The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-22


shoes. One point to remember is that
the shoes should always be laced, never
buttoned. This rule holds good even il
the skates have no straps, because a skat-
ing Shoe. to give the right support, must
fit very snugly, and il it does, buttons are
likely to hurt the feet. Besides, the same
even fit along the whole height of the
shoe ear never be so well obtained with
buttons as with laces. The leather
should be both heavy and pliable-box calf
IS satisfactory, because with the foregoing
qualities it combines that of being almost
waterproof-and there should be no hard
seams to hurt the feet. 1t is better not
TO have the toes too pointed. though that
is not SO important q consideration as the
others. The heels should be square and
not high, otherwise the skates will not
stay on securely. Cold feet while skating
are often caused by the wearing of straps
which impede the circulation to a certain
degree. If one can get along without
them, it is much better, but il she can
not, she will find that a felt or lambs
wool inner sole will make the shoe much
warmer, and do something TO improve
matters. 1t would seem that few people
would think Of skating in low shoes, but
one often sees it attempted. An instruc-
tor in one of the Kinks declined to try to
teach a pupil the other day because she
was wearing ~tfes." He told her frankly
that her ankles had no support, and thar,
as a beginner, she could not control the
movements of her feet. sufficiently to take
the stroke in the right away.
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This is the way we iron our clothes,
so early Tuesday morning. SO sing the
children in one of the minlicking games
handed down from one generation to an
other. The ironing of handkerchiefs
calls for no special knowledge, but a
clever laundress knows one or two things
of which she makes a specially. Here
is one of them
If you watch one of the buds or older
bellies gently using her handkerchief,
perchance to feck away a particle OF
irnperceptible dust from her face, you
may note. if your eye is sensitive to
coIor-first, that the scrap CT lawn and
lace is very becoming to a fair face;
second, tina the aforesaid handkerchief
isn't white at all. 1t would act be SO
becoming if it were white, and this is
what mademoiselle knows, as well as
you do. The color is no derived from
being spotted with Strawberries as
was the case in that fateful handker-
chief which Othello had from his mother.
1t is deliberately tinted during the laun-
dering.
The Iaundress who is eager to please
has taken pains to ''pinken'' Gf there be
such a verb the handkerchief just as
she blues some linens and cotton cloths
; L =, = ~; ~l,+ <,,r, x-aIlorr hv 51ofipfad annIi-
cations of soap and water, SO she has i'm
parted a rosy tinge to the meuchoir.
The laundress has a little cake of ear
mine paint, one of the water color rec
tangles such as are sold in the cheap
boxes of paints intended for children's
use. She colors the water p~erceptibly,
fer the handkerehiefs will not take up the
full depth of rosiness to which the pre-
paratory bath is stained. Of course the
handkerchief does not look really pink,
but it is .'of the white and very pretty,
especially when held to a fair young face.
49,
The uses of a milk diet in certain forms
of disease are numerous and important.
Milk is in the truest sense a food already
prepared. 1t needs no cooking, it can be
obtained anywhere, and but few persons
object to its use, although it must be said
that where it is made the exclusive diet
for a long time a certain amount of repug-
nance is likely to be excited. 1t begins to
pail upon the appetite, and the resolution
of the patient must be strengthened and
the palate tempted by every expedient
known to the nurse and doctor.
Under a close adherence to a milk diet
the stonaeh is deprived of its usual allow
ance of bulky material, and a sense of
emptiness soon begins to be felt at the pit
of the stomach. This feeling of diseom-
fort is, however, only temporary, and may
often be relieved by simply heating the
milk almost to the boiling point.
The. mouth may become .'pasty'' and the
tongue coated with a whitish fur. These
conditions are more or less dependent
upon the constipation which nearly al
ways results from a milk diet, and which
is sometimes exceedingly obstinate. The
bowels should always be kept open by
some gentle laxative.
While it is true that milk contains in
itself all the constituents necessary for
the neurishrnent of the body, and is alone
sufficient to sustain life, if enough of it
can be taken, its exclusive use by those
accustomed to a full mixed diet commonly.
produces a decided d~inlinution in the bod
lily weight. This fact need cause no alarm,
however, SO long as the milk is appropri-
ated and used up by the body.
Turkeys are best roasted unstuffed,"
writes Mrs. S.. T. Rorer in the Christmas
Ladies' Home Journal" "But people
have, however, become accustomed to the
flavor of the stufing in the meat of the
fowls thai it seems almost impossible to
get aloag without it. Bread stufFing is,
no doubt, the most objectionable Of all.
Acting as a sponge it draws the juices
from the meat, leaving it dry and taste
less. Chestnuts are much to be preferred
and where these cannot be procured,
sweet or white potatoes or even rice may
be substituted. All must be boiled before
using. For 4 ten po id turkey one quart
of Spanish or two quarts of common
chestnuts will be required. Shell, blanehs
and boil them until tender. Drain, mash
or chop fine; add a tablespoonful of but
ter. a teaspoonful of salt and a saltspoon-
full Of pepper. Mix, and stuff into the
turkey"
The prettiest tortoise shell-eembs for
the glide and back nave some of them or
naments attached to the combs, and there