The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-04


AT the close of any of the winter months
the sky is whitened by the snow storm of
tea cards, advising the recipients that
Mrs. KY. will be at home on Mondays,
Tuesdays, or whatever week day she
chooses, during the month Immediately
following. There mi be two days men
toned, or perhaps three or four. 1t is a
graceful compliment to your hostess to
attend the first of her reception days, in
stead of deferring the call later on. 1T
always storms upon the last day. the
superstitious tell us, and there is some
thing to say for the theory. Those who
hate to pay calls, or the lazy girls, will
put off going. although the first reception
day be brigh tand clear. There is another
day." they say: and then a cold, a rainy
day, or some pressing engagement which
canot be neglected opeartes as a bar to
prevent their attending at the last of the
reception days.
If you intend to visit the hostess, take
the first opportunity.
In some luxurious establishments there
is a new device to render dressing COM
Portable on these frosty January morn
nigs. The walters who knock at your
door with the early can of hot water
with which to temper the fridigity Of
your morning sponge bath now bears on
her arm a pile of hot towels. Before she
leaves the laundry or kitchen she heats
the clean towels in a tin pie plate in the
oven. They are still warm when they
reach the bedroom, and are an additional
incentive for the reused sleeper to bestire
l hip3salf ~ l,o-coJf MAI ~ Jn+;or ~ +ha
morning bath. Many a cold is forestalled
by the habit of regular bathing of the en-
tire body before breakfast. The can of
hot water does not mean a hot bath; but
where the window of the bedroom has
been raised all night the water in the
pitcher and can on the washstand bor-
rows midnight temperature, and this is
brought up to normal by judicious adj
mixture of a little hot water.
Every one knows that ammonia is a
good remedy for bites of summer insects,
mosquitoes, etc., but when it is not con-
yenient to carry about even the smallest
provision of this useful liquid, a piece Of
good yellow soap answers the same cool
ing and healing purpose; it should be
slightly moistened and thickly laid over
the spot. Onions are also very effectual
in serious cases, only the sting should be
well pressed out before the cut onion is
rubbed upon the skin.
White of egg is a most soothoing appli-
cation for burns-if the egg is absolutely
new laid, all the better form the wound;
it has a most healing effect, and, where
the burn has been rather deep, it is adj
visable to cover it with the thin skin
which is found just inside the shell; it
must be used as soon as the egg has been
broken, whilst it is still moist and remov-
able. This simple remedy has healed many
a burn, and even in serious cases has
made the journey to the doctors less
unbearable by far.
The prettiest way l ever saw a bay
window fixed was in the house of a friend
who has but little money. but makes it
up in an extra amount Of taste.
She purchased q lot of thin strips of
wood about one-sixteenth of an inch
htics and three-fourt}l of an inch wide.
and long enough to reach across the top
lights of glass. These were woven in and
out basket fashion, leaving diamonds
shaped spaces about an inch wide and
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sash. The rest of the window was covered
with sash curtains of silkaline slipped on
brass rods.
Curling iron manufacturers won't begin
to believe it, but there are quite a few
women left who curl their hair on hair
pins on curl papers over night. An in
ventive genius has made it possible for
woman to do her hair up, as the over
night curling process is called, and at
the same time to enhance her beauty, if
anything. This is done by the use of a
set of hairpins and small rods and a few
bits of baby ribbon. The hair is wound
in and out on a hairpin and a piece of
ribbon which has its two ends left out.
| When this is completed the ends of the
| ribbon are tied in a pretty little bow, the
hairpins slipped out, and there you are
with your hair done up on ribbons. The
rods are used to "a the hair in the
much desired pompadour style and there
are other little. Instruments in the outfit
which make the most natural curls on
the forehead and neck. Think how much
more comfortable, as well as becoming, to
sleep with the hair done up on a ribbon
thai on steel or wire. And then it is
mere child's play to accomplish this, for
the outfit is simple and perfect as well
as inexpensive.
In these days of lavish entertaining
| and elaborate dinner giving nothing is
more eagerly sought for than novelties in
dinner decorations. At a recent dinner a
clever hostess tied a bouquet of pink roses
to the. chair of each woman guest. Each
man had a pink rosebud beside his nap
kin. AT a rose dinner the table was orna-
mented with a low pyramid of velvety
American beauties in the centre, and
| sprays of ferns were scattered carelessly
| over the table. For the last course a
rose bush was brought around and each
guest took a rosebud, which proved to be
formed Of very palatable ices and creams.
Soft tulle thrown over some contrasting
color silk often forms a mat for the CEN
tire of the table and looks very dainty
and refreshing.
In a newly designed buckle the tongue
is carried by a bolt set in a cylinder at
one end of the buckle, with a slot in one
end Of the bolt for the insertion of a key,
by means of which the tongue is locked
after the strap has been drawn tight.
In a newly designed vest one button