The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-01

1 AnsT q hird ~ shalfer tbnre
when x0aar;ed an nv 1itt1a wing.
How / wad monrn when It was torn
Bv autumn wild ana winter rudei
But waa sing 81 wanton wing
When vouthfu1 Nav its bloom renewed.
Al old name for the lilac was INV oak.
i mispronlnciatfon evidently. In Devon
shire and Cornwall ii is known as May
flower and has been heard at as May
4 1ily. IN ornwau the lilac is sometimes
princes feather. and in Somersetshire
soldiers feather-an association with its
snmevvhat 1,l1mA like form ii shares
with hawthorn the name of May. and ec-
~cenfrjc titles for IT are ducks, bills and
oysters. these ~corrupticns no doubt Of
an,,aa sweet tif1e
The name Of pipe tree derives because
his stalks. when the pith Is taken our
thereof. are hollow like a pipe.n
IN both England and Scotland 1t is
thought uniucky to bring the lilac, espe-'
cially white lilac, into the house. It pre-
saeas death. and IS often laid upon
COINS. Il ! lover should give his lass
lilac it is Of bad omen for the engage
ment.
4.rhe arisfocratic Philippine matron and
/ her daughters indulge in no greater bodily
exercise. il they can help it, than that
required for driving or shopping, says
Charles Bryant Howard, writing of the
"Women Of the Philippines in the July
AWoman's Home Companion" .But the
peasant woman shares her husbands
work, whatever it may be, laboring at the
plow behind an ~ungainly arabao (water
buffalo in the paddy field, or helping to
pole a huge lorcha, or cocoanut raft,
up or down the river, besides attending
to her domestic cares. And I AXE pleas
ure in saying that, whatever it's proprfe-
tors rank or station, the native Philippine
nipa hut is invariably a marvel of neat
ness and cleanliness as to its interior;
far superior in this respect to the average
Spanish dwelling house, be it that of a
merchants clerk or that Of the governor
general. So far as the latter are con-
cerned, d decent servant girl. such as are
employed in America and England, would
not be content to remain in one two days
Hundreds of girls are employed in the
great cigar factories, and others in the
converts labor to weave the far famed
nina lace Of the Philippines, several at a
time sauatting ON the floor around a sim
II gle frame H1CElQX anu manipulating WILL
daft ingars fine infinitesimaIv delicate
6bars Sometimes they work for months
81 eoyonlata ! single mantilla or handker-
chiaf Tbese native women are rarely
onx,auaa $, 80 E,,ronaan residents as
800 $500 a~oant - tba canacitv
- 1aasss mssd q cb5sdranss n,,rse. and
.aa thasa rasst;ons ara oftan ccnnied Nv
a- Tss's ~ ,rar,r ,,nra1,sh la and the
49, $500 - az sanss - gratitude
uetel : = tne 1,.,s1Ss~
SO characteristic OF Inc entire rhAippiis
race 1enuers = - asiAoss $500 -
exasperat1ng TASK e Tram tllsa. g !
ants 1heir only reueenilas ieaeuie Z
fheir sense ol apsoiute personal eanli
ness put IN spite o. tnis many Europeai1
women prefer g 60 e me EXPENSE a'u
trouble OF importing q Salhese anna from
Hons Kong OF Canton ratner tnan e en-
trust ner cnidren 70 q natlee sifi' ~
though when N ner own capaelty e 2
mother the FIllpfna, SO far as conservation
goes, leaves nothing to pc Desired
A woman once said that the piggest
proof Of moral courage was not 70 Zee
an unsatisfactory porter. she had risen
to that height Just once IN a long, brave
and useful life, says the Puritan. lip
ping in return for good service is a JOY
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