The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-02

In Woman's World.


as well as himself. Many of the acts
that seem so precocious because we sup
pose them to be the outcome of a we'll
considered plan are really happy acct
dents: not devoid of the merit of orig
inality, but neither to be overpraised as
work Of genius. Childhood is one un-
broken succession of ex-perimentings.p
Al mistaken idea is abroad, and is fast
gaining hold upon the minds of women,
young and old, that 1t is incumbent up
on all to have an interest in something
outside their homes; they hear Of others
doing work, taking up or establishing
businesses and agencies for beneiting the
public. of new paths constantly opening
up, and their ambition (they call it
sssense Of duty'') impels them to do like
wise. They do not pause to think If their
present occupation will allow of the add
ed tax, or whether they are themselves
mentally or physically capable of the
work they wish to attempt; they only
make a blind rush to be interested" to
add another voice to the clamor.
The rush of life, however, and the
strain resulting from trying to do too
much. are not confined to the married.;
this is becoming too apparent In the lives
81 OF Single HOHfGif. WuctHEt OO11ifCtS4 y
necessity to work or only compelled there
10 by their own free choice.
Driven on by the mistaken ambition
that crowds in such a variety of "inter-
ests.o nothing is easier in these days than
10 attempt to do SO much that one fails
in achieving anything. and she is a wise
woman who dares acknowledge that per-
haps she may not be capable of doing as
$3.50 = = o4ho--
We have each of US our part to do in
the service Of our generation, but the
first step towards doing it is to clearly
define for ourselves what that duty pre-
ciseIy is. and then to think out carefully
a plan Of work with regard to it, a plan
moreover that ought never to involve a
wearying hustle ana hurry, and should
not lead to the invasion of our leisure
hours. Success in any undertaking is
only got by making haste slowly.
ITO hang and properly group pictures
is not an easy matter writes Maria Par
loa in the September Ladies Home
Journal ITO succeed, one must have a
good eye for distances, for straight lines,
and for in grouping, as well as
a fund of patience-putting up and tax
/ ING Q0WIl GdJA RlSlQACs - "
until the position, height and grouping
are perfectly satisfactory.
..There are two kinds of picture wire
one is gilt, the other is silvered. The
gilt is more flexible, and remains unfair
nished and flexible longer than the sill
vered. but 1t is also more expensive. Elk
tremely heavy pictures should be hung
with copper wire.
The picture hooks should be broad and
wen curved, that they may hold firmly
to the moulding and be a secure support
for the wire. A yardstick or tape-meas-
ure is Indispensable as careful measuring
win lessen the labor and assure accuracy
of position
"A picture should be so hung that the
bottom shall lie fiat and the top be thrown
forward slightly. The manner in which
the screw-eyes are put in produces this
| effect. For a small picture they should
be fastened two or three inches from the
top of the frame; the larger the picture
the greater should be the distance of the
screw eyes from the top.
IF the room be high 1t is easy to make
1t appear lower by fastening the picture
moulding two or more feet below the cell
ing. This can be done only when the
wall finish is the same all the way up,
or when the frieze is deep. When there
is the space of several feet above the
moulding small pictures and bas-reliefs in
plaster are effective"
You country people don't half know
how to enjoy life" say our city friends
when they come to see us, writes a coun-
try woman in Good Housekeeping"
How can you stay indoors when you
can get out?D No best parlors for
them: they prefer green grass to the
most luxurious of carpets. 1t is a SOL
emn fact that our urnmer are short
and winters are long. SO we should all
the more sedulously utilize the golden
/ hours while they last.
But even better than taking your yard
for an Afternoon sitting room is taking it
! for a supper room. Have your tea out
there. "a gypsy tea we call ii. And
again the <overworked housewife enters
her protest:
.Oh. yes, it's all very well for those
who have time and strength for such
things, or ervants TO do the work, but
I seem to see myself Juggling the table
and all the supper things out into the
! yard and back again"
Oh, my sisters of the practical, work
ing staff, let us get all the pleasure we
| can out Of our lives, day by day! There
is so much in contriving to save toll, and
to make pleasure for others, to say moth
4 ing Of the good it does our own souls.
Our lives are too much like a treadmiIl
at the best, but let us determine to pluck
every flower Of comfort which Is brave
enough to lift It's delicate face toward US.