The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-06-09
hat makes the habit2 Please advise

ef1cient tonic that / know of, and my
experience is a large one
that makes the habit? Please advise
me-
Dear, you never can acquire it." I
said, gravely, "any more thar you could
acquire a musical temperament, or a
genius for mechanical invention. The
love of reading is natures gift; it is a
thirst, a Observation-Disclosures
not to be denied. You will steal your
late hour at night, or your ten minutes
at early morning; you will hurry through
duties or put aside pleasures to reach
the waiting book, but only because you
care to read. The lover of books is born,
not made
The eager, wistful face took on a look
of relief, but still she said, regretfully:-
But 1t is SO dreadful not to care!'
TT is much more dreadful to pretend to
care when you really DON'T" l resumed.
Besides, the pretense deceives no one. It
is a WEAKNESS. to the soul to meet the
vast army of transparent p~retenders,
the men, and the women, too. who have
the names of books at their tongues end.
and have, perhaps, SKINNED a dozen
pages in each. Never enroll yourself in
this dishonored membership, nor let the
excuse that people will expect you to be
posted tempt you into the vice of as
Stunning to know more, or to be other or
greater than you are. The imitation
never passes for the reality-especially
with those who are themselves of the
pure gold and the true mint. They will
respect you far more for the candor of
your soul than for the counterfeit of
some virtues less worth having. Think
a moment. Is not reality always better
than counterfeit, and truth than false
hood?'
For the first four years of her life all
the Expenses of the Princess's establish
ment and education were paid for by
Prince Leopold, says Harper's Round
Table, He took a father's interest in
his niece, and devoted himself to her, but
after a while another uncle, who had now
become King George ", began to think
that the child's own country might well
contribute to her maintenance. Accord
ingly, Parliament was asked to grant an
allowance for her support and education.
The proposition was readily granted, and
the sum of six thousand pounds annually
was settled on the Duchess for this pur-
pose.
The Duke of York was also very fond
of his little niece. He bore a strong re-
semblance to his brother, the Duke of
Kent, and he always took great interest
in her growth and education.
When she was five years old the Rev.
George Davys was appointed preceptor
to her Royal Highness. He found his
pupil "well-grounded In all the require
ments suited to her age; quick, intelligent,
and generally very docile, though not, at
this early age, much given to applica-
tion'-a fact one can readily believe.
Who would expect an active, high-spirited
child five years old to be much given to
application? The Duchess of Kent's
mother wrote to her daughter, when the
Princess was four years old, do not
tease your little puss with learning, she
is so young STILL" bur this good advice
seems to lave been disregarded, for they
commenced to give the child regular in
structions when she was a mere infant.
Small wonder that she objected, and
asked in baby language, What good
this? what good that?"
The hands even more than the face.
oeinano eNactihe care ior the reason
that tney must pc washed oftener, as
they collect more dirt than the face.
Warm water, fine soap, and a little
borax dissolved in the water will suffice
for cleansing purposes; rinse the hands
well, and after drying plunge them in a
bowl of oatmeal; finally, rub well with
~lemon-juice. Take the orange-wool nail
stick, dip it in the lemon juice, clean un-
der the nails and run around the base;
rough places may be smoothed with
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,oosa cloves perforated in the palms.
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