The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-20

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brother is listened to, argued with and
laughed at later on.
Somebody who signs herself as vHome-
maker has written to ask for advice
about decorating two rooms in a new
house, and one of the best authorities il
tho city has consented to give suggestions
on the matter.
Many women will be interested in the
color scheme suggested for there is MOTH
ing more fascinating than to plan out a
new house.
"Homemaker's'' two rooms are a re-
ception hall and a parlor which open into
each other by means of a wide sliding
doors. They are finished in oak, and
from the descriptions of the windows
seems to be bright, cheerful rooms, al
though they are not very large.
To make the very best out of them, the
decorator suggests that the hall should
be hone in deep red. and that, in the par
lor a dull soft green should prevali.
The reason for the color scheme in the
! hall is twofold. First, it makes the room
look larger. Then too, it seems always
to be offering a warm welcome to guests
as they come in. Some of the striped red
/ paper VIII fldhe very effective wall CONtI-
ing and very inexpensive ones. There are
other papers in the deep red shade with
large figures ON them which are lovely
But they cost more, and although "Hoine-
maker does not say a word about ex-
pense, 1 fancy hal she, like most of US
wants to keep as many of the pennies as
possible.
The rugs to go on the a floor should
be in Oriental colors hat will harmonic
with the paper.
If the parlor is done in green, the most
charming bits of that color may be al
lowed to overflow into the hall. A green
vase, a green cushion, an India-rubber
plant-all sorts of hints of what is 10
come when you pass beyond the doors.
For the parlor paper, choose one that is
an old rose shade. If the red of the hail
is correct, this will look like a pale shade
of the same tone, and will keep the har-
mony beautifully. 1t will, besides, ac-
cord well wit hthe dull green carpet that
is to go beneath it.
Nowadays the old idea of a parlor
'set' of furniture has gone out of fash
ion. It is very convenient that 1t has,
for you are allowed SO much more iee-
way in choosing and combining odd
pieces which need not match in anything
but general style.
Any ~hangings in this green room
should, of course, be dull green. If
"Homemaker'' likes, she may hang dou-
bic portieres between the two rooms,
which on the hall side will be red, and
on the parlor side, green
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1t is the common experience with all
who have had to do with babies of three
months old and upward thai they tire
quickly of toys which can only be looked
at and handled, while something in The
nature of an occupation, suited exactly to
the child's CAPACITY, will hold his attention
for an, almost indefinite period, say the
Woman Home Companion" Such oecil-
pations are pulling out the stopper of an
empty vial and putting it in again, taking
pins out of a pincushion and sticking them
in, winding and unwinding a spool of
thread, emptying and refliing a dish with
sand or water, will give pleasure for half
hours at a time and for many hours N
the aggregate. The instinct for CLASH
flying and arranging is very early awaken
ed, and mall objects are placed in row or
piles; pebbles and shells assorted by size
or color; beads and buttons strung upon
wires or strings with never falling enjoy
ment. Thus toys may be largely dispens-
ed with to the child's positive advantage,
and what he really needs is a supply of
play material, such as sand blocks,
pebbles, seeds, small boxes ard bottles,
paper and string.
Patti, the amous diva, tells a writer in
the April Ladies' Home Journal" how
she keeps her complexion clear and fresh
and avoids the wrinkles. II get one pound
Of mutton-fat mutton she says. 1T is
hard, like suet. Upon a little alcohol stove
in my room I try it out. Slowly the s.eass
SINNERS in my little white dish until
there is a warm, swimming cup full of fat.
This l run through a little hair sieve
which I carry with me. Once tried out I
take the fat, which is now the purest
mutton tallow, and stir into it as much
glyeerine as there is fat. into this l put a
few drops of perfume. I keep stirring
gently until it begins to harden. When it
is done I put it in stone jars. Every night
/ massage with this cream. 1t keeps away
wrinkles"
The hair is being dressed lower on the
neck at the back, sometimes in twists and
sometimes in short ~curls-short and friz- |
zy, let me add-forming a shapeless CHG |
non covering all the back of the head. |
Not even a Venus could look a Venus |
with her hair screwed back as some wo- |
men will wear their hair. because they
think it more clever-looking and more |
'tgoedy'' loeking-women who look at a
fringe or untidy hair however natural
it may be) as one of the arch-fiends
wiles to lure womankind to destruction.
A most agreeable and effective remedy
for excessive observation-disclosures We
netian tale, twenty ounces; powdered
orris root, ten ounces; oxide of zinc, five
ounces; powdered borie acid, five ounces;
powdered tartaric acid, five ounces;
~salicylic acid. w and a half ounces; |
menthoa, quarter of an ounce; oil of
eucalyptus, quarter of an ounce. Make
a fine powder and apply to affected parts;
sprinkle inside sleeves and stockings. A
simpler remedy for perspiripg hands is to
rub them several times a day with a
lotion made by mixing three parts of
tincture of bel1adonna with fourteen parts
of eau de cologne.
h so-caaled kiss curl' which some
good little girls have been wear
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