The Jersey City news., 1902-03-01

In Woman S World.
Observation-Disclosures

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and this column doesn't admit that there
i are-prepared chalk, which can be pur-
chased by the quantity at any drug store,
is about the least Injurious and most re-
fined article of the kind.
/ When one is particularly desirous of
blocking well in the evening an excellent
and harmless method of producing
for few minutes (until it glowsl in very
hot water completing the process with
several dashes of cold water.
The relative merits of hot and cold wa
ter for the skin depnd altogether upon
what sort of skin it Is While hot water
viii remove the undesirable appearance
from an oily skin, vastly improving it, its
use upon naturally dry skin viii pro-
duce cracked appearance. anything but
beautiful 1t is better to leave extremes
to the rash ones and use tepid water.
The same is true of soaps, in the choice
of which one cannot be too particular.
Those composed largely Of tar or sulphur
are admirably suited to the skin which
contains. naturally, a great deal OF OIL
upon a dry skin pure CASTLE soap should
be used.
When asked by his sister what to do
for her complexion, well-known physi-
clan told her, with true brotherly frank
ness-much to her disgust-to keep her
face clean This is a good prescription,
and iof every one viii thoroughly bathe
her face every night in warm or tepid
water. not omitting a liberal supply of
soap. she will hEd it one of the best of
i cosmetics.
To drink or not to DRANK tea and cof-
fee has, so far as the complexion is con-
cerned, always been a question Of the
| greatest interest to the feminine mind.
This, however, is a problem which can
be solved only by individual experience.
| The writer knows one woman, blessed
with complexion that any one might
envy. who has used coffee all her life;
another, who touched neither of the bev-
erages for ten years, is still sallow;.
third, also the possessor of a good skin,
uses both, but insists upon them being
very weak
A weekly steaming of the face is pro-
ductive of good results in the way of per-
feet cleanliness: and glass of cold water,
taken regularly half an hour before break
fast, is an aid to beauty which must be
tried to be appreciated.
Breathing exercises are Invaluable If
one would have high chest, firm, full
bust and a waist round and supple, says
the Philadelphia Ledger. Nature did not
intend us to waddle about with dropping
chests, looking like consumptives ready
to give up Expand the lungs to the linn
it. Raise your chest and keep 1t raised.
Practice the exercises as they are given
| here, but make it rule to breathe cor
| rectly all the time. 1t is quite as neces-
sary to get all the bad air out as it is to
get plenty of fresh air in When you rise
| in the morning slip on a bath robe ana
bedroom slippers. Open the windows
To take breathing exercises without per-
| feet ventilation in the room is TO waste
your time. Place yourself in an erect,
easy position, with one foot little for
ward, allowing the weight to rest upon It.
Put the arms akimbo, with fingers press
ing on the abdominal muscles In front
and the thumbs on the muscles on either
side of the spine. Hold the head straight
| and the hips back, the same with the
shoulders, chest high and full. Take a
. deep, tranquil breath, but one that Will
cause the chest to rise and fall fully and
freely at every effort. Do this twenty
times. In the act of inspiration take in
as much air as you can hold. In the act
OF respiration give out as little as possi-
Bile. That is particularly necessary in ef-
fusive breathing, which is excellent for
chest development Draw in a full breath
and send it forth in a prolonged sound
+ O fthe letter H Never mind if you do
!. sound like a steam radiator ready to ex-
plode. You will get a chest, and the girl
who laughs and sneers will not. Exer-
, else in expulsive breathing: Draw in a
!, full breath and emit it with lively ex-
! pulsive force, still clinging to your Fl
sound. Do not prolong it like you do in
your effusive breathing. Let it be a sort
, of snort, the breath being projected into
. the air. Before going to sleep give your
l,,ngs an air bath. Lie fiat on the back
with no pillow under the head. Place
the arms close tothe sides, then lnhale
: and exhale slowly, allowing yourself
rest of five or ten seconds between
breaths. Do this fifteen times. Then.
with arms extended straight out across
the bed, breathe slowly and deeply M
teen times more. You will sleep IKE a
top. unless you have sinned in your sup
per.
For a long time the chaperon was an
! institution of purely European existencs 2
BY degrees a few were given standing
in social circles at the East. but the
West resisted. insisting that the daugh-
ters of the untrammeled region needed
no one to guide their footsteps Alright
! Now the chaoeron has become estab-