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Show 1 1 Woman's World Conducted by Helene Valeau. r HELENE VALEATTS ANSWEES. A ' Miss Valeau will reply lo all ques-"S ques-"S tions asked by the feminine readers ot I the " Intermo'jntale Catholic. The we.l known character and authority of her replies need no introduction to those already familiar with her ability. Miss J Valeau will take a kindly and personal s -m interest in those who write to her. and 111 spare no pains in seeing that their inquiries are answered fully and carefully. care-fully. "Write only on one side of the paper. Address letters to Miss Helene Valeau. Intcrmountain Catholic. Dear Miss Valeau: ripase tell me how to mnko salad dressing. V. W. O. 1 will uil you just how 1 make it. I put tho vinegar in a pint bowl that just fits the t.p "f my teakettle, mix sugar, . silt and mustard together, and stir into j 'he vinegar. Cover, and let it pet real k boiling hot before I stir in the milk and ce;r. and then keep stirring till it thickens, thick-ens, which ought not to take over fifteen fif-teen minutes. If it don't thicken next, time. ' wet one-fourth teaspoon of corn-. corn-. stun n in a very little milk ami stir it in. I sometimes do. when 1 want it extra ex-tra thick. N"- The red veins in your nose ( show a congested condition hard to j overcome. To relieve the redness ap ply a lotion containing 20 grains of tannic tan-nic acid and one ounce of glycerine. Bathe the nose with the lotion night ; and morning. . A. S. Your scalp should have mas- sage every night. A little olive oil t rubbed into the scalp will be beneficial. : This oil takes the place of the natural I output of the sebaceous glands, which I are not doing their duty. If you wear ; a heavy rat it will be difficult for you to get your scalp in good condition. Rats overheat and irritate the scalp, and they often are the cause of prema-' prema-' ture grayncss. J. S. V. If you want a good tonic V oily hair, containing quinine, try 't this: Kight grains of sulphite of qui ff nine, one and one-half drams of tinc-p tinc-p turn of rhatany, one and one-half . ( ounces of spirits of lavender, one-half f ounce of glycerine and eight ounces of N alcohol. Anplv it to the scalp every night with a tiny brush, rubbing- it in lvr'n ""it" the finger tips. ; M If the flesh that surrounds Hie nnil is not kept loose, hang nails I will come. These are made by the stripping away of tiny bits of skin J n round the nail, and they frequently T become sore and painful. They should J be trimmed carefully as close to the I skin as possible. Small, curved scis- I sors are bst for this purpose. Hang I nails ean be avoided, however, if, as you clean the nails, you sec that the dee of the little pocket in which the nail rests is k"pt free. It should be loosened and kept loose by means of an orangewnorj stick or the' blunt point of a nail cleaner. S. J- "Does the electric needle stim- iuMie ine tiny nairs on the lin which do rot show at first, so that they grow and develop after the coarse hairs have been removed? I foolishly allowed a woman to put some sort of a preparation prepara-tion on my arms to take off the hair, "f course l was obliged to use it again and again, and it made the growth coarse and longer. My arms are simply sim-ply impossible now and I am so morti-I morti-I fif-d about them. I know I canno tget entirely rid of the growth, but I must find some preparation which will at least help." The electric current destroys the root of the hair and it can grow no more. KH' h hair removed cannot reappear if the hair follicle is destroyed. I T. M. Both buttermilk and lemon I .iuic-e are better for taking off tan than I the bleach, which removes the skin I while taking off freckles. Squeeze the I juice from a lemon into half a glass of I water and apply with a soft cloth sev- i oral times a day: always use cold cream afterwards. Fresh buttermilk used as If it were water takes off tan better than anything that is known. It should be freely apnlied and allowed to dry on. Cucumber cold cream or the cucumber cu-cumber juice also is good for this purpose. pur-pose. Slice the cucumbers, peel and all. and simmer until they can be pressed ' through a sieve; then add a little al- coin, and use frequently. - THE PEACE OF SONG. I "H inaketh me lie down in green pastures; he ladeth me beside the still i water?." p.salm xxiii:2. f Tn" fi"'f't of the pasture lands: p There all the grass "s green and I sweet. I Ann. w hisjv-rlss. it understands I