The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-28

Thin Women. In the July Ladies' Home
Journal. The morning bath and rub
lis absolutely necessary. Fors the niofrs
ing meal she should take some light,
easily, digested food, as two soff-bofled
eggs, 4 piece of milk toast. or piece of
whole wheat toasted bread. preceding this
a half hour with d cup of warm water.
At luncheon a cream soup, piece of whole
wheat bread. well toasted, any Of the
little made dishes, like chicken timbales.
boudins, omelets, with at least two slices
of whole wheat bread thickly buttered;
two ounces Of butter at this meal Would
not be too great a quantity If we'll mas
ticated with the bread. Use. also. a bak-
ed potato. or a couple of tablespoonfuis
of boiled rice, and as a dessert, rice pud-
ding, cup custard, any of the light
souffles, or Bavarian cream-ln fact, any
thing but cake, pie or boiled puddings.
Avoid all of the acid fruits.
For the night meal have a clear soup,
a red meat, either beef or mutton, with
a baked potato, or mashed potato brown
ed in the oven. or a potato croquette. or
rice in any form, stewed macaroni, a
green vegetable, and a salad composed
| of a green vegetable, with French dress
ing. Do not have more than two vegeta-
! bles at one meal, beside the salad. For
| dessert nave a charlotte, a little ice
| cream eaten slowly, or any of those above
mentioned. or a wafer that has been
| thoroughly toasted. and any of the ripe
| cheeses. For luncheon, where cream
| soups cannot be used. a cup of cocoa or
! chocolate with cream is exceedingly val
uable.n
We'll. I must take these dow to be
cleaned said a young woman. holding
out a bundle of soiled white gloves to
the friend with whom She was speaking
To be cleaned Why don't you clean
them yourself?" was the emphatic inter-
rogative she received by way of reply.
You are ~squandering your money; It
viii cost you fifteen cents a pair to ave
three pairs yourself with five cents worth
And will they look nice-not streak
Perfectly nice. 1 wash mine myself. or
have the maid to do It, under my SUPER
vision. always. And this Is my modus Us
gasoline (nearly a quartz and pour one
third of it into a basin and begin yonr
glove washing. 1t is better to wash three
or four pairs at one time. Wash them all
through the first gasoline. which you will
find prey black when you get through.
Then TT abs py 1 ,d loat a e second rSn P15si0p ab and an waaa
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carefully and thoroughly so as to ge- al
the dirt out. If after this washing .hey
are not perfectly clean. give them another
rinsing with the remaining portion Of the
gasoline. Then spread the gloves out on
a towel or hang them on a line near the
window, and then nearly dry put them
This method you win find entirely sat
isfactory. Why, every once in a while I
have a regular glove-washing."
Gasoline is the best cleansing fluid in
the world. in my opinion" concluded this
| gloye-washer. ut makes white satin look
like new, though in this ease, of course,
the cleaning must be carefully done
Blanched almonds give the higher nerve
or brain and muscle food; no heat or
waste.
Walnuts give nerve or brain food, mus
Gle. heat and waste.
Pine kernels give heat and stay. They
serve as a substitute for bread.
Green water grapes are blood purifying
but of little food value; reject pip ard
skins.
Blue grapes are feeding and blood puri-
flying; too rich for those who suffer from
the liver.
Tomatoes; higher nerve or brain food
and waste; no heat: they are thinning
Juicy fruits give more or less the high
er nerve or brain, and some few: muscle
food and waste; no heat.
food; supply heat and waste, but are not
muscle feeding. They should be avoided
by those who suffer from the liver.
Oranges are refreshing and feeding. but
are not good If the liver is out of order.
Green figs are excellent food.
Dried figs contain nerve and muscle
food. neat and waste, but are bad for the
liver.
The great majority of small fresh seed
fruits are laxative.
All stone fruits are considered to be in
furious for those who suffer from the iiv-
err. and should be used cautiously,
Lemons and tomatoes should not be
used daily in cold weather. they have a
thinning and cooling effecr.
Raisins are stimulating in proportion TO
their quality.
It is preaching in the wilderness to
demonstrate with women on any matter of
current fashion. A seventeen-inch waist
produces diseased lungs, diseased liver,
and a. ruined digestion. Nevertheless. a
seventeen-inch waist is coveted and striv-
en- for as a beauty. Sharp-pointed narrow
shoes make corns. bunions. and inflamed
joints. Granted; but what pretty woman.
who respects herself and has any fidelity
to her juggernaut. will refrain from
Sharp-pointed narrow shoes when these
are the fashion? Hair dyes ruin the hair
and hurt the health; so with cosmetics.
Does this certain evil to follow stop the
practice of making brown hair into cam
airy yellow?-a sallow complexion into one
of milk and roSes?-of DlaStering over
gray locks with hair restorers," which
their users fozdly and fatuously call mot
a dye?" Not a bit of it THE owls and
pelfcans of the Wilderness. the satyrs and
wild beasts. may be expected to learn
and understand quite as soon as the or
binary woman may be looked on as a
convert to common sense hereto human
ity thereto general consideration for the
rights of others, When Fashion has waved
her wand, and the order of conformity
has gone forth. Yet we always hope. We
cannot live without hope or without en-
deavor. Hence, forlorn as 1t may be, we,
says the Queen. who see a little more
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and turmoil, must go on preaching. wil-
derness or no. It may be that someone
in the far distance will hear and be con-
verted; and at the worst the trial is
worth making.
The "marriageable age" varies great
ly. In Austria a man" and
of IA are supposed to be capable of con-
Quoting q home of their own. In Ger
many the man must be at least IS years
of age. In France and Belgium the man
must be IS and the woman 10. In Spain
the intended husband must have passed
his 18th year, and the woman her 18th.
The law in Hungary for Roman Catholics
is that the mar must be IA years old
and the woman IL; for Professionals, the
man must be is and the woman Is.
In Greece the man must khave seen at
least fourteen summers and the woman
twelve. In Portugal a boy of IA is ON
sidered manageable, and a woman Of
II. In Russia and Saxony they are more
and a youth must refrain from
matrimony till he can count Is years.
and the woman till she can count 1G. Fl
Switzerland men from the age of IA and
the women form the age OF u are all
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