The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-18

1t will also develop the chest and neck
as no masseur of miracle-working fin
gers can ever hope to do. Thew open
the windows each morning, and in loose
dressing gown expand the lungs to the
very limit. Continue this for at least five
minutes. Walk slowly across the floor
while going through the exercise, as this
helps. 1t is a fact that these breathing
exercises, If continued for a year, will
develop the chest an inch or two, and
when development once begins 1t increases
faster than one would imagine.
Incorrect positions during sleep cause
many stopped shoulders. The big, fat,
awful pillow of our grandmother's day
is the worst kind of a horror. No pillow
accustomed to sleeping that way it will
be found much more restful and altogether
comfortable.
Care of Beds-Feather beds should be
shaken every day and turned. Let the
bedroom window be wide open while you
perform this operation. Turn mattresses
also every day.
To Clean, Gold Ornaments-Wash in
warm soap and water. Put the articles
while wet in a bag of bran or sawdust and
shake gently until dry. They will look
! almost like new. Boxwood sawdust is the
best.
To Make Teeth White-A mixture of
honey with the purest vegetable charcoal
will prove an admirable eanse Stir
the charcoal into the honey until it is a
thick paste. This not only ~eanse the
teeth, but purifies the breath.
To Revarnish Red or Black Straw
Hats-Cut III finely some red or black
sealing wax whichever color is required),
and pour on it enough m~ethylated spirit
to dissolve the wax. With a soft brush
paint the hat with the mixture, and the
straw will look like new. Brown or blue
can also be used in the same way.
Watering Gardens and Outdoor Plants
The best time for watering plants and
flower beds is soon after sunrise. If
watered in the evening the roots are
chilled and the plants checked in their
growth.
To Renovate Leather Chairs, Bags,
Etc.-To restore the brightness and new
ness to morocco and other kinds of leath-
er apply lightly with a sponge the white
of egg.
A good way of cleaning oilcloth is to
sponge it well with skim milk, as it
brightens and preserves the color.
$50
The f~ish-course at recent inner has
been particularly ornamental, and appe-
tizing from a new garnish for want of a
better name called 'lemon-cups," says
liable Talk" The fruit is cut cross-ways
in halves. the pulp and seeds removed,
leaving the empty skins. These are
filed with butter whipped to a cream with
lemon juice, parsley cut very fine to give
the mixture a green tinge, and a dash of
red pepper The fish is striped with cut
parsley, and between fresh springs of it
arranged like a border ON the serving
platter the lemon cups are placed-one
served with every portion of fish.
Many women have a custom of keep
ing their wardrobes replenished which
does not subject them to the accident of
being taken unawares by illness or other
accident. The plan is to always keep a
full set of new underwear ahead, and
this is laid in before taking a new set
into wear. No better opportunity in in
vesting in undergarments from white
founced skirt to snowy undervest could
We'll Ue lI1dSIlGu. III fdIuy nc dIIdil5C-
ment of trimming is noted on some of
these sets. 1t is particularly Snowy in
the white skirts. If you follow the pru-
dent custom of having a complete set
of clothes in reserve there is no time
like the present for purchasing the pieces
required.
Letter writing seems an art especially
invented to suit the talents of women,
and (since their defects are often their
graces) even to suit their foibles. Wom-
en- are not ereators; they are interpre-
ters. critics; their best qualities, sympa-
thy and insight, are the essence of criti-
cisin, and good letter writing is criticism
of life, of people, of art, as the case
may be. The quick perceptions and elu-
sive grace that are natural to women,
their habit of producing and their gift
for expressing themselves, their mastery
of detail, their power of subtle suggestion
and of intuition, their very inability to
sustain thought, and therefore to become
heavy their faculty for intimacy which
sums up all the rest-these are so many
qualifications for the writing of letters,
and of persona. letters in particular.
There are round bachelor pin cushions
with one side of silver engraved with a
date and motto; on the other side is
framed the fair lady's miniature photo
graph. A wife puts into one of these
cushions a pin for every year of her mar
ried life. and a popular 1oeket for men is
woven in gold or silver wire that is very
elastic and that, when lying in the hand,
most resembles a closely curled tress of
feminine hair. By taking up the locket
at one side the metal curl springs up and
shows a photographed face on a thin gold
disk.
Scrub the rim of the hat first with the
Juice of one lemon. Cut out an oval
piece of cardboard the size of the crown.
Scrub the straw and rinse in cold water.
Put the piece Of cardboard inside the
crown and lay the hat upside down and
press the cardboard firmly into the crown.
Turn the hat down on a piece of wrapping
paper. cover the rim with paper and place
heavy weights on the rim and leave over
night to dry.
The dowdy Mother Hubbard, made of
materials and shades that will keep
clean or that won't show the dirt has
been aptly described as the first step
towards the divorce court, and certainly
no more misunderstanding object could be