The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-25
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WOMAN'S WORLD.
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| held her body erect be easily up 10 theAr
work, and would it hot be natural for
her to be erect or not?
Looking at a girl SO trained con-
I tinued Mr.. Blaikie, "do we not recall
Emerson's saying that In all human
action those faculties will be strong
which are used?" She has been intelli-
gently using certain parts of her body
and limbs for many years; not violently,
not OVERRIDING them. but nationally.
This built them up and made
strong. precisely as it did for her brother,
| who ran with her in all these daily
+, stretches. Her most important muscle,
her heart-thus, also trained to strong.
steady, sensible, but~never violent, daily
exercise-gained steadily in quality,
strength, and endurance. In short, she
has an educated heart, educated lungs,
| educated limbs.
And it has brought her many other
good -things-sunny, buoyant, radiant
health-a feeling of equality to every
demand; a magnetism, a personal cnarm
that none but really healthy have or
know. Bright eyes, blooming complexion,
a brain fed with healthy blood-not the
sickly or well-nigh worthless article
make herr better fitted for all the mental
work she may be called upon to do"
A very good opportunity for the dis
play of taste in the arrangement Of a
room is afforded by the use of the num-
berless tables that now seem to be abso-
! lutely necessary. They vary in size,
shape, and material, and it is possible to
have quite a collection in one drawing
room. provided the drawing-room is
large enough. Very beautiful are some
of them and the displayed
upon them may cost a kings ransom or
a very small sum, says Harper's "Ba-
Ear"
There are, of course, the glass tables,
on which are kept rare collections of
miniatures and heirlooms. In the time
of our grandmothers there were a great
many small mahogany tables of odd
shapes with carved feet, and evidently
the idea in those days was to have the
wood ofsthe tables of as perfect a grain as
possible.
A great many of these tables have
been found in secondhand shops or
stored away in attics. They have been
brought forward, highly polished, and
now form one of the moost prominent ar
ticles of furniture in up-to-date drawing
rooms. There are, too, the Engllsn
tables of the inlaid woods, together with
any number of rosewood. mahogany and
s%atinwood, each in itself beautiful, and
i work OF art.
But it is in deciding what shall be
placed on these tables that an opportu-
tunity is offered for the display of inoi-
vidual taste. One table devoted entirely to
silver ornaments is always an addi-
ton to the drawing-room. Then there IS
now in every ~well-appointed sitting
room, If not library, "a desk, or rather a
writing table, fitted up with everything
that is n-ecessary-and often a great deal
that is unnecessary-to the carrying on
of correspondence.
Another table is frequently devoted to
/ photographs in all kinds and varieties of
4 photograph frames. Another small table
can be kept for rare pieces of bric-a-
brac; but the great objection of this last
is that it is apt to give one the impress
sion of a bargain sale display. However,
it may be only an evil mind that would
think of it in that light.
One very good feature in the family
living-room is the large table, no longer
allowed in the centre of the room. but
pushed to one side, or even against the
! wall. On this are piled the books and
magazines; the last so arranged, one
over the. other, that the title and date
of each shows, SO that one may pick up
the number wanted without looking
through the entire pile. On such a table
as this there Should be nothing but the
! magazines, books and a good reading
lamp, together with a paper-cutter of
good size, an ash-receiver, and, if posi-
| Bile, a vase of cut flowers to add the
needed touch of daintiness.
! At a recent very pretty "at-home" the
sandwiches were of three varieties-let-
tuce leaves dipped in mayonnaise and put
between thin slices of Boston brown
bread, chopped nuts made into a paste
with whipped cream, and cream cheese,
each filling being used with sandwich
bread. Each variety was cut in a differ
ent shape-trefoils of the brown bread,
diamonds and rings of the other two, each
sort piled on it's own plate and occupying
a separate shelf on the basket tray in
which they were handed round. These
trays, it may be added, simplify greatly
the service of passing refreshments N
such occasions. Fancy shapes in sand
witches are made with sharp tin cutters
/ supplied for the purpose at the house
furnishing shops. The sandwich is filled
before it is cut.
With the protection of the new sink
strainer, if kitchen pipes become clogged
and closed it is safe to conclude that ser
want and plumber are in league against
the family pocket-book. Three-sided, it
fits close in the sink corner, where it is
held in place by loops. The front is perfor-
ated to carry off liquids, leaving all
scraps, sediment, etc, in the bottom. Its
ready convenience mo be estimated.
A new presentation which appeals forci-
bly, to the mistress on the girls day out is
the sink cleaner. Tray and shovel COM
bined. it is, in the words of the circular,
Meat, clean, and handy" "How Bridget
ever got along without it," is the query
of the woman. to whom the comfort of
proper kitchen utensils is apparent.
So
The reason a blow on the ear may do
irreparable injury is hat the air, being
driven suddenly and violently against the
drum of the ear might rupture the mem
brane and cause incurable deafness, says
the Ladies' Home Journal" The cars
should never be pulled nor meddled with
in any urav ayoanf 10 wach fhen in tho