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Show vr H Woman's , World "1 ; One Bay at a Time. One oay at a time! That's all it can i jco lfaVtor than that is the hardest i fate; I jVnd days have their limits, however 1 we i Begin li.em to early and stretch them too late. i v one day at a time! I !s a wholesome rhyme! I A pood one to live by, t A day at a time. j .; one day at a time!! Every heart that ', aches, I Knowing only loo well how lorg I they rail seem: I Ent it'is never today which the spirit i breaks ! Jfs the darkened future, withyut a -1'-am- J One day at a time!! When joy is at heist h ? .Such joy as the heart ean never for- Ret And pulses are th'robbins with wild delight, 5 How hard to lemember tliat suns i must set. I One day at a time!! But a sinl day,' 1 Whatever its load, whitever its I length: J And there's a bit of precious f-etip- . .' ture to say - I V That, according to each, shall be our I I elrc-ngth. J One day at a time!! 'Tis the whole of life; ; All sorrow, all joy, are measured therein: The bound of our purpose, our r. iblest strife, Tii? one only countersigns sure to win. One day at a time! It's a wholesome rhyme! I A good one to live bv, A day at a time. Helen Hunt Jackson. ' rem THE NERVOUS WOMAN. ' Marian Martineau in Chicago Tri'bune.) "I am so nervous I can hardly keep pull, and I jump- at the ' slightest fcound." i complained a woman to a friend. Have yt.u tried a dose of fresh air?" asked the friend, with a twinkle in her t f.ve. "I had a case of nerves and went to a sanitarium with them. I was ; cured in the open air, but it cost me a thousand dollars. You can take the same cure at home without paying out one cent. ..j " Freeh air," continued this woman, J "is not always easy to get. At home ve have little of it. Our house faces j a rcw of red brick dwellings and the ; back overlooks a tall factory. We are pretty well shut in. But I go up on ilif. roof now and then, once a dav, anyway, and get the fresh air. And, Hi". 1 get air in the rarks. "Look at me," continued she, "not a I nerve in my body. I feel strong and : active, and when I get up in the morn ing I am glad to be alive. "It used to be I rose in the morning without appetite or ambition and went :, io sleep in the same manner. I used to get up worn and tired out, and by ths time I was dressed I wanted to go back to bed again. Sometimes the sweat poured off me like rain. Even my hair was wet and clammy with i moisture. I was weak and the weak ness was all nervousness. "Then in the matter of eating I had trouble. Nothing would digest. It was a bad case of plain nerves. I was fv ; vtvous nothing would go down com- ; tirtahly. You never saw s-uch a v.rcir;. j "My worst hours came at night, for j tlin I woke up and worried. X. wor- ; rifd arid I worried and I worried. I ; did nt know what it was to rleep a f vhol night. , Finally I went to the j .".nitaritvri. And this is what th?y old fur nio: "They made me sleep with the win dow open, not partly, but vide open. 1 could fel the breeze blow acro.ss me. They would not let me go to bed at n i pin until I was terrible drowsy and "ftcntinips I have 'been so sle?py H at ; I could not keep my head uu while un- dressing. I was both slwepy a'.id tiled. .i "And no wonder. I rose i:i the nvj.'n- h:g and was compelled to dress w:'th th- brecEe- blowing through the Knm. 1 was nnt allowed a morning bath, as 1 wa.o not strong enough physically lor ! .) that. Thf n I had breakfast and such ; a breakfast! It was a lesson in food j a a lues. I "I -ate cereals and green thbigs, or.d I celery and watercress, and everything nire I wanted in the way cf fruit. I j . slso ate all the hot broads I I'urired. I and I had plenty of good butter.- I I also had a hot drink whica tva as f"o,i iis coffee. f "All the morning I walked in the I open. I was pent out in the sha.Je i-o j that l would not get a li.;Ji ia.-ne, j-r d I I walked and I walked, stopping oc- ? casionally only to rest. "My! what an appetite it g'.vcs you to alk if you are dressed for your w!k. i I wore large shoes with perfectly llat 5 bcrls. 1 wore a fhort skirt with a lcr,fif belt. I wore a comlori able watst, i it'n corsets that supported, bi,t did rot press upon the back. And in this i pari) I could walk forevsr. "For luncheon such a rneal! """-.eje r '!' stewed fruits in pl-i:t7. Thore as cooked spinach. Thers were ; toasted breads and niuffini and there j v. as breast of chicken, plenty of it, btit ..no red meats. i "1 may say that I was afilieted with C' i'slty and the diet was an obesity : 'ii'-t. We had no starchy things to tat a.vl i o iastry. In plae of pie j.nd c;.k v.e were given stewed fruits and in place of the rich creams, w'lich turn ' arirja n the stomach, we ate green , !!n::s;. su' h as. lettuce, icV-ry. n.i tre $ many palatable green leaves wnuh are ervecl up on the table. 'The drink question '-a me up ofion, f',r w here people cxerdpe. a grea: deal r are inclined to be stout. f;?rc- is al-'ays al-'ays a great thirst. I had bu;ii in the habit of taking a good gUs; cf wiilcr cerv hour. But this va forbV deu. "nr- pmall glass had to ftuTtee f"cai ; vm-hI to meal. But in its place there was substituted ripe, fresh fruit, ' slightly tart, such as apples and f or jjnges, and after taking a bit of th';s? no further drink was needed. It is j astonishing to find how soon you ran overcome the habit of drinking uK ' limes of day. I weaned mystlf from 'tie drink proposition in a week. I ; now- f.