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Show Woman's World Conducted, by Helene Valeau. HELENE VALEAU'S ANSWERS. Miss Valeau win reply to all questions ques-tions asked by the fominine readers of Tlie Jntcrmountain Catholic. The well : known cuaracier and authority uf her I .In,PiT,-nfeed-v intrductlon to those : .tlieadj lairnhar with her abiUtv.' Mis A aleau will take a kindlv and personal Interest in those who write to her,: and will spare no pains in seeing that their .inquiries are answered fully and carc-: carc-: lully. rite only on one side of the j-jper. Address letters to Miss Helene . aieau Intermounlaiu Catholic, Salt Lukc City. Dear Miss Valcau: Will vou answer l!i--Julion you are asked ?--JaWs II.. Kutte. Yes, sir, any question that can be .-.ns we red with propriety in a. religious paper, or course. I would not answer any personal questions; for instance jny age. Dear Miss Valeau: I am so nervous that 1 am miserable all the time. I am a school teacher, and am under a srrat ! strain always. What do you advWe Kate S., Denver. So are the unfortunate pupils mis- . . .crable if their teacher is nervous. Try 10 control xourself or else quit teaching. teach-ing. No nervous woman should teach because the work requires patience, unfailing: good temper, gentleness and tact. Not one of thse qualities - is found in a nervous person, either man or woman: so my advice is to stop teaching-, or, to use a slang exnression pull yourself together;' and' change your disposition. In my humble opinion, nervousness is another term for an atrociously bad irinpor. 4 HOW TO REST YOUR NERVES. Methods by Which Society Women Find Relief and Relaxation. The Grand Duchess Anastasia gave out at the wedding- of the crown prince of Germany to her daughter Cecile. In the midst of the ceremony, right at midday, when the celebration tvas at its height, the became faint and withdrew. with-drew. In a few .minutes she reappeared, reap-peared, smiling and collected. She had taken the Russian nerve cure. The cure which the Russian woman takes when her nerves are on edge is the cold water cure. She gojs into a cool apartment and dashes cold water into her face. If possible she takes ice and binds it on her brow. In the winter win-ter she hoods her head and faces the driving snow for a minute The Russian nerve cure is useful fr more things than tired nerves. Tired muscles, tired sinews, 'worn out bones, and a wear:- head are all treated to a dash of cold water. If the feet ache ' they are dipped in ice water. The Japanese have a much prettier "way of curing ; their lifed nerves,, though not so spedy. It is the -blossom cure. It was no less a personage than the caasjn pf Admiral Togo who. after the; grtt sea victory, took her woman relatives and repaired to the quince blossom grove, there to take a quince blossom bath. . . In Japan, when you furnish your b.ouse, you send for the flower man. who comes and decorates your home "with plants. This is always done as a matter of health. .The . flower, .man . brings .his palms, his-quince trees.- his flowering shrubs, and his Oriental flowers flow-ers and bestows them about the house. If any one is ill he selects the flowers, carefully taking care to :ret a certain kind of suc-ht, for there-are people to whom scents act as a quieter. The -. Japanese warrior will take- a pint of fresh milk and heat it scalding hot. Then he will slowly cool it until it is pleasant to the- tat& - - The Englishwoman finds a quieter in f cup of tea. Taking a teaspoon of tea, she puts it into a cup. Then she pours half a cun of hot water upon it and immediately pours it off. The first ten ."water is too strong and too bitter to be tasted. . . ' " She now takes another cup of purNe Lolling water and pours it upon the tea leaves. She covers them closely and lets them stand for ten whole min- I utes. kfej.ing the cup hot meanwhile. I Then sh; pours off the tea and drinks i it. She takes nothing at all in it. This is the English nerve quieter. I When worn out, so tired that he can i hardly stand, the Hindoo will drag I himself to the window and rest urwn ' his feet. He will open his arms wide j and breathe deeply. This is his way of i jestins his lungs and his stomach. He j n ill stand by the window, taking in deep breaths of pure air; meanwhile I he will say his prayers. The two to- I gether the deep breathing and the ! prayers restore him. He turns from the window rested in mind and body. His nerves are light and free again. The pet nerve cm-e of the American woman is a nap. Her fortv winks restore re-store not only her body but her mind. To secure her forty winks she needs only a darkened room and a pillow, with the privilege of loosening her nock, and belt, and shoes. The Chinese also believe in the forty nods of rest, and are abl, to on with th.'.ir work for an indefinite tim3. stopping every jit He while for their forty w inks. The Chinese can work weeks without going to tied if allowed to drop off when the. nerves begin to give out. As :i nerve euro the French sit with their bare feet buried in fur rugs for two hours every day. Thus their feet breathe and rest. Stop fussing. This i? Lillian P.us-' P.us-' il's motto. Don't worry. Worry wears ydu out Ouicklv. Don't fidget. One hour of fiugc-ty rnovenieiits will set your nerves Hying. Don't borrow trouble. Keep as tran- qnil as you can. j Try the nerve cures. One of them is j surely adapted to your case. Try tach one until you come to the one that meant for you. Don't give way-to your j n-rv( ;-. Keep on treating them. You i v.