The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-03

did with her small troubles-go by them.
selves and have it out alone"
And this particular division of tht
genus homo is not necessarily feminint
upon all occasions-no, indeed.
There is the pleasant man, who is al.
ways ready with little courtesies a
home or abroad; the pleasant college boy
who laughs at life and makes everyone
else laugh, too; the stately gentleman
with a face as kin as that of the
Cheeryble brothers; and all the rest Of
them, whom we know to our endless de-
light. and whom we hail anew every time
we meet them and sun ourselves in theil
brightness.
Summer heat is upon us now, and all
of us who can intend to leave city con
fines and seek the freedom of green pas
lures, writes Florence Hull Winterburr
in the August '.Woman's Home Com
panion." What a sensible, rational de-
parture it would be if we would abjure
r~ocking-chair gossip and hammock-loung
ing. and devote at least the cooler and
fresher hours of each day to some form
of recreation that would leave it's mark
upon our jaded natures by taking us
completely out of ourselves. Why should
not all of us, old and young, go in for
some exhilarating outdoor recreations?
| The sedate farm-wives nave almost ceas-
ed now to be shocked by the sight of
city people out for a holiday. There is,
of course. a rough element that goes forth
| every summer converting liberty into IL
cense and c~onfounding gaiety with rude
ness. But anything in the world not re-
prehensible in itself may be done in such
a manner as to win admiration. BY
using tact and grace along with energy
we might succeed this very summer in
reforming the conventional and some
what stupid fashion of rural amusements
There are village greens now as well
as in the twelfth century, and If we are
more refined, more enlightened, than the
pleasantly of medieval Europe, we still
have not outgrown certain bodily needs,
and We can carry our improved taste and
greater refinement into wholesome games
and plays that nay tax us back for a
little while to the childhood we are too
prone to forget. Throwing quoits is an
old-fashioned game that ought to be re-
vived. Archery and croquet are excel
lent, and should not be driven into the
background by the more difficult and ex-
elusive golf: the game that promotes sell
hshness and Immature to a startling de-
gree. and therefore cannot be recommend
ed as mentally exhilarating. I scarcely
dare suggest the running of races and
competitive leaping, and yet, now that
the Olympic games are being revived in
Greece. i will take courage to hint at the
benefits to be derived from both. Those
who go to the seashore can practise the
two delightful arts. swimming and row.
ing. And these alone are sufficient to give
vigor to the frame and joy to the heart.
But for those who stay at home? I
can only say, do what you can. Walk
out at least once a day. Ride your BIZ
cycle, if you have one, and if not, Dor
row some ones children and go play ball
or ennis with them in the park or back
yard. Don't fear the sun or air, but sit
in the window stills, if you must read or
sew, and recollect that winter storms are
coming around again, when you will dread
TO stir from the house; to make the
most of summers freedom and oppor-
tunity for the outdoor life. But find some
thing that pleases and entertains you, or
half the benefit will be lost"
80
When a cotton waist is to be frequently
washed, and if not lined with a piece of
the same goods or with white lawn it
should have a yoke, inside or out, of the
same fabric, and facing around and I'M
der the arm-sizes, this being where most
of the wear comes, says the Ladies'
Home Journal" Round waists worn be-
meath the skirt should extend three
inches below. The waist and sleeves
should have the French or bag seams,
which have the raw edges put together
on the right side and a narrow seam
taken; then they are turned to the wrong
side and a tiny seam taken, thus hiding
all raw edges. If cotton plaids are made
upon the bias they are apt to pull askew
in the ironing. In buying embroidery to
trim such gowns remember that patterns
having small holes wear the best. Such
dresses should be washed out quickly and
dried in the shade; do not use strong soap
on them. Pique, linen. crash, ETC., should
be well shrunk before they are mad up
into waists or dresses. Allowance should
be made, for they are apt to shrink.
Always turn down an inch and a half at
the top of wash skirts, which can be let
down when necessary. Use two threads
half an inch apart in gathering the back
of skirts. Run a worsted braid along the
under side of wash dresses, letting the
edge barely show, and shrink the braid
in boiling water before using it. In sew
ing on braid or velveteen hold it, not the
skirt. next to you.
1t has long been ~a.popular belief that
wrinkles are chiefly caused by sorrow
and care. 1t is now claimed that this is
not always the case-in fact, it is laid
that merry folk are far oftener afflicted
that laughter more frequently burrows
the face than tears.
There is an art in laughter, n to
know how to laugh is really quite as
important as to know when to do so.
If you laugh with the sides of your
face the skin will work loose in time,
and wrinkles will form in exact accord
ance with the kind of laugh you indulge
in.
The man who always wears a smirk
will have a series of semi-circular wrin-
kles covering his cheeks. A gambler
who is accustomed to suppress his feel
ings generally has a deep line running
from each side of his nose to the upper
corner of the mouth, which in time ex-
tends to the chin, forming. the shape
of a half moon. A cadaverous person
is usually marked with W wrinkles,
one on the jaw and the other under the
eye, meeting at right angles at the
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