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Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-11
Lining Scarfs.

F. GYPTIAN scarfs of heavy net and
silver or gold metal are still fash
ionable and much to be envied pos
sessions, but they are not comfortable to
wear save over high gown, for the ends
of the HAT metal are apt to scratch the
neck quite painfully. BY simply lining
the net with single thickness of chiffon
this difficulty is at once obViated and the
scarf can be worn with the sheerest yoke
or low cut gown with perfect comfort.
To put in the lining the net should
if possible be stretched on a fiat surface
and the chiffon cut to exact size, first
pinned and then basted before final sew
ing.
AS a rule, the white scarfs are lined
with white and the black with black,
these being the only shades in which the
heavy net scarts are to be procured.
With different deep tones of blue, pink,
purple, green, &c, chiffon lining will
add much 10 the effect of the scarf and
perhaps make it especially suitable for
use with some special gown. Another
advantage in lining one of these scarfs
is that 1t lends Just so much more warmth
and adds greatly to its serviceableness.
An extremely pretty evening scarf can
be made by simply lining "a two or three
yard length of heavy gold or silver net
with a shade of chiffon TO correspond with
the gown with which it is to be worn EX-
rremely pretty fish nets can now be bought
in both gold and silver thread, but lined
with a color which will harmonize they are
most effective To clean one of the Egyp-
tian scarfs a good white soap and tepid
water will generally make it quite white
again. If not too soiled, naphtha is per-
haps easier to use than soap and water
and will help considerably to brighten
the metal
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-11
Cret0nne and BrOcade Hat Boxes

THE newest thing in the line of
handiwork familiar under the title
of decorative art is a chintz or bro
cade covered bonnet box. Since hat
box is generally kept out of sight on the
closet shelf it has not until now occurred
to the average girl that it might just as
we'll be made an attractive thing to look
upon when it is brought down from its
resting place. The bright fiowered wall
paper with which many hat boxes are
covered nowadays is, of course, effective
but it does not compare with pretty
chintz or dull brocade ornamented with
bands of antique raid to bring out its
soft, rich colorings.
Since the exaggeratedly large hats
show small sign OF dying out, the hat box,
large and clumsy as it is, must certainly
J, reckoned with if a girl cares to have
every detail of her private sanctum per-
feet. Even if a pretty paper covered
box is thought sufficiently attractive for
closet, it certainly will not do if the box
is to be kept on one of the new hat racks,
which are now resorted to in small rooms
where the closet room is so small as not
to admit of more than two or three hat
boxes on its shelves.
These new hat racks, or, rather, hat box
racks, are really excellent in a small
room. Made triangular in shape, they
will fit into an unused corner and can be
made with enough shelves to hold as
many hat boxes as desired. The plain
wooden frame can be either painted the
color of the woodwork of the room, or
else rendered still more inconspicuous by
being covered with bit of the same
paper as that -,hich adorns the wall. The
hat boxes are then covered with the same
cretonue with -ich the room is hung. A
French print framed with gold or silver
metal lace placed in the centre of one
uanel of the box is most attractive.
These hat boxes are already much in
demand for prizes while for gifts or
for sale at fair they are still sufficiently
original to be eagerly sought. When not
planned for any special room or rack
there is, of course, greater freedom IN the
choice of material and color.
For a rose colored boudoir Du Barry
pink moire bordered about the box itself
as well as the lid with good sized
French print placed both on the top of
the box as we'll as on one or all panels
is really beautiful a well made hat
box with wooden frame must be procured
to cover, for an ordinary cardboard box
is not sufficiently strong TO be worth the
covering. All the more expensive hats
are now generally sent home in these
boxes having wooden framework, and if
a girl is not so fortunate as TO possess
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-11

is to the thought what the face is to the
emotions. In her hand every woman, even
the plainest featured, possesses a power
that when developed and trained wields
a most subtle fascination.
ut has been said by those who travel
in foreign countries extensively that no
where else on the globe will you find
girls who use their hands more attract
lively than do the American girls. They
use them intelligently, and even the idlest
chatter takes on q new meaning when
the sentiment is emphasized by telling
gestures.
81 am firmly of the opinion that char
acter can be told by the hands quite as
much as from the face" went on the
courier as she pointed or the grace
full hands of one of FRANCOIS F'lameng's
beautiful -vomcn. "It is no stretch of
the imagination to believe that a wo-
man with that type of hand would be
quite as charming as its beauty indi-
Gates. Take the portrait G Princess
Nicholas of Greece. The hands even il
repose are full of character: the fexions
bespeak a distinct and intense condition
of mind.
at is said that as the hand is structural
and its type is hereditary it cannot
be changed, but it is only necessary tc
note the hands of some of the beautiful
stage favorites to appreciate that beauty
does not always lie in the shape but
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-11

