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Show 1 1 1 1 fflwan's ; World I I HOYAL ROD.' I Uy red poppies grow in the grass, They light the face of the dusky lass, I Of royal race her crimson crown: I Sold tomorrow adown the town. 1 My red poppies grow in the rye, I Posies red for the passer-by. I Red as the blood of the brown girl's I heart I Sold today in the morning's mart. I My red poppies fade and fall, I They lie at my t feet -..like a crin:son I pall !! My perished pride, my fallen crown! And they flame like a pyre as the sun ' goes dovn. THIS IS THE "WAY TULED J WOMEN MAY GET "BEST I (New York Sun.) There are women who are always I tired. These include business women, I counting the great variety of office. I workers, as Avell as those' listed in the I professional schedule; household work- j ers, the women who run either their r J own home or the home of someone else, I and rich women wh need not work at J air unless they want to. j l Of all these, the woirn who gets f I most tired is probably the office worker. I I Thegirl who goes to ar. -office-ever y i i day, rain or ?hine, regardless of her ! I health, regardless of her home cares. I regardless of everything except the J dollars she must earn, i? the woman i 1 who is apt to suffer most from fatigue. IThe tired out office, .girl when ,she comes home must rest, and- to 'rest properly is one of the hardest things on earth. How are you going to rest just because you are told-to do o? It I I isn't easy to rest to order. The only 1 I way to seek rest to order is to lie I down, and that is not always so restful 1 as it might be. r The woman who sits 'all day in an ; office and comes home- tired and lies ; down invites fat by this course. ,She j gets no exercise during the day and I she gets none at night. She is too tired I I to exercise. I . A certain woman, who runs a big I business and hopes to retire some day, has a trick of undressing the minute i she arrives home at night. She fresh- ens up a bit and then puts on a gymnasium gym-nasium suit. I She seats herself and does stunts with I a chain She tips backward and she I bends forward and she bends side- ; ways. She pays it rests her back and I relieves her muscles- and' stimulates j I her nerves. 1 Tired cut pociety women should try I very much the same thing: but their I exercise need not be so violent.. They I , are always on the go. and they can I take easier calisthenics. .... J I If the tired society woman will put I on a kimona and will stand with both I hands out in front of hor making a i moving movement with the arms she I will g-et good results. These move- I ments of the arms are called the ! I Oriental motions. They opfn the lungs and exercise the I chest. They also bring the flabby neck j muscles into play and 'prevent them i , from getting fat.. J TIi kimono exercises are four in 5 - number. Stand erect and put both : arms out in front of you. Lower them ; to your sides with a sweeping motion. ? The second kimono raovement calls for arn ouistretched as far as possi- i blc. The arms are now thrown baek- ' -ward until the back of the hands lap each other behind you. There are not i many who can do this. Cut every one I can try it. I The third kimono- exercise is a see- j saw motion. 'p goes one arm and down goea the other. The fourth is the upward movement. 1 You touch your finger tips above your I bead. Then you bend backward. I You do this '-a gain and again until ! you feel yourself refreshed. It is the ? most refreshing of all exercises. There is such a thing as being too ; . tired to work hard. And for this there , is the rest cure. i Many a tired out society woman takes the rest cure when she feels I that she cannot go any longer. The rest cure calls for three remedies. t the massage treatment, the medicated ' bath and the fest cure proper. j Th massage treatment begins, if you s - are thin, with massaging oils into-the skin. The oi!.s can be perfumed, and there are very thin, nice creams that , are just the thing for the purpose. An excellent massage creavt is no thicker than cream of milk. It is made by taking an ounce of sheep's fat and keeping it hot in a doubdle boiler. To i this is added two ounces of the pure oil of sweet almonds. Finally, there can be a few drops of tl.e oil of lavender I flowers, or a little oil of geranium, to scent it. The whole is removed from the fire and slowly beaten with an egg beater as it cools. If too thin, it can I be reheated and a lump of spermaceti of the size of a walnut added. It will ; keep forever and be nice for daily use. Massaging with a good cold cream is I an art understood especially by the Swedes, but it can be learned by any one. The trick is to follow the muscle?. Don't forpet that it is the muscles that get tired. Massage them lightly, but fully, and remember that the treatment treat-ment must be light and not at all fatiguing. fa-tiguing. The patient is tired to be-frin be-frin -with, and the massage should be I invigorating, rather than depressing. Medicated baths are understood 'throughout Europe, but are rare enough in this country. The mud bath, in particular, is almost unknown here. Yet it is not so difficult to give a mud bath or a medicated batl-. handful of sweet herbs thrown into the bath will help the tired nerves, and i a little bath vinegar is almost necessa ry. There are ammonia preparations I that are excellent, and you can make i the best of cologne baths very