The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-03

on a divan in a dark room and in front
of him is a sort of magic lantern, iron
which are projected at brief Intervals
verious enjoyable pictures. In this way
it is claimed, the eyes of the sick person
are delighted, while at the same time his
ears are soothed by the vibrations of tho
monograph.
AS a result, WEAKNESS comes upon hin
and is soon followed by slumber. and i
is while he is doing in this manner thai
happy dreams are evoked, thanks to the
phonograph and the stereoptieon. Aftei
his light slumber comes a deep sleep
which, we are assured, is always mos
I beneficial.
Several tests of this kind nave beer.
made with success, and it is said that not
only are tired nerves refreshed by this
method, but that the patients body also
rapidly increases in weight. That pleas
ant sounds and sights are soothing to the
nerves we have all known for a long
time, but tina pleasant dreams have a
| tendency to make persons fat will GER
tainly be new to the general public.
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The latest luxury for American women
| who are going abroad for the summer,
: and who are miserable while on the ocean
is a private stewardess. Our country
women understand, none better, how to
make themselves comfortable, and owing
to the liberality of American husbands
and fathers, and to the circumstance OF
enjoying private fortunes, they are able
to achieve the desired result in unex-
pected a
To make themselves fairly comfortable
| during the voyage, and to avert as far as
possible the terrors of mal-de-mer, the
INDUCED lady ngage a SteWardess OF
one of the large steamship companies to
be her especial attendant on the voyage
to Europe. This woman gives her undi-
vided attention to her new employer, who
pays the return passage to America, be-
sides the wages for her services. Tho
arrangement is made through the office
of the international liners" The stew
ardess returns across the water as soon
as the vessel gets into Southampton,
Liverpool, Cherbourg, Bremen or wher-
ever her European port may be. 1t is
easy to see why a stewardess is engaged
instead of taking a lady's maid. The lat
ter functionary is likely to be as sea
sick as her mistress, and, therefore,, of
no manner of use on shipboard. But the
SlGWdTuCSS, ~ WlOoc l. 10 SPCiil oA Liz
ocean, is a good sailor, and can render
every attention necessary to her whilom.
employer. A "sea maid is a true luxury
to the army of touring Americans who
spend the summer abroad, and who are
noh entirely happy going over"
As yet. however, says lie Charme,'
American dressmaker have not. except
in occasional instances which merely
prove the rule, learned to make the airy,
fairy sort OF trifies with which Partisan
dressmakers set off their creations, and
which represent ideas more than they
do actual labor. and therefore pay the
dressmaker who can turn them out eX-
tremely well. An example is a lace set,
so-called, for Tune church weddings, etc.
1t consists of an etherealized "cape' and
''muff," and is, of course, not for warmth
but for ornament. The muff is a bubble
of mousseline with a breadth of lace in the
meshes of which a posy has been caught.
and serves to employ the hands, hold the
handkerchief and set off the frock. Very
likely the redingote itself is of a single
thickness of mousseline. the collet being a
Whit Of a cloud composed of a frill or two
and a pouf or two, and all as delicate and
light and becoming as a mist about the
neck.
The French girl is above all things free
from the fear that stills the manner and
detracts from the natural freedom that
makes perfect gracefulness possible. She
is not clothed from childhood in a suit Of
wooden armor, as is her neighbor across
the Channel, and told that to move IA
eyelash out of time or twirl a finger when
it is necessary to sit stiff and straight
and still will provoke the adverse COM
ments of social critics. She is herself, and
that is one of her many charms. If the
Partisan girl fels like waving her handker-
chief to her husband or brother III rne
cavalry, she waves as vigorously as she
pleases, and no one finds fault. She can do
such things and many others equally UNI
orthodox, with a grace that few other
women cali.
Women talk a lot about equality of the
sexes, but when, to quote a male speaker,
1--WE treat them as we would our fellow
men. they don't like it, and say we ave
degenerated. The truth is that they wan
at one and the same time to be both our
equals and our superiors. to have our
lights as well as their own. This is their
idea of equality But the above quoted
speaker made a little fault of omission in
the beginning of his remarks. Instead
of women he ought to have said 'some
women.' the others are quite content to
remain where the were in mems opinion
and respect, and have not the slightest
desire to step down to the level plain of
equality.
st shall never forget the first time I
saw So-and-So," said some one, speaking
of a very homely woman with a very
finely educated mind. 'It was at a wom-
ans conventions, and when I saw her i
thought she was the maid belonging to
one Of the speakers. But the moment she
began to talk l saw my mistake. She was
one Of the homeliest women / yer saw
and hadn't the least idea of how to dress,
but the audience was fairly charmed
with her"
The discontinue of the baggage smash
er seems at hand in the appearance of a
new trunk. This is designed to prevent
the accidents which usually happen to the
corner irons of the trunk cover. When a
heavy trunk is flung down by it's un-
thinking guardian the corners are thump-
ed and the lid receives the shock, SO this