The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-22
In Woman's World.


Happiness presented to us in the guise
of a duty is the substance of an article
by Eliza Calvert Hall in the current NUM-
Der of Mind" She says in part
ITO be happy is to enter the kingdom
of heaven as little children. 'The kingdom
of heaven is of those who are easily
pleased. who love and who give pleasure
If you are putting off the day OF happl-
ness until you get a diamond necklace,
or a new velvet carpet, or a Satsunla vase
or a fur lined cloak, or a polnt lace
founce, or a handful of fame, or a purse
full of gold, you are very likely TO dle
miserable. If you are going to thro"
away your pessimism and be happy, now
is the accepted time-now is the day OF
salvation.
.If you are going to be happy there IS
no use waiting for the time When there
will be no homework. There IS some
thing morally wrong about the woman
that does not enjoy making things clean;
every genuine woman knows the bliss lh2t
comes from looking at a spotless pedrooh',
parlor, dining room and kitchen. suppose
from this day you begin to look upon Inc
broom and ~scrubbing brush as a means
of happiness. Think no more OF the outy
of housework, but consider rehglously
that it is your duty to be happy While
doing your housework, and because Oh
that very work. Every day then VIII nave
one large occasion for happiness, even
though Wealth goes by IN the other slae
of the street. Health stands on the door
step and will not enter, and you are ohly
one of the thousands of commonplace per-
! sons IN the world. !.
IF you are a reading pessimist, take
your daily food for Il means of happiness,
just as children take theirs. AS for morn
ing skies. summer rain and all the resi- CT
Natures marvels-these were meant to be
a source of perpetual ecstacy to US, ana
would be so if we had not Wandered 80
far from Nature that she is a stranger
ana We are aliens. The woman that can
not find in d glorious sunset d higher nap
piness tnan she gets from a new silk gown
is not wo1tny of the gown. If she can
not enjoy the :r~eal grass n ca1oais
in SPINS mere. eSaLse she has to wear
her last years .onnet on Easter sunday
she is a poor. mean, commonplace eEea-
ture VINO needs 10 be born AGAIN III ei-
der to know the secret OF happy iiYihs
that takes one into the kingdom q asaVsSl
right here on earth.
II know Il incthef who trains her little
children to observe all the leautifni PIE
nsn.ena 81 satur the sunset, the sunrise,
tho purple mist on the hills, the snaao"s
Of CLOUDS on The landscape, the tinl@ or
flowers, the soEtress ana grace OF bios
sonlIng grass; ana she IS laying thus,
broad and deep. The founda-ion lor 4 nap
p.ness that all the storms aad stress OF
after lie viii rot be able to destroy
Happiness is an arr. 1t can be taught
4 lust as we each music ana pasitsng. or
we can call Il Il nabit Of m nc. Nsnich may
be acquired just as we nave acquired -
opposite habit of u~nhappiness, and me
gain is beyond computation. Happiness
in your heart means beauty ana healtn II
your body and prosperity in The utWafd
+ circumstances OF your life. How many
successful pessirlists do you know! AR,
! but I hear you say, "A MAJ is an opti-
mist because ne is successful On the
contrary. my friend, there is a great body
Of evidence. that goes to show thar hle2
are successful because. they are optlInlsts.
But. however that may be, it is worm
while to make the experiment. Just begin
20 cultivate the plant Happiness as as
s duously as you nave bene cuitivatlng TIE
miami Misery. and see if the world viii
not blossom out into a great flower gar
den."
Tears are the common heritage of the
human race, and if anybody should ask
whence they come and where they go
there would be displayed a surprising
- ;rporanre ahpllf a. VprV simple
subject.
For example it is generally known
that our eyes are always wet with
tears? Not only when we weep, but al
ways. Our tears are flowing constantly,
even when we sleep, over our eyeballs;
and were this flow to cease for a single
hour miserable indeed would the pos
SCISSOR.
When we weep and the tears roll down
our cheeks we are simply SUBJECT TO an
overflow of lachrymal fluid.
Now arises the question which the
reader may ask:-If the tears which run
down our cheeks are an overflow, what
happens to the ordinary or natural flow
which is going on constantly?
Let us begin at the right place.
At the outer corner of every eye is a
| RldnC-LQe HIGHT ludl-WliSh
under the overhanging bone of the fore
head. This organ excretes, or manufac-
lures, the fluid, which flows over the
eyeball to the inner corner, and there 1t
~sappear through a little orifice, whence
it is conducted to the nostril. That is
why you demand SO many extra hand
kerchiefs when you have a cold.
Now comes the question:-How do the
tears find their way to your nose?
If you will examine your eye in the
mirror you will find a small
Upon the lower eyelid near the nose.
Place your finger upon the lower eyelid
Just below this small elevation, SO as to
turn it outward
Then you will see a small hole, like a
pin prick, and there you have found the
little passage which conducts. the tears
into the nostril.
Sometimes this little orifce becomes
INSTRUCTED from various causes. and
then the unfortunate subject of that
anatomical hold-up weeps persistently
and constantly until he is relieved. In
such cases of obstruction it is some-
times odd to see the sufferer drying his
eyes with one Of his numerous hand
kerchiefs and at the same time laugh