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Show 1 Woman's World I I ........ Conducted,' by Helcne Valeau, , HELENE VALEAFS ANSWERS ' I Miss Va lea u will reply tt all ques-I ques-I lions asked by the' 'feminine readers of The Tntermountain. Catholic. The well I known character and authority of her replies need no introduction to those I already familiar with her abilitv. Mi?? I Valeau will take a kindly and personal I interest in those who write to her. and f !pjire no pains in seeing that their s inquiries are answered fully and care-; care-; full j'. - "Write only on one'side of the i paper. Address letters to Miss Helene j aleau. Intennountain Catholic, Salt i Lake City. I ! if Dear iiss. Valeau :v Kindlv tell me t ; wnai ,dr'd 'f smelling salts "is consider consid-er ? tred the best. MRS. G. H Denver. J-ood and invigorating smelling salts i serviceable and lasting. . anv,' woman J can make for herself after this recipe I A f"v cents' worth of lump ammonia , I t racked into bits as big as preen peas t f should be put into the vinaigrette that ; ought to be of glass, with a top of any I I metal. On the ammonia pour good co- logne until the. bottle is full, cork it up ! lightly and do not open it for a whole I ,Iav- After that it may be freclv used - ;,,)r' 'ill for two or three mouths re-I re-I 1 main fresh and fragrant. I Dear Miss Valeau: Can you give mc i a remedy for corns? ' : JAMES T.. Salt Lake. ! When corns are llrst noticed, rubbing ! ith pumice-stone will . often cause i I them to disappear. A good solution to paint on a corn dally till it disappears '5 the following: Salicylic acid, half a teaspoonful; bi-chloride of 'mercury. i two grains; collodion, one ounce: ether, f as much as is necessary to make the ; mixture the right consistency. j f Dear Miss Valeau: 1 am so tired of 1 j late that life has no interest for me at ; ! .all. Sometimes 1 feel that it is hardly i worth living. AY Wat do you think is the matter? MAKY M. S., Pueblo. You might try going to bed at rea- ! MMiable hours for one thing. If you i are tired it means loss of sleep. Pay I attention to your diet. too. Perhaps you have not enough to do. Are you i j a society woman? I have attended a ' ' , few "pink teas" myself, and was more I ' tired than if I did a day's washing or i f put up twenty gallons of preserves. I I Hustle around and help some one who is really tired from overwork. ; : But. perhaps you arc overworked. J "vYell, if so. ret at once. Take some . I good tonic, sleep all you can. have pleii- t ty of fresh sir In your home, wear your ' clothes .very loose, stop Worrying and i say your night prayers, the little, old prayer, "Now I lay me down to sleep. ' if nothing else. Do not get into the ' habit of thinking you are tired of life, because if you should become suddenly and dangerously ill. you would shriek at the top of your voice for all the doo-; doo-; tors in your town. Use your brains . ... 5 and will power, my dear, and you will he a happy woman. ! Gleanings. ? Steak will be found much more ten der if vinegar is rubbed all over it. ? It should then be left for half an hour before cookyig. In cooking peas do not put the salt in until they are .nearly .done; they will he found to be much more teuder. No persons require-- more careful clothing .than infants and young chil dren, as their body surface is rela-j rela-j lively large, and their heat-producing powers, feeble. For this reason they r" requite covering up as much as pos- . sible with loose, light clothing-, the ! undergarments of wool. The unneces sary swathing of children in wraps and comforters is to be deprecated, as it renders lb-m tender and pe- i-.iiHarly susceptible to chilis.-i chilis.-i 1 " An oblong fish kettle of enameled I ware should be part of every kitcheu I outfa. The best kettles have perfo- 1 rated drainers with wire handles at the sides, by which the fish can be 1 lifted easily and conveniently. These I kettles will be found useful for boil- 1 ing green corn as well as fish. 1 Linoleum and oilcloth can be re stored to their original polish by washing wash-ing them with milk. If you want something inexpensive you might uy buttermilk for your Tnvklcs. Wash your face in. buttermilk butter-milk at night and apply a compress j dripped in buttermilk to the affected i part. I A slight scotch on a muslin gar- j meat will disappear if hung out in . the sunshine. If the scorch is dark, wet the surface and lay in the sun- j shine. . Sometimes 'the process has to j be repeated several times. BUSINESS AND BUNS,' j "The most--Important -part of the city's business is done when New York goes out to lunch." says C. F. Carter in j the September Men and YYomen. "It j is bi-tv.cei) 2 2 : CO and 2:S0 that ship- ! building trusts are hatched and North- I crn Securities deals put through. Men j have always eaten at noon, men have j always talked business while they ate. ! but the modern combination of cook- ' mg and commerce, as a recognized in- '; stitution. is scarcely more than ten years old. j "It was brought about by necessity, j As New York grew and distances be-j came greater, and as. at the same t time, the size of its individual commercial com-mercial operations becume larger, it I was found necessary to establish a sort of clearing house for appoint- tnentsi The invitation. ; 'Meet me at lunch and we'll talk it over,' became t more and more freouent and eventu- j ally acquired a special significance, , until now there is no part of a metro- ! politan business man's day which is i so jealously guarded iiv the matter of appointment as the noontime. "It is. probably well within ' the bounds of reason to say that In clubs J and cafes of the better class there is i a total of $100,000 spent each day upon j the midday meal, while counting in j very place where food -.s .