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Show ! ; 1 I ( "Woman's World I; Conducted by Helen v.u,,, ' HELEN VALEATT'S ANSWERS. ( j Miss Valeau wiil replv to nuK j 1 lsTaf by the feminine readers of i The Intermountaiu Catholic. The well known character and authority of her r replies need no introduction to those already familiar with her cbilitv. M , i.Utrest in those who write to her, and will spare no pains in seeing that the r 1 fullj. Ante only, on one side of the I ) Paper. Address letters to Miss Helene j Ln&City JnnUUnUiU Catholi(;- Dear Miss Valeau: There are pimple pim-ple on lny face and my complexion I ' lsa r.ed and rough. What would yuU i advise me to do to make mv skin nice MRS. A. D. I lou must treat your fact? from the inside. Take 'H teaspoonful of phos-f phos-f Phate of soda m hot water every niorn- t If 4ure ,breakfst. When you buy " ttM l.he druggist how you are going I I to use iL i -4- I ,D,-ar Miss Valeau: Do you approve j. of gloves at night. I am told that they I make the hands yellow. , The' AvlU not make the hands vtl- I 1ns'- .Vear gloves lined with glove paste if your hands are in bad shape. Dear Miss Valeau: I am so much troubled with a deep frown between ; my eyes. I would like to try the paraf fin treatment. Is it painful, and is it 1 dangerous. MARY McC. The paraffin treatment is said to be painful. Hot wax must be injected under the ekin so as to fill out the loose cuticle. There is always some danger from blood poisoning. But in the hands of .a-good operator there would be little or no risk. The treatment is so new that one cannot judge as yet of its lasting last-ing effects. ' 4- .Miss Helene Valeau: I am troubled with a bad -complexion which comes from indigestion. What can I eat and what can X.'drink? . Everything disagrees disa-grees with. me. BERTHA. , For one thing, don't drink hot water, "iou are apt to take it too hot, and t thu scald the stomach. Sip hot milk. ( Eat moderately of all the ordinary ta-, ta-, Me foods. Avoid aekki, for it mav be V that your stomach is sour enough with-1 with-1 out adding acids. Dear Miss Valeau; My nails are grimy, and I cannot get them clean. JANE O'D. You are not the only one who complains com-plains of this. But this advice is specially spec-ially for you and one other reader who will recognize her case. For grimy finger nails cut a lemon and rub them thoroughly in the juice and pulp, and wash them with soft soap and water. If the grime is not removed repeat the . lemon treatment. Cold cream the hands afterwards. Dear Miss Valeau: Is there any method by which my hands can be improved? im-proved? They show a hundred blue veins on them and some of them stand up like whip cords. C. X. You are letting your hands grow old. Rub them with a good lotion every night. Use a nail emollient on the nails to preserve them. The hands show age quickly. . . Dear Miss Valeau: What do you consider con-sider a good face lotion for warm wea-tler? wea-tler? ALICE. I do not know what kind of a lotion you need. Here is the cucumber lotion which is liked by so many: Take two cucumbers and stew them in a quart of water. Simmer down to a pint. Strain, add a teaspoon of borax and about ten drops of tincture of benzoin. The Age to Marry. The girl who marries at twenty is usually quite . convinced in her own mind that she will be absolutely and perfectly happy all her life Ions, simply sim-ply because she seldom looks far into the future. Her husband is all she sees or wants to see, and advice, questionings, question-ings, and what not. fall upon deaf ears. But the girl who marries at twenty-five twenty-five is tolerably sure of domestic happiness. hap-piness. She does not enter into the bonds of matrimony without thinking well of the life she is about to take u,.. These few extra years of her life have given her time to see how others' manage and mismanage their matri-monal matri-monal affairs, and she learns a good deal from the mistakes of others. She has the advantage over the girl of l twenty in this way, and does not step into many of the errors that she would not know how. to avoid were she younger. At twenty-five most girls have seen that it is not always the most brilliant wedding that is the forerunner; of the nannies married Jife. or that the most dazzling prospects guarantee every-dav every-dav joy and peace. A girl at twenty-five twenty-five is more able to see all around the ?ubiects and1 weigh the pros and cons than her vounger sister, for this one 3opS not mind nor care what happens so long as she is with her sweetheart. Up to about that time other