The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-04-26
A BORN YANKEE.
An English Mothers Admission As
to Her American Born Son.

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1.-The Yankee spirit but, like many
other common phrases, this n seems
to elude the efforts of the defner and
to be always in the air. The one
thing always agreed upon is that to
be real Yankee one must be good at a
bargain, and if this is not very definite
1t is at least something.
There is a small boy in the neigh
borhood of Boston whose mother is
English, while his father is a New
Highlander The parents have often
laughing1y debated whether the lad
was or was not a genuine Yankee, but
it was only the day after last Christ
mas that they were able to agree in
the matter.
That day the boy was for some time
missing, and the whole family became
much alarmed about him. The SER
wants were sent to the neighbors, the
| house was thoroughly searched, the
we'll looked into, and as a last resort
the policemen of the village were
called npon to aid in discovering the
truant.
When matters had gone as far as
this the boy himself was seen coming
across the lawn in a draggled and
| evidently exhausted condition, but
waving his hand with an air of tri-
umph.
Il got thirty cents, mammal" he
shouted, as his anxious mother came
fastening out to meet him.
Thirty centsir she repeated in
establishment. How did you get
thirty centsg'
"Why. with my organ, of course, "
he answered, and he showed her,
strapped upon his back, a toy hand
organ which had been among his
Christmas gifts. i've been playing
way down to the other end of the
town.
The English mother looked at the
eager little fellow, divided between a
desire to laugh at the droll situation,
the feeling that she should reprove the
runaway. and the relief she felt at
seeing the little fellow safe.
George" she said, turning to her
husband, who had come up in time to
hear his sons words, you are right.
He is a born Yankee. - Youths Com
pGnioa.
school of Methods.
The department devoted to the
preparation OF girls vino have left
school for the duties of wives,
mothers, nurses, housekeepers and
servants was next visited, and in this
important department of the Postal
ozzi- Froebel-Hans over forty young
women from the various ranks of life
were gathered. 1t was under the
special patronage of the Crown
Princess, whose own daughters were
it's first pupils. The lady who
directed the teaching OF washing and
ironing kept a close eye to the perfec-
ton of the work, which is all CLASH
fed. At one time table linen was
washed and ironed properly; at IN
| other the best methods of treating
dish towels r taught; at another
the washing of fiannels and the doing
up of prints and ginghams; at an
other clear starching, and SO on, I'M
tile the whole round of a family
laundry has been scientifically taught
and enforced by practice.
In one a girl Of fourteen or
fifteen, formerly a pupil in the Kinder
garten. was washing windows and
paint. Well dressed. she was poised
pane of glass with a channels skin.
Her pail of suds stood on the shining
floor, with q bit of oil cloth under it,
that not a drop of water should touch
| the varnish. / involuntarily looked
at the wall paper along the edges of
the window and door castings and
baseboards, and saw that no careless
wash cloth had ever left its trail on a
| surface for which it was not designed.
| AS | glanced back at the maiden she
was folding her towels and placing
| them in a covered basket, with q COM
partment for each,-n and around
Berlin.
h Value of Kind Words.
Great will be the blessedness Of
those who have not to weep over
harsh words. bitter expressions, or
wanton neglect to those who ought
never to have been subject to such
things. None will ver regret speak
ing too many kind words, while many
will have to weep over hasty ones
which made the heart ache, and per-
haps fastened the death we had to
mourn. II, therefore, you would es-
cape this, and have fewer tears to
shed bye and by, seek and study to be
kind now to those you love. If you
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now. Be kindly, gracious, eonsid-
crate, tender, while you have the
opportunity. Seek TO cast bright
ness and eheerfulness at all times
in your home. Danish as completely
as You can all harshness, meanness,
suspicion, unkindness, inc~onsiderate-
ness from your being, 20 that when
the dark shadows OF trial and death
give you sorrow, you may not have to
add to it the bitterness Of self re-
proach, when it will be of no avail.
Never forget that the habit which
feeds and helps the n starves and
hinders the other. Sow kindness,
loving words, cheerful smiles so con-
stantly that the heart will be full, and
the mind possessed by such influences
that there will be no room left for the
rank weeds of unkindness to find an
entrance or obtain a place. The
Aqricultugist.
Mons Women.
what are mems women'?' asked
the most charming Of her sex; s'men
are forever saying of so-and-so, whom,
by the way. / detest, that she is "a
mans woman Teach me how to be
one, please. Wherein lies the charm?
Must / smoke like your Venetians?
Must | talk horse2 Must l adopt all