The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-02

ideas for Juonnen.


and little else at a lodge In some vast
wilderness to which the comforts of life
have not yet penetrated.
A few enterprising farmers who ex-
expect to keep summer boarders every
year have the foresight to fit up their
premises in inviting shape. but such
landlords are in the minority. and in
any case each boarder likes to have his
own m or his own swinging chair
in which TO take it easy in the open air.
For family use. however, there are a
great many attractive devices for use
out of doors. One of the inventions this
year is an awning that goes up like an
umbrella on a thick stick that STANDS
up through the centre of a small cir
cular table.
This is a very convenient affair to
have on the lawn where lemonade ana
ice cream may be served to ones FRIENDS
on a hot summers afternoon. Indeed,
the whole thing can be folded up and
carried on the provision wagon to a
picnic If one cared to take the trouble.
Smaller umbrella awnings, such as
artists use when sketching, are now
made in dark colors ind used by ordin-
AIRY folks at the beach.
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Rattan beach chairs that are a cross
between a sedan chair and a sunbonnet
are designed for invalids and others
who enjoy breathing fresh air but can
not endure %draughts or hot SUM- Ihey
kave a comfortable seat with a loot
rest, and little. shelves project on each
side to hold ones book or the bit Oh
fancy work. Tiny openings like carriage
windows are made on each side, ana are
rather left open or closed with glass
according to preference. These sell for
from SIS to s24, but they never wear
out, and are not injured by rain.
Everybody who goes to the peach
should be provided with one or W little
cushions covered with mating. They
can be bought for Is cents and are very
light in weight.
pat.an coatriyances for ~children-not
the old fashioned school-rnaster's ravor-
te-are the latest novelties on the mar
ket Tho little s'go-carts'' are suppressed
ing the high. cumbersome baby carriage.
A convenient arrangement has a com
partmemnt for carrying toys OF other
things back of the seat.
OF course, there has to pc a go-cart
for twins, but the greatest objection 10
this is that the babies sit back TO pach'
and one of them has to ride
These little pushcarts are very hght ana
convenient to take away to the country,
and many people will use them this sum
mer.
pv those who remember the cruel dis
annointment and the dashing of hopes
which followed the announcement, nearly
saxen wears ago. that Koch had dlscoV-
cred a cure for consumption. the news OF
tho nreparation of another remedy by
him will not be hailed with unmixed de-
light 1t is possible that a real remedy
for this disease may be found some day,
and when it is we may be sure that there
Will be little delay in its adoption by phy-
sjcians; but the premature publication OIL
these alleged cures is greatly to be re-
GREETED because of the misery and neart-
rending sorrow which their failure causes
to thousands of disappointed suHerers'
saws youths Companion
But while waiting for the discovery OF
a cure for consumption, we can use one
which we have at hand in abundance,
and without cost to the patient. Fresh
air. fresh air, and more fresh air Is the
chief prescription for one whose lungs
are weak. though fresh air, lk any
other remedy, is of no service unless 1t Is
taken into the body. For this purpose
exercise out of doors is eeded-exercise,
often to the point Of fatigue, in order to
force the breathing. expand the lungs,
and fill them with pure air.
IT has been stated by a Boston ply
stefan that the use of the bicycle has les
sened the amount of consumption among
women. and if this is SO, the explanation
S. not far to seek. Devotion to the BIZ
cycle leads women to exercise in the open
air. and more theoretically than would be
possible for most of them IN any other
way.
In Denmark the postmen often have
very long routes in the country regions
and are obliged to walk or ride many
miles a day in all kinds of weather; but
undesirable as such positions would seem
to be. they are eagerly sought after, and,
of all men, by c~onsumptives who want to
get well. 1t has been proved that the
work is ~life-saving, for, despite the
hardships and the exposure to wind and
rain and snow. almost all the invalids
who adopt the life become robust and
hearty.
OF course, to be effective, open air exer-
else must be begun early In the course of
the disease, and should always be carried
out under directions of a wise physician,
stree it must usually be supplemented by
the use of tonics and other remedies.
A great many are cured in this way
unknown to themselves, for physicians
tell us that a large proportion of those
who die from other causes are found to
present the signs In their lungs of cured
consumption, and there is little doubt hat
the cure has been effected by natures
remedy, of which the patient has unwit-
tingly awaited himself.
Marie Nieman-Seebach once herself one
of the most brilliant stars of the German
stage, who still plays the parts of older
women at the Berlin Royal Theatre, has
set herself a monument which will insure
for her everlasting glory. In memory of
a young son, WHO died before attaining
manhood, she has founded an asylum for
old and impoverished actors and ac-
tresses, singers or songstresses. where
they can spend the declining years of
their lives in ease and quiet rest. This
sylum over1ooks the city of Weimar.
and adjoins the famous Tifurth road,
which was q favorite walk of Goethe.
The memory of q classical period of
German drama, as well as the magnificent
view from the grounds. make this an ideal