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Show : b ; f,: Woman's World ' I Conducted by Helena Valeau. . F f ' : ! j HELENE VALEATJ'S ANSWERS. ' L Misa Valeau vUl reply to all ques-: ques-: ions asked by the feminine readers of i. -m the Intermountair. Catholic. The we'll I fl JvJlown character and authority of her S replies need no Introduction to those I ' already familiar with her ability. Miss J' Valeau will take a kindly and persona! .: interest in those who write to her, and I " win spare no pains In seeing that their inquiries are answered fully and care- fully. Write only on one side of the f lapcr. Address letters to Miss Helene Valeau. Intcrmountain Catholic. ; For the woman who is tirod out there f ' h:is bfen prescribed a new kind of stim ulant. ' This is a mixture of prape juice and olive oil. One table-spoonful of the latter lat-ter to four of Krapv Juice taken after ; each meal. If the taste of oil is too 7 strolls; for some stomachs, two more s tallesooTifuls of the grape juice may be adflrd. It is claiim-ii that both serve as an evcrllrnt medicine. The dose becomes very palatable after awhile. It should always be iced. It builds up the appetite, appe-tite, and the oil lubricates the stomach ' i in a most beneficial way. To . IhorouRhly clean the skin, lukc warm water with a little pure woap is probably the best thing to be used. If one is in the habit of cleansing the skin with colli cream, it is not necessary to . i tise soap on the face. Those who keep ' the skin soft and smooth in winter . have no idea of the difficulty that be sets those who allow it to go uncared ; for. All the dust and grime is held more securely by skin that is full of rough edges and Invisible crevices. Xo wonder women exclaim that their hands and face never look clean during the V ffason. The secret of this truth is that 1 they use cheap soap and water as the . only cleaning- agent, and do nothing; to 1 obviate their ill effects. TRUE ROLE OF WOMEN IN MODERN SOCIETY i, Dy Cccile Sorel. in the N'orth Ameri- can.) t fThe noted actress of the Comedie Francaise. who is looked on as the arbiter ar-biter of fashion in Paris.) "A girl: A woman: Ah, how beauti-' beauti-' . ful, how interesting, are those words!" '. ; This exalted exclamation of Beaumar- ' ; chais' Cherubin. we all, from the girl ; who awakes to love to the woman who i I has reached the decline of her beauty. j ! we all could make it the conviction of j men. in whatever rank of society they ! may happen to occupy, when wc have i learned to be really women: But our sex is passing through a dangerous dan-gerous crisis, and if we do not take care, femininism will kill femininity. j,j What a strange conception it is of (If ur mission in this world, to try to min- jtle with man, to copy his manners, to 1 1 adapt his attire, to practice his profes- J . sions. to dream of governing nations, f to mix with political struggles. I f Thanks be to heaven, our role in life 1 J is more beautiful, if we will only put into practice the creating power that (' is in the humblest among us. Goethe has written: "Every man bears in him a sacred spark, which. If j H is not fed and revived daily, becomes buried under the ashes of necessity or ' of indifference." This spark we alone j " bring- forth; we alone are capable , cf reviving this fire when the ashes are almost about to stifle it. 1 Do you know of a more fascinating role than that? Only, as with all roles, it cannot be played with success with-t with-t out long preparation. Real Charm. (To adorn one's body is quite right, but do not think, mesdames, that your . task Is accomplished because you have I spent a few hours in trying on a be- I coming gown or in discovering an orig- 1 'rial hat. These, in truth, will augment jf your charm: but to retain, to hold those ST '7ho are dear to us, especially in the '. f")ur when they feel the imperious need '.. is of comfort, it is the mind that must be 3(. t omVHiPhed. (Therefore enrich your brain: refine, xait. ennoble jour sensibility. The effort to be made is great, that I 9 do not conceal, at the point to which ) wo have fallen. . . . Only listen to those women of the people gathered in i n circle round some gossip when re- i 1 turning from the market, then mingle j in the talk that goes on in a society i drawing room. Below or above the so- I Ja 1 ladder it is the same insignificant I ialk. the same fruitless chatter, the I 5 smiie fultility. when it is not the same . j , foolishness. The expressions themselves I j ;ire hardly different: in it all there is ' 4 f rnptinesf and nothingness. ' A servant or a doll, such is what ( i manv- men consider the woman of to- .Jay. I It is for us to react against this, and for this I will say to begin with: Ed- 5 ncate vourself. And how? By impreg- . 