The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-06
In MOman'S World.

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work, says Dorothy Maddox in the
philadelphia Inquirer + know how apt
pretty shoulders are to be disdainfully
| twitched at the pure mention of a divided
affection.
Women, the most sensible women, nate
to hear a man talk shop When they
settle down to an hours enjoyment with
the being of their fond imagination they
insist that the topic around which each
thought shall circle is that In which the
heart affairs, not head matters, hold first
| place.
There is no better sign that a young
fellow has a career ahead of hin than
this same eagerness of his to tell of his
hopes. He speaks enthusiastically of his
profession, his business, his trade.
To HIM it is a delight, not drudgery.
He never dreams of asking any one to
| pity him. because he must do day after
day the same things, with only now and
then a day off. He is in love with his life
| work. What a lover he makes! He may be
voted a bore by foolish virgins. Later on
what one of them will not be battered
If asked to share his prosperity?
mo woman can be truthfully beautiful
who is not normal" SO declares DR..
Strait, a German physician. He then
| gives the propositions of the faultless
woman as he finds her after countless
| measurements.
The height should be seven and a half
times the length of the head, ten times
the length of the face, nine times the
length of the hand, six to seven times
the length of the foot. The distance from
temple to temple should be equal
to the length of the face. The arms should
be three times the length of the head. the
legs four times the length of the head,
the shoulders two heads wide.
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"What an ivy she remains in this age
of feminine oaks The criticism is
rounded off with a hearty peal of laugh
ter. There is for man a certain charm
about a clinging sweetheart. Odd how this
same man wants to shake off the ten
drills of dependence after the sweetheart
becomes a wife.
The ivy can always find a masculine
oak to lean on. Somehow the average man
has not yet been able to stop ftheorizing
on the grace of womanly helpfessness.
The appealing glance, the uncertain
mental pose, the shrinking attitude.
touches his protective soul. He may
reach a time in life when ne theories
no longer. --.e pleasant misconceptions
of a boyish fancy are merged into the
commonplace of middle age. The theorist
likes the quiet of his club And the ivy?
She goes dow to her grave in her own
estimation a much abused, much mis-
understood creature.
The engaged man does not want to be
1ro;tod ~ No n,}cbaS ~ 40 +ha uyajtipoZ
A man caught in the shackles of matri-
mony becomes the most helpless being on
earth.
household on the jump.
If the ivy still hopes to foster a delu-
sion of helplessness there is trouble.
Live for it Alone
s"Tiresome'' is invariably the rejoinder
| when 1 offer this panacea for the worlds
| worries.
The woman who can meet a days
duties without looking backward and
with no desire to peer into the future is
going to get the best in life.
Hope, contentment. peace, are buried
| each hour beneath an avalanche of use
less worry.
The longest stride toward heaven Is
taken when we rescue our soul from the
chaos of our own creation. This is a
pretty fair sort of place to live In pro-
| vided we have learned how to live.
And comments the sage .by that
time we are ready for the grave" Alas!
experience is a teacher we fail to appre-
| ciate until she has taken us by the hand
and personally conducted our tour
through existence's devious ways.
Those who nave conned. well fruitful
lessons may offer second hand the les
sons learned. May urge, insist, demand
that they be considered. Only scorn
meets the proposition.
/ wonder if the angels do not weep over
| our worries, as useless as they are con-
slant; over our chickering's, as unwoman-
ly as they are wearing; over f~aultfndings
that blacken each ray of sunlight thrown
across our pathway.
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The new prophets are worrying lest the
devotion to club life should wean wo-
men from the home, says the "Woman's
Home Companion" If a woman is so or
ganized that love of excitement, desire
for office. eagerness to find constant en-
tertainment outside of her home, control
her actions, she will find dissipation
somewhere, and 1t is lucky for her fam
lily that she stumbles- accidentally into a
good club. She will learn to respect the
things which she hitherto sighted, and
home and it's duties will assume new and
more important proportions as she hears
the questions of domestic economy dis
cussed by thoughtful women who believe
that the best they can get from any out
side source should be carried into the
home and made part Of its life The sam
itary conditions Of the house, the best
thought for the caring of it, t-hesmanage-:
ment of children, the surest ways OF
developing helpfulness In every portion
of family life are discussed at the mod
ern club. The entire time is no longer
given to the consideration of fobscure lit
erature or the study Of ancient history.
In every working club Of today the prom
inent feature is the domestic department.
Every new idea is presented; every inven-
ton which makes for the comfort of the
home is exhibited and explained. If the
woman does not gain a new respect for
the kingdom over which she is set as
ruler 1t is because she Is too trivial, too
ignorant to recognize the Importance
and it is to the misfortune of the club
that 1t should nave so unworthy q mem
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