The Jersey City news., 1902-11-12

ferent way, and writer in the Phlla-
delphia inquirer declares that the
method of doing this shows character.
The writer says in part:
''.rhe vain woman you can always tell
at a glance. She has conscious, CO.
quettish way of holding up her skirts so
as to let you see that she has six silk
ruffles Now and then a woman comes
along Who is elaborately conscious of her
silk lining and who doesn't want you to
miss It. Sometimes she betrays that the
lining only goes half way up. Then the
nervous woman comes tearing along as if
she were on the point of missing train
and is sure to take snatch at her dress
as she starts to cross the street.
'sThe result is that one side there is
a tremendous altitude. while the skirt
sweeps the ground on the other. The
absent-minded woman generally gets
halfway across, suddenly remembers her
skirts, swoops down and picks them up
in both hands, with results that BATTLE
description. But, bless my heart. the alb
sent minded woman never suspects it!
"The woman who wears No shoe
comes in a class by herself. She has
tricks which the ordinary woman neither
knows nor practices. The slightest pre-
text of dust or dampness sends her skirts
flying to her shoetops like flag at half
mast. The careless woman tries to hold
her skirts so that her torn Innings and
shabby boots won't show. But they do.
A woman can't depend upon back drap-
cries to keep a secret-perhaps they are
too feminine for that
anyway, they always manage to ar
range themselves so as to reveal all de-
fects You don't need to have the friy
olous girl pointed out to you. Her chif-
fon trimmed petticoat catches your eye
Immediately and you hasten your steps
to get look at her face. Follow her as
many squares as you like, admire her
dainty skirts and French boots to your
hearts content, but don't. unless you are
a stockholder in a gold mine, allow your
self to think seriously of a girl who trims
her petticoat with chiffon.
st is not very difficult to distinguish
the woman who binds her own skirts
from the woman who doesn't The for
mer stands with reluctant feet before a
big snow pile or on one of our filthy
crossings and sees that her skirts are
well off the ground before she ventures
forth. The other woman is a perfect mi
crobe purveyor with her trailing frock.
Along she goes dragging behind her
yards of handsome material and as a
rule an unwilling dog.
She probably considers the dog fetch
ing and the long sweep graceful. Public
opinion may be divided about the dog,
but the only persons who admire the long
train are the street cleaners, who put
down their brooms and rest while the
lady does their work for them. But have
you ever observed that it is the prim-
NEST and most severe looking women
who hold their skirts the highest, and
sometimes the elderly maidens are the
greatest sinners.
AS for the dear, grandmotherly old
souls. they are positively seandalous. For
a plethora of white stockings and ample
petticoats commend me to the dignifed
elderly female clad in rich black silk"
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AL tniuSS CUDSlutIeu. lHe eyes iTe
usually the most noticeable feature of
the average individual Who cannot re-
member the expression of the eyes of
some favorite teacher or friend? Little
children know from the expression of the
eyes whether they have pleased or dis
pleased. Eyes twinkle and shine, and
sometimes laugh when every other fea-
ture is in repose. The eyes are the
strongest weapon of the girl who would
firt. and staid and elederly ministers
sometimes hold whole congregations with
their eyes. The Ancient Mariner "held
him with his glittering eye and refer
eace is frequently made to the thoughts
conveyed through this organ.
The latest subjects of statistical in
quiry are light and dark eyes, and it is
announced that, taking the average of
Europe and America. 44.6 is the percent
age of men having light eyes, including
blue and gray. The proportion of women
having blue or gray eyes is 32.2 per cent.
In other words blue eyes are decidedly
rarer among women than among men,
according to the Philadelphia '.In-
quirer."
Men have light eyes oftener. than
women. but in the intermediate grades
of color between light and dark. the per-
centage of the two sexes is very nearly
the same In this intermediate category
are brown and hazel eyes. The percent
age of those among men is 43.1, and
among women 45.1.
The percentage of black eyes is larger
among women than among men, being
20.7 per cent for the women, while
among men it is 1913.
Blue eyes are considered to possess
great attractions. This was the case
among the Greeks and Romans of classic
times. Upon the Goddess Minerva was
bestowed a surname to signify the blue
ness Of her eyes.
Gray eyes-wells that man might
fall into-have ever been the ideal of all
great novelists; among the number, Char
lotte Bronte, George Eliot, Wilkie Col
Inns and Charles Reade- Most Of the
heroines in up-to-date fiction are gray
eyed maidens.
OF the living great, as well as the vast
army of the dead who have distinguished
themselves most have eyes of gray or