The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-18

| heen tolerated.? Though q husband my
self. i cannot understand how it is that
we mem fail to realize our want of re-
spect to the opposito sex and our lack
of good manners by the general habit of
reading the newspaper at the
table, writes a man in an English ex-
change.
There are. I am glad to say, many
notable exceptions, but it is to the men
who have got into lax habits with re-
gard to the newspaper that I am adj
dressing these words.
The wives object to the practice, and I
maintain that they are emineritly justi-
fled in their dislike of a custom which
practically robs them of the society of
their husbands. while at the same time
casting a slight upon them which mere
absence would never do.
The average man only eats. two meals
a day in his own house, and these meals
are the opportunities for social and do
mestic talk; delightful to the wife, who
has no such opportunity as her husband
of rubbing against other minds all day,
and important to the children in widen
ing their horizon, their views of life.
At the first meal of the. day most
women like to talk to their husbands
about the plans of the day; but the wom-
an who has once received the distract,
~self-abserbed growi which emanates
from male disturbed in the reading of
his newspaper does not again attempt to
ask her husband this or that on a sub
ject of domestic interest. The back of a
newspaper is not a pleasant thing to con-
template across the breakfast table.
Think of this, husbands, when you
look round for the castors or other suit
able prop for the back of your paper, and
for the sake of good manner for the
| sake of your wife's feelings and the ex-
ample of your children, remove your
newspaper. reserving it for the train,
omnibus or tram-car.
Of course. there are occasions when
matters of absorbing interest must be
| looked to at once-telegrams of thrilling
import. Why not glance at the paper
five minutes before the breakfast bell
rings if it is really essential that such
news should be seen at once? Special
occasions sometimes justify special be-
havior, but of your mercy let the news
paper be banished from the breakfast
table on ordinary occasions.
*
Monday need no longer be such a bug
bear to the busy woman if the washing
is properly done First sort the clothes,
placing bedclothes, towels, clothing. fan
nels and colored clothes IN separate piles.
The table linens are of course never put
with the other wash and should be done
first.
Provide two large and one small tub.
Fill the large tub with clean lukewarm
suds; into 1t put your table linens, and
rub each piece well with one of the best
makes of soap.
After soaking for twenty minutes, dur
ing which time you may eat your break
fast, wash each piece thoroughly and
place in the second tub, which is full
of warm water, containing a teaspoonful
of borax for each gallon of water.
After looking carefully over each
piece rinse thoroughly through plenty of
water (this is really the secret of snow
white clothes-plenty of water); then put
into the small tub containing the blue
ing. Next put the sheets and bedding
in the first tub to soak, while you wiring
out and hang up the first pieces washed,
When you return the bedding will be
ready for the same process.
The body clothes should come next;
Their the stockings should be washed in
the tub used for blueing, as the lint Will
show on their black stockings if they are
washed in the tubs used for the white
clothes.
The fannels should be washed last of
all. and ironed when half dry. The
water. or rather suds, used for the fam
nels should be a little more than luke
warm, and the rinse water of exactly
the same temperature. During cold
weather the fannels should not be hung
out of doors, and the cold air will surely
shrink the garments; and If carefully
ironed with an. iron not very hot the
clothes will retain their s~oftness and
elasticity to the end. 1t is the hot irons
and hot water that cause annels to
shrink. Any pieces embroidered with
silk should be washed and hung in the
house and ironed when less than half
dry with a very hot iron. These pieces
should never be starched or dried and
dampened, n the embroidered parts
should always be ironed on the wrong
side. 1t is best to keep these pieces,
such as centre-pieces, doyleys, etc., for
another day when you can AXE your
time about doing them. Dish towels and
cloths should be ironed and kept in the
dresser drawer. and busters and all
house cloths should be as carefully
washed and ironed as any other pieces.
Mothers should take more care of their
children's teeth during the first years of
life. From the time when the little
white points come pricking through they
should be cleaned carefully at least once
a day, for on the care of these first
teeth depends to a great extent the con-
dition of the second set. A small soft
brush should be applied night and morn
ing, but if only once can be managed
then at night. A little grated CASTLE
soap used, two or three times a week is
a good thing for children's teeth as wen
as for those in older jaws. A pinch of
precipftated chalk on the tooth brush
with the soap makes a combination that
cleans the teeth better than anything
else. The first teeth should be watched
closely for cavities, which should be
promptly filed with a soft filling. tn.
idea being to retain the temporary set
until their substance is absorbed into the
second. If the first set of teeth is not
attended to. the permanent set is likely
to need much attention, for a sickly
tooth is not likely to be the parent of a |
strong child. Mothers often excuse a