The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-04
In Moman'S World.

ought to understand 1t better than they
do. IT should be said that the husband
who refuses to give his wife a regular al
lowance is rapidly becoming the excep-
ton. But there are still too many fathers
who withhold an allowance from their
daughters. If It be true that the average
girl has no idea of the value OF money,
how will she ever gain a better knowledge
Of it's worth unless she is given the oppor-
tunity? Our girls must be educated IN
money matters, and there is no surer
method than by giving them money OF
their own to spend. a regular weekly or
monthly allowance given them to cover
certain regulated expenses. 1t is only
natural that at the start a girl will spend
foolishly. To meet this inevitable ex-
p~erience the amount Of the allowance
should be accordingly regulated. After
a while, however, when she gets accus-
toned to the handling of money, she VIII
learn its value better and be more Ju-
dicious in spending 1t. To give a girl an
allowance is not a privilege, but her
right. To withhold 1t is to do her a seri-
Gus wrong, likewise is an injustice to
the man whom h win marry and whose
money she WIFI NC itttk ActCA 49,
wisely. She should have experience be-
fore she reaches that point, and that ex-
perience can only come to her from her
father In an allowance of her own while
she is his daughter in his home"
Some years ago when what were called
Like and Dislike Albums were the fash
ion, and we were liable at all times and
places to be laid on the rack, and aues-
tioned as to all our tastes and sentiments,
from our favorite pudding to our highest
aspirations, a lady was asked what was
her idea of the greatest happiness of life.
Talking was her unhesitating reply.
Perhaps some may have thought that she
would have lone herself more credit II
she had mentioned such improving or
useful occupations as reading, nursing,
cooking, working; but against such a view
we rebel. Putting aside Idle and empty
chatter as out of the running, is there any
pleasure that should take a higher rank
than that personal interchange of thought,
which gives. In the friction of opinion and
criticism, one of the best chances of ar
irving at truth?
When washing dainty linen and cot
ton goods. such as baby clothes, cut up
a pound of fine white soap and boil 1t in a
quart of water till it is quite melted
To this add a gallon of milk and put in
the little garments. The boiler should be
left on the stove to boil for half an hour.
Then the clothes must be taken out.
thoroughly washed and rinsed and passed
through water TO which has been added a
little LIQUID bluing. When those little
baby things are ironed and gauffered,
they look as clean and dainty as ever and
quite worth double the trouble and small
expenditure. That is the fine thing about
quality in linen and cotton goods, as
in all else. 1t stands wear and tear and
neglect patiently and comes up smiling"
when it gets a bit of friendliness and sun
shine.
A new series of invitation cards for jul
venile parties have been brought out in
very simple language. I'VE are going to
have a little party; we would like you to
come,'s is printed on a a with gilt
edges, and Vatican figures in the corner,
or, I'VE are giving a little dance; can you
conner" these with Elizabethan figures up
on them; while for a Cinderella dance,
you see the clock, Cinderella and her
fairy godmother, r. S. v. P. being intro
duced on the flap.