The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-27


| and to give force and heaf-not simply to
| satisfy appetite. a scientific rather than
a haphazard operation. 1t is not necessary
however. to hold long conversations with
the child as to what She should and
| should not eat. AS a rule, the first dish
| of oatmeal the mother gives to her first
| child is simply covered with sugar. In a
little while the health gives out. and the
| child has indigestion.
s.Then, too, the child thus trained from
infancy feels that fat is Objectionable ard
at the age Of fifteen or sixteen, when an
anaemic condition comes over her. lat,
the one necessary article to her salvation.
is the most difficult to take. and It is fire.
~ouentIy necessary to resort to oil baths
or oil inunctions. You will no doubt call
to mind that cod liver oil is the first thing
| added to the ordinary dietary Butter
and cream may be used in as large guam
titles as the patient can conveniently di-
| gest.
An fried foods must be strictly avoided
| Potatoes may be eaten twice a week. and
should always be baked. Boiled rice may
be taken once a day; but all bulk tooes,
such as turnips. cabbage. carrots and
parsnips, should be avoided ] Fully be-
lieve that special feeding in any disease
will bring about a cure unatainable by
medicine alone. BY special feeding COR
different diseases I mean living on pre-
cisely such food as the patient in that
condition can thoroughly digest and as
simulate; or upon the best foods to re-
pair the diseased tissues. rejecting all
others"
This is the season of the year that
most of all tries the soul of the thrifty
little ~housekeeper! Flies are bal. mos
quitoes menace the family peaea, and.
worst of all. the individual appetites be-
come ftfuL caprieieus. and, alas, some
what difficult to please.
The problem of a change is what now
confronts the said thrifty little housekeep-
er, and if she can simply pack her trunks
and with children and babies HE to the
seashore or country, it is easily and
quickly solved. If, however. she belongs
to the noble army of stay-at-homes, the
question is a more difficult one. but it, too.
may be solved with the aid of woman's
proverhial wit and ingenuity.
First of all, give the family a whole
some change of diet: For the customary
dttiISc SttS2tithlN AZ o%eop' -
wheaton grits. served ice cold in little
moulds. and with cream or milk in dainty
glass individual pitchers. Then replace
the usual matutinal chop, or bacon and
eggs. with delicately fried egg plant. and
eggs in some appetizinr form, and vary
the bill of fare on another morning by
fried tomatoes and the crispest of
French fried potatoes.
Again. ado to the efficacy of the change
in ythe habitual menu. alter the appear
ance uf the table and its appointments as
far as possible. Bring out some of the
dainty china and glass which are re-
served for state occasions. and make the
eyes of the stay-at-homes glad by its
beauty. Let the fernery, which nova
days is the fayorite centre decoration.
take a little vacation. too, and substitute
for its somewhat monotonous prettiness
a pot of flowers in the centre of the table.
or, better still, place a dozen ripe peaches
in a low bowl, mixing them. if possible,
with some other small fruits. or placing
here and there some of their own green
leaves, or a spray or two Of the honey
suckle vine which is almost sure to dec
crate the fence which bounds the domain
of the thrifty little housewife,
A trouble? Yes. perhaps it's some
what of a trouble, but one which repays
itself when the tired mother sees the
return of appetite among her little ones.
and the dreaded breakfast becomes the
most cheerful meal in the day, instead
of a trying ordeal. dreaded alike by
mistress and maid.
The mother whose children suffer in
hot weather from prickly heat will be
glad to know that if she will put baking
soda into the water in which her children
are bathed she may do much toward pre-
venting the arrival OF the irritating mall
ady, says Harper's Bazaar She should
not wait until the rash appears before
she adopts this simple means to stop its
progress, but may all through the sum-
mer have soda added to the little ones
bath water. In one family where This
p~recaution was taken none of the chill
dren was troubled with prickly heat dur
ing the entire season. although every pre-
ceding year the small boys and girls nave
been literally peppered with the distress
ing eruption.
M
Combinations of bathing slippers and
hose are now used quite commonly and
with comfort. The separate bathing
shoes must be tied on by one or more
sets of strings, which are mot quite liable
to come off or break, but are binding
on the ankles. The combination hose and
shoe keeps the shoe on the foot and leaves
the ankle free. Some of these combina-
lions nave a slipper vamp. while Others
merely have a heavy sole to the stocking.
The stocking part of the combination
is made in various lengths, from the or
binary knee length to opera lengths and
equestrian tights. With a black bathing
suit these last are very appropriate and
comfortable as well as neat.
*
A woman writing from London says that
the color that will be among the fashion-
able things at a near-at-hand date is
known as mulberry. Mulberry Is a beau
tiful and refined tone and as it will har-
monte so ~graciously with any number of
bright shades I would not be in the least
surprised if the early forecast as to its
popularity proved altogether correct. Null
berry colored straws, with damask roses,
are limited at for the earliest fall wear.
The Linen Chest Catalogue" will prove
a welcome gift to mistresses of well or