The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-23

So. my sisters, do not from a fear Of
being misunderstood or OF being dubbed
gushing. csdhem the gentle charms of
I gracfotsness.
It was undoubtedly the possession of
this same charm that Ia made the
fame OF many women resound to the
uttermest parts of the earth: be sure 1t
was that and nothing more which made
men and women afike the devoted slaves
Of a Mary Stuart, a Marie Antoinette or
a Madame de Stael.
A physician, in an address before a
woman's club on the care of children's
health. recently said that it is criminal to
attempt to save a little money by not
giving every child in the family a. bed to
himself. The physician also emphasized
the need of early sleep. 1T is so easy"
he said, ITO let a nervous child lose sleep
in the early evening. when he or she
should be hard at 1t. When a physician
prescribes some Important remedy that
must be taken and which is not pleasant
a mother feels that it is time well ex-
pended to coax and wheedle and even
bride the little one to swallow it. Spend
just as much thought and effort in getting
your child to sleep every night, If he does
not fall OFF his chair at the evening meal
from drowsiness, as the normal child
should. Give UP concerts. theatres. par
ties. anything. till you ave secured for
the nervous twitching boy or girl the be-
nign habit of sleep. Coax him to his
room, give him a quick sponge bath, uck
him in his single bed. with a light wool
blanketeover him besides the sheet, and In
a lower light sit by him and talk to him
until he is duieted. Tell him gentle, sootn-
ing stories, nothing to excite his imagina-
ton. and when he is finally asleep have
the room cool. dark and quiet. Don't let
him try to sleep in a room which has been
a sitting-room all the evening without
having it thoroughly reflled with fresh
outdoor air. which may be accomplished
by throwing windows wide open for ff-
teen minutes"
An upholsterer gives this advice to
the public: Upholstered furniture can
be kept free from moths by taking it
outside about once a month and beat
ing it thoroughly with strips of tick
ing about an incl wide attached to a
piece of broom handle.
Should one hit the wood hard with
this It will not MAI it. while the regu-
lar rattan and wire heaters mar more
parlor frames /, ruin more covers and
break up more inside filling than. a
dozen children could do. The main rea-
son we have moths is we are always
going to beat out our upholstered furni-
ture. but rarely get round to it.
Clothing, including furs, to be- stored in
the wardrobe during the summer can be
kept entirely exempt from attack if
put into new flour sacks. linen sacks,
or anything of that nature, and tightly
tied 50 that a moth cannot enter at the
mouth.
Chests serve the same purpose when
tight enough to prevent the moths from
entering"
Two novel cures for insomnia are
going the rounds these days. One au-
thority states that in order to avoid a
sieepless night a piece of sugar candy
should be taken into the mouth as the
head is laid upon the pillow. This sug-
gestion would meet with a kindly recep-
ton If mooted in the nursery. In fact,
one would not be astonished to find many
cases of pitiable insomnia developed be-
fore night time came.
Another notion is that of a bright col
lege girl. who claims that If sleeplessness
appear the w limbs should be smartly
fr.ctioned. She declares that often, when
suffering from insomnia. brought on by
oyerstudy, she, has found relief in this
way. She arises, takes a coarse Turkish
towel and rubs the feet-the leg also to
the knee-until the flesh is aglow.
Other students at her alma mater
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seldom has it been known to fail.
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Mrs. Cadwallader Guild, an American,
who has studios in both Frankfort and
Berlin, is the fist woman commissioned
by the. German Government to furnish
an art contribution to the public build
has ordered from her two statues repre-
senting the Post and the Telegraph, to
be placed on the new General Post Office
in Berlin. The citizens of Frankfort
presented to Herr Won Stephen Mrs.
Guilds beautiful bronze statue of Elk
tron. which probably paved the way for
this further order. Mrs. Guild has also
recently executed a bust of the Princess
of Saxe-Altenberg. 1t is now on exhibi-
ton in Berlin and is creating a sensation
by its beauty and original treatment.
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Flour is one of the cooking materials
that often receive no thought as to
where they shall be kept. Many houses
are not provided with e store closet, and
a barrel of flour is put in the corner of
the kitchen behind an outside door ..to
have 1t out of the way and not fill upthe
pantry" Dampness affects foul making.
1t close and heavy; besides -four will ab-
sorb the odor of many things as quickly
as butter so If one wishes to be sure of
good and light bread and cakes one OF the
first things to do is to FILL up the pan
try" Make feet of four small pieces of
wood for the barrel to stand upon thus
allowing the air to circulate around all
parts of the barrel.
Beautiful sets in silver and colored
glass are intended for the service of cor
dials. a%pollinaris or lemonade. The old
cup or b~owl-shape of lemonade glasses is
avoided by a return to the tumbler-pat-
tern. A cordial case contains a pitcher
and twelve glasses, small tumbIers of
amethyst engraved glass, each upright
In its stand Of frosted openwork silver.
The pitcher has also its coaster sup
port of penwork silver. The sets Of en-
erald-green engraved glass are mounted
in stlver-gilt stands. They are almost as
pretty as the amethyst and silver combi-
nation.