The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-11-28

CE0lObs 4bOJ ! hlAooiS-oSSo ObAN
now, and, bless their stout hearts and
clear minds, they have been as leaven
to the whole lump. The young
of today are living free, more
independent, broader lives because of
these earlier lives of labor. They
have done the women of the whole
country. North, South, East and
West, q. service commensurate with
that of the brave men who laid down
their lives.-Helen W0tterSon IN the
PhiIadekphta Inquirer.
T~yrannicai Fashion.
Fashion wears out more wome
than work does, says Arthur's Home
Magazine. In Italy the panacea for
broken-down fashionables is work.
Their physicians advise the pale sis
tiers to don the peasants dress and
assume their mode OF life in all re-
spects, and they generally return
rivals in health to their friends who
have languished out a season at the
seaside, etc. Enter any of the homes
of fashion and idleness and you will
find a pale, thin mistress envying the
plump form and roses of Bridget in
the kitchen, when there is nothing
eating into her comfort and life but
the fashionable, insidious disease of
nothing to do" There is no surer
receipt for keeping the eyes bright,
cheeks rosy and heart light than oc-
cupation. Fashion is a slow but sure
death to the nervous system-a sacri-
ficing of high resolves and noble es-
sentials to a mental and physical
health for the golden covering of the
wooden image. Bodily power grows
in strength when associated with
healthful occupation.
Air and light are absolutely neces-
sary for the healthy activity of the
v~esicles of the skin. 1t is natural to
love fresh air, unnatural to shut our
selves up in closed rooms. 1t is
natural to covet the kisses of the sun,
unnatural to live in parlors with
drawn curtains. 1t is natural to sleep
soundly, unnatural to dissipate, the
result being ~wakefulness after retir-
ing; natural for us to ciothe ourselves
beautifully and beautifully, SO every
muscle is free to act gracefully and
vigorously. The most serious feature
in the fashionable dress is tight lac
ing, a practice most unnatural and
therefore most dangerous to health.
Although the prevalence is not so great
no L u was low yOdho oSOs Y
ance cannot be doubted when we
consult the fashion plates in our pop
ular magazines. Many women with
strong healthful organizations,
ashamed, | am sorry to say, OF their
amount Of avoirdupois and obedient
to the suggestions OF their dr., S.
makers, or ignorant of the first prIn-
ciples OF health have died from these
effects, only the great day of account
will disclose, and still the suicidal
work goes on. Headcoverings of the
present day are more for display, not
comfort, and we. are not surprised
when we hear this or that one COM
plain of neuralgia. "Keep the feet
warm and the head cool" is a homely
precept, but one which, if judiciously
observed, would greatly promote
health.
The Prince and Pauper.
There was a typical bit of life
shown in a recent incident in a Brook
lyn street car. Two fashionably
dressed women, strangers to one an
other, and each with a child on her
lap, found themselves seatmates in a
crowded car. The handsome blue
eyed boy on one knee soon fell a vic
tim to the coquetries OF the dainty
little maiden with golden curls and
soft brown eyes ON the other, and to
the mutual satisfaction of the parents
a pretty little filtration went on.
Further up the Car on the other side
a plump, rosy-cheeked miss of two
years, a comfortably clad but evident
ly poor child, stood against her mother
and admiringly watched the pair. At
a certain street the mother of the boy
signaled to stop. kiss the baby"
she said, as she stood the little fellow
on his feet, meaning of course Miss
Golden Hair, and he turned to obey.
AT that moment, however, the other
little girl, making her way out with
her mother, was exactly abreast of
him, and Master Blue Eyes. finding
this little face before him, promptly
bestowed a sounding, hearty smack
upon it. And everybody smiled while
the prince was led out, the beggar
maid wonderingly went her way and
the disappointed princess. who had
leaned forward for the royal salute,
buried her face in her mothers cloak,
learning thus early in life the bitter
truth that the kiss is not always for
the who expects it.
The Care of the Feet.
Corns and bnnions are never cured.
They may be soothed and made en-
durable for months at a time, but,
like volcanoes. no one can predict a
perpetual cessation OF their mischiev-
Gus activity. Every one, but especi-
ally children. should wear properly
fitting shoes. no matter how common
their material They should be neither
too large nor too small and should
have low, fiat heels that must be
promptly "rightedn as 500 as they
begin to wear to one side. II the toes
of the foot show u tendency to over
lap they should be rubbed with the
hands once or twice each day; and if
this care be given when the curving
commences, it will, as a rule, prove
sufficient to correct any irregularities
of this nature.
If a nail is hayward in its growth,
trim it only lightly at the ailing
corner, but fully at the opposite
corner. If both rne grow too
deeply into the flesh, clip them care
fully and lightly, and then scrape the
eenter of the nail from the tip to near
the root until it is thin and flexible.
This process seldom fails to correct re-
fractory nails-provided, of course.