cheaply. One woman-gathers sweet herbs and. covers Lhem with white vinegar.' This she pours off after a while, and Strain-; Strain-; in- tnc vinegar, she keeps it to add to s th bath. I There is another woman who makes f an excellent rose vinegar for the toilet. I She takes two handfuls of prepared t and spiced rose leaves out of the rose : jar and puts them in a deep stone i rock. In to this she pours one quart ! of the best of claret, vinegar. She lets this stand for three days, 1 pours off and Ftrains and bottles. N'oth- I inc could be finer for the bath. Very weak ammonia scented with co logne is good. And there is a prepara- tion called in the south the bath of thw i aristrocracy. . It is made by taking a pint of spirits i of cologne and adding to it ten drops of good ammonia. This is tightly I . orked. After a week a bottle of vio- et -water is added, and the whole is I put awav in a jug or large bottle. I When the bath is drawn it is made milky with a teaspoonful of tinctuie of benzoin, and tl en a cup of this bath j i perfume is added. This makes a de- ! li'-ious bath. The tired out woman should take a j ') bath that refreshes the nerves. There I ! is a whole lot in nerve refreshment. ! ; Don't think you can rest while your I j nerves are unstrung. j MARIAN MAETINEAU'S BEAUTY LETTEES (Chicago Tribune.) G.: Please advise me how to take superfluous hair off my arms. I cannot wear elbow sleeves on account of -the gu.wth of hair on my arms. You can obtain immediate 4-fclief by Wishing your arms with peroxide of Irvdropen, with a few drops of ammo-r.ia ammo-r.ia added. This will bleach the hair light. If you do this twictf a week you ".ill soon ruin the cpnfUtu.tion of the l4Mand the root.will"le'. MrS" " What xiiildClau advise for a wrinkle between the eyes? -Use frown cream. You can make it yourself by taking half an ounce oi cold cream from the drug store. Put it in a double boiler and when it is neated, add half its quantity of pure' almond oil. This is a simple and easily eas-ily made cream if you are away in the .country or . where you cannot optain meny ingredients. . . Mrs. T.: Do you advise -the use of perfumed baths? And are they not ! expensive? Y-ou can get up a perfumed -bath for a few cents. "Would you be willing to pay, say, 8 cents a day for a highly flavored, delicate bath? You can jour white wine vinegar upon strawberries and a few cloves, let stand a 'week, strain and bottle. This gives a nice and cheap aromatic vinegar. Society Girl: You have mentioned perfumed baths. 1 would like to know ; what perfumes to use. I do not ask for a cheap bath, for I am willing to spend some money to obtain this luxury. lux-ury. Then take a pint of spirits of ammonia ammo-nia and add two grains of musk. To this add half an ounce of the oil oi j rcse geranium and one drop of attar of rose. The whole will cost something some-thing like a dollar. Let stand two weeks. Then add a pint of spirits'of cologne and pour all into a gallon jug to stand two wc?ks more. This can be used as a perfume, or a few drops can be added to the bath. It makes a fine toilet water. Mrs. L.: You have frequently spoken spok-en of reducing the weight by exercise. exer-cise. I have tried it, but it did not do me any good. , What can 1 do? Please help a poor mortal. Exercise will surely reduce you. If 1 j-ou really want to get thin drink 'nothv ing at all with your meals. This is hard, but imperative. Walk before breakfast and after. Take a walk after dinner. Don't sit and lounge. Keep moving. That is the secret of losing flesh. Don't take medicine to reduce your weight unless you know it to- be good. ' H. G. D.: I took your advice and lost ten pounds. Now, however, I am gaining gain-ing again. What can I do to lose again? Take every morning Itefore breakfast a teaspoon of phosphate of soda in a glass of hot water. This may lessen your appetite for breakfast, but it will improve your general condition. .. . t . ' E.: Tell me how to reduce my weight. From reading your letter it seems to be your hips that are too stout. You and" another reader are asking me abouj the same question, How can I reduce my hips? The hip exercises are good, but walking is better. Take no ice cream soda, drink nothing with your meals, and take -exercise. That is the best way. -i- Miss T.: Do you advise the Yau-caire Yau-caire remedy? I have Known it to dc sua-wisiuiy tried. The formula -has -been frequently frequent-ly given in this column. If you have last it or have missed it, write and it will be repeated for you. f K. H.: I would like a whiteuer for the hands and the neck. My hands tan so brown in the summer. Lemon juice will whiten the hands if used persistentlj-. If you want a nics whitener take lanolin and peroxide and use them upon the neck and arrhs. You can whiten the hands with pyrozone. which is also good for the face used in diluted quantities. f 'f7 Questioner:-- -Your-" letter was received. re-ceived. The hands get out of condition condi-tion sometimes, and the only way to cure them is to take constant care of them. Sleep in gloves lined with glove paste. Before going out cover your your hands with this lotion. Rub it in well. An ounce of almond oil, one teaspoon tea-spoon lard oil, one teaspoon mutton tallow, a lump of spermacetti the size of a walnut. Melt together and rub on the hands twice a day. i .Writer: You ask me not to print your name. - How will you know this letter is for you when there are so many