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Show : 1 Woman's World Conducted by Helena Valeau. I HEIENE VALEATTS ANSWERS. Miss Valeau -will reply to all questions ques-tions asked by the feminine readers of the Intel-mountain Catholic. The well known character and authority of ner replies need no Introduction to those already familiar with her ability. Mls Valeau will take a kindly and personal j imprest in those who write to her, ana will spare no pains In seeing that their ; Inquiries are answered fully and c8-1"" ; fully. Write only on one eide of the j.aper. Address letters to Miss Helene ! Vilcau, Jntermountaln Catholic I lrar Miss Valeau: i please tell me what to use for hair I shampoo. GRACE M., Salt Lake. Heat the whites of two epgs to a I froth, rub well into the roots of the ' hair. Leave on to dry. Then wash the hair well with equal parts of rum ' ; ;ini rose water. Rinse in clean, soft i water. irar Miss Valeau: Please Rive me a recipe for burns, i ANXIOUS MOTHER. Pueblo, j Have this lotion made up to be used I in emcrpencies for burns or scalds: Two drams of boric acid, two ounces rf glycerin, two ounces of olive oil. Apply constantly to the surface with absorbent cotton or bits of old coft !inm. Chapped hands are usually the result of neglect or carelessness. . j ivar Miss Valeau: 1 Do you approve of women and girls I upins: cosmetics to improve their ap- i pearance? ' YOUNG GIRL, Park City. ; 1 will answer you by quoting j Madame Qui Vive of the Chicago Rec- I ord-Herald, who In my opinion Is a ' sensible, clever woman and a born newspaper woman. 1 "Woman's grave mistake Is In sup- j pnsinfr that imitations and shams can ; take the place of real charms. Beauty is more than skin deep. It must ap- I pear in the character as well as the I complexion, the soul as well as the f coiffure, one's actions as well as one's parments. The woman who depends ; solely upon exterior effects, grand hair Rrranpements. roughed cheeks and fine mi Hi ner j' is like a piece of window glass beside the truly beautiful woman whose wit, brightness, intelligence, pood taste and lofty character make , her shine out like a diamond of per- feet ion. Beauty is not entirely on the j surface: it strikes to the foundation ; of things. Despondency, Irritating: remarks, re-marks, nagging and complaints will . make the most radiant beauty a crea- ture of unlovelmess." . - i i ' Grandma's Come. Granny's come to our home j An ho, my lawzy daisy! I AH the children round the place Is Just a-running crazy. J Fetched a cake for little Jake, I An' fetched a pie for Nanny, I An fetched a pear for all the pack J 'At runs to kiss their granny. I Lucy Ellen's- In her lap, I An' Wade an' Silas Walker I Both a-riding- on her foot I An Poo's on the rocker. I And Marthy's twins, Trom Aunt Maris Mar-is tin's. ! An' little orphant Annie, All'f" a-eating gingerbread, 4 An giggleun at granny. Tell us all the fairy tales i Ever thought or wondered j An 'bundance o' other stories I But she knows a hundred! Bob's the one for "Wbittlngton," An' "Golden Locks" for Fanny Hear 'em laugh and clap their hands Listenun to granny! "Jack the Giant Killer's" good, j An "Beanstalk's" another, 5 ?"'s the one of "Cinderell" An' her old godmother. .' That un's best of all the rest ' j Bestest one of any Where the miceH scamper home f Like we run to granny. James Whitcomb Riley. Not Ueed to Them. I One of the nicest and brightest llt- I tie patients in the surgical ward of one of the big city hospitals lay on t her bed moaning with pam. She had J Just come to consciousness after a flight operation, and though only five : years old, was exhibiting heroic nerve. ; Tet she couldn't keep from G6caslor- i al low cries. She was the tort of child : who hates above all things to give trouble, and when one of the nurses stopped before her and, as she thought, looked a bit reproachfully down at her, ; fhe explained between the paroxysms J with a pitiful smile: 1 "Oh, Miss Smith, I can't help it, I ; rar, t help it; I'm not used to opera- I Foolish Girls. If ip enough to make one's heart 5 frh? the way folish girls will pass by fplenrlid, hardworking men and choose 3 Ii'.significant little nobodl-s for their ; ''f" 's partners, and all because they i won t take the trouble to look below j the veneer of fine dress. The ina.n -who has an aim in life can't I end all his time In running after girls i H- ha. something tetter to do. He !'-5! ' ) m.R.ke a name and place for him- f'-f in the world. ! Tit young men who ire lounging j s?o ;r i street corners .t:id saloons will --ev h anything better than they ar I Thf chances fcte they will be T.U h W. ,-. , 1 '.- anrnd a; the marble:! women j n' ?ei;r aequaintar.ee. Some of ther.i mat-rk-d honest, hardworking men. ''hers married loafers. Some of them s ;irp happy wives, others miserable vrnrks. j Look forward a few years and jn.Hcin.? yourself In the place of either i ni then marry a good-for-nothing . 