The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-21

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not only have rights hut should have re-
gard for the rights of others.
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Then there's the man who crosses his
legs, or sits with them extended. so that
every woman who passes him has to run
the risk of stumbling headlong, and is
certain to soil her dress.
The woman who clutches and claws!
You may be crowded in such wise that
you do not see her, but does she ever
touch your elbow, and say, ALLOW me to
pass, please?'' Never; she elbows and digs
her way through you.
Brother to her in point of hoggish dis
regard for decency is the man who backs
UP against the handrail, and expects you
to climb over his generally mountainous
, figure and tumble off as best you may,
and who looks as if you were taking
leave of your senses when you say,
Permit me to pass" and by ~insinuating
your card case or umbrella behind him,
make his clouded intellect comprehend
that he has the one position an alight-
ing passenger needs above all others, and
and that you desire that he shall move,
not remain where he is.
There are the men and women who cling
to the end seats of open cars, rendering
your ingress and egress not only most
awkward and embarrassing but posi-
lively dangerous. 1t is too much to expect
such people to be altruistic enough to
move along, but at least they might be
civil enough to step onto the running
board and let you on or off.
Street cars are at best often inconven-
lent, but at worst they are something to
flee from. If people who would not re
impolite in {. d-rawing-room would but dis
play a reasonable amount OF consider
alton for others in public vehicles they
would, by comparison with present con-
ditions, seem ideal.
In the December Ladies Home Jour-
nal,' Edward Box, with much satisfac-
ton, notes the strong tendency to coun-
try living, and believes that 1T is one
of the best signs of the times. Moth
ing in the world can keep a man or
woman so young and fresh as to be
able to be in touch each day with the
perpetual freshness and youth of Nature.
Suburban life means more out-of-door
living, and that is what we Americans
all need. We want more exercise, and
suburban living makes that easier. We
want our interest in things Kept fresh,
and that Nature does for us as nothing
else can. The more our busy men see of
Natures restful ways the more restful
will they become. The closer we keep
our children to the soil, the healthier
will they be physically, and the stronger
will they develop mentally. The more
our girls breathe in the pure air winch
God Intended for all, but which man IN
the cities pollutes, the better women we
shall have: the fewer worried mothers
we shall see. The more our young men
see of out-of-door sports the more clear
" will they realize the greatness OF
splendid physical health. The more the
tired housewife sees of lowers and plants
and trees the closer will become her m
terest in all things natural and simple;
| and as she sees the simplicity with when
. Nature works, unconsciously will the les
SON be forced upon her and enter into
her own methods. We all agree that
there is no teacher like Nature herself.
Let us all, then, get as close to her
as possible. Whatever she teaches is
wholesome to the mind and uplifting to
the soul and strengthening to the body.
In the very act of studying her Won
derful ways there is health
One of our greatest m~istakes-one OF
the surest means of losing beauty or fail
ing to cultivate more-is thinking that it
is immaterial how we stand or sit or talk
when we are unobserved. People know
/, when a thing is real, when it is assume
The dislike for posing is so general and
SO quickly aroused that no girl can dare
to risk her beauty by trying It.
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is one of the most condemning things a
girl can rave said Of her. What beauty
she may possess becomes Intellectual.
Galatea's naive remark about her artist
lover having two voices. and two faces,
one for her and one for the world, seems
to apply to a number of girls. Their pos
ing arises from a good source-the wish
to be pleasing-but it is misdirected en-
ergy. If a girl tries to study anu cares
to perfect herself along any line she will
be commended, but if her efforts are made
only at a time when she is visible to the
naked eye she is blamed for nfectation
and conceit. Ones efforts must be con-
%tinuous and undertaken in a worthy
spirit.
God meant woman, it seems light to
suppose. to be the concentrated and con-
~secrated essence of gentle beauty. 1t is
sxary girls duty and her privilege to seek
10 attain the original meaning.
The voice, even more than face or body,
shows the treatment given it. Whining,
gruffness and loud talking make a very
sure impression. No amount of conscious
effort can altogether undo. the evil they
accomplish.
eff, instead of giving the young hom1lies
on vice, and thus directing their attention
constantly to it, they were simply kept
busy at some wholesome work or play
every minute, they would be far more
Thoroughly helped and cleanse than
would be possible in any other manner
in the opinion expressed by Kate Epson
Clark. in January srWoman's Home Com
panion." who claims that most parents
either do not realize the gravity of the
task or are too lazy or incapable to at
tend to it. For young people work IS
worth ali the White Ribbon exhortations
in the world, useful as they may some
times be. The first duty of the rich IS
to be Industrious and to inculcate habits
of industry in their children. If they are
only taught to keep constantly busy in
some useful ennobling employment the
chances of their evolution into honorable
men and women are a million times in
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