The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-01-04

household her share OF the Work n
yet arrange so that 10 jar in the do
mestic machinery can affect the quiet
atmosphere of the home, 1t requires
as much executive power as to COM
mand a ship to arrange all the petty
details of the house SO that the
routine flows in harmonious lines.
Yet it is just this executive power that
is needed in the household, and thus
it is that the silly woman always fails
to make-a capable wife or mother.
The round topped trunk has gone
out of fashion for the reason. the
manufacturer tells us, that the trunk
has SO often to be part OF the furnl-
ture of the room. The fiat topped
trunk may have an expensive or rich
cover laid over the top, with a cushion
beneath, and make an ornamental II
somewhat elevated seat. The front
and sides of the trunk may be hidden
by a valance attached to the cushion.
If not desired for a seat, a trunk that
is not too large. may be made to look
like a treasure chest of a prince by
fitting to it q covering OF dark velvet
ornamented with bands of light
colored leather applied with gold cop
per and silver threads.
A regular supervision of children's
teeth would save large dentists bills,
and would undoubtedly tend to a
healthier, stronger race of mankind.
From the time of the first appearance
of the teeth through the gums they
should be subjected to a rubbing
twice a day with a soft rag and lime
water, until the twelfth month of in
fancy. when q soft brush should be
substituted. Frequent visitsito the
dentist are an absolute necessity.
Plants not only need a cooler tenn
perature in the night, but also dark
ness. Shield plants with newspapers
in the evening if the gas in the room
is lighted.
A barley Cruel made by boiling
two tablespoonful of barley in a
quart of water for two hours till it is
reduced one-half, is a nutritious and
excellent food, which may be sweet
ened and favored to the taste.
Should there happen to be a baby
in the family, says the 81. LOUIS Re
public, and yet at the same time an
unpleasant shrinkage in the family
bank account, SO that a nurse girl is
regarded as an impossibility, don't be
discouraged. Get an old fashioned
clothes basket made oftwisted willow,
line it with thickly wadded, quilted
or tufted silk, just as you prefer.
Then put the basket on the loor, and
this time instead of film it with
clothes just gently drop in toe baby.
The basket is peculiarly adapted to
the needs of a baby who is just learn
ing to stand alone. Its chief merits
consists in its safety, for when the
baby is once inside it cannot possibly
be harmed, and may stand up or sit
down according to it's own
sweet youthful will. The basket
from which this idea is taken
was lined with a faint shade of pink
wadded silk, the outside and handles
being silvered. a rattle tied to the
basket and a rag doll were its sole
decorations, and these were quite suf-
hcient, according to the baby's idea.
With one of these baskets in the
nursery the baby may be safely left
alone for a short time and be amused
as we'll.
A mother does spend herself too
freely for her children when she gives
Up her own rights to them, effaces
herself so that they do not recognize
her superior claims, makes it difficult
for them to ''honor" her as the fifth
commandment demands that they
shall do. 1t is a wise selfishness that
makes the mother insist upon keep
ing her proper place in the family as
the crown and center of home, tender
ly loving her children, serving them
in all legitimate ways, but seeing that
they take their fair share OF the bur-
dens of life instead of weakly bearing
them herself.