The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-08

prizes Will of course. be finer still. and
there will be ices. fake. tea, and bouilloa
served all the afternoon. These bad
hinton clubs meet sometimes in the
Afternoon and sometimes in the evening
They are supported by subscription
from the members of the clab-tea doi-
lars each for seven meetings.
Some of the girls who are fond Of music
as Il diversion have organized banjo
clubs, TO meet at one another's house
during Eent., Banjo-playing is becoming
quite a fad again.
AT one time il was the mandolin. then
the guitar: Row the Young people have
gone back to the banjo with renewed
vigor. and all the girls who do not know
how to play are learning Consequently
we hear of at least four club having
been started for Lem One of these
clubs, which is composed OF six girls and
six men. all good musicians, will meet
every Thursday evening. They will play
the popular melodies of the day. comic
songs, etc, entirely by ear. Another
club has been formed by girls who do not
know how to play very wen. They have
a good teacher, a coiored man. who is
giving them lessons once a week at the
different houses, and although so fer they
had but three meetings, they can pick
the strings" already with great dexterity
There is something very attractive abor
the playing of the banjo, and it is NJ
wonder thai the girls have gone back to
it.
Kitishima Kata HASH, the name of the
clever japanese girl. who, under the pen
name of Otono W-atanna-which means
precisely the same thing. although the
two names belong to different Japanese
dialeets-in winning fame and fortune as
a writer of verse and short stories. She
is still under twenty-five.
In Montreal the little Japanese exile
received such of her education as has not
been self-acquired. Shortly after en-
tering upon her teens the young girl, al
ready a prolific writer and a constant
contributor to various periodicals, taught
herself stenography and typewriting. Her
success in this line may be inferred from
the fact that at sixteen she was sent out
to the West Indies to fill the position of
court reporter and correspondent for the
NEWSLETTER" of Kingston, Jamaica.
While doing this work she was the only
woman allowed to be present at the ses-
sions of the British Parliament, and her
reports. while strictly precise and official,
We're so brilliant. sarcastic and witty as
to call general attention toward the UNI
assuming and girlish writer.
A severe attack of yellow fever weak
ened her constitutional o such an extent
thai it became absolutely necessary for
her to leave the country, and hat put an
end to this work.
1t is in short story and verse writing
that Miss Watanna finds the work for
which she is best suited. A collection of
her short stories is in a Chicago publish
er's hands awaiting publication, and this
work is expected to appear shortly. A
Japanese novel. unpublished as yet, is
also being prepared for publication and
dramatization at the present time, and
will shortly be presented TO the literary
world in both forms. From time to time
also stories signed s'Otono Watannar
nave appeared in various Chicago and
Eastern magazines and periodicals.
"Oil is always required for lubricating,
and the human machine is not an ex-
ception," says Mrs. 8. T.. Rorer, telling
how dyspepsia may be cured, in the
March Ladies' Home Journal" Fats,
however, must in cases of intestinal in
digestion be used sparingly and careful
ly. Ten drops of pure olive oil once a day
may be taken either after the noon or
night meal. 1t may be put on a piece of
bread and thoroughly m~asticated. Well
made butter is an exceedingly good form
of fat, but should be used without salt.
A teaspoonful of cream taken slowly,
held in the mouth and then swallowed,
will also answer the purpose. e in
mind that a small quantity of any one
of these frequently administered is much
more easily borne thar the whole quan-
tity at a single dose
80
The stylish umbrella is one that can
be rolled as small as possible. This de-
ponds much more on the knowing just
how to roll the umbrella than on any
umbrella, except. of course, it must be a
light one of fine silk. A girl whose neat,
trim umbrella is an object of admiration
among her friends says that she has
studied the art and to roll an umbrella
| close it is necessarysto hold the points
of the sticks in the right hand, Their
with the other to take hold of the other
end of the umbrella and squeeze tight,
let the hand slip, little by little, while
the stick end is being turned by the
| right hand. In this way a firm, tight roll
will be made without a fold. and will
look very slender.
50
The popular checked cheviots reappeal
in very light, delicate shades of mignon-
cite, green, blue. mauve, old rose, OF
fawn, in fffth-of-an-inch squares. alter
mating with white, and will be used fol
travelling, walking and cycling dresses
Dappled cheviots show several shades o.
one color, with white, violet and greer
being first choice among these; Their
blue, brown and an odd and pretty shad
of amethyst, which last autumn was
classed among the popular dahlia tints
| Other dappled cheviots are of a single
color. with 4 pronounced effect impaired
by a rough, bourette-like weaving of tht
| silk and wool threads.
There should be a very high chair oil
| stool and avery low chair III every kitch'
/ en-. Plain ironing and much other SINH
I lar work could be done seated at a great
saving OF strength to the worker. The
low chair is useful to watch some process
on the stove which needs close attention
If the maid will not take advantage >o1
these convenience they might at leasi
hc nravided for the use of the mistress