The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-22

that nothing should be expected of nun,
because he will not yield the expec,cu.
This is true Of boys of various nature; the
reticence of all has the same kind Of
characteristic same attitude towards
those who are familiar and ~long-known.
1t is held in common by the class of
sehool-boys, as against other classes.
Not so with their rare and charming
| confidence. Reserve belongs to the class
its sudden and infrequent interruption be-
longs to the individual boy. Here, at mo-
ments, the single character, the unique
| creature at last appears; to hide again,
doubtless. But who that has any share
| in the real training of a boy-the training
| of his CONFERENCE.-THE fail to note that
| which is sometimes so delicate a reveal
ton? A boys confidence is never elab-
crate 1t does not-needless to say-make
| phrases. Sometimes a boy makes no con-
fidence except by the expression OF his
| voice, and this is a common case. He
| uses at home the school words, amongst
| which sdecent' may be the strongest
word of approval in fashion; but he
freely to see that they wish to please MIN
knows how to make his decent" sound
| sweet enough in the ears of those VINO
| have pleased him. 1t is well, however,
that all those who love him and whom ne
knows hold him dear should allow hlm;s
that his tastes are consulted in proper
proportion in the homes he comes to for
rest and liberty; and that even his opln-
ion, as that of a p~art-guest, part-inmate,
is held to have some value.
II have always believed thoroughly that
at the bottom Of much of the servant
trouble lies the ineficiend of the average
housewife" writes He n Wattersoh
Moody in the April Ladies Home Jour
nal . How is it possible hat an ignor-
ant servant. though willing. should
become capable, except through such
] training as a skilled mistress can gave
her. or how can a most efficient maid i've
up to her own ideals under a mistress
who, having no training, ana therefore
no standards Of her own, must be lacking
in understanding and appreciation OF the
work of others? And yet If you ask
almost any h-ousekeeper to define a good
servant she will tell you 1t IS one VINO
relieves her from care and responsibility.
+ What would be thought OF the mead OF
a banking house who estimated his en-
s ployes solely according to tnelr ABILITY
to relieve hin of the duties that properly
belong TO nerSSll. 1AS poiA
clerk who is able to obey orders IN
/ teiligently and upon whose hdel4ty ne can
rely. but he does not expect him TO 90
his thinking for HIN. You see, the tfouoie
WIN us. as mlistresses. is largely that we
want to lie relieved of the respohslolltts
that comes with ~home.naking. instead OF
accepting it as our chef concern ~ Hie'
I studying it as We would any other pro-
- II ;-- ra1,1irnTfG nfG WIN
skill ana knowledge. and seeing. back OF
ell the trying and petty detaiis' lAe
aigrity ard value of the work we are
do. ne. | do not wish to seem to under
value the difficulties OF the profession.
r Is not an easy one: it is the hardest ore
/ konw. and it is often filed with details
that are neither pleasant nor dign.fed.
But SO are the professions Of medicine
or Journalism. OF law, and even the
ministry
Too sudden exertion is dangerous ana
should be strictly guarded against Wnere
! II is POSSIBLE. 1t is frequently the cause Ct
attacks of heart failure, which a little
,i,darent and caution would have pre-
vented.
The LANCER les in the rapid increase N
the circulation of the blood There IS al
ways a probability in u cases mat
blood may be forced to the heart IN 100
great a volume and that that organ MAY
| not be able to receive and throw 1t out as
RAPIDLY as the occasion would demand.
Such an interference in the performance
of the hearts functions would produce
death.
n IS impossible for one to move without
increasing the movement of the blood But
the heart if adapted to such
as do not require any violent strain OF eA-
ertion. Rising from a sitting position IS
an exertion which gives the heart a strong
impetus, but the heart is ready to receive
it and send it on another journey thruogh
the system as fast as it may come bht
to begin suddenly to run at a Iast pace "
TO climb a stirway rapidly calls for a pull
sation which the heart is not prepared 70
give. IT is not ready for the sudden strain
and 1T is literally choked by blood, just as
a threshing machine may be choked by
too much grain.
The heart can stand any violent exertion
that the muscles can endure, If 1t is grad
,lally introduced to the work. Suddenness
is what must be feared.
AM
The indiscriminate kissing of strangers,
saws the '.Woman's Home Companion,
is a source of humiliation and distress TO
some children, and ought never to be per-
nitted. The unwilling kiss of ~politeness,
exacted from a child who inwardly resents
the liberty with all his might, can scarcely
he a pleasure to the recipients, and is
without excuse from any point OF view.
children often suffer from a lack OF rever-
ence for the body, of delicacy of personal
approach. on the part of those who have
them in charge. This is one reason why
the mother. if she be a woman of real re-
fnement. should undertake as far as pos
sible the bathing and intimate personal
care Of her children rather than delegate
If to a hired nurse, who, If not vicious,
NAV be coarse-minded. Some persons
imagine that young children, since they
are quite g~uiltless of modesty in one sense
of the word, must therefore be incapable
of appreciating this delicacy of which /
sneak: but my own observation teaches
me that while as yet Indifferent to the
familiarity of the eye. they may be not
only physically but morally sensitive to
careless handling.
The dark-eyed maids Of Athens have a
grievance, says the Criterion" The
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