The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-17

ltOI0LQY MdQQOA, III IL
ouirer." The days are SO fleeing for the
MANY. many things that ought to be done.
a hurried feeling is more fatiguing than
all fhe work going. The feeling comes too
often from downright negligence in
guarding moments that are priceless.
with some women, to resolve to under
stand how time is won is a victory at the
start, With others the effort is perfume
tory. The miserable habit of dawdling IS
as hard to get rid of as opium eating.
1t becomes a vicious enemy from which
escape appears hopeless, an enemy pursu-
ing US to the grave. 1t is an enemy
which makes slaves OF the best OF US
Women whose real duties are multiplied
should set apart at least one hour a day
for their own, and this hour should be
spent in doing absolutely nothing. Even
a good, hard think should be tabooed.
Ii the sixty minutes cannot be hlened'
then thirty, and cut to fifteen they are
not to be despised. 1t is the short stop
that allows domestic machinery and the
one who keeps it in revolution a chance
to cool off.
1t is hopeless to argue out the rest
theory with women not accustomed TO
systematizing work, if they are their "
taskInistresses. When they are employed
system becomes part OF their edueatlon.
Where the employer marks out a time
limit the fightiest mind will manage 10
grasp its obligations, but leave women
their own guidance, and there is trouble.
They fail to be good to themselves.
They go, as they express It, until they
haven't a leg to stand on There are on
this workaday earth women trying to XIII
time. No dime museum freak is SO genu-
inc a curiosity to those OF US with hardly
a chance for a good. long breath.
Imagine" cogitates a busy soul, the
feeling Of peace that must be experienced
by ANYBODY who can get up in the morn
ing and not feel rushed"
She is to be envied. As a rule all
women are victims of a hurrying age, the
rich women because society and philan-
tfsropy are Juggling at their skirts, the
poor women because there must be a con-
slant scramble for bread. the medium
class because not content with the goods
the gods give, they are striving to leave
far behind them the poyerty-stricken
ones. and get as near as possible to their
richer %neighbors in style of dress and IN
manner of living. The awful strain keeps
them strung up to the highest pitch.
L. is the medium class, however, to be
commiserated. The fatigue amongst such
women is pitiless. There is always the
working woman's side, and with it is an
attempted social side as well.
1t is our aping, our constant aping, h
makes us long to stretch out the days.
Were they elastic they would be for some
of US never ending.
AS it is. our eyes are open long after
~ - 1t,17H ha cb11t The
daily nap is avoided as If it were a dis
ease, and where routine work is ignored
moments are trlfled away to the utter
undoing of the trifier. The hurry. the
scurry is sure to eome-that vexing scurry
which leaves the poor body in a state beg
CARING description.
Treasure the morning hours, they are
the best. Never undertake more than can
be reasonably accomplished. Try for
mental tranquility, for physical stamina,
by refusing to endure that pushed-te-the-
wall sensation which stirs the nerve CEN
tres into an aching throb, an agony h
must be endured to be understood.
There will be considerable work to do
In the garden this month in getting 1t
ready for winter, says "Harper's Bazaar.
Go over it and gather up and remove all
the debris which has collected in the
flower beds. Cus down the dead stalks
of the p~erennials, and pull UP what is
left of the ANIMALS, and burn all refuse
of this kind, or bury it, where it will
decay and help to f~ertilize the soil of
the garden. There may be no flowers
during the winter, but n~eatness should
prevail where they have been. Store
away nower-stalks and t~rellises, and
give to all plants needing it such protee-
ton as was advised in a former article.
Now is a good time to prune any shrubs
which were neglected during the summer
when they were making growth If too
thick, thin them out, SO that the branch
es you leave may have room for healthy
development. Remove all weak or in
jured wood. If the plant is awkward in
shape trim it into more symmetrical
form. But-be sure of the character of
your plant. Prune no shrub in fall which
blooms in spring from buds formed this
season. Only plants which produce flow
ers on a growth Of branches made next
spring should be pruned now.
Cut the clematis back to within two or
three feet of the ground, and lay down
that portion Of stalk which you leave,
and cover it well.
It is an excellent plan to put manure
about all herbaceous plants in fall 1t
not only furnishes a sort of protection,
but its fertilizing properties are set free
by fall rains, and are absorbed by the
soil to the benefit of the plant. In spring
what is left can be dug into the soil.
Plants in the window garden should