The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-17


One philadelphia girl who has a new
idea for everything is planning a tea
table set in glass. Glass cups, bowls, pitt
chers. almond dishes. The effect Is de-
lightfuliy cool looking. Glass ailments
small enough for this use are easily pick
ed up with the Important additional virtue
of coming cheap.
An entire silver set is another note.
Glass, with silver settings. is also seen.
White with green bands and white with
gold bands are other favorites.
Then. too. a girl who knows has
prophesied that no clever tea table for
this year at least will be without patriotic
flag spoons.
Chronic indigestion is sure, sooner or la
ter. to be followed by disturbances of the
motor apparatus of the digestive track.
usually affecting more particularly the
stomach, which reacts less readily to
stimulation. There results a condition of
impaired secretion. plus a greater or less
degree of muscular atony, which must be
combated ait an early stage if We wish to
avoid an incurable degree of gastric dila-
tation. Among the remedies at our dis
posal, hot drinks have of late years, at
tanned considerable vogue, says the"Medi-
cal Press"
The ingestion of tepid fluids exerts a
marked sedative action on the gastric
mucous membrane, and often relieves the
painful sensations following meals in
chronic dyspepsia. Less recognized per-
haps is the influence of hot drinks on the
motor functions of the stomach. In the
ordinary course of events. nothing re-
mains in the stomach six hours after a
meal, and the presence of alimentary de-
bris after that period indicates the pres
ence of some degree of muscular paresis-
This condition of things may be greatly
benefited by the use of hot water, with
or Immediately after meals; but in chronic
cases, permanent benefit al only be OBJ
tanned by perseverance. the treatment
methodically carried out for some
months.
AS might be anticipated the hot water
treatment does not ameliorate the secre-
tory defects in the same degree as the
muscular weakness, but by maintaining
the stomach in a hygienic condition we
may, at any rate, hope to check further
degradation in the peptic glands. The
temperature of hot drinks should be from
1G5 degrees to 10 degrees Fahrenheit, and
their employment is specially indicated in
cases of hyperacidity associated or not
with some degree of gastric dilation.
Never, as you value the happiness of
your family, undertake a strawberry
shorteake unless you know all there is to
learn about the preparation of this deli
cacy.
The sweet cake and strawberry combin-
alton is an apology for the real article.
A crust must be made and a very delight
full bit of paste it should be. Nothing in
the way of pie crust, but just the most
perfect biscuit dough-. with a little more
shortening than is required in this mix
ture.
Now comes the question do you mash
your berries and pile them between the
crusty bread? If so, unless the short
cake is eaten within five minutes your
cake is dough, indeed, and all the pleas
ure of your feast is utterly destroyed.
Send untouched the shortcake as hot
as hot can be to- the table Serve each,
person with a slice when it can quickly
be buttered and the berries, mashed and
sugared, may then be spread over the
short bread. In this way the dampen-
ing process. SO depressing when it as
sumes the soggy state. is avoided. You
have a shortbread crisp and vet sufh-
GENTLY favored with the berries.
Piling whole berries on the top of the
bread is merely a matter of fancy. 1t
adds certainly to the attractiveness OF
the dish. The many recipes given for
this table delicacy call for a lavish
spreading of mashed fruit between the
crusts, and many of them ask that this
be lone at least twenty minutes before
serving. A mistake which can be easily
rectitied by following the plan here sug-
gested.
: For liquid manure in ordinary, and
every garden should be fed with it. pre-
pare a barrel as for an ash leach-that is,
bore holes at one side just above the bot
tom. Place this on a board sloping slight
ly, and with three grooves cut and meet
ing at the outside edge opposite to the
holes. In the barrel place four inches of
pot sherds, broken croekery clamshells
and the like. cover with four inches of
coarse hay or straw, and cover with
leaves. Into the barrel put chicken man
ure, horse droppings, night soil, wood
dS1oS. UOIeS dtlQ L u anu ROoA
over it wash water and dish water. A
lard tub under the footboard will catch
the drippings, and for which the plants
will return their thanks in growth. One
dose of this each will be all that is re-
duired. For light sandy soil some make a
nail hola or two in condensed milk cans,
sink them beside the plant and fill them
with the liquid once or twice a week.
This way is especially good for pickle and
melon vines. An inch or two of earth
over the mass in the barrel will prevent
odors from escaping, and a sack or piece
of carpet or light board will keep out
flies.
A lady in the western part of the State,
whose flowers in the garden and in the
eleven hanging baskets of her porch are
the admiration of passers-by and the envy
Of hei. neighbors. gives all the credit for
them to the manure leach she has in a
green painted barrel hidden behind a
morning glory covered screen of chicken
wire, stretched in q semi-circle 0
four poles.
without doubt, says the Woman's
Home Companion, we are started on the
road to tight-fitting bodices once more,
and the autumn will see street gowrs
made in this style, which is necessarily
the proper accompaniment for the
sheath-rfke skirt that now has a hold on