1 ' you aare. t v, J"rry tho worker and help him -' 1 up a succeB?ful career. Let him 3 " home at night and find a cher- ; horiie ancj a happy, smiling wife 5 r-l,' ls 1jV0U1 of nJs success and sympathetic sym-pathetic in his reverses. But don't deliberately walk Into a e where rallure ts bound to come. I , n 1 '-1 eyourself to a man for whom I .tin" Pps on you will be able to I ' " ,lo'iher love nor respect. T Whiten Piano Keys. ' Inn' vour l!lano keys become yel- ; w thy ean be restored to their for- i " r whiteness by rubbing them with i 'Urpentine. I Eyelash Tonic. I i-"5 ran force the growth of eye- 1 n'f , ,a hit by usir)K this tonic: Mix I Kvif-f frii'ns of luirlfne to one ounce of ! i:ighft a'niond oil and put it on every f i i "Is God Here?" A young man had been rather profane, pro-fane, and though little of the matter After his marriage to a gentle, pious wife, the habit appeared to him in a different light, and he made spasmodic efTorts to conquer it. But not until a! few months ago he became victor when the glaring evil was set before him by a little incident, in its real and shocking sinfulness. One Sunday morning, standing before be-fore the mirror shaving, the razor slipped, inflicting a slight wound. True to his fixed habit, he ejaculated the single word "God!" and was not n lit tle amazed and chagrined to see reflected re-flected in the mirror the pretty picture of his little three-year-old 'laughter as, laying her dolly hastily down, she sprang from her seat on the lloor, exclaiming ex-claiming as she looked eagerly and expectantly ex-pectantly about the room, "Is Dod here?" Pale and ashamed, and at a loss for a better answer, he simply said. "Why?" " 'Cause I thought he was when I hoard you speak to him." Then noticing the sober look on his face, and the tears of shame in his eyes as he gazed down into the innocent, inno-cent, radiant face, she patted him lovingly lov-ingly on the hand, exclaiming assur-ingly: assur-ingly: "Call him again, papa, and I decs he'll surely come." Oh, how every syllable of the child's trusting words cut to his heart! The still, small voice was heard at last. Catching the wondering child up in his arms, he knelt down, and implored of God forgiveness for the past offenses, and guidance for all his future life, thanking him in fervent spirit that he had not "surely come" before in answer an-swer to some of his awful blasphemies. Surely "A little child shall lead them." Teach the Children to Study. If children were taught to study properly in the beginning, the average school course would be made with much greater ease and would be productive pro-ductive of more lasting results than with our present haphazard methods of study. As a rule, primary teachers are too rushed to give each child the attention atten-tion it requires and upon the intelligent intelli-gent and sympathetic co-operation of the parents devolves largely the task of seeing that the little one acquires proper mental habits and makes a fair start on the road to knowledge. Experience Ex-perience proves that all things else being equal, that child that has had the advantage of attending a good kindergarten makes the most successful success-ful record In after school work. The reaeon is the kindergarten teaches accuracy ac-curacy and industry and by turning the activity of childhood into useful channels chan-nels awakens an interest and a joy in work which children who have hot received kindergarten training seldom possess. The mother may do much to secure the results of the kindergarten, and if she realized how precious are the years that precede school life she would bend her every faculty to the proper development of the tiny plant entrusted to her keeping. Children are inclined to pay too much attention to words and to neglect the thought which they convey; hence from the beginning the aim should be to strengthen the reasoning capacity rather than the memory. With ordinarily bright children chil-dren the latter will take care of itself. The reproduction of the thought, not the words, of simple stories, first orally oral-ly and then in writing is a good exercise ex-ercise and later on little stories with morals may be used, letting the children chil-dren enter a contest as to who can give the best solution of the lesson intended to be conveyed. By the use of blocks, blackboard drawings and other devices a correct eye may be cultivated, cul-tivated, while hahitH of observation may be learned by requiring children to tell what they see on their walks, etc. When the child enters school it is most important that It should have sufficient time to prepare Its work, but no more than ls necessary, as too much time is quite as disastrous to concentration concen-tration of thought as too llttla. In the latter case the anxiety of not being be-ing able to perform the task in the given time prevents proper application, applica-tion, white continually hanging over books with divided attention accomplishes accom-plishes but little. It Is the mother's duty to see first that the child is in proper condition to study, by looking closely after its food, clothing, exercise, baths and sleeping apartments; In a word, whatever what-ever affects the health of the little one. for healthy minds and bodies usually go together, and the child is frequently blamed for things at school that are physical defects or the result of neglect neg-lect on the part of the mother. If among the children there ls one that is too precocious and nervous, deformed de-formed in mind or body, or abnormally sensitive, the mother has a difficult task, and one that she should study carefully, employing all her patience and mother love to guide aright the afflicted little one and to correct, as much as possible, the defects of nature. What a Man Likes. A man may not acknowledge it, but he secretly admires the girl who is her mother's right hand In household matters, and who is not above taking an Interestin the most trivial things in connection with home