The Jersey City news., 1901-10-26


and she also undertakes the closing OF
residences on the departure of family.
She is absolutely reliable and is respon-
sible for everything. She is busy all the
year round, for she prepares country
] houses at Christmas and Thanksgiving
/ for house parties and closes them after
| the family departs
| In this way the working staff Of ser.
wants at the out Of town house or coun.
! try cottage is not disturbed in its regular
work. A hostess can give dinner part,
the night before she starts for one Of ths
many living places necessary for a fash
ionable establishment nowadays. and shs
can have cards out for luncheon at this
new dwelling place II she wills.
The house opener has her own star ~
trained helpers. and pays them good
prices for their work She sees that
rooms and beds are aired and made
ready, halls swept and covers removed
from furniture and statuary Brass work
silver and glass are polished and taD.e
iincn and silver and china maze ready for
use She is on hand to greet the owners
return with her helping maids ready. OF
else with new staff Of servants installed
I in their places. This valuable service is
doing away with the old custom of put
ting up at hotel while the house is got
ready for the family's occupancy Th-y
/ value OF the new service consists in tha
absolute lack of care on the part of the
returning travellers. for the Young woru-
an who has invented the vocation does
not wait for orders. but goes about and
! sees that things are properly done"
One of the commonest causes Of bad
teeth is taking food too hot When you
drink a cup of very hot tea the enamel
4 covering of the teeth expands and after
ward. when you breathe the cold air it
contracts. This alternate swelling and
I shrinking makes the enamel fall to pieces.
and once the hard covering goes the
spongy inner substance crumbles away in
no time.
Everyone knows the injurious effects of
acid on the teeth. Yet many foolish girls
drink vinegar to make their faces pale.
and, as they think, interesting. OF course
| the teeth pay the penalty. A young girl
! who consulted leading dentist lately
! had lost almost every tooth in her head
from sucking lemons. and some of mis-
most profitable patients are people given
to eating pickles. 1t is not necessary al
together to avoid acids, but little jar OF
bicarbonate of soda should be kept on
everyone's washstand. and the teeth
should be rinsed in water in which some
/ of it has been dissolved. This. by ths
way. is a never falling cure for that kind
CT toothache that attacks the whole jaw
at once.
The best way to clean your teeth IS e
wipe them with q bit of sponge attached
to handle using tepid water containiss
trace of some mild antiseptic.
In civilized countries ana nations. wo-
men by tradition and practice are the
chief arbiters of our artistic life. says A.
S. Atkinson. M D.. in the Ledger Month
lyv for August. They give by suggestion
and appreciation the direction and form
which art expression takes. This is mani
fest particularly in the home. in personal
adornment, and in social conditions-the
three great artistic forms OF expressions
of a woman's life. Men are Influenced in
their appreciation of the beautiful in life
by these three factors. They learn to ac-
cept as the true standard of taste what
they daily see in their homes. on the
streets and in society. Unconsciously
they are accepting the choice Of mothers.
wives ana QauE1lcFS III IIdltctS lli<At 0cekf-
ly concern their culture and mental devel-
opment The home influence fs lost when
the wife makes life a mere drudgery In
which there is no artistic expression or
appreciation in the household; likewise
she does not stimulate and attract when
her personal adornment il neglected ana
she fails to make the most Of the physical
gifts of nature.
A good many moralizers wonder how
1t is that women who are by no means
millionaires can afford the jeweled tiarss
so many of them wear or the diamonds
on the front of their bodices- A COED
many such ornaments no doubt owe thesr
existence to the fact that the maker Or
imitation Jewels has attained the acme OF
his art and is capable Of deceiving the
veriest connoisseur. but there are many
others that are real gems.
Not all the products of the pearl hsh-
cries in the world could meet the wants
of the vast array of women who are now
wearing pearl necklaces. and. even with
diamond clasps, many Of the collars are
of Roman pearls. But nearly every
woman in society has splendid rings.
watches covered with precious stones.
even opera glasses. notebooks and long,
handled eyeglasses.
The slides for keeping stray ends 81
hafr at the back in order are getting mere
ana more beautiful. and so are this side
combs. Some notabls ones have been pre-
pared In jet. Though women plead pow
erty, apparently they cannot deny them-
selves such splendor as they deem essen>
tial for their success In life.
One Of the summer problems IS Ia re-
turning courtesies Of the social kind. says
s.Ieslie's Weekly" People thrown to-
Fether at the resorts vary in their rcs-
session Of means. Many of the most de-
sirabie socially have to be economical in
the handling OF their funds In order to gee
through the warm season safely. They
cannot indulge in many extravaganees.
They are not able to give big parties
or expensive luncheons, and they do net
like to accept hospitalities which they
cannot return. Most of the very rich pec-
pie who can give these things do not
feel any sense of obligation as coming
from those who accept their invitations.
At the same time the feeling does really
exist. Thus is coming into greater popu-
larity the old-fashioned ssDutch treat,
prharain All share equally. Many little at