The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-05-25
COMMON EMERGENCIES.
Which Women Should Meet
With Pluck and SenSi-
BILE Remedies.
SIMPLE BUT EFFECTIVE CURES
Fighting the Destroying Moth
How 10 Clean Lace Curtains
Hints 10 Housekeepers.

No doubt the subject Of Common
Emergencies" seems a very matter oil
fact, prosxic one in these days of the
higher arts and education for the fair
sex, but it must be admitted that in
climbing the public professional ladder.
women are neglecting many minor mat
tiers, which are pc rhaps, to some degree,
more essential to the welfare of The
world at large than their advent into
politics and public life. Sometimes 1t
seems o pity that women insist so strong
ly on their alleged rights" They may
be right to some extent. and they may
get their rights in time-we hope not
in our time-but depend on it, they will
get them at the price of losing some
privileges which they now expect as
rights. So the proportion of grievances
will be about the same and the burden OF
labor heavier and more wearisome.
There's the rub. Rather let we'll alone,
lnethinks.
But, of course. there are women who
will insist on their rights and on stand
ing alone. Here comes the practical,
% osaic part. Then there must be no
more getting on benches and tables at
seeing u mouse, no fainting for no cause,
no amanda wept" business, no recoil-
ing from wounds and bruises. If women
desire to be co-woTkers with men they
must expect tina "nerves" will not De
tolerated.
Common emergenciesi How Drosaic
that sounds. A burn, a cut. a brulse.
Yes, only that, and yet If a woman can
stand bravely by and help to relieve
these pains, Ii she has learnt what to do
in such emergencies and can face and re-
lieve them, surely she Is a graduate or a
"ine" art.
1t has always been a notion of mine 10
have our young women learn two sub
jects thoroughly, One is the chemistry
OF foods, the other how to treat common
emergencies. 1t has always seemed a
great pity that in most houses the food Is
prepared by Il cook, who serves tempting
enough dishes, but who understands
absolutely nothing about their re-
lation to perfect health. You prob
ably say here, 'As though a cook
had time to study such things" Perhaps
she has not, but the mistress has. Take
us an example, an egg boiled in the old
way, put into boiling water, and left
three or four minutes, or even tive, soft,
medium or hard boiled as may be desired.
Then take and boil an egg on the chem
isty of foods plan. Put 1T In cold water
and let it come slowly to a boil and then
paw ChSAis OhC 10
lone aud dainty. while the other in COM
parIsop is heavy. So with STEAKS. Why
some of our best housekeepers even now
Insist on frying down Il porter-house
until all It's delicacy is lost.
SIMPLE REMEDIES.
In regard to common emergencies l
will quote some suggestions given by a
physician as to what people should do In
cases when a surgeon is not thought
necessary or ann be quickly enough
reached. He say.:-"When min ute bleed
ing points-sucn as sometimes occur upon
the face after the use Of the raZor-are
neither checked spontaneously nor by the
usual means, ii drop of tiucture of iron.
applied on Il pledget of cotton or the end
or u match, will ut once put an
end to the bleeding. Sometimes obsti-
nate II ven ala1mipg hemorrhage
follows the extraction of Il tooth. In such
a case a bit of cotton saturated with alum
solution or %sprinkled with alum powder
and applied to the cavity will usually
work admirably; but hould these means
fail TO afford relief, II pledget of cotton
saturated with tincture If iron Il
pressed into the cavity will promptly
staunch the flow, unless the case bs a
rare and exceptional one.
"Epistaxis, or bleeding from the nose,
is II comnion-though seldom serious
form of hemorrhage. 1t is often checked
spontaneously, or by such simple
means as bathing the face and nasal
cavities with cold water. Some
times, however, when more persistent,
some styptic application may be needed.
Alum water or a solution of taulic
acid may be snuffed up the nose
from the palm OF the h md, or some pow
dered sty ptic Ia be blown Into the nasal
cavities by means OF Il quill, roll of puper
or other tube. A wad of cotton pushed
into the bleeding side Will often suffice TO
check the flow. But the most unique,
simple and efficient way to check an Oh
innate nasal heinorrhage Is by pressing
an ordinary clotbespin firmly over the
cartilaginous portion OF the nose, from
ABOVE Ito " ward, and thus, by occluding
the anterior mares. surely prevent all
further bleeding from that quarter"
Rather u more convenient way than
putting IA key down ones back as they did
IL DIR. Bill.
Every household, especially one in
which there are children, should have a
medicine chest, aud above NIL, they
should not be allowed to test its contents.
A mixture for burns. vaseline. glycerine,
rose water. turpentiue. cold cream,
iodine are always useful.
Il DESTROYER OF FURS.
At this busy house cleaning time of the
year there are two things which we are
preparing to put away for the summer
months. These nre furs and curtains,
and one wants to do this carefully for
their better preservation. Few women
understand the packing away and caring
of furs. Before putting them away they
should be placed fiat upon q table and
beaten thoroughly with a thin bamboo
stick. BY SO doing you will see
al once ii there are any moths In
the garment, and also be able
TO discover their exact hiding
place. No fur garment, least of all a seal
coat, should be packed away in the box In
which it came from The Warehouse, but
instead 1T should be suspended from u
''nanger" to support the shoulders, thus
preventing it from dragging its weight
upon the neck and collar and thus injur-
lug the set when on. Coverings made of
mothaline cloth or plain muslin are use
full, but can be dispensed with ii the gar
ment Is taken out from time to time dur
ing the summer ant examined. A bca
be shaken upside down, causing
the fur to stand out-in hat round, fluffy
way which constitutes the chief charm OF
these pretty settings for fair faces. Boas
should be hung over the hook In long
loops, SO that the strain may not be
wholly on one place, or else fastened with
ribbons.
But remember to examine your furs