause and effect. That the improvement
is there is obvious, but should hardly ae-
credit the New England section of the
community with 1t. American women
have far less originality and personality
than their English sisters, and the fact
is apparent in their dress. It might be
nearer the mark If we investigated what
the increase of education and the broad
ening out of woman's sphere, the study of
art and beauty, the widening OF SYM
pathies and knowledge Of the world
which a travelled woman gains had had to
do in the matter
That they may have had hand in the
spread Of luxury is quite another thing,
and a more doubtful blessing.
s.e
A strange custom prevails among Rou-
manian peasants. When young girl is
of marriageable age all her trousseau
(Which has been carefully woven spun
and embroidered by her mother and her
self is placed in a painted wooden box.
When young man thinks of asking TO be
allowed to pay his attentions to the girl
he is at liberty first to open the box,
which is always placed conveniently at
hand, and examine the trousseau.
If the suitor is satisfied with the guam
tity and quality of the dowry, he makes
a formal application for the girls hand,
but it, on the contrary, the trousseau does
not please him. he is quite at liberty to
retire.
For falling hair, and. indeed, for bald
ness. any of the preparations made from
eosmoline or vaseline may be used sue
cessfully. The active principle of cos
moline is coal oil. than which. properly
used nothing is better as a hair grower.
The following is a good vaseline formula:
Yellow vaseline. ne.............4....50 grammes
Cocoanut oil .-.........s......,...50 80 grammes
Gaffjc acid ....... 6 era nlr11es