The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-02-18

Don't be enthusiastic over your hnancee
to your friends. Don't make her the SUB
ject of your constant talk. Everybody
knows that it is interesting to you, out
you are likely to be the only one VINO Is
apt not to know how unbearably tlresone
you are.
A DELICATE QUESTION.
There is one delicate question tnau l
have been asked to touch upon ana tnat
is, should a man OF fashion KISS MS
f~iancee, and if so on what occasions.
There were times when 1t was not IN
fashion to kiss the young lady until after
the wedding ceremony, but happily that
time is only dimly recollected by the So
ciety men Of today. The one regulation
that | believe it incumbent on me TO lay
down is that when you kiss the young
lady it should be in her presence alone.
because, while it is a very pleasant pas
time 10 the loving couple, 1t is bound TO
be ridiculed and laughed at. even by the
sister or brother, and smiled at as foolish
by the mother; sodon't show your intense
affection in the presence Oh anyone ex
cept the young lady herself.
In the ultra fashionable set OF all cities
it is considered proper that the young
lady shoutd always be chaperoned where
ever she goes with her prospective nus
band, and no matter what the conditions
NAV be.
The question of the propriety of a
young iady's acceptance of invitations to
her ~fiance's home is by no means settled.
There are many worthy dowagers who
would unde NO circumstances favor the
acceptance by their daughters of an invi-
tation to visit the sisters of her fiance.
In my opinion these visits are not only
proper, but it is advisable to make them.
The young lady will become well ac-
Quainted with those b have always
loved and cared for her prospective bus.
band, and she will learn a Thousand ana
one odd things about her f1ance's likes
aud dislikes. By all means, make these
visits as often as you wish, but don't for
get to take your chaperon.-AtbeTt I'd
Wdrd Tyrreu I'M the Brooklyn Citizen.
The Children's Eyes.
The constantly increasing near-sighted-
ness among school children, and the very
general need and use of glasses, ought to
suggest to us whether or not we are suf-
ficiently careful OF the conditio affect
ing the eyes of the young. do we see to
it that the books they read II those they
study are of a clear aud large type, re-
curing no straining or forcing OF the
vision; and do we encourage a large ana
open script for their handwriting? Do
we see to it hat our schoolhouses are
built with a view to the falling OF the
light in the right way for the children's
safety? DO we have the lights at home
so regulated that no blaze shall produce
blindness and no dimness make sight
difficult? Do we make sure that the
child holds his book at the distance which
gives a correct focus, that he holds his
body properly in relation to his book or
work, that he looks off frequently. thus
changing the character of the de-
mand on the eye, and that he
il not allowed to continue long in
any effort requiring the too intent use of
his eyes? Do we keep ourselves Oh the
lookout, too, for the first indication of
feebleness or strain. IN order that artificial
aids may be resorted to in season to pre-
rent any positive evilf That precauLion
in all these directions is wise is evident
from the the fact, if we look for it, that
in those living what might be called the
natural life-that is, without books or
fine work-there is very little trouble
with the eyes where the condition of good
bodily health otherwise are maintained.
or course where there are unclean
methods of life, like those crowded
Oriental cities, oDhthalmia OF varioS de-
grees is to be expected; but the flee
roamer of the desert, the dwelier OF the for
est, the sailor on the seas, they VINO oxy-
genate the blood in constant currents of
fresh air, and live wild lives that train
the eyesight upo far distances,
have little or no trouble with
that eyesight. The eyeless fish Of
dark underground lakes are a perpetual
example of the atrophy that takes place
through non-use of an organ; but just as
fatal an atrophy can result from its over
use-that is, from undue strain and effort
and too mucn attention canuot be given
to the prevention of such possibilities.
We may hate to put glasses on the fair
free faces of children, but their future
comfort is OF more Importance than the
pride OF our eyes in them; aud it may he
"a burden to give the constant oversight
that the prevention requires in other
directions. but as we choose to assume
that burden in the beginning. we have no
right to shirk one of its responsibilities,
and there is none Of the physical respon-
sibilities of more weight than the the care
of their eyes.-Harper'S B0zaT.