The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-09-22
Highest of all in Leavenng Powe1.-U. S. Govt Report, Aug. II, 1889.
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free from the least particle of damp,
as dampness rusts the strings and
pins, initiates the felt and leather, ut
terly running the action work. Fol
this reason on wet and foggy days
the window of the room in which the
piano stands must not be left open
without the instrument being covered
over.
1t is not wise to place a cottage
pianoforte with its back against a
wall that is exposed to the influences
OF the weather, or n having q
chimney due running through it,
neither should it be placed too near
the fireside, where it would be liable
to encounter direct and undue heat.
To prevent the keys of the
instrument from becoming vel
low it is requisite to wipe
them with a soft w~ash-leather each
time after use, and to keep them COW
cred with a piece of white flannel
reaching from one end of the key
board to the other. Extreme de-
grees of heat and cold are fatal to the
cabinetwork and polish of a piano
forte. When not in service 1t is
prudent to keep the piano closed, es-
pecially during the summer months,
as the moths having once found ac-
cess to the inner parts of the lnstru-
ment do vast damage; besides, ordi-
nary dust clogs and is destructive to
the mechanism. In cases where cloth
lining is tackled at the back of cottage
pianofortes it is advisable to replace
it by wire gauZe, and any opening at
the bottom of the instrument must
likewise be covered up, in order to
prevent mice from finding a comfort
able retreat in one of the secluded
corners-under the keyboard is their
favorite spot in the piano. -EGchdnge.
Where Ignorance is Helpful.
One of the most successful women in
society is the woman who absolutely
knows nothing-that is, in the ordi-
nary acceptance of the term-but
whose nature is so nicely adapted to
the needs and requirements of this
life that she makes no blunders and
hurts the tender feelings of no one.
1t is a matter for us to reflect upon,
and it should incite US to help u
children to cultivate that spirit of
kindness which would just asreadily
speak we'll of people as ill, if not to
prefer TO do SO. We might teach III
daughters that to listen patiently to
the praise of others will not detract
in the least from their charms. Those
happy women who are capable of
honest and hearty admiration for per-
sons of their own sex are, and always
have been. admired and loved, though
without accomplishments or graces
save this one Of Unborn charity and
good will.-Chicago Herald.
A Rule for Nurses.
Invalids do lot like people too near
them. Nurses make a great mistake
when theysit or stand too close to the
patient. And they shouldavoidtalking
when their duties require them to lean
over the patient. A constant flow of
conversation is very annoying to peo-
pie suffering from v trouble.
yet many patients have to bear it be-
cause they lack moral courage and the
nurse good sense.
The Smart Woman.
With the advent of the Anglomania
the word smart and much
talk about the smart woman Let
us see what the smart woman really
is and what she does:-
The smart woman is the one who
has individuality.
She is the M who wears her good
clothes as if they had belonged to her
from her birth.
She is usually good looking, usually
good tempered and always superbly
self conscious.
She never fails to be we'll gloved and
we'll booted and to make the most of
the fact.
She is always artistic and individual,
yet never untidy in her couture.
She enters a room as if she were the
most important parsonage therein.
She is always seen at the right place
and never seen at the wrong one.
She never forgets a face or a name
if the owner can be of advantage to
her in any way. 1l&
She remembers anything that
it is to her advantage to have for
gotten.
She knows how to manage people
so as to make them her servants while
they believe they are simply her
Observation-Disclosures.
The Hostess Golden Rule.
1t was a lady who had long resided
over a cultivated home of wealth and
who there received many people of
distinction and a host of friends who
once remarked:--'My rule for enter
tanning is a very simple one. The first
day / try to entertain my guests. The
second day l leave them to enter
tain themselves. The third day l ex-
pect them to entertain me-" Any one
who has ever been privileged to en-
joy that lady's hospitality can testify
that her rule ought to head the ten
commandments of social observance.
- Waterbury Americap.
Effect of Education on Women.
Given a robust and healthy woman
of seventeen or eighteen years of age,
there can be no harm in continuing
her education till she is one or two
and-twenty. At the same time the
objects and methods of her education
might we'll be different from those OF
men. Female B~entleys and Persons,