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Show Woman's World CONDUCTED BY HELENE VALEAU. ctlENE YALEAU'S AKSWEKS. f. Vak-au will reply to all ques-lked ques-lked by the feminine readers of tl tntermountain Catholic. The well ?Wn character and authority of her ; "0,m need no introduction to those Iffy famMiir with her ability. Mis, S -Ul take a kindly and personal rf'ret in those who write to her, and Spare no pains in seeing that their ,nn .irk- are answered fully and care- Yrrite only on one side of the S Address letters to Miss Helen : Vuleau. intermountaln Catholic I "Follow Mel" (1..y Lucv Gertrude Clarkin.) nroupl) untried ways across the fu-i fu-i ' tur'1 vears, i T,,,.(lUf;'i"liOHrt-panps yet to be, i . ';n fir- misty night of railing tears, Alp ine fallow Thee! ! n-hrouch dreary roads and passes in my ' ; rjir,,u);h fnfire I may not see, ! 5 u' wars to come, nnd through f the strife, " ll(!li hip to follow Thee! ; rrjirouph briars and thorns, when strug- i J' ' glf-s may seem vain. "' Mid I would turn and flee, ny'arh nie to patient wait in all the i 'pain: t jjpip in.' to follow Thee! rj.,.rfiuph every hour, through all the . yoo and fear, s yv?rk now, unknown to me, 5 CuWp. rny God, and be in mercy ? Tiiai 1 may follow Thee! Thawing Frozen Pipes. ? Tiie f-a't that thawing frozen water .pps rausrd many fires during the cold j t pnKp" recalls directions recently given J )v a farm journal for the thawing of I frozen pipes without the use of fire, Tviik'h nearly always causes trouble, j I procure unpacked lime and pack it 1 nrnund the pipe where frozen. Moisten y ihe lime find cover it well, and it will pmerate heat which will quickly melt the-i''e. The plan is inexpensive and is 5 littnde-d with no danger, and it would I pave the taxpayers the expense of i many runs by the fire department. nelierter H?rrld. 1 . I The Talkative Woman. There seems to be in the majority cf I women some instinct which urges them to tell everything they know to at least i e larpe half of their friends. Diplomats j" r,f larpe affairs have a motto which -.hey are said to carry in their hats containing five words: "Do not talk too : ynueh." These silJnt gentlemen, skilled in the practice of conducting negotia- i. hop between nations, have learned that R talker pitted against one who can Jtp hi? own counsel has the worst of j Tie matter. He puts his adversary in j jmpoepFinn of his w-eak and strong I points (however much he may try to i cover them) and gets nothing in return. I The loquacious man, then, proceeds on i Iris way quite as much in the dark as "before, while the man who sat with eloped lips is furnished with a very ; ftmng searchlight for the expedition, j Might not the diplomat's motto be ; Jiolpfully inscribed in the hat-crowns of t-nm lep important personages? j The woman who talks incessantly ir.us-t f ay something, and the chances pre that she is forever making trouble . for herself as well as for others. The t habit of talking becomes fixed. She ! rannot keep a secret, and from the very love of hearing her own voice she Is I very apt to elongate- and interpolate fwlng-rircle confidences past recognition. recogni-tion. Fhe is. therefore, forever in hot v.ater. Fhe is not quite lovable as a 5 "wife, not quite wholesome as a mother, ; j or quite safe as a friend. On the other hand, the habit of holding one's counsel may h? carried to an absurd extreme; there is a time to speak as well as a time to hold one's peace. The happy ; medium is to be desired wherein we 5 think as well as talk, where sincerity is j considered before the love of words, ';, "where we Ftop to ask ourselves it is I really hotter for anyone that I should f Five utterance to the thought in mind, j The mental pose is strengthened by this " 3 ahit of thought, we talk with more in-t in-t l"llieence. and we will soon find that we I f re listened to with more consideration ! find interest. It is not as easy to form f the habit of thinking as the habit of tiUk!r.r without thought. But it can be tione, and Is it not worth while? Extension, Ex-tension, Woman Won World's Admiration. The "ex-queen of Naples, Emperor 3'ranois Joseph's sister-in-law, is the iH' v.. man who has received the Rus- J t. Ceorge. which is only 'conferred for acts of conspicuous bravery brav-ery under fire, and the ex -queen received re-ceived it in recognition of the courage j the displayed in connection with the magnificent defense of Gaeta against the armies of Garibaldi and King Vio t'tr Emmanuel. One day during the Fiece a bomb fell into the room where i i.i.i is and Queen Sophia were : i i'-. Kinsr Francis retreated to the "!..;r. troubling with fright. Queen ."'