The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-01

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Imagine thinkings it desirable that our
| children should learn English from wom-
| en- of the class from which foreign nurses
| come. The coarse faces and unrefined
voices OF some of them are evidence
| enough Of the quality of their language.
| Personally. says a writer in the Puritan,
/ should prefer nursemaids' English,
which I could supervise and correct, to
! French and German of the same order, IN
! which 1 should not be so well able to dis
criminate.
Children in America are born such lit-
tie democrats that nothing is more unwise
than to put them under the control Of
people with mo%narchicaI instincts and ira
ditions. A system that works in Eng
land VIII not work here, the conditions
are so different. 1t makes rebel of them
The idea of individual freedom is in the
air. They learn It from other children
with whom they play, if 1t is not instinc-
tive with them. Consequently, a nurse
who attempts to establish an oligarchy
arouses d~issension. Amy American child
of individuality and force will resent I'M
necessary and meaningless prohibitions.
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These may be kept in either plain glass
~ "a VI VA Ill a4ddifuln ~ W1eNA
plants. IT kept In bowls the water,
when possible, should be obtained from
a running stream and be frequently
changed, especially in summer. Fill the
bow three parts full and place in a
cool part of the room, as goldfish cam
not stand my great heat or too much
light. No food should be given. except
ant eggs or a few white millet seed and
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that so many fail in keeping goldfish is
that they overfeed them. About six
eggs to each fish is sufficient. Ordinary
breadcrumbs and flies on no account
must be given. Two or three trumpet
snails may be kept in the water to de-
water plants about three inches deep in
an aquarium place some Single at the
bottom, then a few pieces of charcoal
and some small stones, and, lastly, some
colored shells. Plant some pretty little
water plants abotu three inches deep in
the gravel and shingle. such as frogpit,
water plantains, water milfoil, etc.
When these are established put, the
fish in.
A noted physician says that sulks are
injurious to health and bases his state
men on his own practice. His expert
ence has had led him to believe that many
sufferers from indigestion owe their mis-
fortune to a bad disposition. Good humor
makes good digestion, and lively, even
tempered person escapes many ailments.
The explanation of this is simple enough.
A morose person sits still and sulks, med
itates upon woes rather than blessings,
while the cheerful man or woman moves
about from place OF place. lifts n pushes
things about and keeps the organs In a
healthy state of exercise. Mind has moro
influence over stomachs that we are will
ing to believe, and a pleasant meal will do
more TO keep away the doctor tina you
are aware Of. Dlscomforts Of mind at
meal time affect the nerves which in turn
act upon the stomach, and that important
organization sulks and only half does its
work. This is the strongest plea I have
to offer.
The tall girl differs from a man in not
being proud of her height. She knows a
little girl is more likely to be esteemed
affectionate and loving by the men than
is a tall girl. So she tries to get down to
the loving level.
Then, again, they know that the little
girls have more chance of securing beaux,
for the tall girl must restrict her hopes TO
the average size or tall men. Short men
do not like to go out with girls several
inches taller. and so fall back on the
petite. So, where men are having their
heels made extra high, girls and women
are having theirs lowered. Hence. also.
the fiat hat.
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Burn caused by a hot iron win cease to
pain almost Immediately if a piece of soda
moistened with the tongue is put on. A
seald or burn, if the skin is not broken.
can be cured by placing the burned part
In strong soda water.
Boil greasy tins in soda water once a
week, and use hot soda water for a greasy
| sink.
Put a piece of soda the size Of a walnut
to a teaspoonful of salt, into a basin and
pour on boiling water. Allow dirty
sponges TO stand in this for a short time,
when they Will be quite clean and free
from grease. Rinse in cold water.
s~s
In making cake let the materials be
never at any time a good substitute for
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with poor butter. The sugar need not
necessarily be crushed loaf or perfectly
white. A good article of cake can be
made Of light, snowy sugar; but If a deli
cate and snowy cake is desired then it
must be pure white. and only the whites
of eggs used. The quality of the -four is
also of Importance, as -four which will
make palatable bread viii not always
make good cake. 1t should be sifted and
perfectly dried. The eggs should be well
beaten, and the cake viii be better If the
yolks and whites are beaten separately.
Fruit If used should be carefully prepared.
Up-to-date doctors nave for some time
sounded a warning against the all too
common invalid diet of toast and tea.p
Few things, say they, are harder for the
weakened stomach to digest than hot but
tered toast. Now the physicians warn
ings have received reinforcement from the
French chef at a famous New York cafe,
who says:-sT am no doctor. but If
were / would not let my patients eat hot
buttered toast. I fully believe it causes
as much indigestion as hot griddle cakes.
In this country the average woman eats
hot toast with quantities Of butter on 1t
every day"