The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-29

atCuSdlIUA VI q uLdllSi VI SOAi5i tipts.
If a necessity, by reason Of space limita-
ton, it's use must be condoned; but If used
as a matter of choice, it stands as an ac-
cusatton against the sense of propriety Of
its owner. Its presence in a roomy, we'll
| appointed home, unless for emergencies, is
unjustifiable."
Living, in a word, is cheaper for the
English poor than for our own, and dear
er for the w~ell-to-do than in America,
because there are here two standards of
living, says "Harper's Magazine" The
unit of value for the well-to-do in England
is the sovereign, or the five dollar piece,
whereas our American unit of value in
housekeeping and practical affairs is a
dollar. The unit of value with the Eng
fish poor is a sliding standard that runs
from a penny down to a farthing, just as
in America it is the nickel. No American
of middle circumstances who has made
his home in London will dispute my state
ment that it costs more to keep a family
there than it does at home. Mems cloth
| ing, wines and liquors, servants, flowers,
and a very few minor articles are cheaper
, in England, but these advantages are off
set by the higher cost of all other neces-
saries. The cheapest cut of beef is twenty
five cents a pound. the best fish sell for as
high as fifty cents a pound, butter is
thirty cents a pound, coffee is forty cents,
strawberries never go lower than eight or
ten cents a basket, and good small fruits
generally are very much dearer. Peaches
are a quarter of a dollar apiece. milk is
eight cents a quart, cream is fifty cents
a mort oucforc fotoh q dollar to q dollar
and a half a dozen, bread is about as
cheap as at home. loin of pork is twenty
five cents a pound, the cheaper mutton
from New Zealand) is twenty cents a
pound, and English mutton fetches seven
cents more. These are all West End
prices. They are the quotations of a very
careful buyer.
1 find in our museum of educational
work a little ball, which 1 am inclined TO
regard the most valuable thing in the
whole collection, says a writer in Apple
toms Science Monthly" The boy who
made it was a low-grade imbeciie- His
hand against every mar he fancied every
mans against him. Always under strict
custodial care, that he might harm neither
himself nor others, he would vent his
spleen in tearing his clothing.
His teacher, a woman of rare patience
and de~votedness, sat beside HIM one day,
tearing strips of old linen and laying taen
in order. stSee, Willie, let us make some
pretty strips ard lay them so.' His Won
der grew apace at seeing her dong what
he mad been reproved for doing; at once
he responded, and a new bond of SYM
pathy was established between them. She
was playing his game-the only one, poor
little lad. that he was capable of-and he
Joined in.
Nov. we will draw out the pretty
threads and lay them in rows" For weeks
the boy found quiet pastime in this occu-
patton, and the violen. nature e..~
quieter in proportion. One day the teacher
said, sLet us tie these threads together
and make a long string" 1t took him
months and months to learn to tie taose
knots. but meanwhile his attendants We're
having breathing space. Now we will
vine this into a pretty ball. and I VIII
cover all you make for the boys to play
WITH and a new occupation was added TO
his meagre list.
The next thing in this chain of develop
ment was a lesson in knitting. Again
/ through N1OUlUS Ol patient tNoSiiiiS, =
was at last accomplished, and the boy, to
the day of his death, found his life happi-
ness in knitting caps for the chiioreil, IN
i place of both tearing them and their
clothing.
The pleasant Italian system, also in
vogue in Paris, of having meals sent in
from restaurant or trattoria has not vet
taken root, though many people with Con-
t~inental experience la introduced the
custom of importing their meals by means
of a Norwegian kitchen, says Harper's
Bazaar" The possibility of employing Chi
nese on a large scale is being preached.
More excellent servants do not exist, but
the evils that would ensue from an inv~,s-
ion Of Chinese domestics are not under
stood in this country. The only hope for
the middle-class house-mother, therefore,,
seems to lie in the direction of cheapened
power. For twenty years experience with
electricity have Knocked the hopes of edu-
Gated people of narrow means. Mr..
Charles Tripler's experiments on liquid
air. however, seem to promise something
like a revolution in the production OF
power, the cheapening of transport, the
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and the amelioration of life generally.
American families throughout the length
and breadth of the States are acquainted
with the servant difficulty, and can smile
at the troubles tina are beginning to cast
a shadow upon the family life Of England.
The conservatism the insularfty, and de-
liberation of the British housewife make
her rebel against the operation OF natural
law in checking the production OF ser
wants.
Fruit jelly is always popular and is
easv to make. First soak two ounces
each OF, washed and picked %currants and
sultanas in the juice Of a lemon for ten
minutes Cut into fancy shapes thin
slices of citron, and drain the fruit dry.
Have ready a pint of nice lemon jelly,
and with it line a ftuted mold. When
the jelly is set arrange the citron on 1t
in some design with glace cherries
Cover these with more jelly, then scat
ter over it a few c%urrants, %sultanas and
pieces of citron. Cover with more jelly
and set on in layers until the mold is full,
taking care that each layer of jelly is
set before more is added to it. Turn out
the jelly to serve, scatter finely chopped
almonds over it and serve.