The gentle pressure of our feet; 1 There dandelions thickly spread J In wondrous arabesques of gold 1 As though the stars from overhead I Upon earth's bosom had been rolled. The violets laugh up at the sky An echo of the dreaming blue: I The voiceless breezes wander by To thread the blossom paths anew: I The early bees in search of sweets Stem all a-tiptoe in the air, Kach wing is noiseless in its beats As through the soundless clay they fare. The wild ros in its cloister nook Is sh elding ye; its summer blush; The trees beside the lazy brook Sway softly in th morning's hush: The scattered cloud? of white go by ! Like sun-kissed sails far out at sea The argosies that journey high To whatsoe'er their haven be. The quiet of the pasture lands! WJicrp new-born Mower, leaf and vine Seem to be spring's cup-bearing hands Thnt offer us her amber wine: iAYhere filmy veils of mist unroll On sights that halt and hold us lonjr There, in a chord that thrills the soul, The very s'lence sings a song! Wilbur D. Xesbit in Los Angeles t Times. . THE SILENT PARTNER. I A novel kitchen shower for a bride-to- j ft 2, be is contained in Woman's Home Com- ,l".T panion for June: "The invitations were J obliged to be verbal, as they suggested f contributions for the necessary articles 1 required for the Silent Partner, whose needs must be definitely considered. The result proves no end of fun. i ..Thf skeleton of the Silent Partner 1 wa found to be a new broom. The head, I made of paper, was tied to the top of I the handle, with a natural-looking face 1 drawn upon it with pen and Ink. Below I the head, in the place where shoulders 1 are expected to appear, a piece of lath I ahout one and one-half feet long had i been nailed to the broom handle. I "Then with newspapers and twine a fairly well-shaped body was made. To I each' shoulder was fastened a pancake shovel and fire shovel, tin spoons for arms, and these were covered with tea towels pinned on in the form of bell sleoves. The Silent Parner wore a long I gingham apron made with a bib. and upon licr head was a sweeping tap. a cheese tloth duster covered her shoulders shoul-ders as a fichu, and fastened in front with a cooky cutter for a 'sunburst.' "Tea and coffee strainers were hung from each side of the head for earrings. The dusting bag hung from one arm, while in the pocket of the apron was a bar of soap and a dishcloth. The apron strings were brought around in front and tied, w hile on the ends were fastened fast-ened an egg beater, paring knife and nutmeg grater. "Above her head and pinned to the wall was a card bearing her name. No article for kitchen use was forgotten, all those not in sight being cunningly bestowed be-stowed on the person of the Silent Partner." Pretty Throat Now Necessity. The most essential feature of the pretty pret-ty woman of the coming year is a pretty pret-ty throat. Society now frowns upon the high stiff dog collar even though it be made all of priceless stones and the soft bit of velvet with Us overhanging jewels has taken its place. Or, better still, as being more youthful, the long string of pearls w hich is laid loosely "around the neck. Pearls bring out the whiteness of the throat. But. if they are too yellow, they make the throat look sallow. And for that reason society women are wearing their pearls night and day to whiten them. Pearls die young unless worn, and the string that has been laid away for years will show its lack of pearly luster. Hang the string of pearls upon the throat and in a short time there will begin to creep a certain clear whiteness of tone through the string, and in a short time the pearls will be "restored." They are sensitive and die if neglected. To be able to wear pearls around the neck, so as not to yellow the skin, a woman must bleach her throat and make it clear and pearl-like ih color. This is rather difficult if the neck has grown dull with being covered with a high stock or red from being tied with tight velvet or embroidery. It sometimes some-times happens that the actual embroidery embroid-ery pattern is stamped upon a neck, and it takes weeks to efface it. A certain woman whose neck was spoiled found that she could restore it by the "fruit and pulp method." This is the term used by the beauty specialists special-ists who make a business of restorting tired throats. There are various applications in use, but the most, successful one is the lotion lo-tion which was tried upon the neck of a certain well known American beauty beau-ty whose