The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-07-04
FOR THE FAIR SEX.
INTERESTING GOSSIP FOR MAID
AND MATRON.y
The Hygiene OF SOrrow-Favorite
Flowers of Presfdents' Wives-The
DehnttiOn of H0 me-CuFlfng Feath-
crs at IlOme-HOusehOId Hints.

ers at HOme-HousehoId Hints.
When great misfortune enters into
a life, to become thenceforward more
or less part Of it, one Of the greatest
mistakes possible is to attempt to act
as II nothing had happened, and to-
conduct every day living as before.
Ihls Is an outrage on nature, which
she resents sharply in the end. Pay
day comes sooner or later, and the
overthrow caused by binding catas-
trophe or earthquake shock, arrives,
even if deferred
The nervous system requires COM
plete rest after blows caused by sor-
COW. Recent medical observations
show that the physical results of de-
pressing emotions are similar to those
causd by bodily accidents, fatigue,
chill, partial starvation and loss of
blood. That grief prostrates, often
causing disease and sometimes death,
has long been known. The way in
which such effects are brought about
has been the subject of careful study
by an observer named Bassi. Birds,
moles and dogs, which apparently died
IN consequence Of capture, and from
conditions that correspond in human
beings to acute nostalgia and "broken
heart" were examined after death as
to the conditions of internal organs.
The proper nutrition of the tissues has
been interfered with and the sub
stance proper Of certain vital organs
had undergone the same kind Of de-
generation as that brought about by
phosphorus or the germs of infectious
disease. The poison of grief is, there
fore, more than a name. It is a real
thing, which must be taken into &C.
count and provided for. 10 urge work,
study, travel and the vain search for
amusement is both useless and dan
gerous. For a time the whole organ
ism is overthrown, and temporary Sc
cluslon is imperative for proper read
justment.
When there is nearness of relation
ship to nature, rambles in the open air,
days alone with the sea, alone in the
forest, console as nothing else can. A
quiet, silent urive or even a short
journey by rail will often reveal a new
heaven and new earth to one ia
tigued and worn by sorrow. When
music can again be borne it has Pc
cullar charm, soothing power be-
yond words, and reconciles the half
distraught mind to the toll and MOL
of every day living. Books, too, have
their place, those gentle companions
without speech whose calm society
helps annihilate time and space, and
which always receive us with the
same kindness. The familiar faces of
newspapers and journals bring stray
comfort that even the tenderest heart
is powerless to bestow.-John Remson
in Jenness Miller Monthly.
Favorite Flowers of Presidents
Wives.
The ladies Of the white house have
always been much interested in the
beautiful flowers grown either in the
grounds or Conservatives of the fine
old mansion, and each has shown a
decided admiration for some particu-
lar flower. Mrs. Hayes was extremely
fond of rose and apple geraniums; 50
much so that a special house was de-
voted to the cultivation, for her, OF
these old-fashioned fra grant plants.
For the short months during which
Mrs. Garfield held sway her preference
was for orchids. Afterwards, in
President Arthur's time. when the
white house was bachelor estab-
lishment, there was no lack of appre-
citation for the flowers, though Presi-
dent Arthurs liking was more for
decorative plants, and he took the
greatest delight in arranging and re-
arranging the ferns and palms in the
different rooms. In fact, it often hap
pened that after the gardeners had
spent an afternoon in decorating the
entire house, they would find the next
morning, that the president had anus
ed himself, by changing everything
completely, to obtain unique and pleas
ing effects in the cominations of color
and foliage When Mrs. Cleveland
was first in the white house her great
est favorites were pansies, and huge
beds were grown for her personal
pleasure, their soft hues of purple,
bronze and gold showing in masses
under her windows. Though these
are still prime favorites with her she
now has a fancy for the Cape jasmine,
which is extensively grown.
Mrs. Harrison's preference was de-
cidedly for the orchids, and she took
SO great an interest," in the collection
that it was enlarged at her request.
During the very exacting life which
is the lot of the mistress Of the white
house, china painting was almost her
only diversion, and she used some Of
the finest orchids as models, making
artistic reproductions of them with
d. her clever brlsh.-Demorest's Maya
zine.
Quaint Effect on a Child's Dress