The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-27

ieiic Oh parDarlc customs, no matter how
Tar 1t has come down to her. Her fashion
must mean utility and convenience. as
Well as beauty. Therefore, don't pierce
your baby girrs ears. If. when she has
arrived ait the age of womanly discretion
and realizes fully what the act means,
then if her taste for ornament is stronger
than that of her desire for natural beauty
and elegancy, she may exercise the in
Fiction upon herself. But, if it is not done
for her, it is safe to say thai the act
will remain unperpetrated.. The young
woman of the near future will recog-
nize, in this instance at least. that when
beauty is unadorned it is adorned the
most.
h will have the beauty Of perfect
health, adorned with the grace Of true
~womanhood. Her dress will display a
consistent subordination to the require
men1s of the occasion, recognizing the
fact that in illness lies the true secret
of much grace and great elegance.
In a number of letters written at long
and short intervals from 1872 to 1886 by
Louise M. Aleott, to five little girls in Al
leghany County, Pennsylvania, the au-
thor of Little Women most charmingly
and frankly discloses her extraordinary
nature. and the missives. edited by Ed
ward w. Box. are gwen to the public in
April Ladies' Home Journal In one of
the tenderest of these letters, invoked
by the sad information of the death of
one of the sisters, Miss Alcott wrote her
Borrowing correspondent
:" : I viii tell you my experience, and
as it has stood the test of youth and age,
health q nj -iaJ,11- TO- oxl $1,000. ~1,-
erty and wealth, I feel that it is genuine,
and seem to get more light, warmth and
help as I go on learning more of it
year by year. My parents never bound
US to any church. but taught us that
the love of goodness was the love of God,
the cheerful doing of duty made life hap
Ply, and that the love of ones n~eighbor
in its widest sense was the best help
for ones self. Their lives showed us
how lovely this simple faith was, how
much honor, gratitude and affection it
brought them, and what a sweet MEM
ory they left behind, for. though father
still lives, his, life is over, as far as
thought or usefulness are possible. Theo-
dore Parker and Ralph Waldo Emerson
did much to Gelp me to see that one can
shape life best by trying to build up
a ~ jig dild ilODie character, Through
good books, wise peoples society, an in
terest in all reforms that help the world,
and a cheerful acceptance of whatever is
inevitable; seeing a beautiful compensa-
ton in what often seems a great sacri-
flee, sorrow or loss, and believing always
that a wise, loving and just Father cares
for Is, sees our weakness and is near
to help if we call. Have you read Emer-
cn.o IL tn al = -
lever in Nature instead of God. He was
truly Christian, and saw God in nature,
finding strength and comfort in the same
sweet influences of the great Mother as
well as the Father of all. / too believe
this, and when tired, sad or tempted find
my best comfort in the woods, the sky,
the healing solitude that lets my poor,
weary soul find the rest, the fresh hope
or the patience which only God can give
us. People used to tell me that when
sorrow came 1 should find my faith
faulty because it had no name. but they
were wrong for when the heavy loss of
my dear. gifted sister found me too fee
BILE to do anything but suffer passively, +
still had the sustaining sense of a love
that never failed, even when I could not
see why this lovely life should end when
= was AioPP4Coh' a. O POOit P1ouu. Sii QS-
Cling girl l held to the belief that if I
deserved success it would surely come so
long as my ambition was not for selfish
ends but for my dear family, and it did
come, far more fully than 1 ever hoped
or dreamed, though youth. health and
many hopes went to earn it. Now, when
1 might enjoy rest. pleasure and travel,
l am still tied by new duties to my
ho1u md Ciua nm my 7ron,~, ~ c,,ro +l.+
something better will be given me in
time. Freedom was always my longing,
but I have never had 1t, so / am still
1 need. and when 1 am ready the liberty
will come"
A great deal of extra fuss is made
about cleaning silver in everyday use.
says a writer in the Household News
Reposse articles will hold dust in their
crevices. but plain pieces. washed in hot
suds and Instantly rinsed, ought to keep
bright a long time.
Egg stains yield to a rub of salt, and
if discolorations are treated to a touch
of silver soap, when first discovered,
there will be no need of a weekly clean
ing.s
A "A III M Ill luG SuQS is
p~resupposed, and the water must be boil
ing hot, both in that and the rinsing
water. If each piece be taken separately
from the latter. and wiped before it has
a chance to cool, and this practice is
persisted in, It will be seen how little
rubbing is needed.
Silversmiths keep in stock a specially
made tissue paper and also a certain
bleach of Canton flannel in which to
wrap silver not in everyday use, where
they tarnish less than in common cloth
and paper. 1t is said that camphor,
wrapped with silver. will preserve its
brightness, though for the truth of this
I cannot vouch.
1t is well known thai canlphor will
keep white flannel from showing 4 vel
low tinge if laid away for some time.
Once a week the mistress should count
her spoons and other small articles, and
every month the contents of the china
closet should be inspected. Happy she
who does not find a lot of debris tucked
away. or Of dishes nieked or cracked.
elbow sleeves are popular in Paris.
and will be here among dressy people for
evening and afternoon wear with sixteen
button gloves, writes Emma IL. Hooper
in April Ladies' Home Journal, Such
sleeves are finished with a twist, band
Of trimming. small cuff or ruffle Of lace
or efnbroidarv< Cross and Vnndxyt,a raure