marriage was celebrated in ondon within the last few weeks. Beauty's wedding dress was a cerulean ceru-lean blue, which is a light heavenly blue. And .though the neck was not dccollette, of course, it was cut rather rounding: and some delicate dyed blue lace lay around the throat. Now blue brings out the redness of the skin. And the throat of this lovely American woman wo-man looked as if it had been boiled. Nothing short of lobsteresque was the tone of her neck and throat when seen next to the beautiful light blue gown. ' But the lotion that worked best in this case and the trained eye of the French w oman selected it at once was I a curious quince seed tea made after) a formula as old as the memory of Josephine. It consisted of an ounce of, thick quince seed tea, mixed with half an ounce each of glycerine and orange flower. water. This lotioti whitened the neck and made it fit for the blue gown. Beauty on this occasion wore some old creamy pearls that were quite trying in their lone. But the lotion made the neck fine enough for anything. Diamonds are terribly trying. They are so brilliant that they rob the eyes of their sparkle and make the skin look dull. But the woman with a string of diamonds will want to wear them. And for her there is a word of advice, which is to place them over a bit of white velvet. The skin will not look quite so dull if the diamonds are held away from it. so to speak. The fashionable neck of the summer is a rather full neck, not fat, but decidedly de-cidedly upon the statuesque order. The classic neck is not pudgy. But neither is it scrawny. It is plump and round and the head sets upon it in statue fashion. The simile, a flower upon its stem, may apply to the neck of a young girl. But the mature woman must have a, full handsome throat. The neck and throat will absorb oils rapidly, and the beauty who wants to keep her chin from sagging must rub oil onto it every night. Her strokes mut be upward, from the throat toward to-ward the tip of the chin. And she must rub and rub until a whole tcaspoonful of the oil lias been rubbed in. This done nightly will keep the skin in condition con-dition as far as the formation of fat is concerned. The chin will be just fat enough. The double chin is impossible. It is so absolutely disfiguring that there is no place for it in beauty's calendar. As soon as the chin becomes double all good looks are gone. The chin must be single, the throat must be round, and the neck and shoulders must be well shaped. All of these things come within the province of the beauty specialist. spe-cialist. If the chin has just begun to show the awful crease which is the forerunner fore-runner of doublcness it is time to take it in hand. There is a woman who strokes the chins of royalty. And she boasts that there is not one double chin among her clientele. She strokes the double chin just as it beffins to show a little, with the palm of her hand upward. up-ward. In her hand there Is just enough benzoin and warm water to make the palm moist. This acts as an astringent upon the skin and keeps it from getting pudgy. . The art of handling the chin is an extra ex-tra fine one. The woman who can handle han-dle her chin properly is pretty sure to have a pretty chin. But she must keep in constant practice or she will forget the art. It must not be stuck out goose fashion fash-ion nor drawn in tightly to the throat. It must be lifted clear of the neck and prettily poised. The chin must be pretty in profile: it is a woman's own fault if the profile of her chin is not good. The chin must be smooth and must be free from the blemishes with which too many chins are afflicted. This means that it must be steamed until the skin perspires and that some skin lotion, the quince seed, glycerine and orange flower compound is good, and It must be rubbed in. And the chin must be trained to offset off-set the throat. Many a. pretty chin is spoiled because it is carried stiffly, and thi makes the muscles of the throat drawn and tense, taut and unbeautl-ful. unbeautl-ful. ' Holding the shoulders straight ha everything ev-erything in the world to do with A prettv throat. Seat yourself in front of the glass and let your shoulders sag down. You will find that your neck acts in sympathy with your shoulders. It looks all saggy and baggy, old and ugly. But sit up straight and hold your shoulders square. Instantly your neck takes on new lines. It becomes round and beautiful. Sitting up straight and lifting your chin did the W-ork for you. |