"It is perfectly true that American
girls have prettier hands than those of
my own countrywomen. both by heredity
and use. English girls hands are large.
with prominent joints, and are. / must
confess, apt to be red and ugly. One
reason for this is that we women as a
race go in for gardening more than you
do here. Furthermore, the athletics the
English girl has INDUCED in for so many
generations has tended to spoil her
hands.
"As said before, I never have seen
prettier hands than among American
women and girls, but. am sorry to say.
l have at times never seen any so poorly
cared for, l have sat down to dinner
with women whose nails were positively
unclean. 1t isn't only the hand of the
American girl that is pretty, it is the
small wrist and the taper of the arm to
the elbow. / have been told that the
small feet and hands of the, girls here
are due to the admixture of races.
"To me hands play very important
part in a girls social success, for know
girls who have absolutely no claim to
distinction in the line of beauty other
than that their hands are pretty who
have made remarkable marriages. You
can't disguise the hands, and believe it
to be true that character shows itself in
the hands quite as much as in the face.
Even the girl who is quite plain may cul-
! tivate this grace. / know of English
girls whose natures had been quite re-
pressed because they became convinced
they were ugly, even though they pos
sessed pretty hands. One girl in particular
l have in mind was so very plain that
she suffered keenly from the thought, but
from the time convinced her that
she had one redeeming feature, n pretty
hand, she came right out of herself and
in time so forgot her plainness of feature
that really no onecould have deemed her
homely.
American girls use their hands more
in eating than do the English girls-that
is, in using the fork alone; a thing that
I'VE do not do-there is greater chance for
pretty poses. Taking them altogether,
believe the American girls would have a
wonderful future before them, in addition
to their other attractions, If they brt real
lied the tremendous value of a pretty
hand"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-11

This style of hand, according to ]. Car
roll Beckwith, is by no means the typical
American hand, though Mr.. Beckwithr
who is one of the foremost portrait paint
ers in the country, has just finished paint
ing the hand of an American woman
which is almost identical with the type
Van Dyk admired so much.
In one of Mr.. Beckwiths early por'
traits, the likeness of his wife, which was
Originally done for the Paris Salon and
which now hangs in prominent place in
his Fifty-seventh street studio, the hands
are noted for being of particular grace
and beauty, favoring the type 80 much
admired by the great Dutch painter.
"It is seldom" said Mr.. Beckwith-
that one sees beautiful lands in Amer
lean women or at Least th has beer
true in the past. The reason for this is
that the American woman is exceedingly
nervous. She lives at such high tension
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-11

LAT turnover collars to wear with
collarless frocks and over the collars
of jackets are apparently to be ever
more popular this spring and summer
than formerly, and many girls who are
accomplished needlewomen are engaged
in making a varied assortment of these
collars, which, when made by hand and
daintily designed, are so valuable an addi-
ton to all sorts of costumes.
There is an immense variety of shapes
and styles Of trimming in these collars
and they range in point of elaboration
from the heavy. collar of butchers linen
trimmed only with buttonhole stitching
to exquisitely fine collars Of linen batiste
trimmed with the most delicate embroi-
derry and the finest of real lace. One
very necessary point to remember in
making the collars is that they must be
well cut and must fit the person for whom
they are intended, for the most perfecr
will not make up for badly
cut OF ill fitting collar. Another thing
which must be remembered is the neces-
sity for fine material and careful work
manship. The simplest design, on which
very little work is expended, is greatly to
be preferred to the one which is much
more elaborate but less perfectly exc
cuted.
One of the newest collars of this sort
rejoices in the now popular name OF
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-11
New Tie Holders.

