The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-16

| comes a word of warning for the house
hunter, says the Washington Star"
In the first place, if you are compara-
lively comfortable in a house whose SAM
tary conditions are all that can be ex-
| pected, stay there. Here at least It's
| better to endure the Ills you have al
ready accustomed yourself to than NY to
| others you know not Of" If you feel thai
you must go, however, look carefully be-
fore you leap.
Go into no place where there has been
| a ease of consumption, unless positively
| assured that it has been carefully fumi-
| gated and freshly painted and papered.
| Walk round about the walls of the house
on which you have your eye and see II
| the foundations have settled in the yard.
| or if there are patches of green or black
mold, or ominous damp spots reeking
| with moisture, to cry .Beware!' Let any
| one live in such a house and become de-
| bilitated by the constant presence OF
moisture. and there will follow sickness.
Good macaroni should be cream-colored
and when broken should not split. After
' boiling in water equal to eight times its
bulk. turn into a colander n run cold
water over it to prevent the pieces stick
ing together. In ~scalloping, put a layer
of macaroni in the buttered pudding dish,
then one of grated cheese and one of
white sauce, sailing and peppering a
layer of macaroni and cheese. Repeat
until the dish is full, then cover with
| a tablespoonful of bread crumbs stirred
in a teaspoonful of melted butter. Allow
half the amount of grated cheese that
you have of macaroni.
A French cooking teacher in advocat-
ing the use of copper kitchen utensils
has sounded a word of warning against
putting them or any other dishes used in
cooking away in dark closets. Keep them
where there is a fresh circulation of pure
air, she says, and give no chance for
germs to find a Judgment. Copper sauce
pans are expensive in the first place. but
they never scorch, are clearly and if
FURNISHED every day with an extra clean
Ing once a week, will last twenty-five
years without a need of renewal.
We know nothing of the trials, sor-
rows and temptations of those around us.
of pillows wet with sobs, of the life
tragedy that may be bidder behind a
smile, of the secret cares, struggles and
worries shat shorten life and leave their
mark in hair prematurely whitened, and
in character changed and almost recre-
ated in a. few days, says the Saturday
Evening Post"
We say sometimes to one who seems
calm and smiling? You ought to be
supremely happy; you lave everything
that heart could wish. 1t may be that
at that very moment the person is pass
ing alone through some agony of sor-
row, where the teeth seem almost to bite
into the lips in the attempt to keep feel
ings under control, when life seems a
living death from which there is no re-
lief. Then these light, hippant phrases
jar upon US, and we seem as isolated
and separated from the rest of humanity
as if we lived on another planet.
Let US not dare to add to the burden
of another the pain of our judgment. If
we would guard our lips from express
in~ we must control our mind, we must
stop this continual sitting in Judgment
on the acts of others, even in private.
Let US by daily exercises in self control
learn to turn the process of Judging
as we would turn off the gas. Let US
eliminate pride, passion, personal feel
ing, prejudice and pettiness from our
mind, and higher. purer emotions will
rush in, as air seeks to fill a vacuum
Charity is not a formula; it is an at
mosphere. Let us cultivate charity in
| judging; let us seek to draw out latent
good in others rather than to discover
hidden evil. 1t requires the eye of char
ity to see the ~undeveloped butterfly in
the caterpillar. Let US, if we would rise
to the full glory of our privilege, to the
dignity of true living, make for our
watchword the injunction of the supreme
| charity of the wor1d-"Judge not"
So
1t is very usual now to nave a little ad-
mixture of fruit in table decoration, es-
pecially in the centre. A compotier or
china basket Of mandarin oranges serves
as a bit of glowing color; or if a woman
has a dozen beautiful peaches they make
a charming centre. Formerly, a little
| delicate moss of lycopodium was placed
among and between them; but this season
they must have small tied-up punches of
flowers, such as Parma violets, forget-me-
nots or tiny white rose-buds.
All receptacles for flowers should be
| clear glass or white him Some women
have sets of Belleek, but it is rare n
valuable.
The correct thing is to have little lace
-mats-reany good lace, such as handmade
guipure or heavy torehon-under every
plate, carafe, deeanter, dessert dish or
basket of fruit or flowers.
A favorite form of table decoration in
Paris this spring is to place a tall vase
! or basket of fruit or flowers in the very
centre of the table. and from it carry
out the flowers in the shape of an elon-
gated x. The pink and white camellias
| that nave been all the rage have been
perfect for this purpose, as the sprays,
with their firm blossoms and glossy
green leaves, could be laid carefully on
the cloth, and were not very easily dis
placed.
Satin of an ivory white holds its own
year after year as a favorite material for
a wedding gown, says "Harper's Bazar.'
1t may be covered with lace, trimmed
with lace founces, or it may Gas has been
the case with two or three wedding
| own turned out recently be absolutely
| plain, with only a bit around the neck. In
| each and every case 1t Is an exquisite ma
| terial for the purpose. The long lines oil
the train that is now part of every we'd
ding gown show the beauty of the fabric
to the best advantage, while the lace or