The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-18

1851
mo debutante of New Orleans enters
society in the correct and approved man
ner unless she makes her debut in a box
on this particular evening. If the social
aspirant has sufficient money and tact
to secure the good will of a leading fam
lily to invite her debutante daughter into
it's box, this daughter has received the
most precious hallmark of society. II a
man who owes a social call pays the call
to his friends in their box at the opera
it is just the same as If he called at
their house. The centre boxes are re-
served for the debutantes. There they re-
ceive the homage due them; there they
are wooed and sometimes won, but GER
tainly there they make or mar their
chances for bellehood. Some of the debut
antes may wear the simplest of muslin
gowns, but the simplicity of their cos
tunes never counts against the fact that
they are there"
OF course one cannot change the shape
of ones hands,, but most hands might
be improved greatly in appearance, and
the earlier the young one begins to
! care for her personal appearance the bet
ter she will look when youth has passed
away, says the "Gentlewoman."
The easiest way to keep ones hands
nice is not to employ them in any dirty
work and to nave them attended to regu-
larly by a professional manicure. This
is feasible for about one woman in a hun
bred thousand, and SO is senseless ad-
vice for most of us. But we can protect
our hands with loose, soft, whole gloves
while doing grilny work in the house or
in the garden, etc. We can improve them
by remembering that one cannot nave
white hands who wears tight clothing.
When the hands are very dirty it is
better to rub them thoroughly with cold
cream before washing them. Then wash
in warm water, using pure soap and a
nail brush, rinse in cool water and dry
thoroughly on a soft towel.
Two-thirds of the women dry their
hands very imperfectly, and then wonder
why the skin is rough. A few drops of
a good hand lotion should be rubbed all
over the hands and allowed to dry in
after they have been in water for some
time, as so many honsekeepers' hands
must be so often, and always at night
The hands should not be exposed to cold
air for some time after they have been
washed.
A complete manicure equipment em-
braces ever so many things, but one
can keep her hands nice with a very
few of them. A pair of manicure scls-
sors, a n~ail-fle and a smooth wood stick
are all that are really necessary. the
-orangewood sticks shaped like small
meat skewers) are best, but | discovered
one day, when l could get no orangewood
stick, that pieces of tiny broken willow
rod from an old clothes basket, sharp
ened, answered quite as we'll
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The old adage has it that "a wife can
throw out. with the spoon more than the
husband can put in with the shovel. but
Edwin Sanderson gives in the March
ssWoman's Home Companion some very
practical suggestions on this question. he
says: Conducting the affairs of a house
hold is just as much a business, and az
fords the same opportunity as a mercan-
tile business for the exercise of judgment.
Many a good income has been f~rittered
away by lack of this care. with a care
fully kept record of the money expended
during the month or the year there need
be no question as to what has become OF
the housekeeper's allowance, and the head
of the family can see for himself just what
it costs, by economical management, to
keep up his home.
.sSuch good management does not con-
sist merely in preventing the expenditure
of money, but involves the care and Judg-
ment which secure the return for the
money which is of the most use to the
family. Under such management money
is not spent in one direction which is more
needed in another. One department is not
allowed to usurp even an apparently
necessary amount when there is some
more vital need in another direction. 1t
will be found that the mere fact hat an
account is kept will of itself result in re-
duction of expenses. When it is to be re-
membered that each purchase is AFTER
ward to be written in the account II
causes one to think whether the purchase
is necessary, even if nobody but the pur-
chaser is to see the account; and there
is a natural desire to make the showing
at the end of the month as indicative OF
good management as possible. In clos
ing a months accounts the result is al
most certain to be compared with thai
of the preceding month, and If there has
been an increase of expenses an inves-
tigation will follow, for the purpose OF
finding out how it happened, and whether
it may be avoided the next month. Thus
the system promotes that vigilance and
care which are essential to good manage
ment, and which cannot fail to produce
the most gratifying results from the
standpoint of economy"
mr. oo,co fbaf proinnp life beVOnd mid
die age are some of them beyond the con-
troll of the Individual. The Inheritance Of
organs from a rugged ancestry is
an example of this kind.
Yet it is easy for one Of middle g to
precipitate prematurely the season of cid
age, says the youths Companion"
while on the other hand, a reasonable
modification of the habits of life may long
extend the period of active usefulness.
The man of advancing years should con-
tinue to indulge in bodily exercise, but N
moderation. and not Immediately after
meals.
Less food should be eaten as the fires
more slowly burn" if one would avoid
premature old age. The act of eating
should be more slowly performed, and
even an occasional indulgence to excess
in the pleasures of the table should be
avoided.
The sage of Concord, whose philoso-
Iphu ma nraafioal &C well as HtranS-