The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-04-25

was thought sufficiently improved to
see a calling friend.
The invalid was cheered at the pro-
speet OF her visitor, and perhaps not
! least by the thought that now she
could express herself, as she had fear
ed to do to the too sympathetic mem
bers OF her own family, upon the great
experience she had passed through.
For to face death and eternity with
conscious helplessness is a great event
In the life Of any thoughtful person.
The sick woman's face frightened
as her friend entered, and color
mounted to her pale cheek, giving the
visitor an opportunity to exclalm:E
you don't look sick at ell. You'll
be out again in a little while. You
always get well, you know. You
ought to have been out shopping with
me today, the stores are SC full OF
pretty things. Weren't you wise to
save yourself all the trouble of Christ
mas by lying quietly in bed, having n
good timer But you don't know
what you've lost-Salvini, Booth, and
Modjeska, and $50 on and on for an
hour. Not a word of sympathy, or
even of commonplace interest.
After the departure of the visitor
the poor invalid turned her patient
face away, but could not hide from
the affection sharpened eyes of the
sister who was watching her the tears
which silently trickled from the closed
eyes.
"what is it, darling ~ said the
watcher. did / let her stay too
long? Did she tire your"
"Yes, dear, a little; but perhaps "
with q humorously pathetic smile
perhaps | am more disappointed. l
hAl thought that / had been SO very
i'll that some one might have cared.
1t may be a good lesson, but l don't
think we any of us enjoy finding out
our own insignificance.n
There is nothing that so brightens
and cheers the heart as genuine SYM
pathy-the proof that there are a few
in our little world who would really
care If we passed from il. 1t is not
necessary TO inquire too closely, to
draw down faces, to be tearfully
demonstrative, but If we do not feel
at least a mild degree of a~ffectionate
interest in the sufferings of our inva-
lid friend, why visit him at alls
Soak Whalebones.
1t is said to be a good plan to soak
whalebones a few moments in warm
water in order to make them flexible
and conform to the figure when put
in the castings. Nothing that has ever
been introduced to take the place Of
whalebones is a perfect success. Be
careful to use a thin, fl exible whale
bone. Remember If you are a
short woman that you must not insist
on having your waist made as long as
if you were taller. Nothing Is more
awkward than a long waist on a short
woman. 1t is easy to remedy such a
defect in your figure by raising the
waist line in the dress.
Have Plenty of Clean Table Linen.
Do not use a tablecloth a whole
week or a napkin after its freshness Is
gone. Soiled table linen will spoil the
daindiest dishes. Scores of house
keepers, with plenty OF money for all
household expenses, are absolutely
stingy in regard to the use of table
clothes. Think of a wife not denying
her family any delicacy OF the season,
and sending many superfiuous articles
each week TO the laundry, yet compel
ling her family to sit around a soiled
tablecloth five or six days of the
week, and providing only N or two
napkins for seven days. 1t seems in
credible. Even in small families the
cloth should be changed two or three
times in a week, and the napkins ono Q
every day or two at least. Table lin en-
should be ironed until perfectly dry,
and folded Iengthwise, with the
edges even.-W Washington Star.