The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-04-27
REST and RECREATION
Two Excellent PreSCrip-
tiOnS for Mysteries and
Too Much House.
work.
CHAHMS A FLOWER GARDEN AFORD'
An 'Object" to Tempt Women
Into the Fresh Air and
Sunshine-H0uSe-
hold Hints.
CHAaMS A FLOWER GARDEN AFF0HD,'

SunShlne-H0uSe-
hold Hints.
Most women spend too much of their
time in the retirement of home. They
lose and regret the roses on their cheeks,
which they always had in their school
days, but attribute their absence to worry
and responsibilities. Household cares are
heavy. they have no time to go out walk
ing in the fresh air unless to go shopping
or calling. They forget how necessary to
mind and body such recreation and exer-
else are. Exercise is as much a rest TO
one who has been sitting at her desk or
sewing table all day. as reclining on a
couch is to one who has been flying over
tennis courts. I heard a young man ask
his sister a few evenings ago to go out
walking with him. She had been shaving
all day and was on the verge of Mysteries.
literally tired out. Her mother reprf-
manded the son, telling him SO. that his
sister ought to retire. But the girl in
sisted on going. She said that although
her mother couldn't understand 1T, a walk
in the open air always Quieted her, al
ways had a beneficial effect. There ls no
doubt that too many household cares.
when they maxi slaves of women, dwarf
| their ambitions and their knowledge OF
essential things. Many women would
thiuk themselves guilty of great indulg-
ence II they read the papers in the day
| time, or took Il walk for pleasure only.
But they should learn aud re-
member that to a well organized
frame, motion and fresh air are posi-
tive daily necessities, irrespective of any
"object," save the cool play of the wind
on the temples aud the healthful glow
| which follows a brisk walk. Medicine is
a JOKE to it. No doctor, be his diploma
ever so pretentious. could effect with SIM
| pie means a more magical result. When
it is considered what u "beautifier" exer-
else in the open air is, it is a marvel that
women are SO prone to neglect 1t. A lit
tie chilliness in the air, a little sprinklin9
of rain, a high ~wind-what Inadequate
reasons for staying in the house and
| growing sallow, irritable and sicKl
AN oBJECT.
Realizing then that women need an
"object" TO draw them out, and remen-
bering how few even do their morning
marketing in these days when the
butcher aud baker and candlestick make
''call for orders"-a blessing or not as
| one chooses to consider i'll welcome the
| spring season. And why? you ask. Be-
| cause | know that most women love How
ers, and that they will prove an ''object"
to tempt them into the delicious fresh air.
Sensible women won't mind a few
freckles nor a little tan; why, the latter Is
| generally very becoming, and l have
heard it said by a most sedate gentleman
of whom one could never imagine such
| thoughts, that frecKles were every CO.
quet ish." So don'tlet them worry you,
little m They are a hundred times
more becoming than freckles on YOU
temper.
"LITTLE sTEPMoTHERs."
OF course you love pansies; all women
do, with their pure. soft baby fJces. They
teach a great lesson in their growth. We
are told that panSies love a cool atinOs-
phere. No excitement, no ~frritability.
And although they grow thus modestly,
somewhat in the shade, to what Wonder
full beauty they attain! The pansy is es-
sentially a spring flower. 1t must be
protected from the strong sun in the mid
| die of the day; it is very lender. There is
no spring flower that will give such fra
GRANGE and variety of color as the pansy.
These "little stepmothers," as the Ger
mans lovingly call them, show their full
beauty and bloom only in the moist early
spring. The great velvety blossoms di-
miuisn in size as soou as the summer
comes and no care will preserve their size
aud beauty. Their beds should be retilled
| by June l with summer flowers, and q
| fresh supply of pansies should De sown in
the autumn or winter for the succeeding
spring.
Mrs. Grover Cleveland acknowledges
that pansies are her ~favorite flower, an
other instance of her excellent and re-
fined taste.
HOW TO KEEP PLANTS HEALTHY
IN arranging your garden, avoid the
tendency of which most amateurs are
guilty. too much variety of color. Do
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have a large space to cultivate. Be Eau
tious. too, in the mixture of shades, Civ
ing each careful thought in its back
| ground. A Hover that may be beautiful
in itself may have Its effect entirely killed
by being placed next to one equally beau
tiful In itself. but inharmonlous in this
connection. Sometimes plants do not
flower because they are in too large a pot
The roots spread out and take 10 them
selves much nourishment. Ifa plant he
placed in a smaller pot. and not allowed
TO develop too many branches it will prob
ably soon begin to hover
Light ana heat are two great factors in
this forcing bloom, as la also an OCCASION
nj use Of liquid fertilizer. from the time
the buds are well set until they are pretty
well developed. Roots and plants may be
forced to more rapid growth by Watering
frequently with warm water. If, how
ever, they seem to be advancing too rap
idly for the season, use cold water.
All plants should occasionally be syr-
inged. This will keep down the red spider
and will benefit the plant in other ways.
Each leaf is covered with pores or air
| cells, through which it breathes after
plunt-fashion, as we breathe. Leaves are,
in fact. the lungs Of a plant. Ii these are
| permitted to become cloggeG, naturally
the "breathing" process is accompanied
with much difficulty, and eventually the
plant droops and dies from want Of air.
A loving nand keeps all soil and dust
from plants. and thus gives them their
best chance.
ROSES.
If you want roses. they must be In the
richest part of your rich bed. You can
not give roses too much rich feeding. and
you can not keep them too clean. They
must be thoroughly watered, and the
plants syringed with whale oil soap dis
solved in luke warm water once a week
at first and later once a month ii there
are no bugs. Instantly when you see a
single bug-those small green parasites
thoroughly syringe with whale oil soap.
Water once a week with a wateringpot-
full of lukewarm water in which Il table
spoonful of nitric of soda has been dis
solved. This can be bought in crude
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