-erved. from ; tho patrician hostclries on Fifth avenue ave-nue io the lowly beaneries on Broad street, it is safe to say that New York spends ?240,000 for its daily lunch. Nearly half of that amount, today, is barged up to expense accounts throughout the city, as items 'for the furtherance of business.'" Tomato and Onion Pickles. To mfike sweet green tomato and onion pickles take one neck of greeri tomatoes of a uniform size sliced oit-iuarttr oit-iuarttr of an inch thick and eight medium-sized onions sliced the same. Sprinkle with one-half pint of salt and let stand overnight. In the morning drain. Add to the pickles two quarts of i hot water and one quart of vinegar, put in porcelain preserving kfttle. place on range and boil twenty minutes. Drain again in colander and throw away liquor. Add to pickles two pounds of sugar, two quarts of cider vinegar, two tablespoorfuls each of ground cinnamon, cinna-mon, allspice, ginger, one and a half of doves, one teaspoonful cayenne, one-ouarter one-ouarter pound whole while mustard seed. Cook all together gently twenty minutes, place in stone jars, cover securely se-curely and put in cool dry closet. Care of Gloves . "A lady is known by her shoes and by her gloves." That Is a saying that has stood the test of years. Everything depends de-pends on the way the glove i rut vn the first time. The glove which is once put on crooked can never be straightened. straight-ened. No one but the woman who Is 1iy nature tidy realizes how much longer gloves will last if they are carefully removed and cleaned and mended. ;ioves should always be pulled out first by the finger tins and wrists and iut a in tissue pupcr. : -Sleep for Girls. You cannot afford to forget what an advantage it is to your looks and disposition dis-position to go to bed early. Such a habit formed now will do much to bring you happiness in married life. I do not mean that you must give up all pleas- i ure in the evening, but 1f you are out ' late one evening, be sure and go to bed early tne next night. In this way you will preserve agood balance. If your j Jiancee .ls living- in the same town, it Is a good plan to limit his calls to 1 three times a week. You -will both en- : joy then aU the more if they are not! too frequent. The season of courtship: is always a nervous strain, and it is only-Justice ' to yourself and - to your lover to relieve the "tension now and then. And don't overdissipate on Sundays. Sun-days. The way you feel on Mondav morning will follow you throughout the week. If you are a girl in business it may be impossible for you to take an afternoon nap and the night's sleep will be ail that you will have to defend j upon. You cannot overestimate its importance. im-portance. The good looks and vivacity that you will gain from outdoor exercise exer-cise will do far more to attract, the "prince" than will any amount of primping before your looking glass. Then. too. when "he" does come to see j you plan so that you can spend a good i part of the evening in the open air. To Cure a Headache. An ordinary headache can very often be cured by sitting for a few minutes with the feet in very hot wate:- and cloths wrung out of hot vinegar and water on the forehead and a.t the. back of the neck. Milk for Health and-Beauty. To use "milk for health" it must be taken Internally: "for beauty," externally. exter-nally. Milk should be sipped or taken slowly. Add a little limewater, as that makes it more digestible. About a tea-spoonful tea-spoonful to a glass of milk is the correct cor-rect proportion. To prepare limewater, pour one pint of boiling water slowly over a piece of unslacked or quicklime aljout as large as a hen's egg. "Vhn cold, pour off and. bottle and use its needed, or you may. buy lime water at the chemist's. If you-want to give the face and hands an occasional milk bath, use warm milk at night and let-it dry. "Yasli off, with .warm water,' in the morning. ' ' A Good Hair Grower. A good and inexpensive hair grower is made of two ounces of pure castor oil and sixteen ounces of rati de cologne. co-logne. If the spirit is of the proper strength the oil is dissolved in it and the solution is oily, clean and satisfactory. satisfac-tory. ... To Whiten Piano Keys. Wet strips of canton flannel with oxalic ox-alic ucld and lay upon the keys, removing remov-ing them as -they dry. Be careful that the acid does not drop upon the wood. Salt water is good for the scalp, the eyes, the face, the nostrils, the whole body;- Use salt properly and plentifully, plentiful-ly, aud. paradoxical as it may seem."1 yau will remain ever fresh. . . .. you will remain ever fresh, , Lemon syrup made by baking a leniOn twenty minutes and then squeezing the juice upon half a .cupful of sugar is excellent, ex-cellent, for hoarseness and "will .break up a cold. " ' ' ' ' . : ' Steamed Rice and Peach Pudding. Put -quarter of a pound of washed rice in u double boiler with a quart of milk, quarter otn cup. of sugar, a. large -tablespoonful of butter, and let cook for an hour, until rice is soft; then turn out and when cool add two eggs well beaten. Pare and halve about eight peaches and simmer them in a syrup --of sugar and water for live minutes until tender. Butter a plain mold and place a layer of rice in it to a deth of an inch, then put in some of -the peaches with hollow tide up, then more rice, and so on until mold is full. Cover closely and steam for three-quarters of an hour in a. boiler of; water, placing the mold on a muflln ring to prevent burning. burn-ing. . When done, tuin from the mold and serve with custard saue or sweetened sweet-ened cream. Baked Peaches. This is a nice way. to, serve peaches when they, are a little too green and hard for eating uncooked. Cut them in halves, pare and remove the stones, place them- in layers with smooth side up in a detp earthen pie dish, with the. bottom' o the dish just covered with water; sprinkle sugar over the peaches and cover and bake in the oven until tender, but not soft enough to break. These may be served hot or cold with whipped cream or meringue'. |