The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-21


That there is a good field for women
in providing delicacies for sick people
who have not much money is evident to
anyone who has examined the workings
Of the one establishment in the country
where such things can be purchased by
those who can afford to pay for them.
This is known as the Home Bureau, and
the prices range from a dollar for a
quart of beef tea to fifty cents for oat-
meal caudle.
These prices are too high for poor fami-
lies, but the bureau suggests that the
idea could be carried out On a cheaper
scale and prove a blessing 10 thousands
There are reduced gentlewomen and
Others in this city who cook well and
who might provide all kinds of soups.
meats n other delicacies that are
worth their weight in gold in a sick room
sometimes.
The bureau already in existence has
been doing excellent work for five years.
Things are sent by it to many out-of-
town places-such as Newport and other
ummer resorts. Orders are even receiv-
ed from Europe for chicken, clam juice,
cake and even bread. The cooks are
famous for their skill in preparing food
so that 1t will please the capricious ap-
petites of invalids, and many Americans
who happen to be in Europe feel that
they cannot be properly served by any,
one save their home ~purveyors.
There is a profitable business opening
for the woman with push and the abil-
ity to cook acceptably for the sick-room.
or later this particular woman
will appear, and then thousands Of 9TH
ers will wonder why the did not take
1t up themselves.
The most trying time for a sick person.
says an authority, is between the hours
of 1 and 4 in the morning. Vitality be-
comes diminished, ard the strength
should therefore be fortified as far as
possible with some strong food, either
soup or egg OF milk about midnight.
The nurse should always make the
meals look as tempting as possible. with
snowy serviettes, sparkling glass, and
always a flower or two in adainty vase.
Even a spray of m~ignonette will often
work wonders In interesting and pleas
ing the patient. These small details are
too often omitted by h nurse on the
plea of not having time to see to them,
but they ought to be considered as es-
sential to the progress Of the patient as
the punctual administration of the medi-
cine itself. Often they are more potent
his last. It is very certain, too,
the nurse who would find such de-
tails of her service irksome is no true
nurse. and ought not to be intrusted with
the care of a sick person.
Further, it is a mistake to leave I'M
touched food by a persons bedside in the
hope that he will eat it, later on. He
will simply be disguised with food alto
gether. Many sick people have a great
for tea. and when this is the
the tea leaves should be infused in
boiling milk instead of water. thus form
ing a very Strengthening and refreshing
beverage.
Old black crepe may be fresiened and
made to look almost equal to new If
in the following way: Lay over
ironing table a piece of black cam
bric or cloth Of any kind, and pin the
piece Of crepe smoothly through to the
blanket. stretching it Of its natural
size. Wiring another piece of black am
bric out of water and lay 1t over the
crepe pa4ting it down with the palm of
the hand. Now take hot fat irons and
pass them over the wet cloth. letting them
jast touch the cloth. but allowing no pres
sure fb come upon the crepe. When the
caoth has become dry from the heat of the
iron renove it, but let the crepe remain
pinned down until all the moisture has
evaporated and it Is perfectly dry. The
crepe will feel and look like new. A long
veil can be renovated in this way, doing
q small part at a time. and making sure
that the part redressed comes under the
edge of the wet cloth.
When a South Sea Island mother wishes
to chastise her child she seldom resorts to
slapping and slippers, of course, she has
rome. Instead of using the forms of pun
ishment customary among civilized moth
ers she pulls the child's hair and bites
some part of the body. generally the
aeshy part Of the arm. In wandering
about the villages one sees many children
on their bodies scars produced by
wounds inhieted by their mothers teeth.
When a mother wishes to caress her child
she deftly draws her humb across its
eyebrows or cheek or gently seizes its
cheek between her teeth. The rubbing
Of noses is also a mark Of affection among
the Kingsmin Islanders as it is among
the Maoris of New Zealand.
The simple remedy for a breaking door
is to apply a little sweet oil with a feather
to the hinge. The Objectionable sound
win stop Immediately and the door shut
with ease.
In this analysis of what went to the
making of this great writer, attention
has been drawn to what she inherited
from her parents, what entered into her
education. what she drew from the life
around her. and what worked itself out
through her mind heart, says the
.Forum." In few instances have per-
sonal and social forces wrought with
equal power and harmony in the. making
of a strong and noble life. Mrs. Stowe
had within her reach every means that
could impart strength land character to
her mind and soul. and the discipline of
poverty and sorrow, both Of which she
knew to the dregs of the cup, was no
small part in the making of her. With
all her achievements for humanity and
for our New England life, from which
/ would detract nothing. there is in the
total impression of her life a complete
ness of womanhood, a filing out Of the
Wilderness Of ones being. which IS more
than her fame, more than her genius,
n which is at the end of her life her