1 nating yourself with all that in your ' 1 surroundings merits to attract and re- . I tain your attention. I From whence comes the irresistible -force of fascination of the actress? I From her continual association with the works, and often with the master- i pieces, of the human mind. Woman a Creator. Heauty is ail around ns. Look for it at the theatre, in the museums, in the chuiches; look for it in nature especially. especial-ly. Gather honey from all flowers. To know how to see. to know how to feel, v'?s the secret of those women whose influence was so much felt in the eighteenth century of Ltspinas.se, of i I "lairon and many others. When one i ,t has fell strongly, how easy it is to cx- v pres.: it. Endeavor to become penetrated, con stantly and deeply, with all that is ?' grand, artistic and human: then allow 'P nil you have imbibed to germinate and blossom forth in your own home. Then you will sf-c with "what a brilliant light your -whole person will shine, while the jf one who is dear to you, sharing your i feelings, will feel his activity double t 1 and treble, lifted up with enthusiasm I at the contact of that generous flame, t The mother creates the child; the I woman creates the man. I A Sacred Spark. j And when you have become thor- oughly acquainted with that role, new I to many of you, then, like Socrates, I who exclaims: Is "Allez done au theatre apprendre des poetes. - Comment dans un pays grand! par les . revers I Les belles actions renaissent des beaux , vers," f vou can say to those whom the brutal S struggle for life has wounded, or only wearied: "Cor close to your compan- - 3 -- 1 - ions, and soon you will find that spark of which the author of "Faust speaks, that bright light 'that illuminates the road and gives you the strength to tread it." HAIR SUPERSTITIONS (From' Professor Carl Knortz's Latest Book. Translation for the New York American.) From time immemorial, human hair has been regarded as a mysterious means for working spells and miracles. The old Egyptians sacrificed their hair in time of national or private misfortune mis-fortune to the Kile, while the women of Athens gave the hair of their ailiifg children as a sacrifice to Diana. Expectant mothers among the Creeks cut off their hair and sold it. laying the proceeds fin the altar of Hygiea (Hygiene), (Hy-giene), daughter of Aesculapius. Tn return re-turn they hoped for healthy ami beautiful beau-tiful children. During; stormy weather on the coast of Nova Scotia native skippers clip the hair of beard and head, tq use them as "oil on the water." It being an ancien belief in those parts that storms are caused by the devil lashing the ocean, the sacrifice of hair thrown into the angry sea is really a sacrifice to the Evil One. When a native of Mexico celebrates his, or her, tenth birthday, the mother cuts off the ends of the child's hair and burns them as a sacrifice to the "good spirits." During this ceremony the youngster receives its second name-that name-that is. he. or she, is put in charge of a second patron saint. In some parts of Ireland the old pagan pa-gan custom of throwing the hair of sick persons into wells and rivulets is still in vogue among the ignorant, who I believe that persons or animals swal-I swal-I lowing one of the hairs, while drinking, also absorb the disease of the sufferer. A similar superstition exists in Scotland, Scot-land, but there the charm works differently. differ-ently. The mother of a sick child places some of its cut-off hair between two pieces of buttered bread, and feeds the sandwich to a dog, presumably one of which 'she is not overfond; for, according accord-ing to common belief, the dog will forthwith be attacked by measles, fever or whatever ails the little one. In other parts of Scotland hair from the head of a gouty woman, or from the beard of a man afflicted with gout, is buried, amid weird ceremonies, on a cross road. This is supposed to cure the gout, for a time at least, provided the burial takes place during full moon. |