-U no thirst at all. I "The trouble with people who diet i for obesity is that they confine them- selves to the strictly necessary foods. ; They eat only those foods which are lull of fuibstance, and they 4-at as little as possible. The result is great discomfort. dis-comfort. The stomach needs a little j vaste tissue, and nnless you fill It up j it will not feel easy. j "Don't try, if you are dieting for obesity, ob-esity, to get along with too little food, j Fill up the stomach, but let It be with lo 'dn that are digested easily. Don't i starve. It will not do you nor your j ! stomach any good. The stomach can not be abused in this manner without responding with a protest. "Dieting is terribly difficult. The trouble is that you and your stomach v.ant the thing which you are told will not do you any good. You are instructed in-structed not to eat all you want, yet your stomach protests vehemently . against such privation. The solution 5 I is to eat all you want, fill up, but try if lo Pet the right food. "And there is something in training your stomach. - If it has a desire which,' not to be gratified teach it to want fcwaeUunjj; else. A woman who con stantly craved maple sugar taught her stomach to desire fruit instead. Every time it craved the sweet she gave it a taste of fruit, and pretty soon she learned to like the fruit better than the sweet. "Don't try to reform your diet suddenly. sud-denly. You cannot break off all at once. You must do. so by degrees. If yu stop eating all your accustomed foods the result will be disastrous indeed. in-deed. Make the changes gradually. "But about the Tresh air treatment. In the afternoon get out and do stunts. If you cannot get in a gymnasium go up on the housetop. In Washington there is "a house with a flat rcof, all around which there is 'built a tall fence j which is screened off so that no in- j quisitive eye can penetrate. And ' upon that roof a party of young wo- ' men frequently practice gymnastics, i They run and jump and make typical athletes of themselves. "If there is no roof or no gymnasium ' a vacant room will do. You must exercise ex-ercise until you are tired. It is the greatest cure for weak and tired nerves that ever was." And the woman who was nervous herself and who had succeeded in curing cur-ing herself tripped away to indulge in her well beloved athletics. If you are tired in nerves and worn in body there are things . which you must not do. You must not sit in a close room with a number of persons' all breathing the same atmosphere. This is a lesson for the tired out working woman to ponder pon-der if she can. The working woman must not eat irregularly if she be inclined to be nervous. And the more nervous she is the more methodically must she attend at-tend to her appetite. If the working woman eats at 12 let her observe the hour with fidelity. A minute before or afterward seems little, yet it is upon these minutes that the comfort of the stomach hangs. The gastric juices are accustomed to receive re-ceive their portion at a certain time and that which comes later gets a poor reception. Don't, if you are a working woman, try to eat and remain seated afterward. after-ward. Digestion depends largely upon gravitation and it is a good thing to take a walk after a meal. Never, if you ere nervous, lie down directly after eating. This will arrest digestion and make the person who does it extremely irritable, if not drowsv. Don't, if you are nervous, attempt to sit more than an hour at a time. Even the working woman can manage to rise, move about and, perhaps, throw open the window. Nervous women who suffer from insomnia in-somnia can rise and throw wide the windows and blinds. Open the door if possible and let the air circulate through. There is a nervous woman who is troubled with shortness of breath. Bach night she arises at midnight, mid-night, throws open the windows, airs the room and goes back to sleep again. Nothing will do but a freshening of the room. Don't tryi if you are nervous, to do much talking. Women who talk a great deal are sure to grow more and more nervous. They bring on their nerve trouble by constant use of the vocal organs and the consequent drain upon the brain is severe. Keep still, stop talking, if you do not want to be nervous. More nervous invalids are made by the talking habit than by all the other bad habits in the world put together. And it is nervous people that are usually such great talkers. "The more nervous I feel the more I talk," said a nervous invalid. Nervous women are usually awkward. awk-ward. It is part of their nervousness. They should exercise, and as they exercise ex-ercise they will acquire grace. It is a double stunt, so to. speak. Take athletic ath-letic exercises and grow in grace as well as in nerve force. "My husband is dyspeptic and nervous," nerv-ous," writes a woman. "What can be done