The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-11-09

wives, and "a of them had fretful,
violent and masterful wives.
OF 81 bad-tempered men, 80 had
good-tenpered and 22 b~ad-tempered
wives. 1t was also found that % per
cent. of wives are fretful, 10 per cent.
violent and 6 per cent. masterful.
Queen Vicf oria's HumOr-
1t is evident that humor sometimes
invades the circles of royalty. AS an
instance of this we may state that the
Baroness Bloomfield in her "Reminis-
censes" relates how on one occasion
the Queen desired her to sing, and
she, Tin fear and trembling, sang one
of CRISIS famous airs, but omitted a
shake at the end. The Queens quick
ear Immediately detected the omis-
sion, and, smiling, her majesty said
Does not your sister shake, Lady
Normandy?' to which Lady Nor
mandy promptly replied:-'Oh, yes,
ma'am, she is shaking all overr"
Acted Naturally.
The season of amateur theatricals
has already arrived. A very select
and private club delighted their
friends with a performance on Friday
night.
A weli-known young lawyer who
of1iciated as stage manager, told the
following very ludicrous story OF the
affair to q reporter for the Chicago
Inter- Ocean:
Il sent on a young medical student
in the character of a lover, who had
| to make a declaration, be accepted,
be surprised by a rival, challenge
him on the spot, declare that he
would not stir until this green sward
was stained with the blood of n ii
not Of both, order parenthetically pis-
tolls for two at once and coffee for n
in ten minutes, and, in fact, go
through the greatest amount of bom-
bast compressible into a short time.
OF course the love-making vas to be
of the most high-flown character.
ION, he went, and at sight of the
audience andsthe lady seated at her
workable, subsidized Immediately into
the very abyss of fear. Instead OF
rushing frantically toward the object
OF his affections, flinging himself on
his knees and bursting into a trenen-
dous rhapsody, as he ought to have
done, he simply stood and looked at
her, twisting his hat feebly in his
hands.
mot one word could he say, but in
dead silence crept across the stage,
took up a chair, offered to sit down,
looked behind him to make sure If the
chair was really in its place, sat down
on the extreme edge of it, looked at
the ground, rubbed his knees slowly
and now and then glanced up at his
intended bride much as a dog looks
up when it has stolen something and
knows it is going to be whipped.
.The audience were in ecstacies.
They all thought it was pure acting
and that the part was that OF a bash
full lover. Certainly, any one who
fortune. He had been In possession
minutee without speaking a word,
when he opened his mouth once OIL
twice. rubbed his knees again, and at
length said, in a broken and husky
voice.
"'How's your mother?'
"a perfect shrek of laughter burst
from the audience aud gave the OPP
portunity for getting him off the
stage. The rival rushed forward.
bounced on him, hauled him off by
the collar, flung himself on his knees,
did all the rhapsody himself, and we
had to patch up the scene as best we
could. Although so complete a failure
on the part of the individual, the
scene was the best Of the evening"
Finishing and Cleaning Embroidery.
Embroideries that are just finished
and taken from the frame frequently
have a drawn appearance from 30 me
of the stitches being too tight. TO OBJ
tain the smoothness which the COM
pleted work ought to have, careful
stretching or pressing of the founda-
ton Is necessary. In many cases
stretching the material over a smooth
board covered with a flannel or a clean
cloth will remedy the difficulty, using
thumb tacks along the edges to hold
it in place. Let it reInain several days,
then remove cover the face with tissue
ape and roll it around a smooth
stick. Do rot iron new embroidery II
it can be avoided; if it cannot, press
it on the wrong side over W or three
layers of flannel spread on the ironing
board.
Gold lace and gold embroidery
| which are so effective in fancy work
may be frightened up after they be-
come furnished, with rock alum that
has been burned, then powdered fine
and sifted. Dip a clean soft brush
into the powder and rub the gold lace
briskly; afterward wipe wi5h a clean
soft flannel.
Crewel embroidery on linen or crash
is nicely washed with bran water
without soap or soda. Pour a gallon
| OF water over a pound of bran and
leave it to soak for a day, stirring it
occasionally. Strain the bran water
| through a coarse towel and use it
luke warm to wash the crewel work.
Do not wiring it, but squeeze and press
it gently through the hands. Dry
near tine fire and iron on the wrong
side while damp, letting the en-
broidery press into thick flannel. Ex-
posture to sunlight while drying is
likely to fade the colors.