The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-10-23

in many Of the shops are unquesdonably
bad. Especially as their low prices tempt
the children to live on them as the
phrase goes.
A few commonsense reflections concern
ing his cheap candy would soon demon
| strate to every mother the folly Of put
ting the stuff in the hands, or mouths. of
her 1ock. In the first place, It is composed
OF glucose, an imitation of sugar, which
does not contain the nutritive qualities
Of sugar itself.
Secondly, the bonbons are in many cases
| colored with poor and indigestible. If not
really harmful, coloring matter. Again,
| the stuff is allowed to stand from day to
day upon the open counter until sold 1t
is tainted by the foul air. Accumulates
the dust of perhaps weeks, and is then
sold to the youngsters, who swallow the
composite impurity with childlike faith
because it looks like candy"
but I can't pay 60 or 80 cents per
| pound, says some distracted mother of
a household. What can | do? The chill
dren will have sweets
And good recipes for arame1s abound
of course. Buy unsweetened chocolate,
butter and sugar and make caramels for
them. The ingredients for a good sized
dish Of these will cost less than 80 cents.
And good receipts for caramels abound
in the popular cook books
Or make for them one of those varie-
ties Of taffy of 'butterscotch.'s which
| children dote upon. These things require
but the work of ten minutes and results
are sure to be satisfactory. The ingre-
dients are cheap and wholesome. Good
butter, molasses, a little lemon and vine
gar. All things which are in common use
and passing cheap.
If peanuts or blanched almonds be
dropped into the taffy it becomes the
more worthy In the eyes of the Iiliputians.
Or if nuts be wanting, if the taffy be firm
enough for pulling. it is invested also with
4 superior charm,
All nuts have their especial variety of
arrived at in the family, with the aid
of cooking manuals Blanching almonds.
which would seem a very complicated
matter. is nothing more in reality than
dropping them in hot water.
~ lVla Wtdt1ltT, IN WHICH cQlluren
most crave sweetmeats, is drawing on.
Every woman should make it a part of
housekeeping to look into hygienic points.
The youngsters will have bonbons but let
these be pure. If not from the most re-
liable establishments then made from the
home larder. The young ones should be
warned against buying candy upon the
streets on their way to school,. And
against purchasing the cheaper varieties
at all. 1t should be explained to them
that such is covered with dust and i'm
purity-totally unfit to- eat.
And If once home candy making is
established It VIII be an odd child who
VIII crave the shop varieties even if these
DC crystalized violets or candied fruits
which sell at $3.50 a pound.
49,
One of those emancipated, women WIN
are said to be abroad in the land. but who
can't be distinguished by men from any
otner women. writes as follows
without going into all the dry details
OF the relationship of the sexes in primi-
tive times and among uncivilized peo-
pies. we may just take the broad facts
which are known to and admitted bv
everyone. Woman has, of course, always
been and always must be mans physical
inferior-and in times past she has been
actually, if not literally, his slave. She
has been the toy and sport of man. with
one, and only one, chance of asserting
herself.
This has been the exercise of personal
charm. which has enabled her to move In
the passion called love, and thereby
to secure an ascendancy over him. The
love OF power, which is common to both
sexes. has been hers, and realizing that
she could only DE powerful by ~arousing
the sentimental passion in man, she has
put forth all her endeavors to find favor
In his sight as the old phrase has it.
Now, as one of those women to whom
apply the scornfui term 'emanci-
pated.' 1 should like to point out this i'm
portant fact, that our sex is gradually
beginning to recognize that 1t is ignoble
to seek for admiration simply for its doll
like qualities. We nave not lost our van
ity-though We are no vainer than men
but we are now aiming at winning adj
miration in worthier fields, namely. in in
tellectual walks.
I'VE shall still pride ourselves on our
good looks when we have them; we shall
still do our best TO dress well and taste
fully; we shall still look forward to Wife
hood, shall not lose our natural instincts,
but we shall no longer allow our features
n our gowns to dominate our lives.
Undoubtedly we are .emancipated.' All
fields of activity are being opened to US,
and the men who now sneer and gibe at
us for our 'newness' will soon come to see
that we are more companfonable, and
possess more lasting attractions than in
the days when our faces were our fortune
and when a few rink and gray hairs
announced the end Of our reign.
ITO put my arguments into a nutshell,
contention is that the prevailing pas
sion of women has been the love of adj
miration, because it has become an heredi-
tary instinct of the race tina in personal
charm lay our only power. Now that we
are ct last allowed to cultivate our in
~tellects, and put them to practical use.
our bid for power viii be on what / con-
slider higher grounds
One of the most important comforts in
baby's bath is often omitted. If not,
strictly speaking, a part of baby's ward
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