The Jersey City news., 1902-02-21


panion.' A man gets out of the house
every morning after breakfast, but his
wife sometimes has to spend the day with
his mother, and often she Is obliged TO
bear endless criticism and advice and ur-
congenial talk 1t is wonderful, taken II
ii all, the patience of women with their
mothers-in-Iaw. The misery Of the
woman who has lost her all, and who
lives Just tolerated IN her sons or daugh-
ter,s home is also very great. Every
family should live alone ANY outsider IS
| in the way-that is, if the family is at
peace within itself The short visit from
father, mother or. sister is delightful; but
the long, indefinite stay Is dangerous to
peace, and the settling down for always
is, in nine cases out of ten, disastrous.
When the outsider who thus settles
down in family is an aunt, cousin OF
other dependent hanger-on It Is even
worse than in the case Of the parents or
sister Of the married pair In this case,
as in the other, it is not 'thesfifth wheel
who is most to blame In every case, of
course, ..the fifth wheel should try to
do something better, but it Is upon the
head Of the family primarily that the
blame must fall even when he allows
sthe fifth wheel to be put on the coach
| at his wifes express request.
In these days of luxurious toilet fittings
one is often surprised to see the careless
ness with which they are treated. Brushes
In particular suffer from lack Of care, al
though 50 many are needed for various
purposes.
Hair brushes, tooth brushes, nail and
hat brushes are SO generally mounted in
] silver or silver and ebony that they re-
ouire good deal of attention. as tar
nished mountings are as bad as shabby
fnery.
silver backs of brushes. If rubbed daily
with chamois leather. will seldom need
a regular cleaning.
Occasionally moisten little whiting
with alcohol and brush the silver with
this. Brush out again and polish with
soft chamois.
4 The backs and handles of ebony brushes
should be rubbed over with little boiled
linseed oil after washing, and then rubbed
with soft duster till every vestige Of oil
is removed. Special care Is needed in
cleaning silver initials on these, and only
very slightly moistened whiting should be
nsed or it is apt to leave a white mark
ON the wood which is extremely difficult
| to remove.
In brushing the whiting off after clean
! ing be careful not to scratch the ebony,
for once scratched it is spoiled
Ordinary wooden back brushes can be
treated with linseed oil in the same way
as ebony
Tooth and nail brushes should always
stand in such position that al water
can drain from them.
Hairbrushes should be washed once
week, and are soon spoiled unless prop
erly cfeansed. The best way is TO put a
Tablespoonful ON ammonia in quart OF
water as hot as can be borne comfortably
by the hand. The brush should be freed
from hairs and dipped. bristles downward.
in and out Of the water until clean L
should be rinsed by dipping IN cold wa
I Ter back and handle carefully, and put on
a window sill to dry in the open air The
back should not be allowed to become
damp if it can be avoided. Soap should
not be used for washing. as 1t makes the
bristles soft.
The Young girl who has society mask,
which she let's fall when she enters hec
own home, need not hope TO long deceive
her friends Inadvertently she will let It
slip at an unexpected moment, and the
glimpse once seen of a peevish, seifish ma
ture is not soon forgotten. II the wishes
Of the brother at home are not to oe
considered the admiring friend feels sure
her lover and future husband will not be,
either. The sweet, musical voice wnicn
is heard in society often changes into a
s,annv d,sasreeable one when used to
address a patient. devoted mother at
home. But at some unexpected moment
the Young girl is sure to be overheard.
A chance visitor will ring the bell and be
ushered into the drawing-room while, in
a heated argument above stairs, the fair
Young daughter of the house is express
ing her opinion in no measured manner.
No rules for preserving the physical
beauty can obiterate traces in the face
of ill-nature. Let the fair debutante bear
this well in mind.
To all appearances it looks as though
waist materials will have greater call
than anything else in the white 1oods
during the coming season. says the Phila-
delpaia Evening Telegram These.
however, have a very wide range, and in
cIude everything, from heavy madras
stufrs and mercerized fabrics for outing
wear down TO the lightest and firmiest
lawns and other fancy ideas for dressy
purposes. In these latter lace effects will
stripes. A -afnshrdlu cmfwy
enjoy very large call particularly in
pretty, but extremely dressy. Such will
be worn very largely during the coming
season in both white and ecrll In many
cases the solid tone will be relieved by
the introduction OF a little black into ths
pattern. Black is to be a very strong
factor in all style matters this season
especially in combination with white and
ecru. The black and white vogue is now
pretty old story. but Is none the less
fact. Black and ecrt. however. is Of
much more recent origin, and has by no
means reached its height It was only
very slightly used last summer but this
year It should assume quite heavy pro-
portions especially in white goods.
II, as the old saying has II, civility
costs nothing. 1T certainly gains much,
both in the way Of liking and kindness.
says the Philadelphia Ledger There
fore, it seems a great pity that so many
people dispense with It in small matters