The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-10-17
H ONE and PHYSIQUE.
Discussed By Club Women
Yesterday at Hasbrouck
Institute.

From present indications the Home
Department Of the Woman's Club prom
Uses to be one Of the brightest and most
useful Of all the subdivisions which
that body of three hundred women has
created. It's chairman is Miss Louisa
M. Edge, and yesterday the department
hello its first meeting, aside from the
organization last spring.
Yesterdays meeting proved to be most
interesting. There was no reserve among
the members and everybody took an
active part in the discussions, which fol-
lowed the two papers, one on 1.-THE
Home BY Mrs. A. ]. Newbury. and one
on How to Develop a Perfect Physique
BY Miss Edge.
Mrs. Newbury, after dwelling on the
beauty of the subject awarded her. said
she did not agree with Webster in his
definition of home. Dryden said she,
gives it. home is the sacred refuge of
our life.' To dwell. to reside, to abide does
not express it. To live, does, and Mr..
Webster,s definition of the word
live proves 1t. To make ones's abiding
place or home Ito enjoy life, to be in a
state of happiness. Is not this our idea of
homer"
Il think I can never forgive Mr.. Web
ster for this omission. How do I know
but that he Is responsible for the COM
paratively few homes which we find
among the vast number of houses sur
rounding us. Perhaps Ike that unfor-
tunate author of our beautiful hymn, he
had no way of knowing the true mean
ing of the word. The house must meet
the requirements Of the body, the home
those of the soul, and it is the combina-
ton of both hat goes to make the ideal
home. It is generally conceded that man
h provide the house and woman shall
make the home. We have all seen women
who could do both-and SO we would say
the first requisite for an ideal home Is a
thoughtful. sympathetic woman. There
is the same difference between the ply
steal and spiritual existence as there Is
between the idea of d house and a home"
After a short discussion on this subject.
Miss Edge read a paper on How to
Develop a Perfect Physique III re-
sferred to the time when there was no
such thing as false teeth and neither
wigs nor cure for badness, comparing
that time with today. T HI race" said
she, is becoming physically perfect, but
the true foundation for a perfect physique
is health. Our lucky star must lave been
in the armament when fate settled
US in beautiful Jersey City, and then
went on to explain that the death rate
was diminishing from year to year, but
deplored the fact that the Gulf stream did
not come a little closer on account of the
complexion. "But." said she. 'as long as
we have not the Gulf stream to moisten
the atmosphere we must use cream and
soap and water But this is not enough.
Three or four times a day at an open win
dow or in the open air we must go
through the breathing exercises"
For freckles, Miss Edge said. there was
no known cure. But do not mind
freckles," continued she, they only show
where the sun has kissed you in an UNI
guarded moment"
Miss Edge next spoke of tho hair. This.
she said. required daily massage and
brushing, with a shampoo at least every
month.
"Corpulency: Sc Easy to Acquire and
So Hard to Lose,'' was the speakers
next theme. Only the most heroic meas
ures. she said, would cure that. She
HlISiY dAWdyS leave the
table hungry; second, hot water after
every meal; third. daily massage, and
fourth, daily athletics
Miss Edge further recommended for all
those who would avoid wrinkles, the
Don't Worry Club" Your trials, said
she, will pass away, but the wrinkles
win remain"
In the discussion which followed. some
of the plans OF the Home Department
were brought to light. and it is very
likely that a cooking school. or some
thing of that nature, will be started in
connection with the department during
the winter.
The ladies were asked TO bring in a
number of recipes for next meeting, No
vember 20, which viii be Cook Book
Day. when there will be a general talk
about food and its preparation as well
as the exchange of recipes.
The members of this department are
Mrs. Louis ], Apgar, Mrs. Hudspeth- |
Benson, Mrs. George W. Case. Mrs. H.
]. Cook, Mrs. A. M. E. Creveiing. Mrs.
Joseph A. Dear. Mrs. Albert /. Drayton. |
Mrs. Samuel Drayton, Dr. NJ. +. De Hart,
Mrs. James Erwin, Mrs. T. J.. Faulkin- |
burgh. Mrs. willard Fisk. Mrs. Phillip
K. Green, Mrs. Henry Y. Harrison, Mrs.
A.. c. Hetherington. Miss Leila Kinds. |
Mrs. Robert Hudspeth, Mrs. l.. P. Hol-
comb, Mrs. George r. Hough, Mrs. J. e.
Hulshizer, Mrs. Roy Ingfis. DR.. Eugenia
Jauues. Mrs. Minnie Fl. Linn, Mrs. Frank |
Matthews, Mrs. Henry Niese, Mrs. A. J. |
Newbury. Mrs. James n. Noe, Mrs. j. J.
Parsons. Mrs. Martha r. Rowland, Mrs. |
walter Rae. Mrs. Adam Reid. Mrs. John
L. Scudder, Mrs Charles F. Smith. Mrs.
Charles Calvin Stimets, Mrs. J. NJ G.
Thomas, Mrs. Joseph Warren, Mrs Otto
]. wiedner and Mrs. John Bradley Tam
mel.
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