! h:;i rose from the table and walked ' a looking glass that hung on the I'uil Jmd, noticing that her hair was whiter,., by the plaster dust raised by t-ie bur-tin? bomb, said, quite calmly: 'Wh;it a pitv it is that powder is no linger fashionable? Don't I look quite fcn e'e-htf-r-nth century queen with my wh:t'iKd hair? I must keep it so while 'he garrison is being reviewed." Queen "j ii'a conducted the entire defense of , Cai t i. which was so magnificent that he garrison '-was permitted to march '; H wjMi all the honors of war. Every il iy s!,o visited the ramparts and en-1 en-1 "irag. ,1 offloers and men. She sighted 'e guns and her example shamed those ; "hr w-ro disposed to surrender into an fcp" rrarice of courage. Worry. l"uiitless there has been more or less I J' 'rry rinee Adam hid in the bushes, but It is ;, curious physiological indeed, it : "fy lie a psychological fact that real 'rry. th worry that has a definite ' ;'.: i riot so wearing as the imag-ii imag-ii :'!y worries that we persist in taking to t,i ,1 wit.h us. Vi'e cannot rest and be t,;i:v .at the same time, and it is not hard to guess what will happen to the "raiti that insists on fretting and wor-'?i:u' wor-'?i:u' when it should be enjoying the f'hiiy ,f repose. There are doctors v-'o 'nn examine your eyes and toil v.-'ir-ther you have kidney disease, j i'v-t.how much better it would be if some :" ' i.ilist could arise who can locate f 'Try and pluck it out by the roots. It "s a baleful source of poison at best, and Ji its worst it is ruinous. Happy the rr.an h , js aDlft to take the measure ' his worries and troubles and value ;i"-m for what they are! Happy, thrice PTTT. is the man who can present to attacks the impenetrable armor ,r "nnitv! His years shall be long "id full of charity. His head shall be the sunsvitne, and there shall be no ihadow about his feet! A Truthful Assertion. I TU worst habit that boys can fall V1 is that of loafing around on the ttrcots at night. It is then they cast 'leir lot in slippery places when at any t noment they are likely to fall from J fa cp. All good and noble lessons r i ' i taught them by their mothers are there counteracted and nullified. They learn nothing that is good but everything bad. -The boys who spend their evenings even-ings In the sacred precinct of home with good books for their companions are the future hope of this republic; they will fin our legislative and congressional con-gressional halls, and sit in judgment upon men and measures, while the boys who run the streets will fill our penitentiaries, peni-tentiaries, almhouses and lunatic asylums. asyl-ums. Parents who are responsible for these broken laws of decency will have broken hearts and bowed down heads in the awakening years that will inevitably inevita-bly follow. Bran Bath Worth Trying. One of the latest things for the nervous nerv-ous woman who is trying to reduce her fractious nerves is the bran bath Just before retiring at night. This not only has a soothing effect, but incidentally softens and whitens the skin. To make tlxj bath buy ordinary bran at a teed store and keep it in a tin box away from mice. Make a bag of cheesecloth, from twelve to eighteen inches square, and stuff it with bran until about as full as a pine pillow. This bag is put in a bathtub half filled with warm watei and squeezed until the water is brown and bubbly. It is not well to remain in the water longer than five or six minutes min-utes and, if possible, the bather should rest ten minutes and then be massaged. If there is one to do the massaging one can rub the body thoroughly with a rough towel and knead it with the hands. What the Face Tells. If you wish to study character by physiognomy remember the following rules: Deep set eyes denote shrewdness shrewd-ness and keenness of observation; prominent eyes suggest eloquence; and there is more intensity and passion in dark eyes than in grey or blue eyes, which indicate a more calculating, cool and precise temperament. Eyebrows that jut down with the nose are said to indicate the faculty of untruth; straight eyebrows denote the masculine element of character, and arched eyebrows reveal re-veal a softer and more feminine disposition. dispo-sition. Large lips denote greater capacity ca-pacity with regard to