NVIHEN in doubt about what sort OF
w gift will best please man rela'
tive, get one of the new hanging tit
holders, which consist of wide straps Oh
English morocco or grain leather
equipped with single or double nickel pars
or with large brass rings, of shield
shaped olivewood board fitted with three
adjustable brass rods or of plgskln
strap-suspended satinwood back edged
on both sides with wide loops OF wire,
through which the ties may readily De
run.
If one wishes to make tie holder to
match the decorations of a room, cover
both sides of heavy pasteboard square
with a very wide sash ribbon of the de
sired color, overcast the edges with gold
colored coarse twist, provide hangers OF
narrow ribbon and then have cabinet.
maker fit brass bars across one side OF
tbe silk covered square. Or the paste
hoard square may first be covered with
heavy white silk and fitted with large
brass hooks, which will run through wide
eyelet holes worked in a lingerie cover Of
embroidered white batiste, which can
readily be removed and laundered.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-11

ing from penmanship the handwriting ex-
pert does not by any means make all his
deductions from the formation of the in
diyidual letters of the alphabet. The
graphologist first reads a note through
carefully, and when he finds the personal
pronoun commencing each paragraph and
recurring with frequency through each
page he puts down as chief characteristics
of the writer selfishness and conceit and
love of the ego.
1t is indeed difficult to eliminate ones
self entirely in conversation. Naturally
there is no one so interesting, so absorb
ing, as ones own self, but the girl who
makes for popularity will give the i'm
preston that it is the person to whom
she is talking who is of chief interest.
A girl who thinks that few blows to
her pride would do her good can try re-
lating some humdrum story or expert
ence to a number of different persons in
one day and instead of finishing the tale
leaving off before the climax. Let her
count how many notice the pause and ask
what happened in the end. Unless she is
especially fortunate or an exceptionally
brilliant talker the girl will resolve to pay
more attention herself when others talk to
her. lest she too, through inattention, may
be unnecessarily rude.
If is wise, too, to be cautious about
opinions of persons and things. The en-
phatic II think so-and-so," implying how
could any one possibly differ, makes more
enemies than almost any other trait. 1t
NAV be an evidence of strength of char
acter to have decided views, but 1t is well
to keep these ideas pretty much to ones
self until it can be positively proved that
they are the only correct views possible.
The little trick Of determining never to
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-11

such box herself she surely can beg,
borrow or steal one from some friend
or relative.
The prints. of course. must be pasted
to the material before the box itself is
to be covered The braid can be either
be pasted or sewed on, the latter method
being little more trouble and infinitely
more satisfactory in the long run. To
buy the correct quantity of braid the
box itself must first be measured, for
every hat box to-day is different size.
The round boxes, of course take much
less material, and for square box each
side should be treated as a panel and
adorned down each edge. The braid en-
ployed should be about an inch in width
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-11

COuTlerS nave Drought 10 lue dlleHLlou
of the girls is the wonderful drawing of
the hands shown in the case of certain
artists.
This, 1t is pointed out, was particular
feature of Van Dyks portraits, many of
which recently were seen at one of the
popular Fifth avenue galleries. FRANCOIS
Flameng, the French artist who has
done so many portraits of beautiful
Gently seen at the same place, is another
artist who makes n feature of beautiful
hands and whose portraits were consci-
entiously studied.
Prince Pierre Troubetzkoy, who has
done so many pictures of beautiful
women, always brings a pretty hand into
special prominence, and in the we'll
known portrait of Mrs. John Jacob Astor
the hands are pointed out as being par
ticularly slender and graceful Sargent's
pictures are always interesting from this
point of view, for whatever type of hand
he is commissioned to paint his artists
soul can never present them in other than
aristocratic guise.
Nor were pretty hands studied wholly
from the artists viewpoint, for the
courier, who happened to be a woman
and a society matron at that, knows
the value of a pretty hand from the So
cial standpoint as well, and she never
failed TO give her charges the benefit of
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-11
THERE is a story told of girl who
had all her short life been known as
the nnst snlEsh child thnt nunr liund

