The Jersey City news., 1898-12-13
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WOMAN'S WORLD.
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, and Independent, and learn to admire re-
alities instead of artificial follies?
"self Culture gives out some hints Of
practical value to club women in both
cities and villages
"There are many villages" it says, in
which the prejudice against clubs sun
! exists; and, if the truth must be told,
are most tired of one another and most
seIf-eentred.
'If these neighbors who now bore each
other to the verge of extinction We're Q
unite themselves in a club, devote theme
selves to the study of good books, dis-
clpline themselves with the observance of
sane parliamentary law, and extend some
club courtesies one TO the other, they
would be amazed at the interesting quali-
ties which they would excavate out of the
debris of their misunderstandings their
petty jealousies and narrow estimates.
Nothing is easier than the formation of
club. Any good natured and popular
woman can do it. She need not be
skilled in parliamentary law nor a coli
lege woman, nor a social leader. II she
has an intelligent understanding of her
neighberhood and its needs, and q heart
which warns to her kind, all she has 10
do is TO make a few calls, arouse some
interest, or at least get q polite hearing
and then announce an hour of meeting at
any convenient place. Then let her put
on a simple street dress and also a SIM
pie manner, and lay before her listeners
her ideas and call for theirs. This meef-
ing can be preliminary. Another day
can be appointed for the regular organiza- :
ton A chairman can appoint a commit
tee with power to arrange all the details
of constitution, bylaws and ticket Of pro-
posed officers The election can proceed
by ballot, and with officers to perform
their functions, it is easy to discover who
the proper women are to prepare the lines
Of study.
'sThe briefer the constitution and the
fewer the bylaws the better, by the way,
ana the more modest the course OF study
the more thorough it is apt to be. If
the club is a small one it is better Tor
the members to unite upon one line OF
study If the members are many, It is
desirable to divide the club into depart
ments. Five women desiring to study the
same general object or to unite them
selves for any particular purpose would
make sufficient number to justify the
forming of department-whethe for
study or philanthropic purposes, expert
ments in cooking or what not
So
Sleep on a very low pillow or none at
an Sleeping on a fiat bed will tend to
give straight, firmly poised shoulders
Walk from one to three miles every day
IN broad soled shoes and loose clothing.
leaving cares at home. You may ma
them when you return, or they will nave
fed entirely.
Walk with the limbs swinging from the
hips. like a pendulum; and to TINS keep
the weight of the body forward on tne
balls of the feet This is the secret Oh d
graceful stage carriage.
Take a morning sponge bath with as
much regularity as you eat your dinner.
Do not retire in a bedroom in which the
gas has been burning for hours Put
out the light, throw open the windows as
wide as possible and get pure oxygen pc
fore retiring. Then leave the window SO
that there is circulation Of good air all
night long.
Regular hours for sleeping and for eat
ing are the best means of keeping per-
feot health. A dentist, on looking az e
pirl.s teeth, found no cavities to fill Sne
asked in surprise, How is that?'' He re-
nlied that she had probably been sleep
ino regularly. eight hours night, ana
iokingly added that there IS a science ~
teeth reading quite as real as palm
istry.
cr;ryo,, Ia te1y
to mothers on the dressing OF papy'
a little German outfit-bed ana iayetle
as Well-attracted much attention any
favorable comment The bed conslsteu
of a pillow and pillowcase, in which papy
is supposed to be tied up for the hrsl
eight weeks Of his existence. The piilo"
;c changed night and morning. The OUT
At considered necessary consists OF hVe
nillowslins forty-seven& inches long ana
sixteen inches wide, two pillows nan al
inch smaller in size. each containing one
and a quarter pounds of feathers, dozen
cotton slips and half dozen nanhet
shirts lined with soft null. Dressed oiily
in a shirt and slip, neither of wnlcn reaeh
below the waist, baby is laid on his pillow
and slipped into his pillowcase, which IS
then fastened about him with drawing
string tied under his arms. Thus snusiy
tied up in his little nest. baby is left 70
souirm and kick to his hearts content
while the pillow affords a firm support
for his wobbly head and tender body
When baby would go abroad for his arr
ing. a flannel jacket, warmly wadded, and
little close cap is all the extra clothing
that is needed.
The advent of a small person into this
world is announced in various ways, says
.sHarper's Bazaar. There are no especial
rules of etiquette for making the an
rouncement, so there is liberty of choice
Sometimes engraved cards bearing the
baby,s name and the date of birth are
sent by themselves in small envelopes,
into which they fit exactly sometimes
they go in an envelope with the mothers
visiting card, and are written instead of
engraved, and the last announcement of
this kind that / received was simply
the mothers visiting card with baby $
name and the date of birth written under
the name of the mother. In my opinion,
however. and j think the most correct
conventions are in accord. the prettiest
way of announcing a birth to all who will
be interested is to send small engraved
cards-for a girl cards 1lax1A inches
almost square, and for boy 1x2 inches