The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-25

comes a solid and permanent organlza-
| ton, many long established institutions
| will be abolished, and more humane ones
will take their place. For example,
straps. Who ever saw a car strap long
enough for the little womansto catch hoid
of without having to stand on her tip
toes? The average car strap is designed
for the man or woman whose shoulders
are at about the level of the top OF the
little woman,s head. They are graspeu
in the middle or near the top, winch gives
a firmer hold and a certain amount OF
security, even when the rolling motion OF
the car makes oscillation inevitable.
Then there are longer straps (Which,
by the perversity of Providence, always
seem to find their way into the hands OF
the tall man or woman, who seldom
thinks thinks of passing them on to the
reeling person of five feet three). These
long straps are obviously intended for the
tight sleeved arm of the of the tailor
made woman of five feet six. She can
hang on to one of them without stretch
ing her arm to it's full length, and if she
is a bit above the ideal height she need
merely crook her elbow to be as safe and
graceful and comfortable as any one can
be in such a position.
The case of the woman of five feet
three-she is the average little woman
is almost hopeless when the shortest
strap bangles above the space vouch-
safed to her by the crowd. She has been
been known to bump around gains peo-
pie rather than pull her coat sleeve out N
ambitious attempts to reach the sWay1ng
strap If her umbrella has "a crook handle
it is often called into play, but 1t Is a
slender support at best and costs as
much to replace as the little woman
could hire a cab fors The longer strap
is little better than the short one. Tine
woman of five feet three can just reach 1t
it. but no more. If she IS in good training
she can brace herself to Irvine two fingers
through the loop, but ordinarily burdened
as she is with a boa and a muff and a
cfose-itting coat, she considers herself a
child of fortune if she manages to Sc.
one finger across the leather safety-line.
The high-seated chairs used in some no.
tells are veritable stools of repentance, too,
but when it comes to downright physical
peril and anguish of soul the street-car
strap has first place.
Another grievance of the little woman
is that she is. debarred from buying
ready-made clothes. and that the smart
fashions are not for her, or can be worn
only in abridged versions, as it were. But
in this last trial she is buoyed up by the
knowledge that the stout woman suffers
even more than she. The smart fashions
are made for the towering, but the pretty
ones are for the slender, and it is balm
to the soured soul of the little woman to
observe that the stout woman is very
| often what the d-ressrnakers call the ideal
height-for a slender figure.
Few plants in the window garden will
bloom much during the usually cloudy
weather of December, says "Harper's
Bazar.s Indeed. few will make much
growth during this period. But witt
the advent of the new year, and tht
sunshine which generally character
ICES the season after the holidays
plants will begin to put forth foliage ant
buds. and by February they viii be a
their best, if they are given proper care,
Many persons who grow plants think te
start growth by feeding them with ricf
food. They apply this or that fertilizer
IN liberal quantities. and look for inmedi-
ate and satisfactory results. In most
cases they are sorely disappointed. In
stead of encouraging tagging slants &c
vigorous and healthy development. theil
treatment is productive Of serious injury,
because the plants, being dormant. OF
nearly so, are not in a condition to ap-
propriate the food furnished them. It af-
fects them precisely as rich food affects
the stomach Of a person who is not able te
assimilate or digest it. Often plants arc
killed outright by this mistaken kindness
on the part of their owners The pro9el
time, and the only time when it is safe
to give fertilizers. is when a plant is grow
ing. Then, and then only. can it maxi
good use of it. But at such times bt
careful about giving it in excessive guam
titles.
Overlooking is often as harmful as un'
derfeedfng. A plant can be fed to dealt
as well as starved to death. If prepared
fertilizers are used, follow the direction:
carefully which are given on the pack
ages. If bone meal is used, a teaspoonfu
to a six or seven inch pot will be suffi
cient, and the application should not bI
repeated oftener than once in six week:
during the period of the plants most ac
tive growth Dig it into the soil abou
the roots of the plant, but do not let i
come into immediate contact with tn
young and delicate roots. If prompt re
suits are desired, be sure to get that which
is finely ground. Coarse bone meal is {
long time IN dissolving. If liquid manur'
is used, let it be the color of weak tea
Use 1t once a week. Apply enough to sat
urate all the soil in the pot.
Plants in the living room generally sui
, fer greatly at this season from the dry
/ ness and excessive heat of the atmos
. phere. Furnaces and stoves seem to burr
all vitality out of the air, unless grea
E precautions are taken to impart some de
gree of moisture to it. Pan of waite
. can be kept on the stove or register t
give off, by evaporation, a steady suppl.
t of moisture. If care is taken to fill then
as fast as the water is dissipated, and i
the plants are showered daily, a degree 0
3 humidity will result which will make tn
atmosphere congenial to the plants in tn
!, window, and their growth and develop
6 ment will be far healthier than it can pos
sibly be in a room where nothing is don
8 to modify the Objectionable condition
which prevail there. Look the windoy
gardens of your friends over carefully
! and you will find that in nine out of tei
of them the plants are making a rapid Blu
: weak growth. This is because they ar
4 forced to an unhealthy development b
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