letters? You can reduce your hips by.' walking. Get up at 3 o'clock and walk. Walk as many miles a day as you can. It would be a good thing if you could adopt the plan of fhe New York society women who take long cross country walks. They start early in the morning and walk until 10 o'clock, when they rest, have luncheon, lunch-eon, and start back again. This reduces re-duces the weight rapidly. . " ' j H. G.: ts white of egg good for ths complexion? I have a skin that is all j scaly. I have been told that white of egg will cure it. x I do not think white of egg .will help your skin. I do not see whv it should. Suppose you try rubbing it every night with the skin food that-has been frequently fre-quently given here. If you have lost the directions for it send a self addressed envelope and it will be sent to you. . -V' Wedding Anniversaries. According to 'the tradit'on of ages here arc fourteen wedding anniversaries anniver-saries to be celebrated. These are: First year, cotton; .second year, paper; pa-per; third year, leather: fifth year, wooden: seventh year, woolen; tenth year, tin; twelfth year, silk and fine linen; fifteenth year, crystal: twentieth twen-tieth year, china; twenty-fifth year, silver; thirtieth year, pesrl; fortieth year, ruby; fiftieth year, golden; seventy-hftn year, euamona. Mexican Etiquette. Ladies do not. attend funerals. Children kiss the hands of their parents. The bridegroom purchases his bride's trousseau. The hostess is served first at a Mexican Mex-ican table. When friends pars each other on the street without stopping they say adios (good by). , , Cards are sent to friends upon the anniversary of their saint's day and upon New Year's day. Even the youngest children of - the family are dressed in mourning upon th death of a relative. The , pronoun (thou) is used only among Very intimate friends and relatives rela-tives or when addressing children or servants. - r. Never allow-a caller to cafvy a pack-ago pack-ago of any size from your house: always al-ways send it to. his home. Mexicans do not" carry parcel.?. v If vou change -your . 'residence- you must notify your MejciPan 'friends .by, card: otherwise they - will not feel at liberty to enter your new home. . Peanut Molasses Candy:' Place in a good-sized, kettle one quart of good molasses, one cup of butler, but-ler, according to a writer in What to Eat. Boil rapidly, stirring constantly until it snaps sharply In ice. water, then add a level teaspoonful of baking soda, and stir a moment, Have ready one quart of shelled peanuts, i. e., have them shelled, pkinned and broken apart into halves. Add them to the candy and stir rapidly and just enough to mix well, and pour at once into flat, 'square, greased pans. When, partly-cold partly-cold mark into blocks and-cut through. If wrapped neatly in waxed paper and ! kept in a dry place, this will keep nicely nice-ly for weeks.- - - ' , , Sunday, Sept.' "24. V ! ; ;. t .' f 1 4 -V . Blii'KFAST. ' ' . ; Fruit- -i. 'i f ,:: . Steamed hominy, sugar and cream- Buttered eggs,' w ith tomatoes. Batter bread. Coffee. DINNER. Corn soup. Roast beef, Yorkshire pudding. Totato croquettes, tomato ajid okra. i Lettuce, French dressing. : Wafers. Cheese; Peach puelding. Coffee. . SUPPER. Sweetbread and cucumber salad. Cheese. ' Wafers. Fruit. Friday, Sept. 30. BREAKFAST. Fruit. Cereal, sugar and cream. Fried egg-plant. Miik biscuit. Coffee. LUNCH. Fruit shortcake. Tea. DINNER. Tomato bisque. Salmon' loaf, egg sauce. ' -Mashed potatoes. String beans. Lettuce and vucumber salad. ' Wafers. Cheese. Cocoa charlotte. Coffee. Eecipe Rarities. i Batter Bread. Mix six tablespoons flour and three tablespoons cornmeal, add one-half teaspoon salt, four eggs well beaten, and sufficient milk to mix to a thin batter. Pour into a well but-j but-j tered shallow pan; don not have the 1 tatter more than one-half inch deep j and bake in a quick oven. i . Molded Rice. While boiled rice is still ' warm press half into wetted i molds and set aside to be served cold 'next morning with sugar a4id cream. Cucumber a la Poulette. To half pint plain white sauce add four cucumbers after paring, cutting them in inch pieces and simmering in salted water twenty minutes. Cook gently ten minutes min-utes in the -.sauce, and add one teaspoon tea-spoon lemon juice.' one teaspoon chopped parsley'ind the beaten yolks of two eggs. Stir a moment before taking tak-ing from tire, w ' Cocoa Charlotte'. Scald, -one-half cup milk in a double boiler, mix in smoothly smooth-ly with three teaspoons cocoa and three tablespoons sugar, 'stir over the fire until the mixture is .melted, then add one-quarter box gelatine soaked in one-quarter cup cold water. When dissolved dis-solved strain and set aside until beginning begin-ning to " thicken, then lightly stir in one and one-half cups cream which' has been whipped to a stiff broth. Add one teaspoon vanilla, heap in a glass dish, and set in a cold place for a few hours. Pears a la Conde. Halve the fruit and simmer in a weak syrup until tender: one cup rice is cooked in a double dou-ble boiler in milk, just enough being added from time to time to be absorbed ab-sorbed until the Vice is tender and quite dry. One teaspoon vanilla is added and the rice is then turned out on a serving dish and et aside until cold. Before serving some of the fruit Is basted over the rice, the fruit arranged ar-ranged round the base and on top, and ti e remainder of the syrup served in a pitcher. |