-ill sun ly discover something. hat s i ouieting. something that is intended for! your case, t WAS MOLLIE PITCHER A HEROINE OR DRUNKARD ? Molly Pitcher has lost her reputation. The woman who, for over 100 years, lias been lauded as the first of America's war heroines; the woman V'ho car? iod water to the gunners at Monmouth when Washington's forces v. ere hard pressed, and whose heroism and. recklessness in facing death by P'-itish bullets cheered the menehinci "He guns h;is been declared a drunk- rd, a hard swearer, and a common com-mon camp follower. The persons who have plastered mud i the memory of Molly Pitcher arc citizens of her own town Carlisle, Pa. who have requested t!ie state of Pennsylvania not to erect a monument to her memory. Pennsylvania has therefore decided Viot to erect the- monument, and' the ?-,0oe which the" legislature proposed will go back into the treasury-1 or else-v. else-v. here. These are the indictments now brought against Moily Pitcner, for over T'O years one of the favorite heroines of the United States, whose story has thrilled millions of school boys: That the was a mere camp, follower. That she swore long, loudly, and lustily. That she drank grog tD excess. That she did not help to serve Washington's Wash-ington's cannon at-Monmouth after her husband was shot down at his post. The evidence on the subVct is ex- : tremely conflicting, but in light of the new attack and the new evidence the . iconoclastic people of Carlisle ar rejoicing. re-joicing. Lossing, Bancroft, Greene, and other historians have given her credit for gallantry on the Held of action. Lossing, in his "Field Book of the devolution," says: "At Monmouth, on June 27, 177S, Molly, Mol-ly, the wife of a cannonier, is said to have displayed great courage. She was already noted for her bravery in tiring the last gun at Fort Clinton. She was a sturdy young camp follower, only 22 years old, an Irish lass, devoted to'her husband. While her husband was managing man-aging one of the field pieces sha brought him water from, a spring. A shot killed hun at his post and the officer ordered the piece withdrawn. Molly dropped her bucket, seized the rammer and performed per-formed the duty with skill and courage. On the following morninc, covered with dirt and blood. General Greene presented present-ed her to Washington, .who, admiring her bravery, conferred upon her a commission com-mission as sergeant. By Washington's recommendation her name was nlaced on the list of half-pay officers fer life." Mrs. Hamilton, the widow of the general, gen-eral, said Moily was a stout, red haired, l rookie faced young Irish w oman, with handsome, piercing eyes. Her name, it was declared, really was Molly Hays, and the man, said to be her husband, who was killed by the British bhell at Monmouth when Washington, Wash-ington, against the wishes and plans of Lee, made his determined deter-mined stand and beat off the British, was John Hays. She was called Molly Pitcher and Captain Molly and the Pilcher" came from the fact that she caned her water to the cannoniers in a big pewter pitcher. The story was believed by the entire revolutionary army, Washington accented it as true, and honored the reckless Irish girl. She urew nan pay lor the remainder of her life, and her story was told in song, in story, and on the stage for more than a century and a quarter before the. iconoclasts made their attack. She lived and died at Carlisle, Pa., and was buried in the little cemetery there and thousands went to her grave each yeai-. The citizens of Carlisle and vicinity m 1876 erected a tall marble shaft over Molly Pitcher's grave adding another piece of circumstantial evidence. But the strongest evidence of the truth of the story was the fact that Washingtonwhile Washing-tonwhile passing through Carlisle in 1794 to suppress the whisky insurrectionvisited insurrec-tionvisited Moll;- at her home and talked with her over the battle of Monmouth. Mon-mouth. Gossip, however, never attacked Molly Mol-ly Pitcher's name until it was presented present-ed to the Pennsylvania legislature. The legislature voted the sum of ?2.C00 to erect a lasting monument and Governor Gov-ernor Pennypacker vetoed it. In his veto the Pennsylvania governor govern-or seemingly sanctioned the protests against Molly's right to immortal fame. The evidence against Mollv was furnished fur-nished by persons who knew her. Peter Spahr declared: "She was a masculine person, alike rough in appearance and character. She was small, heaw and strong, v.-ith bristles on the e-nd of her nose, and she both elrank whisky and swejre." 'Against Spahr's evidence can be produced pro-duced the Custis painting, of the battle of Monmouth, which pictures Molly as a slender, graceful, rather tall 5-oung woman and the picture shows no bristles. The iconoclasts who opposed the erection erec-tion of the monument produced th following fol-lowing evidence against her. . , By Polly McClesster, Molly Pitcher's granddaughter: "Molly drank grog and used language jiot the most polite: but she was a kind-heartd woman and helpful to -the sick and needy." By William Parks, friend of Molly: "Molly drank and swore." -By Harriet M. Foulke. who knew Molly well nd..emrloved her to wofk in ,her family: - "Molly was a vulgar, profane, drunken old woman. I often remonstrated with persons who wanted to write laudatory stories about her and told them the truth." On this evidence Pennsylvania has adjudged Molly unworthy. Undoubtedly she would not have graced the meetings of the D. A. R. or the D. R. or the Colonial Dames, but Molly's admirers are indignant over the attacks on her reputation and are I seeking proof to defend her. I - |
