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Show ! " I Woman's World Conducted by Helene Valeau. . MELENE VALEAU'S ANSWERS. Miss Valeau will reply to all ques- ; tions aFkd by the feminine readers of I the Intermountaln Catholic The well I known character and authority of her I .pp!is need no Introduction to those 1 already familiar with her ability. Miss Va!p3 j will take a kindly and personal f Interest In those who write to her. and j will spare no pains In seeing that their I inquiries are answered fully and care- ' fully. Write only on one side of the paper. Address letters to Miss Helene Valeau, liuermountain Catholic par Mis? Valeau: Please tell me 3 vhai tr use for my hair. I want a I pood tonic. S. Gh Salt Lake. A frd tonic for the hair is composed ,,f ti'ifjnre of nux vomica, one ounce: (spu-jt? of rosemary, two ounces; alco-! alco-! ho!, two ounces. f This should be applied daily and after I npplj'ln; pently massage the scalp with i !llP t'jpP nf the fingers. Singeing is the tv-fit plan by which you can have split i nfo of your hair remedied. Clipping I i lublf 1o skip over many of the ends. ' Another pood hair tonic is: Eau de (o'.npie. eight ounces; tincture, of can-' can-' tharidep. three-quarters ounce; oil of lavendar. one-half dram; oil of. rose- mary. one-half dram. Ap'ry 85 above. ;n w"phhig the hair first be careful to sp'p't pu1 soap that contains no free . alkali- Then make a heavy suds or jathrr hv rubbing the soap with a brush ,,r ir hands in a half bowl of warm water. Hold the head over the bowl slid pour the suds on it with a cup, r-utihfns; lightly, but thoroghly. After ? the h.iir and scalp are cleansed rinse i ell vith two or three changes of warm I tinier mid dry in the usual manner. i nn.e in every two weeks is often fimiigh to wash the hair. I Never use a metallic brush. Instead use a coarse comb and always comb the hair ih way it lies. In other words, i (J. not tomb it against the grain. If the hair tangles commence combing at thp ends and comb out gradually. To i ,nmmence combing at the head would tangle it worse, and the pulling tends to rupture the hair follicles and break S the hair. Do not comb or brush the ( hair any more than is absolutely nec-I nec-I epsary. If yu use a tonic on your hair it is well to apply it immediately after j washing, as the scalp will take the I tonie more readily then than at any other time. t i - Pear Miss Valeau: Please tell me ! what to do for a severe case of in- pnmr.ia, G. C. B.. Park City. If you are troubled with Insomnia try S drinking a glass of hotjnilk after get- ; tsr.jr into bed. Sip it very slowly, and hr hot as possible. Some peopleMike ; a pinch of sugar or salt in it. Hot milk has a soothing effect on the nerves l. and helpes to induce sleep. ; Dear Miss Valeau: Kindly tell me ; Vnat is good for hair that splits, j JAMES B., Salt Lake. For hair that is split at the ends j irking is the only remedy. Desert Love Song. ' ThnLth far my way, and quivering the rej sands in the heat, 1 And lair and cool the Palm "Well lies ; when1 long still shadows meet, f Trt their green peace I may not know, i nor slark my good steed's pace. For jnirrr ley's end shall find for me a sweeter resting place, i I 1 have passed the white-walled city, J ' iih its garden's dim retreat; Lustrous proves a fruit-hung boskage tranced lure for weary feet. f Vain th rainbow-mantled blossoms, ; an1 their fragrance to entihe: I nd to your soft petal lips, my Rose ''' rrai1is.-. ; Thrnu-j, tho breathless staj--gemmed i darknrs.--, in the wide forsaken j lajidf. I Am I loiipjy in the vasrness? I have dreams of clinging hands, i FheuM I. blindod in the dust storm, lose the narrow homeward track, I Thnugh you whispered from the world's M. twould be guide to lead me f hack. 1-. cry, -;; Gallagher, London News, t - . ! J Lack of Repose. j wmr-n hy more apt to take too ! J-ih out of themselves than men.; and !s a their nervous systems are i PS,i( ."table. Active, highly strung, a,p". and busy people, whether they j j r busy at work or play, are alike, in i 'rrn respect: thy do not allow their wnas and bodio sufficient rest. En-; En-; fArklessly expended and no- ; list-ns to the advocates of a simpler, saner life. Hard work never ! m,, un, or"5- lf the hard work was "1 hnlonr-fxi by the recuperation of prnpor frod and of stated regular hours rest and sleep. Severe nervous strain I sef is onIy harmful when continued j "r a r,nf- period, with insufficient ! n,'-:.y and mental rest. f p working woman sometimes ages jutrkly and loses her looks before nr fi. rr.estinated sister, simply be-'I'e be-'I'e she refuses to rest enough. She n!s to yr.r mPfls jn a fagged condi-,r,n condi-,r,n an-i surprised that she has no "rp'ite phort bodily rest before h"n. hrir.1 working men and women uln i,.,VP at east haf an hour's J'tnpl.'tr jy.,m JriPntai and physical, af- timmfalf: Systematic resting at meal is- better than desultory, though ' z-',r rontintied. rests at other times. rp'ie. Ahy in bea occasionally is ex-nt ex-nt modir.ine for the business wo- not ', Kovo1 roadinS in moderation is I h'' despised as a rest remedy, TtT; sr"jri'l. refreshing slumber at pso" -na,ure's method of nerve re-' re-' i " 'N:I,1 hours sleep every night i tn "nt v prlnciPle to so upon, and the I ;ot active woman who "takes a tha. . ' f herself requires at least I si')l.1an;0,'nt- Tn' man or woman who 5 f,tll)UKh 'vvi!I do better work and W .younPpr and healthier for it. I Mnop Ip 'he be?t and cheapest medi-brn'"1 medi-brn'"1 U iR witnin the reah of ev- '3y. w require as much sleep as I ;,,Ur' rrorure. We may work at .. pressure if we leep enough, but r, n.v OVPr"work and ersleep, irrita-i;tnr irrita-i;tnr lnf5omn'a aT . :e. -asthenia are On" ;main!