The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-05


OF the place where she presides is sitting
h may sbe an economical, energetic,
| careful wife and mother. but life becomes
q burden to all who are within the circle
Of her influence. DUTY is not only to be
faced by her, but TO be made an instru-
ment OF torture. The little home service
that might, with the right spirit, have
been taken calmly and performed easily
has whipped every ENERGY into the task,
and the greater the tyranny of the situa-
ton. the more the satisfaction she seems
TO receive from the performance OF her
duty.
Even large minded women may lose
their sense Of perfection when they are
overworked and exhausted, physically and
mentally, and refuse to take proper relax
alton and rest. If only our housekeepers
could see the Importance OF folding their
hands for awhile each day, and allowing
the cares to drop off from the conscious
ness ever for a half hour what a change
there would be in the daily record OF SER
vice! And if, while the hands and the
brain were enjoying such relief, a purpose
to tighten tasks and TO stop manufacture
ing crosses could be born, what an outlook
the narrow-minded women would gain to
broaden, sweeten and ennoble her Offices
and influence in the homer
The following recipe is highly recon-
mended for its excellence in cleansing
fabrics without injuring the texture or
Starting the color, however, delicate:-
Crate two medium-sized potatoes into a
BOWL containing one pint of clean cold
water: strain carefully through a sieve,
allowing the liquid to fall into another
vessel containing an additional pint of
cold water; let it settle and then pour
off the water and bottle it for use. 1t
may be put into a clean fruit jar. Softly
rub the soiled fabric or garment with a
sponge dipped in the potato water. after
which wash it in clean water, dry care
fully ii the shade, and iron. Use the
sedime.st left after pouring off the water
for cleaning heavy cloths, rugs and car
pets.
70 remove grass stains soak and rub the
spots in water and cream of tartar. If a
garment is widowed lemon juice is said
to remove the stain. If the stain is hard
to eradicate soak in a gallon of water in
which a tablespoonful OF chloride of lime
has been dissolved. Rinse thoroughly.
Fruit stains may usually be removed by
pouring boiling water through the stain,
but if this fails d oxalic acid, dissolv-
ing three ounces in a pint Of water. SOAK
the stain in this solution for five minutes
and then steam it by holding over a
kettle of boiling water, or hang IN the
sunshine. Rinse again thoroughly, so mat
the fabric will not be injured. Javelle
water is recommended for washing white
goods.
Sprinkle salt on a wine stain and pour
hot water through it until it is gone
Soak blood stains in pure cold water;
when the diseoloration is drawn out rub
the article with soap and SCRUB II. II a
garment is scorched it should be hung
in the sunshine for days. Peach stains
are hare to remove, but they should be
soaked for a week or more, if need be,
in water in which has been dissolved a
small quantity of chloride of lime. Fresh
stains from coffee and tea may be erad1-
Gated by pouring boiling water through
them. If the stains are old soak first
in cold water and then try the boiling
water treatment. Wash out chocolate
stains first in cold water and then in
boiling water.
TUT ClCdllfiS AK ~
gall or ammonia and water are excellent.
The proportion is one tablespoonful OF
household ammonia to four parts of water
or use one tablespoonful of OK gall to one
quart of water. Apply with a sponge or
flannel, not too wet. and rub until nearly
dry. Lime spots may be remoyed with
vinegar. This must be used quickly and
ashed off Immediately. For SCOT. cover
with salt or coFnmeal and sweep up. To
remove ink spots pour on milk, and as 1t
becomes coIored absorb with a blotting
cr other soft absorbent paper; coarse
butchers paper is good. AS soon as the
ink is removed wash with warm water
and CASTLE s-oap-nothing stronger-to re-
move the grease of the milk.
Cleansing cream made after the follow
ing recipe is highly recommended for gem
eral use in the household. 1t will remove
grease spots from coats, carpets or any
woollen texture, paint from furniture and
ink from paint. This cream will keep an
indefinite period: Cut four ounces of white
CASTLE soap very fine and put it over the
fire in a quart of hot water to dissolve;
as soon as it is thoroughly melted add
four quarts of hot water, and when near
ly cold stir in four ounces of ammonia,
two ounces of alcohol, two ounces Of ely
cerine and two ounces of ether.
80
How Long Are Women Beautiful?'
is discussed in an English journal by a
writer who maintains that the fullness
of beauty does not reach its zenith under
the age of thirty-ive or forty" This
claim is disputed by another writer, who
cites the opinion Of women themselves, as
shown by the undoubted fact that ANY
woman who craNed admiration on the
score of her personal appearance would
be vastly more pleased were her age to
be guessed as being thirty rather than
forty This is a very wide and delicate
question. Much depends Upon the race
and not a little upon the woman. In
some Southern lands women are either
wrinkled and shriveled or fat and shape
less -grandmothers before they reach the
age mentioned. In England and in this
country it often happens that the full
ness of beauty in women docs not
reach its zenith under the age OF thirty
five or forty The question of taste, too,
has much to do with a decision, and it is
a canon of criticism that in matters of
taste there can be no unvarying standard
of judgment. There is q beauty Of the
bud and o beauty of the blossom IN all
its glory. II the eye of cold fact a wom-
an probably reaches the fullness of her
beat,ty at her physical maturity and ripp-