The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-16

ganuS q propOrtlCnately hign salary tSne
should know how to write any form of
note that the requirements Of good So
ciety might call for; should know how
to accept or decline every form of in
v~itation, and should possess a knowledge
of an additional language, preferably
French. A communication, IL one lived
up to the letter of good form, should be
answered in the language in which it Is
delivered. In Washington many members
Of the diplomatic corps send out their
invitations in the court language. French.
There is also an extensive system of
bookkeeping pertaining to the duties of
the private secretary. There is a visiting
list to be kept, with the dates of calls
made and those returned, a record of
dinners, luncheons and evening functions
given. and a similar record of those to
which invitations have been received,
with an additional note to be made of ac-
~ceptances n regrets"
$50
/. Choice of Sick Room-Choose a
bright, large and cheerful room. and one
with a fireplace; but have very little fur
niture and very few ornaments, says the
Philadelphia Press"
/ 2. Fresh Afr-The air the patient
breathes should be very pure. An open
window and a fire are the best means of
ventilation. Keep the room ~scrupulously
clean. Us a damp buster.
8. Quietness in Sick Room-Avoid all
noise; but there should be no whispering.
In extreme cases pieces Of coal should be
wrapped in paper, and a wooden poker
used.
4. Flowers in Sick Room-Many say
flowers should be kept away from sick
rooms, lest they exhaust the air. That
is the case with some flowers. as lilies
and llacs. but a few roses or violets will
prove to- be reviving to weary eyes and
depressed spirits.
5. Sick Room Nufsing-The nurse should
never stand at the head of the bed, but
where she can easily be seen. The nurse
must have great patience and be firm in
carrying out the doctors orders. She
should be tidy in appearance. She should
never argue with the patient.
6. Reading to the Sick-If the patient
desires reading. or if reading aloud is not
trying 10 the nerves, it should be done
elowIy. Never hurry or raise the voice
unduly. "
I. Food-Food should be given punctual-
ly. Milk is a perfect food In acute
| cases of -inffammatory diseases iced milk
| is of the greatest advantage, but the use
Of ice in any form must not be pushed too
! far. so as to lower the temperature of the
patient unduly. The juice of meat ex-
tracted with cold water is nourishing.
Weak patients should never be left more
than two hours without food. Let it be
well cooked and daintily served-variety
is good. Never leave food at the invalid's
bedside.
8. Washing the Patient-It is good for
a patient to be washed, as the skin has
| work to do and must be kept in working
order. washing allays thirst, lessons
| fever, soothes the nerves and induces
sleep.
9. Medicine-This should be given
punctually. Always shake the bottle.
| Read the label Always give medicine
! in a clean glass. Aperients are given be-
fore food; tonies are given after food.
10. Poultices-If no special orders are
| given. poultices are made of linseed.
Warm a basin and knife, pour in basin
water quite boiling, sprinkle in meal with
the left hand. stirring briskly with the
| knife in right. When the mixture is
thbck enough turn on to a piece of
aannelette. and spread evenly. Change
every IOQT Uut 90
flannel is safer as a home remedy h
not poultices. saturate a piece of old
flannel with oil, heat it, and apply over
chest, covered with wadding.
The usual way people set about stop
ming worry is a wrong one" writes Mary
EBoaraman Page in the September La
dies, Home Journal That is Why it is
81 unsuccessful. Ii a doctor tells a pa
tent he must stop worrying, the pa
tien+ is likely to say impatiently:-Oh,
Doctor. don't I wish that I could! But
7 can't. If I could have stopped worry
ing a year ago / would not be i'll now!-
All Of which is probably perfectly true.
And the doctor does not always know
how to help him, because both doctor
and patient have an idea that it is pos
sibIe to repress worry through an effort
of the will. This is a mistake. 1t Is not
nossible TO repress worry. You have got
10 replace it with something else.
.Ie me illustrate this by a figure. Sup
nose you were to go into a completely
dark room. wishing it to be light. How
would YOU set about the work? Would
YOU try to scoop the darkness up in
buckets and carry it out at the door? Not
at all. You would Just open the win
doyvs and shutters and let in the blessed
sunlight. You would replace the darkness
with light. So it is with worry. The
only possible way to get rid Of it is to
replace the worry attitude of mind with
the attitude. And this can al
ways be done when the person is sin
cere and patient in his desire to bring
it about. All he has to do Is to be passive
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