for' him? He has taken so much medicine that he is a. walkintr drui? i shop." This is one of the cases where rest and not exercise is needed. Give him the right kind of a -breakfast, let him get out in the open air in the morning, see that his lunch is all it ought to be, i and lot dinner be perfection. In the evening, go out. Don't stay home. A case of nervousness was cured by nightly rides in the open trolleys. And there arc special stunts for the nervous woman, the woman whose back and head always ache a little. One of these is the running, exercise. Let her get down on her hands and feet. Do not touch the knees to the ; ground, but start as though you were ; ' a runner going to run a race. Start upon 4 the race, race across the room and back again. This will foe all the exercise you will need for one day. When you rise be sure to stand per fectly erect a few minutes, long enough to give the heart time to resume re-sume its normal beating. This is extremely ex-tremely important, for H13 heart will smother and the lungs will have a curiously cramped feeling when you first resume your normal position. All the running exercises are good. Try running slowly, with both arms uplifted, taking deep breaths all the while. This is easy and restful. Run slowly, taking long steps, with both arms in the air, breathing deeply all the while. When you run throw your elbows back, lift your hands, square your elbows and get all the .cxerciso possible out of your sport. Marian Martineau's Answers. Laura: I have read so much about bleaching the skin of the hands that I would like to try if it can be done. Mine are brown and yellow and there are veins on the backs of them. Your hands are growing old. You must rub a good skin emollient yito them every night. To bleach them use lanolin and peroxide. For an emollient try vaseline mixed with olive oil in eaual narts. G. II. M.: How often would you advise ad-vise me to wash my hair with tea leaves to darken it? It is a bright red. I am 16 years old. Frankly, I would not try to darken it at all. By the time you are 20 its color will be much subdued and from that time on it will gradually grow deeper in shade. It is prooably becoming to you, just as it, particularly if your skin is white. ' No Name: The lock of hair you send is what is called ink blue. It is the blackest hair T ever saw. It is so black it is blue. 4 . Kathryn: I am going to be married in the fall and I am in some uncertain-' uncertain-' ty about wearing white. My skin is 1 dark and muddy. What can I wear? j Wear white, by all means, but treat j your skin. Take spinach all summer, I as much as you can eat. Do not put I vinegar upon it. Take lettuce and all kinds of greens, with your meals, and try to get your system in good condi-I condi-I tion. Meanwnile treat your skin. J Bleach it and free it from that cloudy look. ! . I I Lock: Your hair is mouse color. It j I is soft and pretty, and looks better plain than waved. Your best color in dress is tomato red. , Mrs. Y.: I am much obliged to you for telling me how to take the hair off ' my upper lip. I uow desire to remove it from my arms.. What course, shall I pursue? . ' t ,. Take powdered 'pumice " stotie,. . ahd gently, scrub your arms with it. - No special pumice is needed, just the plain, fine fiowder. When you have taken off all the down you can go over your arms with a weak solution of ammonia and water. This may keep Lire hair from returning. TTgly Girl: Looking at your portrait I do not think you are so homely as you suppose. But you must keep your complexion nice. It should be as clear as milk and without a flaw. Mrs. T.: I used the tweezers upon my upper lip and pulled out the hairs. I then applied a solution of ammonia and water. The results have been good. Only about half the hairs came back. I am going to try the same thing over again, hoping this time to remove all of them. That is the right way. Keep trying. Remember,, there are five separate and I distinct ways to remove superfluous I hair from the face, and if one fails to ; work, the other surely will. Don't give up. The deformity is too awful to endure en-dure without trying to cure it. f B. R.': Please tell me how to make a good toilet water. I would like something some-thing that will keep. Take a pint of spirits of cologne and put it in a quart bottle. Bet the best spirits. Add to it half an ounce of oil of geranium. And to this add a grain of musk. Bottle tightly and set away for two weeks. Two months would be better. You will have at the end of that time a quantity of sweet, pure perfume, lasting and strong. You can dilute it for toilet and bath use. f Miss G.: I would like to make a strawberry vinegar for the bath. How an I make it? I wish to use it daily, so do not have it too expensive. Take a pint of strained and mashed straw berries. Put the juice in a quart of white wine Vinegar. To this add a teaspoon of borax powder. Add a few tablespoons to the bath. , H. B.: I find much trouble with glycerin. gly-cerin. It irritates my skin. I am using a preparation containing glycerin and my face is almost covered with a rash. You are using the glycerin too strong. You should dilute it more. Many