The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-13

and replace it with the same bulk OF well
rottea manure twell-rotted COW manure is
unexcelled for this purpose9. in which has
been Incorporated some finely chopped
sod. Spade tliis compost thoroughly into
the soil ia the bed, and with the back Of
the spade mash all the clots or Jumps.
Bear in mind that this SHADING aud work
ing of the soil must only he done when
the soil is it good condition as regards
moisture. for If the soil is worked when
pasty or too wet, the chances are that II
will be ruined for the whole season. untll
the action of frost and winter weather
imparts TO 1t again its natural friableness.
In setting out the roses in the bed do
not neglect the afl-importaaf hrming or
the soil about the roots of the plants.
This sE5aid be done by trodding the soil
we'll with the feet, Immediately about the
base OF each plant,but not over all the
surface OF the bed.
Most of the harsh. disagreeafble voices
that CRATE upon our ears daily are more
the result of bad habits than originally
faulty organs The nasal tones SO COM
mon in America are caused By contract
ing the throat muscles, and the voice
Is muffled for want of proper breathing,
there not DelnS SuIict6Hl DIR III FIX 4th5S
to produce a full. round tone.
The ear should be trained to recognize
these disagreeable qualities and correct
them. With head erect, throat muscles
relaxed, and breathing deeply, practice
muscle speech; you can make the eN-
ercise a drill in pronunciation as we'll,
repeating one word until you can produce
1t in a full. mellow tone, then a sentence,
with natural and melodious meditation.
Do not let the er of offer sound like
the or Of mirror. nor the yr of zephyr
like the ur of sulphur. 1t is an excellent
| drill to make. lists of words, as scandal,
parcel, pupil, couple; pillar, porter, Sen
ator. molar; Latin, chicken, ETC.. and
with listening ear speak them repeated
ly till the nice distinction in their vowel
sounds is clearly recognized and i'm
pressed upon the memory
In this exercise the mouth must be
well opened, and all the muscles employ
ed in correct speech must be facile and
flexible. Much of the slovenly, slurring
speech We hear is caused by a habit
of rightly in these muscles. few people
moving them sufficiently to make the
necessary distinction in sound. But Sou
cannot say dog with the muscles of
speech in the same form required to
utter the word through, and the recogni-
ton of. this fact is the first step in re-
form
Practice especially in this way the
pure utterance. of vowel sounds in I'M
accented syllables, where ar, er, If, and
or are often pronounced alike as ur-
The slurring of these and other final
vowel sounds is one of the commonist
faults of American speech. ana there is
nothing the cultivated ear recognizes
more quickly than their clean and dis
tinct utterance by persons of culture.
ssThe trouble in an allowance for
housekeeping expenses" comments a
man who has evidently suffered, sis
that the best of women seem unable to
resist the temptation to pinch the table
in order to save for some outside ex-
penditure. My wife has few desires of
her own, but is SO eager to get various
Injuries for the children that if did
not make an earnest protest now and
again we would be kept on a starvation
diet. l nave found that this is true in
other households. Women seem TO be
constitutionally opposed 20 paying out
sums of money for what can be eaten
right up-that is, if they control the
| money II Is a tultituSH JUNE ~ WA
a woman goes to lunch by herself, pay
ing the bill, she@takes very little, order
ing quite a different meal if her hus-
band or other escort is footing the ac-
count. She carries the same principle
into Ter housekeeping arrangements and
that is why the woman with an allow
ance for the marketing needs serious
watching"
A pretty notion seen on an evening
gown was a tiny pocket designed for the
morsel of cambria and lace which served
for a handkerchief. The pocket was moth
ing but a turned up end of a flying
streamer that was part of the bow set at
one side Of the organdy gown. but into
this was tucked a little mouchoir. After
ward. on a black satin bow set at the left
side of a dark blue cloth street gown, the
same pocket trick was noticed. 1t is not
good form to show ones handkerchief
and the sleeves are getting SO tight that
1t cannot be tucked in there, as was the
fashion lately. so that the problem of
having it within reach and yet nearly out
of sight has had to be met. hat it has
been in this ingenious and decorative
fashion only proves thai when a young
woman gives her mind to 1t she can de-
velop almost any dress resource.
Get a large horseshoe and draw the out
line on thick pasteboard; cut out four and
cover with the material you are going to
make a bag of; now cut three leave for
the neddlework of any desired material
and shade half-inch smaller all round
tina the horseshoes, and make a cover
for the bag material for the outside of
the n~eedlebook, fasten these at the top of
the large horseshoe, and put two togeth-
err: take q piece of the material one
yard long and half a yard wide. gather
lengthwise on each edge and fasten on to
the two horseshoes formed of the four
pieces. Of pasteboard. Now you should
nave a large bag shaped like a pocket.
On the opposite side from the needlebook
fasten a little puffy pocket of the yarn.
Both this pocket ard the cover of the
n~eedlebook may nave a monogram work
ed in eolors. Now hem the edges of the
material between thte h~orseshoes, fasten
on eight little rings and run braid
through to hang up by. When complete
the bag should measure about half a
yard across.
Instead of packing away Your winter
garments in napthaline or that more