hEhh Is story tOlQ OF girl VINO
had all her short life been known as
the most selfish child that ever lived.
One day as she sat alone wondering
what she could do that would give her
most pleasure fairy appeared before her
and told her that unless she stopped
thinking about herself and what would
bring her happiness she would all her life
be lonesome and miserable. In sudden
fit of fear and remorse combined the girl
asked what she could do to conquer her
selfshness. For answer the fairy told
her that from that day forth she must
eliminate the letter ~" in both writing
and conversation. Half in amusement
half in curiosity, and also because she
was always bored and longed for some
thing new to interest her, she resolved to
make the experiment.
The story goes on to tell how the girl
lived to be an old, old woman, and how
at her death a whole nation mourned,
and how the myriads of wreaths and
flowers placed upon her grave by those
who loved her all took root and bloomed
forever after, winter and summer, be
cause nothing which came near to this
woman's spirit could ever die.
Now, Just because fairies are not be-
lieved in in this practical twentieth CEN
fury this bit of advice would undoubted-
lv be laughed to scorn by the up TO date
girl. She would say, "What back road
TO take toward iinselfshness!" And yet
II is desperately true that the girl whose
conversation is interlarded with 81
think" II wouldn't" II did so and Sc" ,"
is almost invariably selfish. self-centred
and a most unattractiv companion.
In graphology, too, or character read
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-11

because of her beautiful hands. Even
that ancient gentleman Aristotle pro
nounced a fine hand superior to any other
in woman.
Just watch group of pretty women
in the drawing room engaged in merry
chatter to prove this assertion" says the
expert. 1T is quite true that the hand
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-11
It'll Be a Parasol Summer.

II is going to be a parasol summer, and if
you wish to be up TO date you must have
number of these fascinating acces-
sories, each made of the same material
as the frock with which it is carried. For
morning use the most popular will be
those of Scotch gingham, in bright plaids,
to match the gingham gowns which will
prevail over the linens for the summer
girl. And in the afternoon she will carry
these materials being the most charming
of all summer fabrics for young girls.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-11
Lure of the Borealis.

IT HERE is perpetual fascination
about the Aurora Borealis, the cause
of which seems to be an unfathom-
able mystery to scientists. Now we
learn that the atmosphere has nothing t"
do with its height. In some northern
countries it has been seen to touch the
earth, while in other places it has risen
to height of sixty miles, the rays
stretching hundreds of miles further,
glowing at their points with marvellous
red light.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-11

her nerves are strung m to such pitch,
that the entire body feels the effect and
no part more than the hands You know
that if the circulation is withdrawn from
any part of the body there follows a
tendency of the sI.n wrinkle. This
| is one reason why so many women in
this country have scrawny hands. How
ever, as women are daily gaining greater
poise, this tendency is ranidly decreasing
and each year the number of pretty
hands that come to my notice increases.
ct is among the Latin races, those who
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-11
SOCIAL AMENITIES FOR
THE SCHOOL GIRL

road toward its goal but it will lead there
just the same, for when it is impossible to
speak of ones self the second person must
be made use of, and in becoming accus-
toned to start off with What do you
want?" the II want" soon becomes for
gotten altogether
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-11

\ EAN DYK was perhaps the most
" enthusiastic exponent of beautiful
hand among the early Dutch painters,
and in the many books written about his
work it is stated that he had model
with the most beautiful hands accompany
him on his travels through Italy and Other
parts of Europe in order that he might
always have his favorite type to sketch
from when needed.
Many sketches simply of hands alone
appear among his early drawings to tes.
tify to his fondness for this portion of
particularly devoted to was the Latin
type of hand-that which the French call
putele, or plump.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-11

represent the physical more strongly than
the mental, that you see the finest hands
The French women have the most beauti'
full hands in the world, the Italian women
come next, but there is no doubt that in
time the American women will take thelI
place in the line with wholly new
type, created by the admixture of blood
of different nationalities, which will show
not only strength and character but grace
and beauty as we'll"
M ISIS MARY HELEN CARLYLE
who has given much attention to the
subject and who is a portrait painter
living in New York, says, to her mind the
young American girls have the prettiest
hands in the world, and, moreover, she
thinks they use them better than those
of any other nation.
Il presume notice hands not only be-
cause / paint portraits, but because OF
my miniature rings, the fashion for
which 1 originated in London and which
has now spread to America" she said
''The rings, which are ivory miniatures
set with gold and jewels, are most en-.
trancing on the hand of a young girl
though, naturally, in the case of those
not yet out, the jewelled mountings are
not worn.
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quite as frequentl- in the power and in
dividuality it expresses. 1t is an incon-
testible fact that the hand can he made
a thing of marvellous fascination simply
by training I'D cultivation"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-13
JeweIry Store Romsnce..