canT not endure the pure glycerin on the skin. Miss T.: I would like the recipe for a fragrant benzoin bath. I mean the nicest bath that can be made. There is an aristocratic bath made by taking a tub of hot water and pouring pour-ing into it enough benzoin to make" it milky. Now add a bag of orris powder, and you have a delicate bath. It is good for the skin. ( All readers of this column may write freely. Tell your troubles and get advice. ad-vice. There is no. rhare-o at all Vmip name will not be mentioned. KITCHEN AND TABLE.. SUNDAY MENU, Breakfast Fruit. Cereal ad Cream. Broiled Ham and Creamed Potatoes. Corn Gems and Coffee. Lunch. j Hot Sliver Tongue and Pickles. Graham Bread. Cocoa. Dinner. Vegetable Soup. y Boiled Corned Beef. Mashed Potatoes. Savoy Cabbage. t Lettuce. French Dressing. Wafers. Cheese. Brown Betty. Hard Sauce. Coffee. Recipes. Cherry Jelly Fill a pudding dish with alternate layers of fresh, stoned cherries and buttered bread crumbs. Sprinkle thickly with sugar and pack the dish in ice until half frozen, when it will be the consistency of jelly. Serve with thick Whipped cream. Watery Potatoes Put into the pot a piece of lime as large as a hen's egg, and how . watery soever the potatoes may have been, when the water is poured off they will be perfectly dry and mealy. Hints to "Women. Chapped Hands Chapped hands may in part be prevented by carefully dry ing the hands after, washing aild when they occur may be quickly cured. by rubbing the hands over with lemon juice. When the -chaps have been neglected neg-lected and suffered to become large this remedy causes considerable smarting smart-ing for a few moments; if, however, as soon as the skin of the hands begins to get rough, a cut lemon is rubbed over them after washing, it does not cause pain, but produces a pleasant softness of the hands. A Wrinkle An English authority on cooking gives the following as the 1 proper way of boiling eggs: Put the . eggs into a saucepan, cover them with ; boiling water and let mem stand for ; about ten minutes where the water will keep hot, tout not boiling. The proper temperature will be 180 degrees. When they are opened the white will be of a soft, jelly-like consistency and j the yolk soft, but not liquid. It will. I in fact, be uniformly cooked, no part j of the white appearing raw as is I ordinarily the case in soft boiled eggs, j but all soft and tender and yet coagulated. coagu-lated. Earache Place a little cotton-wool, saturated with chloroform, in a new clay pipe; insert the stem of the pipe j in the patient's ears and blow gently. The evaporating chloroform will remove re-move the pain immediately. Warm I poultices or a drop of warm olive oil mixed with a like amount of laudanum 1 dropped into the ear may also be used. If there is a discharge syringe the car very gently with tepid water, adding add-ing to each teacupful one teaspoonful of the solution of carbolic acid. Chronic discharges from the ears' are usually the result of a scrofulous taint in the blood which must be purified. Children's Birthdays. Do the mothers keep their children's birthdays by making them an occasion for a l oliday? The years of childhood pass so quickly and ere we are aware the little boys and girls become men and women, and it is well to let children chil-dren feel they are of some consequence in the family "circle, lor at least ne ' day in the year. Not only in childhood but after they have grown up . and other love than fathers and mothers has attracted them, and they have left the old home for their own new ones. Mothers should still keep their children's chil-dren's birthdays by writing a letter to each one. I have done this for several years past, and found it a pleasant task; and I know that it gives pleasure pleas-ure to my children to know that vhe day of their birth is remembered t their old home. I have written ten birthday letters since January last, and have two more to write in. the fall. Methinks I hear some one say: What a big family.' Well, it is pretty large, yet not one could I ever spare and happily I've not lost oneT They are not all my own. however. The .four eldest daughters are my step-children j still they are mine, by right of loving care for them in their early childhood, land they, too. look for a birtlday letter let-ter from mother each year, and-are not disappointed. The sons and daughters daugh-ters will never become wholly : estranged es-tranged from the old home and its associations, as-sociations, i fa yearly reminder in the shape of a birthday letter from a loving lov-ing rnitoher reaches them, fir it will serve to draw closer the family ties which have seemingly been sundtred, or transferred in another direction. Fatl er's and Mother's birthdays are kept in remembrance by our children and many little tokens of affection be sides letters reach us from the absent ones, which cheer and gladden our hearts. sincerely hope that mothers who have read this article will write birthday letters to each of their absent chi'dren, &nd, my word for It. they will I derive a great deal of pleasure, from the practice, besides giving the same to their sons and daughters (Mary E. Miller.) |
