The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-11
and says she Is SO encouraged that next
winter she will Increase her force g
doubles It's present number.


and says she is So encouraged that next
winter she will increase her force y
doubles It's present number.
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The .Woman,s Home Companion says
that rhythmic motion is almost the first
thing which appeals to a hid While it
| is alleged that "the hand that rocks the
| cradle is the hand that rules the world"
the hand is subordinate to the mothers
| voice. | have frequently seen children OF
| eighteen months responding accurately
to timeSand tune. when they could neither
| say nor interpret the words thereof. Ine
| songs of children should be cheerful. IN
| sentiment, teach some moral lesson. ana
| at the same time TEEN with enthusiastic
| activity. being physically educative- Those
who find it difficult to entertain their
children would better own a collection
| of such songs, and also visit-the kinder
| garten to get in the spirit of the songs
| and games. 1t would be still better II a
body of mothers should seek instruction
| of some Kindergarten. The songs and
| games might be acquired in a compare
| lively short time in the winter evenings.
1 am sure any mother would feel amply
| compensated for the outlay, by her W
augmented power to please and interest
| her children. Songs accompanied by clap
ping are a source of unending delight,
but in order to make the clapping musical
| the claps should be alternately hard and
soft, so that the one seems to be an echo
of the other. Try Yankee Doodle" in
this way and see for yourself.
***
Acids are especially needed on the table
In early spring. Spring salads are he
best tonics a house mother can give her
family at this season, with plenty of acid
vegetables and tart desserts. The season
of sweets and preserves is over, and the
majority of healthy persons find that the
sweet buildings that were a welcome part
of the dinner a few weeks ago are now
eloying to the taste. The reason for this
is plain. Sugar furnishes fuel to the fires
of life, as starch, fats and other foods do,
and sugar is not as much needed in warm
weather as when the temperature is
lower.
The long shut-in period of winter, when
the supply of vegetable food is not so
large as it is in summer. often brings
about a condition which old women used
to call spring Illness and which they
met Will Il utuSSOuS, Out III ulGI1y cases
undoubtedly wholesome, decoction of
herbs. InSRhese days when h~ousekeepers
can serve plenty of acid desserts and
green vegetables and salads on their
tables. these herb medicines are happily
superiuous, and do nothing but upset the
digestion.
The extreme of low cut in evening bod
ices is no longer deemed good taste. but
the women who used to wear such cut
outs are equal to outwitting even the
fashion makers. An example was a start
ling bodice worn by a demure creature
who looked as if she really didn't mean
it at all. II was a moderately low-necked
affair. made of pale yellow net over Va
salmon pink, dull lustre peau de sole thai
precisely matched the delicate color of the
neck. About her neck she wore a string
of brilliants hanging almost to her waist.
The yellow net Was loosely bionsed over
the pink and, except for a point reaching
to the belt in front. the net hung thin and
loose. SO that it was hard to be sure
where flesh began and peau de sole ended
under the net. 1t was rendered the more
difficult to decide. because the string of
brilliants hung under the yellow net in
front. Really the gown was quite as
immodest as almost any of its lower pre-
decessors.
College boys and girls are decorating
their rooms with Gibson pictures, a
fashion which has rather superseded
the poster fad. To vary the monotony of
the oblong sheets upon which, as a rule,
the pictures are presented, some original
and artistic genius tried the experiment
of burning the edges. The paper is light
ed with a match, care being taken to
keep a very small flame. This is blown
carefully around the picture in uneven
lines. When finished, the effect is ex-
ceedingly good. The slender thread of
shaded brown which remains after the
flame has gone out is useful in bringing
out the picture; and the irregular shapes
Of dozens Of such pictures tackled on a
wall can be made very effective if a lit
tie care is taken in their arrangement.
The waitress apron, her badge of Office,
has undergone a subtle change. Instead
of it's usual shape it now boasts of an
attachment like that of a hospital nurse.
The bib in front is upheld in place by
white cross belts (such as a first SER
geant wears upon parade) carried over
the shoulders and going into the belt at
the back. This arrangement can easily
be attached to an ordinary waitress
apron. Her cap remains the samoa
tiny diamond shaped piece of lace and
cambria, tucked and goffered.
In all cases of embroidery on linen the
work should be carefully pressed when
finished, and it is important for every
embroiderer to know how this may be
lone in the simplest and safest manner.
The proper way to press the finished
work is to lay the embroidery face down
on a clean cloth, spread over an iron
ing blanket or two or three thicknesses
of flannel: place a thin dampened cloth
on the back of the article to be pressed,
and then use a hot iron deity on the
wet surface until 1t is perfectly dry. A
steaming process is thus engendered.
Clothespins need washing occasionally
to keey them at their best. A good plan
is to drop them in the boiler after the
clothes have been taken up, then pour
the water off, rinse the pins and dry
thoroughly before putting away.
Clotheslines should always be taken
down after the weekly wash, if possible,
rolled up and placed in a bag until next
time. If the line Is a pulley or a wire
line. and up to stay, wipe off carefully