- i 1 kmon ' The Prlmi uf - -f 111 health fori T nm2n and w ,r ei .ho have to iW "h their briiit i." neglect of Spn'v 1 woman ri curtails her ! ThP tf"8 t0 w-orry. Mb Usy wman vho sleeps and y. k;"nu win do go .d work and enjov J. youn5 and vigorous, ready to Hr. nHery day- evei'y moment of her The tL U8e 11 fo the best advantage. r,Pop , r ,0 b1 qul?t, the virtue of r n.M , onh c"'tivating in'this age -r . UNSPOKEN WORDS. The kindly words that rise within the heart. And thrill it with their sympathetic tone, But die ere spoken, fail to play their part, And claim a merit that is not their own. The kindly word unspoken is a sin A sin that wraps itself in purest guise, And tells the heart that, doubting, looks within. That not in speech, .iut thought, the virtue lies. But 'tis not so; another heart may thirst For that kind word, as Hagar in the banished Hagar! prayed a well might burst PYom out the sand to save her parching parch-ing child. And loving eyes that cannot see the mind, "Will watch the expected movement of the lip Ah! can ye let its cutting silence wind Around the heart, and scathe it like a whip? Unspoken words, like treasures in the mine. Are valueless r.ntil we give them birth; Like unfound gold their hidden beauties beau-ties shine. Which -God has made to bless and gild the earth. How- sad 'Jwould be to see a master's hand Strike glorious notes upon a voiceless voice-less lute! But oh! what pain when, at God's own command, A heart-string thrills with kindness but is mute! Then hide it not. the music of the soul Dear sympathy, expressed with kindly kind-ly voice, But let it like a shining river roll To deserts dry-to hearts that would rejoice. Oh! let the sympathy of kindlv words Sound for the poor, the friendless and the weak; And He will bless you He who struck these chords Will strike another when in turn you seek. John Boyle O'Reilly. The Magnetic Woman. Have you ever met a magnetic woman? wo-man? Scattered about in the world are a few women of this sort with whom it is a positive pleasure to come in contact. con-tact. The magnetic woman is enthusiastic, enthu-siastic, and her enthusiasm is infectious. infec-tious. If you meet her on a wet day you soon find yourself wondering why other people wy wet weather is so dis piriting. Lighthearted. she always Is, with a voice that thrills one, and always good company. A day in her company is Invigorating, In-vigorating, and when you part you wish she had been a sister or a relative rela-tive that you could keep her with you always. She is as popular with the men as with the women. ' ceaselessly energetic, witty, refined and resourceful. resource-ful. She is a born lady, and nobody grudges her one whit of her social success. suc-cess. It may be inbred, but as often as not it is a matter of cultivation and restraint. re-straint. We are all magnetic in a degree. de-gree. Some are attracted by a woman's wo-man's ways, others are repelled, but it is very largely the question of knowing know-ing how whereon deperds the position which a, woman holds in her circle of friends and acquaintances. Keeping in Touch. The district visitor went about her work with the same indiscriminating enthusiasm which carried her through her other social and philanthropic enterprises. At the close of one of her long afternoons af-ternoons of reading some of the latest lat-est news and the best books to an old lady of tho village the minister happened hap-pened to make a call just after the district visitor had gone. After the usual greetings the old lady looked up appealingly at him. "Can't ye help a body out of a hole?" she asked. " 'Tis every day in the week but Sundays she comes now. She means well, and I'm enduring it as best I can, but while I'm being Informed In-formed of what all the world's doing, and following every movement of them ' Rosyfelt children, the McCarthy twins i and the rest o' Pearson's Place are get- ting away from me, an' I never heard ' o' the Halloran baby's teeth til lthere was three o' them In his mouth, nor if the squire's wife has another new bonnet." ' LIFE'S MUSIC. There never has been such music since ever the world began, t No melody like it has echoed in the listening ear of man. As soft as the bells of the fairies, as blithe as the song of the bird ; The laughter, the