The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-12

Christmas week with the same dozen and
| a half Mermet roses, and the flowers Were
much admired each time. 1t was after
IL O'Clock each night before they came
off the table. They were removed to a
wide-mouthed kitchen BOWL that held a
generous supply of water, and with strong
shears the rose stems were nipped off an
inch or so under the water.
There is a physiological reason for cut
ting under the water, but never mind
that. Then the BOWL of roses was carried
to the coolest cellar, but not one that fell
to the freezing point. placed in the big
wash boiler, a little sprinkle of water
dashed over the whole and the cover put
on tightly. They were left untouched I'M
til the next afternoon, when they re-
appeared as fresh as before. OF course,
if the florist had sold roses that he had
been boarding several weeks in the dark
icerocm, they would not have endured
the gas and the candles and hot air con-
ditions of a modern house so many days.
The same principal may be applied to
keeping salads. Lettuce, spinach cuctn-
bers and the like ought not TO be soaked
in water. If the lettuce eaves be re-
moved one by one and washed by, cool
water, then laid in a stone jar with no
leaves, the jar covered and placed in the
ice chest or cellar, the results are very
p paitiefa npsids d5w Is IA a g she lplan to II day th q
jar, to keep the lowest layer of the let
tuce from lying in the water that will
soon drip down.
a CCp llCoil oiSCi tA1cAA
stems are in wet sand. Put the flowers.
into a vase as usual. then carefully sift
into the vase, by means of q funnel, suf-
ffcient sand to fill nearly to the top, shak-
ing it so that the sand win settle down
among the stems. Gradually id water
until it stands a very little above the top
of the sand and replenish the water as.
often as needed.
In ancient times dancing was one of the
most beneficial of exercises, as the people
danced out of doors, but in these days it
is usually conducted in Differentiated
rooms, loaded with excess of carbonic
acid gas and hot with the refuse products
of coal gas.
Liz many other ancient customs. which
civilization has changed to sui modern
times and manners dancing is so changed
that it seems impossible to associate un-
der the same name the method and object
of dancing among the a~neients with the
modern stage dancer, or with the typical
small and early" dance of the over
crowded drawing room.
In Urging that dancing is a heaIthful
exercise and that they follow it for this
reason, few think OF the dangers they in
cur in staying for hours in heated apart
ments breathing an unwholesome atmos-
phere. Society, however. demands it, and
it is for this reason, probably. rather than
for the exercise, that it must be UNDER
taken.
The effects of ordinary dancing would
be. no doubt, beneficial were it not for
unhealthy surroundings. The amount of
exercise opldlIleu " d iOHS WdllZ might
do many a person a great service. for it
is claimed that it relieves the dyspeptic
sufferer, it assists the action of the liver
and causes the blood to circulate more
freely through the vessels-important
functions conducive in every way to good
health.
Dancing has Travelled a great distance
from the time it was performed to the
clash of cymbals and the loud clang of
trumpetS, in honor of some heather god,
King or conqueror. to the modern private
party, undertaken with worry and bother
to the host and guests; vet, notwithstand-
ing ali these changes, it is agreed that
dancing in moderation has a good infu-
ence. If conducted according to the laws
of hygiene as regards the place, the time
and the amount.
Al correspondent writes to the London
.HTelegraph's:: There are some arts admit
teddy lost, and there is much reason to be-
sieve, since the advent of the new wom-
darning, if not lost, is on the high road to
extinction. During some recent festivi-
ties, a gentleman-one of the old school
and doubtless a bit Of a. wag-had made
some outspoken remarks on the subject of
needfework. OF course, his words called
the wrath of some of the would-be
superior sex. He undertook to find EVIL
dence to prove that his opinion was Well
grounded. Later in5the afternoon, while
fun was yet running high, he suggested q
potato race for the ladies, with an en-
try Of 2s. Cd. for the benefit for the So
ciety for Bettering the Condition Of In
dlgent NeedleWomen A condition of the
race being that mo contestant waE to race
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