The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-10
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The number OF families who do not
che year or another nave the care of
an invalid. whether man. woman or child,
Is comparatively small. And every won-
an should study the little comforts re-
quired by humanity coming slowly cut
from the misery of a long illness.
Many a woman who takes a real pleas
ure in all the little friendly offices which
fail upon her IN the daytime would be
entirely at a loss during the night hours
and during the evening preparation for
these.
A bed in which the invalid has remained
all day is sure, to nave become hot,
w.inkled and generally uncomfortable by
night. The bed should be remade and
the upper sheet exchanged for a cool,
aired one. This change can be easily
affected by using two sheets. one for day
and one for night, and does not in any
way exact washing them each day. The
air of the room should be changed as
thoroughly as possible. and the different
articles of household furniture changed
around and freshened up a bit, to rest
the sick eyes.
When the invalid has sufficiently re-
gained strength there should be two sets
OF garments-day and Night. the night
garments being placed in the sun each
morning when taken off, If fresh OUT
fits for each day cannot be provided.
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The bathing of hands and face makes
many a good night for an invalid who
would without it be apt to pass a sleep
less one. The hair, too. should be softly
brushed, and in the case of a woman,
braided.
A bottle of alcohol is absolutely re-
quired. say the authorities. in a sick
room. and should be in use every night.
The very last thing at night is to have
the air we'll changed. If it be necessary
to throw the windows open widely, the
invalid should be insured against taking
cold by a light wooden shawl about the
head and warm blankets or other extra
covering about the body.
If poor circulation is the cause of in
somnia and the patient suffers from cold
feet. the hot water bag forms an in
valuable suggestion and should be COW
cred with soft flannel material.
The daint.ness of the inval;d's upper
tray is another consideration in treating
of the patients good night. Things
daintily dressed and daintily served, free
from all grease and heaviness, are very |
apt to tempt the sick ones appetite and
in this way to excite sound sleep
These directions are given for wash
ing a sweater:-FiH a pail two-thirds or
tf-ree-quarters full of cold water. In
extremely cold weather the water may
be tempered a little. but let it be cold,
and rot warm. Take a cake of good
laundry soap-any good SOAP that
hasn't an excess of alkali will answer
the purpose -and rub between the
hands in the water for a moment. Put
in a teaspoonful of ammonia and stir
well. Soak the garment in this liquid
for fifteen minutes or half an hour. and
then souse and kread with the hands
so as to squeeze out the dirt, but not
vigorously enough to impair the gar
merits shape. Turn inside out and re-
peat the process. Pour off the water,
which now contains all the dirt that
was in the garment, and rinse very thor
oughly in several waters-coid water,
of course-using the same motions as be-
fore. Lift the garment from the rinsing
water and lay it over a line or wooden
frame to drip and dry. When dry turn
right side out, and the job is done. |
observe the following cautions:-If
the garment is one you care anything |
about, wash it yourself. You cannot
trust Tom, Dick and Harry. Bridget
and Jane. 1t viii take but a few mo-
ments, and you will be amply repaid
for the trouble. Put the soap in the
water, not on the garment. Use good
SOAP, and not a very great deal of it.
Use cold water. Don't wiring, or
squeeze, or pub. Dry wrong side out.
Pon't dry in the sun or wind or by
the fire. "a shed or basement. with a
tub to catch the water. is usually
better than outdoors.) Don't leave
where it is cold enough to freeze. Don't
iron. In case the garment is extreme
ly dirty, use more ammonia and soak
longer. If there are grease spots,
after soaking remove the spots with
ammonia, benzine or some cleansing
compound, and then proceed as before
described. I have an aI-wool, c~lose-I
fitting Jersey shirt that has been
washed in this manner by myself just
forty times, by actual count. I cannot
see that it has shrunk a particle. and,
with the exception of some wear, it is
still in first-class condition.
Woman juries are an experiment in
South Dakota. And the experiment has
not YET Deen Ir1eQ SuIuclently TO JUSTIFY
sapinion as to whether it is to be a
eAfu one, save the Chicago "Chron-
icle.s
Under the Dakota law authorizing the
impaneling of women as jurors, the
juries may be mixed-that is, composed
partly of men and partly of women.
Sticklers for morality, and who desire to
carry out st Paul's precept in avoiding
even the appearance of evil, insist that
such a law will be demeralizing in the
extreme. Recently a jury composed of
seven women and five men was out fifty |
two hours before a verdict was reached. |
1t seems to be the rapidly growing opin-
ION in the State that if women are to
serve as jurors the jury must be COM
posed entirely of women. Such juries
might never agree. it is urged, but the
extreme moralists declare that it would
be better to get along without agreement
than to demeralize communities in the
way now threatened. Some of the min
listers of the State have even Numbered
against the law IN their pulpits. They
have insisted that such a law is opposed
to publtc morals and public interests and
should be repealed.