The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-17

Of a grandmother. was piloted by her
hostess to d young girl of twenty, and
they were made known to each other in
the weil-meant words: Mrs. Knight, l
want to present you to my dear little
friend Mabel Day. Mabel. dear, this IS
Mrs. knight, of whom you have SO often
heard me speak"
If the ladies were amused by the speech,
they were so we'll versed in that knowl-
edge of good form in which their hostess
was lacking that they showed no con-
sciousness of her error
While rest from accustomed exercise
after eating is important. it should be
noted that sleep at this time is equally
as bad as vigorous exercise of either mind
or body. Good digestion cannot take
place during sleep. While it is true that
digestion is an involuntary act. it should
be recollected that it is dependent upon
the activity of the nervous system for its
proper performance, says Good House
keeping"
The same nerve which secures activity
of the respiratory organs-the pneumo-
gastric-controls the muscular activity of
the stomach and the intestines. During
sleep, from the lessening of nervous ac-
tivity, both the respiration and the circu-
lation are greatly lessened in vigor. 1t is
but reasonable to suppose that the activ-
ity of the digestive organs is decreased
at the same time, being controlled by the
same nerves. Actual experiment shows
this to be true.
Most people who lie down and sleep an
hour or two soon after taking food awake
feeling anything but refreshed. The sus-
pension of the process to a considerable
degree during sleep causes imperfect d.
gestion, with its numerous unpleasant
symptoms. In the case of old people, it
may sometimes be beneficial or at least
not harmful to secure a few minutes
sleep after eating, before digestion is well
begun; but it must not be long continued.
In order to secure the best conditions
for digestion after eating, an individual
should take gentle exercise of some kind,
as walking, or carriage or horseback rid
ing. While violent exertion seriously in
terrupts the digestive process, a moderate
degree of physical activity facilitates it
by increasing the activity of the glands
by which the gastric juice is formed. 1t
is probable that gentle exercise also en-
courages digestion by stimulating the
movements of the stomach
No mater how one may be busy, it is
quite possible to always find time to at
tend to ones toilet at night. One should
not simply drop ones clothes and tumble
into bed, else neither ones self nor the
clothes will look attractive in the morn
ing.
Have plenty of hot water and a dash of
cologne, and give your face a thorough
LAYING. The result will be as refreshing
as an hours sleep. Brush the hair for
twenty minutes; it will be glossier and
thicker for the trouble, and your nerves
will be soothed by the process.
Then, after the exercise, robe yourself
In a warm gown and drink a glass of hot
milk. weak cocoa or even hot water, eat
ing a wafer or a bit of toast if you like.
When the small supper is finished you
will be ready to go to sleep without any
insomnia cure, and in the morning you
will waken refreshed and thoroughly In
good humor witt yourself and your world.
For sanitary reasons as well as aes-
thetic grounds rugs are to be preferred
Tor floor coverings to heavy carpets.
Where the floor cannot be suitably fin
ished pretty mattings can be used, as
they are very inexpensive now and so
convenient for this reason of the year,
for the rug can be lifted, leaving only
the nice, cool mating for summer : In
selecting rugs choose those light enough
to be easily lifted to be cleaned and yet
heavy enough to lie on the floor withou
pushing up for every little thing. Rugs
should never be hung on a line and
whipped; they should be laid fiat on the
wrong side and pea with the rattan
beater especially designed for this pur-
pose.
Women are making marked progress in
Finland. For more than twenty-five years
the gy-nnasiums have admitted both
sexes, and in the University of Helsing-
fors there are now 200 women students.
There are two f%lourishing clubs of women.
About 1000 are now employed in post Off
ces, railroads and telegraph bureaus, and
other departments of the public service;
more than 900 are engaged as teachers in
schools of various grades, and it is not
uncomm to see among their pupils
young men of Is who are preparing for an
academic or commercial career. At least
5000 women are in business. Fifty-two of
the eighty p~oorhouses lave women SUI
perintendents and all the diaries are man
aged by women.
A very pretty jacket is made of the
same material as the skirt. 1t has short
basques without any fullness, which are
rounded in front, allowing the jacket to
open over a vest or chemisette.. A
leather or ribbon belt encircles the waist
and passes through two Sits cut in the
sides of the jacket toward the front,
where it is fastened with a buckle, leav-
ing the front free. The back is slightly
bloused. To this jacket broad, square
double revers, one of the same stuff
the other of white pique, can be added,
imparting a very small appearance to the
toilette. These small rounded basques are
new and decidedly pretty and becoming.
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If women staying at seashore resorts
will spend part of their idle time in
collecting a variety of shells, they may
utilize them in the fall for a unique
door drapery. Fasten the shells thickly
on fish netting; then drape the netting
over the door casing and let it hang down
at the sides. The shell-trimmed netting
also makes an attractive portiere by
lining it with a light shade of ~sea-green
s~ilk-inished material
-x..- aeras ouee worn exclusively