The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-08-01
WOMAN'S WORLD.


the body should receive a daily hahd bath
| of cold or cool water, especially in the
summer, either apon rising or before re-
firing.
Never until I came to England did I
| dream of the difference OF opinion en-
tertained by American men and English
men toward women artists or writer's,
says a correspondent of the Boston Her
! add II was an English male journalist
who complained to me that women writ,
| ers on the Londo press were gradually
thrusting out men engaged in the news
paper world. A woman will take less pay
than a man for the same work. he ar
gued. 1t was a gentleman holding a
| somewhat important position in the Lon-
don General Postoffice who told me but
a day or w later that women clerks
In many of the departments were far
| preferable to men, as they were more aes
| curate in details and more careful in
many minor matters than men so often
! attached no. Importance to-
Only yesterday l read a communication
in one of the London newspapers from a
man who complained of the suffering
male clerks suffered nowadays from the
keen competition of women. The writer
of the communication in question inform-
ed one thai the Bank OF England Din the
city, sets the example in the employment
of women by building a special wing for
their accommodation, although when it
comes to the remuneration Of female
clerks he tells us they receive from four
teen to seventeen shillings a week, where
- -. IL .~f.~-oo7 4ta n = a 1.t$fao
formerly were paid at the rate of thirty
shillings per week. Still, the Jealousy of
the sexes in any kin of professional life
is a condition of affairs I never met with
till l came to live in England.
If / were painting her portrait, writes
Margaret Sungster of the suinme girl, /
should choose to rave her wear a sailor
hat and a scarlet jacket and a short and
jaunty skirt, ready. SO far as dress was
in concern, for whatever outdoor sport
might allure her.
She should be Hebe's self, glowing with
health, eager, r~esolute and fearless.
The ideal of girlhood in an earlier pc
Rod was elegance and fragility in combi-
nation; our own Is different.
We still exact elegance, but we also adj
mire buoyant vlgor. and the repose born
of sturdy strength.
Our summer girl has muscles hardened
by exercise, has a cool, firm hand, a clear
ear, a steady head and a judicious mind
used to discrimination, and not too read
lily thrown out of balance, even when her
heart is stirred. The girl of today is apt
to take account of stock and consult
common sense before giving it away.
The summer girl seems as much a part
of summers. affluent life as its other
pomp and %pageantry, its beauty and its
bloom.
1t is now generally conceded that exer-
else is one of the necessities of existence,
but It is not SO commonly understood how
the physical powers may best be Guilt
waited. The type of middle aged woman,
purple and plethoric, that disgraced her
sex in last century has not wholly died
out, but she has descended to the level of
the lower middle classes. and even there
has almost the effect of an anachronism.
We travel with her by omnibus or UNDER
ground sometimes. and rebel against the
double allowance of space occupied by her
unwieldly proportions. We have no pity
for her helDlessness or shortness of
breath, for we recognize in her the pro-
duct Of culpabie Incidence and s~elf-indui-
gence, of ~sedentary habits, stuffy rooms
and heavy midday dinners. The most
common forms of exercise taken by wom-
en- nowadays walking and, cycling. de-
velop the muscles of the legs and of the
lower parts of the body, but are of little
use for the arms or the muscles of the
upper part of the body.
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To 1ave a snowy and expensive we'd
ding, when one is not rich and ones
home is modest, Is very bad taste, and
leaves a much less happy memory than
the simpler wedding that causes no wor-
~, no agony over expense n effect. OF
course, a girls wedding day is quite the
most important event in her life, and ev-
erything should be as pretty and BRIDE
like as possible. But the expenditure of
a large amount of money does not ae,
complish this, and often produces just the
opposite effect. A bride may wear the
conventional white frock and veil, but the
frock may be of Paris muslin and the
veil Of inexpensive tulle. But the incon-
gruity between a simple home and small
OdiAh aSSodt ditd a SitOWy WeQd4DR with
a train OF attendants is utterly bad form.
For the comfort of those who must of
necessity have a small wedding / will
say that some of the wealthiest and
most fashionable brides now prefer to
have such a wedding, with few attend
ants and no ostentation. Many people
feel that marriage. like the other solemn
and sacred things in life, should be kept
from publicity.
A cover Of strong unbleached muslin
should always be used over a good mat
tress, says "Demorests." 1t not only
prevents the latter from being soiled by
handling. but keeps out the dust that
rises under the bed. It should be made
box-shaped and large enough to draw on
easily, and to button together the full
width of one end.
The best quality of white cheese cloth
makes an excellent wash cloth for fine
china, and is, surprisingly durable.
A sofa cushion is softer and more
agreeable to the touch If a neat fitting
cover of canton flannel, made nap side
out, is placed between the ticking and
| the ornamental cover. 1t also adds not
a little to the durability of the latter.
Instead Of lacking the muslin cover to
an ironing board. pad the board well
with a blanket and make the muslin