The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-14

Now is the season of the year when
the happy owner of a country home dis
penses what is known as piazza hos
pjtality" to her friends, and who finds
many and ingenious ways Of refreshing
the friends who ride forth from the
dusty asphalt streets to seek a breath
of pure air and a glimpse Of green
fields and pastures new" and, presuma-
bly,, Of "rivers OF delight!
The votary of the iron steed is sure
to arrive hot and thirsty and therefore
the first thought of the tactful hostess
is some cooling refreshment for the in
rer man.
Most piazzas nowadays are fitted OUT
with mating rugs and wicker furnl-
ture. and are screened with gaily-color-
ed awnings. thus making a charming
outdoor sitting room in which guests
and hostess alike rejoice, and as a low
wicker table is an Indispensable part
of the furnishing there need be no con-
fusion when the neat-handed Phyllis
appears with her damask-covered tray.
These refreshments may be of the
highest. but they must necessarily be of
the daintiest and most appetizing kind,
and it goes without saying, daintily
spread.
A glass pitcher of iced milk n lemon
d and a plate of sandwiches and a
supplemented by tea, make a unit
afternoon tiffin, and there need be no
haste or worry as to preparations as
sandwiches can be made in the morn
ing. wrapped in a damp cloth and placed
in a cool place until needed, and to be
1&ady at a moments notice for the after
noon caller.
Cold chicken forms the foundation Of
hall q. dozen kinds of sandwiches which
are quickly and easily made. Chop the
cold chicken, both white and dark meat,
until very fine, then mix with a highly
seasoned ~mayonnaise and spread on
thin slices of bread, cut evenly and
trimmed of the crust. Cut into strips
after the chicken is placed between the
slices; or, if fancy sandwiches are de-
sired a small round biscuit cutter may
be used.
Chicken and cress, chicken and celery
and chicken and very thin sliced toma-
toes may be used in the same way, or
4dlll lldy DC SuD5llhotSo
with excellent results.
Nasturtium sandwiches are a season.
able dainty and make a grateful change
from all meat sandwiches. The tender
stems of the n%asturtium and the imma-
ture seeds as well as laid between thin
slices of meat-spread brown or white
bread, or a combination of the two.
To add to the inviting appearance of
the refreshment tray place a large bunch
of freshly-gathered mint in the pitcher
containing lemonade or claret cup, and
above all things do not fail to have a
long, slender glass vase filed with sweet
peas or nasturtiums on the tray to aid
in welcoming your dusty and weary
guests.
The womanhood Of a nation is a re-,
Election of the general character of that
nation, says ssGodey's Magazine" Spain
is no exception to this rule. So much has
been written in the past of the lovely
women of Spain, so much of romance and
poetry and art has been brought to bear
upon the subject, that few people are
aware of the truth-cold, naked and grew
some-that is yet to be revealed concern
ing these sisters of ours, who dwell in a
land made charming by the glamour of
medieval pageantry, but really a land
of arkness and degradation when COM
pared with countries of the more civil
lied. more truly Christian world. Spanish
character is rapidly disclosing itself to the
public. and this will naturally bring the
women of Spain nearer to our view.
1t is impossible that the women of a
nation can be very different from its men.
Nv of A marine 1Sr0ro fo laok 11nor
the condition of women as a serious sub
ject; and it is now possible that the
women of Spain may soon come within
the scope of our interest, as among the
classes of Earth's people who need en-
lightenment quite as much as do the
women of Turkey or China. Let us look
at some facts recently published from
official reports. OF the total number of
women in Spain. nearly 5000. 600 are ut
terly illiterate. These women cannot read
write, and AVE no desire to learn.
In the cities of the country are over go
900 registered professional beggars of the
adult female class. These women are beg
gars by training and choice; beggary is
their trade and they wish no other. In
the rural districts are nearly 800, 600 women
who work as farm laborers, filling the
soil as men do here, or more as peasants
in European countries do: for the Amer
lean farmer is a very different kind of an
agriculturist from the peasant farmer of
the Continent.
Three hundred and fifty thousand worn-
en- earn their bread as registered "day
servants that is to say, they work for
their food and lodging. We have no such
class here. and it is to be hoped that we
may never have. The total school girl
population of Spain is only 700. 900, includ-
ing ali kinds of schools, and it is little ed
ucation that they get at that. Six mill
lon seven hundred thousand women have
no occupations or means Of support, and
are wholly dependent on charity, luck in
getting married, or possible chance work.
Contrasted with these women is a small
class of fortunate ones who happen to be
(rIch. and who spend their time as ladies
of fashion. leading indolent, aimless lives,
and barring nothing at all for their hapless
sisterA whom they look upon as beneath
thought These women are not of a high
type intellectually. are educated chiefly
in the AIT Of embroidery and Irritation.
and are most eager of al the people for
the bloody spectacle of the bull ring,
which they never fail to attend. AT the
exhibitions they are said to display more
cruelty than the men, n to show a
greater liking for blood and suffering.