The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-16

+; be hung in the sun, as it makes it yell
low. Soap containing rosin will also
cause yellowness. and cold water harsh
ness.
81 know you wish to know why I put
| soap in the last rinsing water-to make
the blanket soft and pliahle. otherwise
it should be harsh and stiff, almost as
much so as if washed in cold water. And
what / have told you about blankets
is true about all fiannels, from the finest
to the coarsest.'
1t is doubtful if any American woman
married to a foreigner enjoys greater
social distinction than the Countess
Waldersee. She would certainly be a
brilliant addition to the list of Ameri-
can women who are shining in official
life abroad should the Emperor's choice
definitely fall upon her husband to sue
coed Prince Hohenlohe, now hat the
latter refuses to consider his petition
for withdrawal.
Ever since Bismarck's retirement Cen
eral Won Waldersee's name has come
up at each successive change of minis
try. So far the rumors lack the posi-
tive confirmation of his appointment to
the chancellorship, but it is non the
| less a fact known to all connected with
the royal household that few stand in
such high favor as the venerable gen
eral and his American wife. The Kaiser
has testified to his dislike OF a woman's
expressing political views by his repres-
sion of the Empress Frederick, but
| Countess Waldersee's unusual powers of
| Judgment and discrimination are said to
be greatly esteemed by the imperial
couple.
Born a Miss Lee, of New York, daugh-
ter of the wholesale merchant, David
hLee. who, at his death some thirty
years ago, left something like half a
million. the countess is now a hand
some middle-aged woman, most thor
| oughly identified with her husbands sur
roundings and sympathies.
Fortunate, indeed, is the incoming Ann
bassador who succeeds in winning the
prestige of her personal interest. To him
omen as by magic the doors to the charm
ed inner circle, which otherwise is only
to be approached after countless strug-
!, giles with the all-pervading red-tapeism
of German official life. The family of
the late Minister Phelps enjoyed to a
great extent the intimacy of their IN
~nuential countrywoman and attrlpute
to his happy circumstance much OF
the enjoyment of their stay in Berlin.
One who has made a thorough lnvesu-
sation of the subject says that of the 100
members of the American Liberty Asso-
| citation the large majority are women.
There are various reasons why this call
ing is pre-eminently a woman's.. The
b,lmp of order seems to be much more
developed in a woman than it does in the
sterner sex. The work requires patience
and promptness, two virtues which wom-
en- possess in a high degree, and does not
require hard physical labor. They are not
exposed to the same unpleasant influences
and the liability of d~iscourteous treatment
that fall so often to the share of the
women in the mercantile world. Besides
all this, she comes in contact with a more
intellectual class of people, and in this
one profession there is really so salaried
discrimination on account of sex, for she
receives an adequate compensation.
This has been demonstrated practically
by the fact that as the more important
positions become vacant, even though
previously filled by men, or new ones
created, women nave almost invariably
received the appointments.
Hot water has far more medicinal vir-
tues thai many believe or know. Be-
cause it is so easily procured, thousands
him it valueless. The uses of hot water
are many. For example, there is moth
ing that SO promptly cuts short conges-
tien of the lungs, sore throat or rheumat-
ism as hot water when applied promptly
and thoroughly. Headache almost always
yields to the simultaneous application of
hot water to the feet and back of the
neck. A towel folded several times and
dipped in hot water n wrung out and
then applied around the neck of a child
that has the Group will sometimes bring
relief in ten minutes Hot water taken
freely half an hour before bedtime is help
full in the case of constipation, while 1T
has a most soothing effect upon the
stomach and bowels. A glass of hot
water taken just after rising, before
breakfast, has cured thousands of indi-
gestion, and no simple remedy is more
widely recommended by physicians to
dyspeptics. Very hot water WI stop
dangerous bleeding.
Essentially romantic is the pretty fash
ion of wearing a rose in the hair, for
dinner or evening dress. For a young
girl nothing can be prettier than natural
flower adornment. One, two and occa-
sionally three roses are used in dressing
the hair. 1t seems that we do not owe
the revival of a pretty fashion to Car
men," but to the taste for early Victori-
an fashions. 1t is an echo of the jubilee
festivities.
When you feel that prickling pain and
see the fatal little spot of red on the
eyelid which surely foretells the coming
of a sty, put into a small bag a teaspoon
full of black tea, on which pour enough
boiling water to moisten; as soon as cool
enough put it on the eye, and let it re-
main until morning. The sty will, in all
probability, be gone; if not, one more
application will be certain to remove it.
Al wash tina will remove the oily APP
pearance of the skin consists of a tea
spoonful of tincture of benzoin added to
fifteen teaspoonfuls of soft water. shak-
ing thoroughly, Put this on the face with
a small sponge or bit of old linen rag,
n let it dry on. 1t leaves a dainty
fragrance much resembling ~mignonette
or heliotrope.
A veritable mania with Parisians is