taste than narrow or linear ones, and all disproportion between be-tween the under and the upper lip outward out-ward is a sign of folly or wickedness. Salt As a Hair Tonic. A specialist, whose name counts, told me that the "tonic" (which had undoubtedly un-doubtedly saved me from becoming bald) was composed of salt and water. "When all else failed," he said, "I determined de-termined to try salt and water. I knew it could not harm your hair, and at the rate you were losing it It would soon be beyond any tonic. I prepared the tonic as follows: One and one-half quarts of clear cold water to two-thirds of a tea-cupful tea-cupful of table salt. This I allowed to boil fifteen minutes; then set in a cool place for twelve hours; at the end of that time I added to It one-third of a teacupful of salt and again boiled it fifteen fif-teen minutes. Allowed it to stand twelve hours again and strained it through three thicknesses of fine linen: It was then ready for use. To apply this, part the hair from the middle of the forehead to nape of neck and apply the salt water along the parting with a soft piece of cloth; then rub gently w-ith the finger tips. Then make a parting two inches from the first (in each direction) direc-tion) and treat as directed until the en- ! tire head has been thoroughly covered. Treat in this way every other day for a week; skip a week, and then begin again, until you have used the tonic three weeks. If the hair has entirely ceased to fall out, you may then wash the hair in the usual way and omit the tonic for a month. But this wash is beneficial to use , at any time and. by anyone, as It strengthens the roots of the hair, stimulates growth, cleanses the scalp, and brightens the hair itself." "When There Is No One 'Round to See." "Th' meanest cuss I ever know," Abe Wilkins said one day to me, "Behind our backs was doin" good When there was none of us to see. j One night I caught him trudgin' down Th' road, a basket on his arm. 'Where are ye off to now?' said L Said he: 'To Widder Murphy's farm.' "An' then he took me to one side. 'Don't tell a soul of this,' says he, "The widder's kids are awful poor; j The only friend they've got is me. I'm takin them some grub t eat Th' widder's poorly, don't ye know, I'm helpin' them along a bit. But don't tell folks I told ye so.' "Until that night I used t' say There warn't a bit o' good in him; I used f think he'd throw a brick T' help a man who couldn't swim. But there he was, th' meanest cuss I ever knew, a settin' out To do an act of good, unseen, An' didn't want It talked about. "An' since that time I've changed my mind. I look at men much different now, I view- their meannesses, an' say There's some good in 'em anyhow. An' tain't for me to judge 'em bad, From what they may appear to be; I reckon they nmst be some good When there is no one 'round to see." Do Not Frighten the Child. There are some stories on the order of Jack the Giant Killer which it were quite as well not to admit to the nursery. nurse-ry. Unless the story is of a soothing nature it should not be related just before be-fore the child goes to bed. This is not a good time for stories, especially with sensitive children. The stories are apt to awaken the imagination and leave the brain too active, with the result iL.i ..t ; finm tn onme nnrJ likelv to uiai ftiet-jj la aivj" -v 1 be restless and disturbed. Stories that arouse fear should be avoided. However, How-ever, what will frighten one child will not so affect another. To the child who has never experienced the sensation of fear, stories very seldom awaken that emotion, but if, on the other hand, the child has been frightened it is necessary to be very careful not to stimulate that emotion, for there is no other that has such a blighting effect on a child. The child who has never been taught to fear bugaboos, ghosts, hrbgoblings, bears and other terrors that are permitted to disturb children's minds, will not be oversensitive about these things in stories, but if he is it is well to make him understand that such things do not happen to children now. Such fears have been known to be productive of very serious results both physically and mentally, and the child should be most carefully guarded from them. Another point to be considered Is the ending of the story. This should always al-ways be pleasant, for a sad ending is too depressing to the child and eaves him with a sense of dissatisfaction.-Pictorial dissatisfaction.-Pictorial Review. |