The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-08

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demanded the advice of their mother in
the selections. The Princes investigated
everything, but upon inquiring the price
generally found it too dear. Three marks
for this book-rack?' and with a glance I'M
to mis- purse, mo that is too expensive.
l haven't over seventy-hve pfennigs. What
can you give me for that price?' And the
shepsirI proceeds to show the Princes
something quite nice for the required
amount.
But now the brothers and sister have
exchanged thanks for their gifts; the first
impetuosity of the Christmas rejoieiags
has given place to a more tranquil exam
nation and inspection. and ladies and gen
tlenaen of the Court rave made the rounds
in a general state Of admiration. LaeKeys
prepare a collation. in the midst OF the
gifts, for which. however, the young peo-
pie find no time. 1t fares with them as
with all healthy children in the excite
ment attendant on Christmas Eve, Tor
they are healthy and genuine German
children. The Christmas celebration IN the
Shell Salon, the excitement and the re-
joicings have produced their natural re-
action ON them, and at nine o'clock even
the elder Princes are abed."
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The best rule for managings servants is
a two-fold one, simple in idea, complex
enough, but still possible in practice:
Teach your, servant self-respect,. and keep
your own.
For instance, a pleasant room to sleep
in, a nice Kitchen, with plenty of service
able cooking utensils, good brooms. ample
owels and busters, fixed duties and regn-
lar hours; these give n keep up self
respect in a willing hadnaid, be she cook
or waitress. She learns to call your house
her home, truly, and to take a pride in her
work.
On your W side an even temper, a
pleasant but firm oversight of necessary
matters, a systematic plan of housekeep-
ing-an these keep up the mistress self
respect in dealing with her household
staff. AS soon as you feel that you have
been careless, or that You have lost your
temper in a trying moment, you realize
that a false position exists, that ~endangers
your self-respecting relation with your
maid; just as she feels, when her room is
wretched, her tools out of order, her hours
of work irregular and her training ne
elected, that her standard is confused
and degraded.
The ideal mistress is always %self-re-
specting, and, having provided the es-
~sentials of self-respeeting service, may
reasonably expect the ideal maid to live
up to the opportunity. Ideals are perhaps
never fully realized, but this especial ideal
must be kept in view if improvement,
however gradual, in household service is
desired. 1t is easy to remember; try it,
and see if it does not oil the wheels of
your home machinery.
The wide use of ammonia to assist in
all household cleaning demands that the
maids of the household should be in
in the necessity of removing its
traces from many surfaces upon which
it has been employed. Nothing is more
injurious to paint and varnish than am
monia, and if it is used to remove some
especially stubborn spot the surface
should be quickly wiped over with a clean
cloth wet in clear water. For linoleum
ammonia is equally bad unless it is quick
ly rinsed. 1t is this little knowledge of
her cleaning drugs which makes them SO
dangerous in the hands of the average
housemaid. One who used a cloth dipped
in crude oil to wipe over the surface of
a stained floor saw no reason why the
same could not be applied to the highly
polished surface of an old mahogany
table. The result, naturally, was dis
astrous to its finish, and recourse to the
services of a cabinetmaker was neces-
sary.
The oxalis in it's many varieties is one
II IL - : ~ Ao za5 c n +icfo a4nrxy vyir-
dow-plants we have, and owing to it's ease
of cultivation and very free-floWering
should find a place in every
collection of house-plants, says the
/. Woman's Home Companion. Among
the be 1t varieties to grow are the Bowel.
a very charming variety having strong,
heavy foliage and bearing large rose-col-
ored flowers; versicoIor, the closed flowers
of which are very delicately marked; Ber-
muda buttercup, an improved yellow sort
with large flowers; Lutea, an old favorite;
utica plena, double yellow Floribunda,
pink, and Floribunda alba, white. All of
the above varieties are grown from bulbs,
which may be planted in a four or five
inch pot, thus securing a good head OF
foliage and a larger number of blooms in
one mass. Keep the plants in d warm,
sunny window while blooming, and water
them well as often as is necessary.
An up-to-date New York woman has
lately even succeeded in astonishing her
set, that as a rule is surprised at no &C.
centricity on the part of any one of its
She has dismissed her maid and
engaged a valet.
II nave never been so well taken care
of in my life she conided to a friend.
.sMy clothes are most beautifully kept;
my boots, shoes and slippers are like
new, and I have never had my hair so
well dressed; in travelling he is invalu-
able; he forgets nothing, and his packing
is perfect.
'No, he does nothing for my husband.
Jim has his man; mine simply
Wallets me.
A pretty case for visiting cards is
made of sky blue MORE silk or of Grim
son ~velours. If you keep the edges true
it is not difficult to make one, since they
require no clasps as a purse would. The
lining should be of silk or satin. If you
are a good needlewoman you could put
an initial or cipher of two or three letters
in one corner. This decoration is seen
in silver on the regular fine leather card
cases, which may be bought in blue, deep
green, warm brown and pansy purple
leather, and are lined with watered silk.