Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-02

GINGER ALE PUNCH.
Sllcker costume, the Smith girls have
solved the problem of keeping dry in a
pouring rain. No more fruitless
searches for the umbrella, no more be-
dragged hats and sloppy skirts at
Smith. Girls in long black rubber coats
and shiny helmets pour out of the
campus houses and stream to chapel.
No fond mother could identify her own
daughter in the host Of rubber clad fig
fures splashing through the rain, the
faces hidden beneath low visors which
come down almost to the shoulders, but
If one looks intently there is a decided
difference In the way the class beauty
tits her helmet in coquettish fashion
from the headgear of the president of
the Philosophical society. No o2e,
though, can fail to admit that the
Smith girl escapes many ills by her
sensible rainy day costume, and it's
economical, t%oo-$2.50 forNa slicker and
30 cents for a shiny black helmet. Let's
get a slicker and helmet and be up to
date.
Judging Character by Feet.
Yes, I've been gathering in a lot of
queer information these days, and the
latest was learned from an obseryant
lmember of the masculine persuasion.
ITIe told me that the way wise men
Judged a woman's character was by
studying her feet. Note" says this
wise guy, how the step reflects the
state OF body and mind-the mincing
step of the small minded and the kick
ang of the sidewalk by the energetic,
nervous woman" How about the
hobble walkT' / inquired Of my in
structor, with much interest. "What
does that indicator"
The wise one answered, "She who
changes her gait with the fashion
Sacks originality" It sounds prosaie
but the >foot's the thing and loudl!
talks if you will listen TO II. Do yor
see that girl who strides and shake:
her hips with each step? She Is
There goes one with q shor
step and toes pointing straight for
ward. She will make a neat and eco
nomical wife. Note the girl who shut
ftes. She'll e a ~slovenly dressin!
gown when she ought to be bewitch
in q smart negligee. That bit o
femininity with a not too slow bu
stride puts q high price O
herself, but will always command re
spect and can be relied upon as beinf
'good FORM" She with be a shoulde
to shoulder companion to a man anC
not a mate of the ivy type.
"These points may serve as both {
warning and a guide to both sexes
continued my informant, land wheI
an Individual turns the right toe in b.,
may as well label himself or hersel
just as one who pounds thu
with the heel ,
OF being contradicted." So ,
say to you, Elsa, dear. mind the step,
How to Tell a Woman's Age.
But worse than all the signs OF thl
Is the awful fact that some ono
In England has discovered how to tel
exactly a woman's age. What punish
ment win ft the crime perpetrated b.
this SCIENTIST But It's accomplished.
the dfvulgence of this we'll kept secret
by an ordinary watch and the posses
sion Of the wrist OF tho victim. II
that In counting her pulse II it
registers sixty-nine beats per minute
her age is between twenty and twenty
Ave years. Another five years seventy
one beats go TO the minute, and to the
woman OF thirty Is permitted-weil,
let's change the subject. Horrible In
ventton, isn't TT
Now to talk OF pleasanter things
It is~witbsut doubt the day of the
bag. And the girl who has a
inited amount of money with which
10 buy small accessories should be
.deveutiy thankful for the fashion, as
with & little industry she can turn
put the smartest sort OF reticule with
her e@n hands. The easiest variety
IF bag TO make is n OF old brocade.
To make 1t the top is drawn into a
wide box plat on each side by means
of four eyelets an inch apart and q
half inch below the top. A narrow
strip Of wood two inches and a quar-
ter long, with holes to correspond tt
the two central eyelets, is placed OF
each half Of the bag. This Is held te
the brocade by the cord run through
two Sits In the material between the
central eyelets and the corresponding
holes In the wood. The lacers are Their
run In opposite directions and draw
up firmly and easily.
Here, too. Is the recipe | promised
you for ginger ale punch, which
found in the Boston Cooking School
Msgzine: Melt one and t~hreefourth
cups Of sugar n one CUP OF lemon
Juice md STIR In one quart Of Gnge'