duties. He likes to think that the girl he hopes some time to marry can, In an emergency, emer-gency, turn her hand to anything, from cooking the family dinner to making her own clothes. He wants her also to be unselfish enough to give up her own pleasures to benefit another an-other .and not consider herself ill-used ill-used at having to do so. This girl can sometimes talk on more Important things than dress, and can listen intelligently in-telligently when deeper subjects are Introduced. In-troduced. Matrimony has Its storms and trials and, to weather those storms, something more than a merry mer-ry heart and a nice complexion are needful. As to the "Pretty" Woman. As a general rule men admire a girl who is a bright, entertaining companion, com-panion, and who has ever a kind word and pleasant smile for those around her. They admire the girl who Is always al-ways neatly and becomingly dressed, no matter if the materials used are inexpensive. in-expensive. The girl who can adapt herself to any society and who never puts on affected af-fected airs is always sure of popularity. popular-ity. From the attitude which many men adopt toward pretty and fascinating fascinat-ing girls it is evident that their thoughts are upon a certain maxim of an old French diplomatist, who said, "Never marry a pretty or fascinating woman. Admire her from a distance, if you like, but do not tie her up to you by the bonds of matrimony; after the wedding one wants something besides be-sides smiles and charm." Men Invariably Invar-iably admire charm and prettiness in a woman, but unless these qualities carry with them certain other attractions attrac-tions they look elsewhere for their brides. Delicious Candy. A delicious candy made with maple sugar and known as maple creams, is the following: Cook four cups of maple syrup (only the real kind that comes from real maple trees will do), until it ls almost ready to "thread": then add four tablespoonfuls of cream. Boil a little longer until it grows thick, when a little is stirred on a saucer. Beat the syrup very thoroughly until it begins to grow stiff; then form it into round balls, the size of chocolate creams. Press half a walnut meat on the opposite oppo-site sides of each bonbon. A delectable filling for a cake is made according to this rule, adding minced walnuts or hickory nuts to it and removing it from the fire before it grows thick enough to mould. It should be thin enough to run smoothlv over the cake. For another maplo tilling, let two cupfuls of maple syrup boil down, with a piece of butter the size of a walnut, until a little dropped from a spoon "threads" slightly; then stir until of right consistency for the cake. Take special care not to beat it too long. It begins to grow hard suddenly, sometimes before you are aware of it. A white cake is nice with this filling. A nut cake may also be covered with it. Sometimes a few drops of vanilla not enough to be noticeable are added add-ed to bring out the maple flavor and make It less "flat." Fop the Invalid. Baked milk is a drink recommended for invalids. Put the milk into a stone Jar. Closely cover IL Let it bake several sev-eral hours, when it should be thick and of a creamy consistency. The flavor is unique, and reminds one somewhat of Devonshire cream. It may be served with fruit or merely alone as a custard dessert As all good nurses know, an invalid's or convalescent's food should be dressed up in an attractive way to tempt the palate by means of the eyesight. eye-sight. A new way of seeing the special kind of foods which the doctor has recommended helps decidedly to stimulate stim-ulate the appetite, especially where a continuous variety in food cannot be given. A writer on invalid cooking says: "Remember that surprises are delightful to a sick person. Never lrt the bill of fare (if possible) be known beforehand, and if you can disguise a well known dish, so much the better. Beaten white of egg is a good fairy and serves you cheaply. Snowy white or made golden brown in the oven, it may top many a dish concealing at one time a custard, at another a mouKl of chicken Jelly or even a cup of delicate apple sauce." The same writer adds the following suggestion, which will be a novel one to many a housewife: "The pro'asses of cooking, if simple, an invalid loves to watch, and the sight is often a whet to the appetite. Bring his gruel to him in the form of mush, and thin ii before his eyes with milk or cream. Coddle his egg in a stoneware bowl while he eats another course, and by ull means make his tea at the bedside." Have Self-P.eliance. Have nerve not arrogance nor undue assurance, but steadiness and firmness of mind; self-command; unshaken courage and endurance. If the work you've started seems hard, don't give up. Never give up. It ls a sad thing to see a young man fail when one more trial would win out. Stick to your purpose. pur-pose. Keep everlastingly and unflinchingly unflinch-ingly at it. If your task seems difficult, diffi-cult, the more need for nerve. Meet the obstacles and Jump on them; the exercise alone will develop you. And when you have won, you'll have the added pleasure of realizing that you dug it out yourself. To get results, you must have self-reliance. Thlng9 never go to the man that lacks the nerve to trv them. Tou must have be lief In your self, have high ambitions, and be undaunted. There would be no glory in achievement if It required no nerve, no energy and no hard work. Carlisle Arrow. |