infinite laughter, on lips of the childheart heard! Oh, if we could echo that laughter, If we could catch it again, The old sweet note of the golden throat, the lilt of the glad re-"Kousna re-"Kousna and the Hitus," a story, by frain! Life would be music forever, if one could laugh like a child. In the golden day of the fairy way, carelessly free and wild! Baltimore Sun. What She Wore. This is the description of a dress worn at a Bermuda ball: "In the making mak-ing of it over 30,000 stamps were used. Years were spent in collecting the stamps, and three weeks in the making mak-ing of the dress, which was of the fin- " est muslin. The woman called upon her friends to help her and the dress was covered with the stamps of all na tions. They were not put on anyhow, but in an elaborate design. On the front of the bodice was an eagle made entirely of brown Columbian stamps. Suspended from the bird's talons was a globe made of very old blue revenue stamps. On each side of the Globe was an American flag, having stripes of red and blue stamps. On the back of the bodice was a collection of foreign for-eign stamps in the form of a shield, in the center of which was a portrait of Sir George Summers, cut from old revenue stamps. A picture hat. covered cover-ed with red and blue stamps, was worn with this remarkable dress." . u Winter's ' Knocking. (Atlanta Constitution.) Winter's knockin'! Let him in! Now's his time an' chance! Start the music; we'll begin Leadin life a dance. Hear the halleuja days Singin' on the frosty ways? No regrets for summer now Sleepin' 'neath her flowers; We'll be happy anyhow Read the golden hours! Welcome winter nights an' days Singin' on the frosty ways. . What Peace Is. Peace is not the spirit of the age; it is not the wisdom of the wifrld. It is not In this that the successful efficiency effi-ciency of our national vigor or the development de-velopment of our gigantic prosperity consist. It is not man's standard of work or of success. But it 'is the beauty beau-ty of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in our hearts. It is the indwelling of the Holy Ghost, which, always with us though less perceptible, we have almost beheld and handled In the peace and order and beautiful concord of Litis ecclesiastical ecclesias-tical congress. It is the spirit of Jesus, Je-sus, "peace I leave you, my peace I give unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid." Father Faber. Some Quaint Inscriptions. Many old houses throughout England have long been famous for the quaint and humorous inscription painted or carved on one of their interior walls. On the portico of Arley hall, the seat of the Warburton family, there is inscribed in-scribed this welcome: This gate is free to all men good and true; Right welcome thou, if worthy to pass through. And at Loseley house, Surrey, there is a Latin inscription over the doorway door-way to this effect: "I am shut to an enemy, but am always open to a friend." Above the door of a house at Salvington, Sussex, in which Seldon was born, there is a , Latin couplet much to the same import, and Monta-cute Monta-cute house, Somerset, has these two lines carved: Through this wide, opening gate None come too ealy, none return too late. Diet and Beauty. Women who want to be beautiful must pay attention to their diet. Buckets Buck-ets of lotions, pounds of creams and skin foods, boxes of flesh crushes, complexion com-plexion rollers, soaps nothing, not one of these, can produce the slightest effect ef-fect in helping to give the right color and glow to the complexion that has been spoiled by improper food, says Woman's Life. When pimples make their appearance appear-ance on girls' faces many a mother will even run to give blood tonics and such, while still allowing their daughters to devour fresh pork, chops, veal cutlets, but never a bit of fruit or fresh greens, "because they don't like anything of that-kind, but prefer good, substantial, hearty food." Unmentionable. The children were having an object lesson on "The Heron." The master called attention to its small fail, saying: say-ing: "The bird has no tail to speak of." The next day he asked the children to write an essay on the bird, and one little girl concluded by saying: "The heron has a tail, but it must not be talked of!" Find Him Useful. The buffalo, or caraboa. is considered the most useful animal in the Philippines. Philip-pines. It serves for hauling, carting, plowing and carrie sloads on its back. A peasant owning a buffalo and enjoying enjoy-ing good health can easily make an independent in-dependent living. Buffalo meat is good food, and its flesh is not unlike venison. veni-son. Buffaloes are sometimes used to draw carriages. The value of one of these animals is from $10 to $30. The rustic natives and the buffalo are familiar fa-miliar companions. It is not of great endurance, and cannot, support hard work in the hot sun for more than three hours without rest and bathing if water be near. They stand in the water whenever they can. |