neople have usually done and settled things for her. she only saying what she granted that such smoothing of her path will still go on. Married folks, however, whether they are very young or of a riper age, have to learn quickly to denend unon themselves, and it is then that they learn the difficulties, and often shipwreck their happiness. Thrv get into a way of not caring, and U is then love soon flies out of the window. J Jams. I .In making jims the fruit should be ! carefullv cleaned and thoroughly I bruised." as mashing it before cooking i prevent? it becoming hard. Boil fif- i t cn or twenty minutes before adding I th sugar, as the flavor of the fruit is j thus better preserved (usually allowing three-quarters of a pound of sugar to a pound of fruit), and then boil half an I hour longer. Jams require almost eon- j slant stirring, and every- housekeeper ! should be provided with a small pad- 1 die with handle at right angles with the blade (similar to an apple butter 1 "stirrer," only smaller), to be used in I making jams and marmalades. To tell ' when anv iam or marmalade is sulii- i ciently cooked take out some of it on a Plate and let it cool. If no juice or moisture gathers about it. :nd it looks div and glistening, it' is done Ihpr-oughlv. Ihpr-oughlv. Put up in glasses or small I slone'jars. and seal or secure like jel- Jis. Keep jellies ami jams in a cool, dark and dry place. j j To Cure Tonsilitis. . Taint the throat ith a mixture made thus: Tincture of chloride of iron, one dram; chlorate of potadi, half a dram; glycerine, up to one ounce, I Give fluid magnesia, or half a sodms i powder, at the beginning of the attack, , as the fever runs high, and this averts the dryness which in all fevers is apt , to cause costiveness and high-colored, scanty urine. Let lemonade or ice- , water or cracked ice be taken for thirst and pain in the throat. This may en- , j tirely prevent laryngitis, by soothing the throat and preventing a cuf,n-I cuf,n-I Flaxseed tea made with whole seeds and flavored with lemon is very useful also to sip during the night to present the cough. In a short time the ulcers appear and the fever goes down Tome 4 treatment is then suitable TS ash the throat for two weeks with iron eei day. and gio fruit or fruit ju.ee, h; ron ? br-nh and mnk. ? j THE TWO GLASSES. There sat two glasses. filled to the brim, On a rich man's. table, rim to rim, One was ruddy and Ted as blood, . And one as clear as the crystal flood. ... Said the glass of wine to the paler brother: "Let us tell tales of the past to' each other; I can tell of a banquet and revel and mirth, ' And the proudest and grandest souls on earth Fell under my touch as though struck by blight, Where I was king, for I ruled in might; From the heads of the kings I. have torn the crown. From the heights of fame I have hurled men down; I have blasted many an honored name; have taken virtue and given shame; have tempted the youth with a sin, a taste That has made his future a barren waste. "Greater, far greater than king am I, ; Gr any army beneath the sky, i I have made the arm of the driver fail, j And sent the train from the iron rail; ; I have made good ships go down at sea, And the shrieks of the lost were sweet to me. For they said, 'Behold how great you be! Fame, strength, wealth, genius before you fall, For your might and power are over all.' Ho! Ho! pale brother laughed the wine. "Can you boast of deeds as great as mine?" Said the water glass: "I cannot boast )f a king dethroned or a murdered host, But I can tell of a heart once sad, ' My crystal drops made light and glad; Of thirsts I've quenched, of brows I've laved, . r Of hands I cooled, and souls I have saved ; I have leaped through- the valley, - dashed down the "mountain, Plowed in the river "and. played m the , fountain, ' Slept in the sunshineand dropped from the sky. And everywhere gladdened the landscape land-scape and eye. I have easid the hot forehead of fever and pain; I have made the parched meadows grow fertile with "grain; I can tell of the powerful wheel of the mill. That ground out the flour and turned at my will; I can tell of manhood debased by you, That I have lifted andcrowned anew. I cheer. I help, I strengthen and aid; I gladden the heart .of man and maid; I set the chained wine-captive free; And all the better for knowing me." These are the things they told each other. The glass of wine and the paler brother, As they sat together filled to the brim, On the rich man's table, rim to rim. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. A PHYSICIAN'S RULES. Handsome at Seventy-five and Tells . the Reason Why. A famous Xew York physician now hale and handeome at seventy-five, sums up fcis half century of medical practice and observation in these simple rules of health: 1. Be temperate in all things, in matters of amusement or study as well as in regard to foods and drinks. To be temperate in all things, however, does not imply that one must he a prohibitionist pro-hibitionist about anything. 2. Don't be afraid to go to sleep, for sleep is the best restorer' of 'wasted energies. Sleep a certain number of hours every night, and then remember that a short nap during the day is a safer rejuvenator than a cocktail. 3. Don't worry either about the past or the future. To waste a single hour in regret for the past is as senseless sense-less as to send good money after that which has been irrecoverably lost. To fret one's self about what the future may have in store is about as reasonable reason-able as to attempt to brush back the tide of the ocean with a broom. Worry, of whatever kind, banishes contentment, content-ment, and contentment is a necessity of youth. . 4. Keep the mind youthful. Live in the present with all the other young people. Don't get to be reminiscent. Let the old people talk about the past, for the mere act of thinking about old things reminds the mind of itsears. Reminiscences are dangerous whether they be soothing or sweet or sad for they characterize old age, and must be sedulously avoided by those who would be ever younar. 5. Keep up with the times. Don't fall behind the procession. To accomplish accom-plish this learn one new fact every day. The mind that is satisfied to live upon the lessons it learned in its youth soon grows old and musty. To keep young it must be fresh, and active that is, abreast with the times. The old methods meth-ods of thought and the old facts may-have may-have been correct enough once upon a tima, but -that time has passed. Today they are obsolete and only amusing as relics of antiquity. To remain young, therefore, one must keep the storehouse : of the memory clear of all such rubbish. rub-bish. Throw away one of the mildewed I i-elics every day and replace it with some newer, fresher and more up-to-date fact. Here then, is this Xew York physician's physi-cian's secret of perennial youth in a nutshell: Be temperate! Don't be afraid to go to sleep! Don't worry! Keep the mind youthful! And keep up with the times! It is not a difficult rule of life to follow. It is ever so much easier than wandering about strange lands - in search of hidden springs. It is somewhat some-what pleasanter than stewing over ill-smelling ill-smelling crucibles. Moreover, it has the advantage of being thoroughly, practicable, which makes it well worth tryinjf. Blackberry Fingers. Cut six slices of stale whole wheat bread into strips about four inches long and one inch wide. Extract from a quart of blackberries every partic-lo, of juice by cooking them until tender with a scant cup of sugar and sufficient suffi-cient water to prevent burning and then pressing through a fine sieve. Pour this fruit juice over the fingers, allowing them, to soak, and basting and turning occaswually untiLall the liquid is absorbed; then immediately egg and breadcrumb them and fry in ' hot fat to a golden brown; roll while hot in powdered sugar and serve on a folded napkin. Baked Ice Cream. Baked ice cream, or glace meringue, as the French call this popular dish, is made by covering a solid cake of ice cream completely with a thick meringue. me-ringue. It should be placed on a dish with a standard, so that the bottom of the dish does not. touch the oven shelf. This keeps the heat from getting get-ting fhrough the" china to the cream. The egg whites, when they completely cover the cream, are a perfect nonconductor. non-conductor. In the oven the cream should become as cold as ice, while the meringue becomes a beautiful golden color. This cream is always popular with young folks because of its oddity. Keep Your Sleeves Down. j Summer girls from Chicago and elsewhere else-where received a warning at the 9 o'clock mass as St. Basil's church, South Plaven, Mich., when Rev-. John O'Rafferty from the pulpit asked them not toattend divine services with their sleeves rolled up to display coats of tan. "If a dress is made with short sleeves it's all right," said Father O'Rafferty, "but I wish to caution young Vadies not to come here with the long sleeves of the dresses rolled high up on their arms. Roll them down. Rolled-up sleeves do not betoken appropriate respect re-spect for the house of God." |