A wedding ring whose scratched and
dulled surface bespoke years Of hard
service at washtub and dishpan lay
on the jewelers. work table.
"Why has 1t been laid up for re-
pairs ~ q visitor asked. Has marriage
proved a failure?"
ION the contrary, 1t has turned out
a great success, and the ring has been
brought back to bear Witness" said
the jeweler. "See this new inscrip-
ton, Ten years of fidelity and love-
That sounds pretty good, doesn't it7
No failure there. Five or ten years
from now, If they r both alive, some
body win probably add another post
script, and 80 on at regular intervals
to the end of the chapter. jewelers.
meet more Of these little romances
than the unsentimental person would
dream of."-New York Sun.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-13
In District No. AIT Rowland's
Store.
In District No. Sat D. B. s. Hall,

In District No. AIT Rowland's
Store.
In District No. Sat D. B. s. Hall,
Port Reading.
Notice Is also given that a primary
election OF delegates to conventions of
political parties and for making nomi-
nations will be held on September IS,
1910, between the hours Of one and nine
o'clock p. m. at the places named above
in the respective election districts of
said township.
Notice Is also hereby given that an
election will be held In said Township
of Woodbridge, in the County of Mid
dlesex, on Tuesday, the eighth day of
November, A. D., 1910, between the
hours of six o'clock In the morning and
sever O'Clock in the evening for the
purpose of electing q Governor, a Con-
gresham, three Assemblymen, one
member of the Township Committee, a
Collector of Taxes; an Oveseer of the
Poor for one year to fll the u~nexpired
term of Peter N. Rohrbach, deceased,
two Surveyors of Highways, three Jus
tees Of the Peace; two Constables and
for making appropriations.
Said election will be held at the fol
lowing places:
In District No. AT the Town
Hall. p
In District No. AT Rowland's
Store.
In District No. Sat D. B. 8. Hall,
Port Reading.
Witness my hand this twenty-ninth
day of August, A. D., 1910.
J. EDWARD HARMED,
Clerk of the Township of Woodbridge.
14417-8-30-10t-oew-Tues
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-13
SHERIFF'S SALE,

NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT
Amelia Bndlich, Administrative,
Etc, Plaintiff, VS.. Joseph Bartlett,
I. Defendant. Fl. Fa. for sale of
premises, dated August /, 1910.
BY virtue of the above stated writ
to me directed and delivered I will
expose to sale at public vendue on
WEDNE SDAY, SEPTEMBER FOUR
TENTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED
AND TEN,
at two O'Clock in the afternoon of
the said day, at the sheriff's office in
the City Of New Brunswick, New
Jersey:
All those certain tracts or parcels
of lands and premises situate, lying
and being in the Township of Wood
bridge, In the County OF Middlesex
and State of New Jersey, known and
designated on a map entitled Map
of lots situate In the town of Wood
bridge. N. j., property of William
Zeigler, Esq, and known as Demo
rest on the Hilltops, surveyed Janu-
airy, 1891, by j. M. T~rowbridge, and
filed in the ONCE Of the clerk of
Middlesex county on the gath day OF
September, 1891, as Map No. 1867
as lots Nos. 15 and 16 in block No.
6; No, 50 In block No. s: No. 20 in
block No. q; Nos. s6 to 40. both IN
cluded in block No. 2; Nos As and
40 in block No. 10; Nos. z and s in
block No. 19; Nos. g. z and 8 in
block No. "a.
Together with all and singular the
tenements, Entertainments, and APP
purtenances .thereunto belonging.
and the reversions and remaipders,
rents, issues and profits thereof, and
also all the estate, right, title and
interest of the said defendant Of, in,
and to the same.
WILLIAM H. QUACKENBOSS,
Sheriff.
FPEn n STRICKEN. torn