The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-14

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But to avoid the dangers, I would advise
all persons as follows:-
.Drink very little water at meal times.
ssDo not drink water with ice in it; but
only water that has been cooled in a re-
fr~igerator.
water may be taken with comparative
freedom when its temperature is not low
er than forty degrees.
when the temperature is less than 80
degrees it should be slipped slowly. A
globeful might be safely imbibed in ten
minutes.
six or eight goblets of water a day
is enough, and it should be taken some
time before or after meals.
observance of these rules would pre-
vent a vast amount of sickness and a
good many deaths.
STRONG men are less liable to injury
from cold water than weaker men, but
even the strongest man may succumb-
This is the case with men exhausted by
heat. overwork. or disease. Their power
of resistance is slight, and ice water IS
likely to have serious, even fatal results
The probability of injury is increased
when the water is taken just before, or
at, or after, a meal.
fDiUpStiOn ceases WHEN lie tSllpOA l
of the stomach falls below % degrees, and
when digestion ceases fermentation soon
begins and the stomach is distended by
gas.
Now, when cold water is poured into
the stomach it ehills not My the stom'
ach itself. but the solar plexus, a mass OF
nerves behind the stomach The snock 10
these nerves affects them much as a dow
would. 1t is carried through the chair Of
nerves known as the sympathetic system
into the brain. It then passes into the
brain areas which control the heart and
respiration, and thence down through the
pnennogastric nerve TO the heart itself,
which receives che full force Of the shock
"A douche 81 cold water in the stomach
may knock out a weak mar just as ef-
fect:xely as Fitzsininons knocked out
Corbett with his famous solar plexus
blow
.sIn persons suffering from intense ia
tigus suca q blow IS sometimes fatal
wirs..a fifteen minutes, but in most cases
thers Is 4 partial or complete recovery.
TIE stomach. however, does not fully re-
sumo its digestive function, but it becomes
warm ard the mass of food in it begins to
give off gas. The heart is still auttering
in an effort to resume work, but these
efforts are embarrassed in three ways
The stomach, aistended by gas, presses
heavily on the heart.
THE food remaining in the stomach
i~rritates the fine nervous flaments that
terminate in the walls of the stomach.
This irritation in turn, acting through
the sympathetic system, drains the nerve
centres in the brain of their force, and
these centres fail to exert their influence
upon the heart. lungs and other organs.
AT the same time the fermented food
sends it's evil properties into the blood.
The results vary according to the
amount of ice water imbibed. and the con-
dition of the victim. Tt may amount to
nothing more than a ~disagreeable feeling
of fulness in the stomach On the other
hand. tae blow may be almost immediate
by fatal. The patient may recover from
the shock after a struggle. Or he may
partially recover, only to succumb to
after Effects
Some of the blue and white organizes
have a golden stripe down the blue bar
and a fancy white cord woven on either
side of the gold bar. The cream-tinted
OISdAfUlcS y SdIQeH party dICSS0S SiO
a design of beautiful passion flowers on
the light background. Other cream
tinted backgrounds have roses in violet
shades, and still others show rich yellow
and mauve tinted pansies.
The imported Swisses are dainty, with
the background of a rich coffee shade,
with white corded and brown polka dots
in the squares thus formed. The bright
green Swisses lave yellow bars and
chenille spots between.
The newest dimities are cool looking.
Blue and white dimities are in high
vogue, with white background and de-
sign in blue of broken checks and zig
gag pattern. Some show the blue and
white in a notified design, like masses
of Clipped ice. This design exactly du-
plicates some of the French summer silks
The same design is shown also in red
and white Some designs have a white
background with little red leaves, which
have been made Jagged and with very ir-
regular edges. All are exceedingly dainty.
There is quite a Juror over the pink and
white striped organdies showing a nation
al blue stripe with a white bar with three
narrow blue lines, and two white silk
cords cross each of the blue bars.
A Wnlte SILK muslin lrOck over iignt
blue. seen at the shore, was exquisitely
painted with panels of wisteria, and the
skirt was founced with white lace. A
cora. pink foulard was oddly treated with
waved bands of white face cloth, piped
with black satin. the Elton Jacket of white
cloth having shirred black muslin revers,
black satin pipings and black satin but
tons, the eravat of white tulie, the blouse
of pink foulard, plain, whereas the skirt
was spotted with white, the hat of black
straw in a Trelawny turban, with punches
of arbutus piled on top.
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Many persons, especially young married
couples who are the happy possessors of
delightful country homes. are deferred
during the summer season from entertain
ing by reason of the expense, which they
fear may be exorbitant. BY the exercise
Of a little forethought and management
the expense may be SO controlled that it
will scarcely be felt. and yet the luncheon
may be amply abundant, as well as deli
cately attractive. AT least a week be-
fore the day set for the luncheon all ex-
ira dishes, silverwsre and table linens
should be brought out, the dishes well
washed, the silver polished and the napery