The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-04-14

that the kalsomtning of a ceiling after
carpets have been laid or floors polished
Is apt to be disastrous to the carpets Of
floors.
Those parts of the house which ara
used as store rooms. such as .attics and
cellars, require particular. attention,
Ihey need more soap and water, more
quick lime and more busting than the
rest of the house to counteract the eff
rect OF lack of air and sunlight through
out the year. When the garnet is to be
cleaned, therefore. the hygienic house.
wife removes. If possible. everything
from the room. Garments should be
shaken vigorously in the air and hung
out in the sunlight. Chests should be car
ried out into the yard and busted out
with q cloth dampened in a mild solu-
ton of carbolic acid. They should then
be exposed in the sunlight till they are
perfectly dry. As much as possible of
the clothing should be disposed of, and
that which remains should be wrapped
IN paper and returned to the chests. The
lid of each chest should have pasted or
tackled inside a list of its contents.
While the contents of the garnet are
being freshened in the bach yard or or
the roof, the store room itself should be
thoroughly cleaned. II 1t is plastered, a
coat OF whitewash will do wonders to-
ward clearing the atmosphere. If it is
merely lathed, the laths should be swept
and busted with a cloth wrung out in
a solution of carbolic acid. The floor
should be treated in the same way.
Then when the room Is dry its contents
should be returned to it and placed as
neatly as possible in a well regulated
attic.
The bedrooms, which should be ,takei.
in order. and not all at once, should be
examined for useless or decrepit furni-
ture. The former should be disposed of
in whatever way the thrift of the owner
may decide. The disabled furniture
should be sent to a reparer's.
If carpets are used in the bedrooms
which is something hygienists forbid
they should be taken up and not leaned
on the floor. They may be sent to the
renovating establishment or restored to
their original state at home. A thor
ough shaking and beating prepares them
for the removal of stains. Grease spots
may be removed by chloroform. An old
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ing an entire carpet which has grown
dingy is to spread it on the floor, sprin-
kle it with pared and grated raw pota
toes and to rub these over 1t with a stiff
new broom. When the potatoes are re-
moved the carpet should be allowed to
dry thoroughly.
Cut glass is % per cent. cheaper than
it was ten years ago. and nothing adds
more to the beauty and luxury of the
modern household equipment.
A visit to an establishment devote.
solely to the sale Of cut glass reveals
an astonishing number of uses to which
it is put. For the table, indeed, there il
scarcely a dish or utensil, except veget-
able dishes and platters for meat, for
which It is not desirable. In pitchers the
tall, Flemish curved beakers are pre-
ferred to the wide mouthed jugs.
A finely cut punch DOW which a few
years ago would nave cost 500 may now
be had for SIS. The glass iadle is $40.
Nothing is lovelier in cut glass hi
he rose bowls; while transparency
showing the stems of the roses. they
enhance their beauty by their own ir-
ridescence.
A cut. glass lamp globe, standard and
all. it is a thing of beauty, but it must
be paid for, not only in round figures
but in s~crupulous care.
To keep cut glass at it's best lit should
be washed in warm suds with a moder-
ately. stiff brush, r.nsed in warm water
and either dipped in dry sawdust or
wiped with soft tissue paper till every
drOp of moisture is abSorhad
There are two things in a woman that
the man of refinement admires equally
as much as, if not more. than beauty, |
and those are a pleasant voice and a
cheerful disposition. There is not a man
in the world brave enough to cope with
a woman who whines. He will put him.
self to any amount of trouble to avoid
her. Fortunately, though. whining is go
ing out of fashion. 1t is now considered,
and rightly, more womanly to meet trials
and troubles, both small and great,
cheerfully.
If your trouble is a great one, how
ever, you may risk telling 1T to your
best man friend, be he lover or brother,
feeling sure that he will do his best to
aid you. but never venture meeting him
with a bundle of imaginary woes. With
such you may be sure he will never
trouble you, and why should a. woman
feel It her privilege to ask more than
she can. return simply because she is a
woman?
There is a beautiful Frenchwoman,
Nine. Farre. whose forehead developed
at the beginning Of the present season
an obstinate little wrinkle between the
eyes. Every night it would be massaged
away and every morning 1T would re-
turn by the time Nine. Fare had par
taken of her luncheon. In vain she con-
suited specialists and in vain she adj
vised with her maid. One evening, at a
reception. madame was talking with a
noted oculist, Madame is very 7beauti-
ful.'' said the oculist. s.but what would
you do If I were to tell you something
that would make you many times more
lovely"
4 should adore you forever said the
beautiful Nine. Fare.
Then, madame" replied the oculist,
wear spectacles when you read, / ven
ture to say that BY the time you have
finished your morning newspaper that