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Show ; Woman's... World Conducted by Helena Valeau. A r HELENE VALEAITS ANSWERS. Miss Valeau 'will reply to all questions ques-tions asked by the feminine readers of th Intermountala Catholic. The well I known character and authority of her I replies need no Introduction to those already familiar with her ability. Miss Valeau will take a kindly and personal interest in those who write to her, and will ppare 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 Felene Valeau, Inlermountain Catholic. Dear Miss Valeau: Can you give me some good recipe for dandruff? M. J.. I Butte. J For dandruff there is nothing which j an quite equal n erg shampoo. It is I made in ".his fashion: i Yolk of one egg, one pint of rain I water, one ounce of rosemary spirit, j Beat the mixture thoroughly and use I it warm, rubbing well.. into the scalp. I After it has dried shampoo the hair I with soap .shampoo and warm water. E Dear Miss Valeau: Please tell me J what will help to make harsh hair I soft? Nellie M.. Ogden. I For hair that is dry and harsh there I is not better lotion than the formula : I given, j Eau rle cologne, eight ounces tincture I f cantharides, one ounce; oil of Eng- lish lavender, one-half dram; oil ov 1 rosemary, one-half dram. Rub this into I the hair at night two or three times a j week until the hair begins to . revive ; ! undr the treatment. After that do not I ust it ofter.er than once in two weeks. JOY RULES THE WORLD. j The world is sweet, and fair, and ! bright, And joy abounuet'i everywhere, L The glorious stars crown every night, ' ) And thro' the dark of ev'ry care Above us shineth heaven's" light. ; If from the cradle to the grave i "We reckon all our days and hours I We sure will find they give and gave f Much less of thorns and more of flow-I flow-I ers; L And tho' some tears must ever lave f I The path we tread, upon them all The light of smiles forever lies, An o'er the rains, from clouds that fall, I The sun shines sweeter in the Fkies. Life holdelh more of sweet than gall ; For ev'ry one: no matter who , Or what their lot or high or low: AH hearts have clouds but heaven's ; blue I Wraps robes of bright around each j woe; And this is truest of the true: : That joy is stronger here than grief, FUis more of life, far more of years, And makes the reign of sorrow brief; ' Gives more of smiles for less of tears. Joy is life's tree grief but is leaf. Father Ryan. ' Woman and Dress. ' If women dress to please men, they , s will always be gowned simply, appro- priately, more quietly and consequently more becomingly than if they wear their clothes for the benefit of women. Men always like simple, neat costumes, free from flying ends, frills, ribbons and laces. Of course, there are men who never notice what kind of clothes their wive and daughters wear. They only know when these look well, when b the general effect is good, but are nev er able to particularize; but men are becoming better educated in the matter of clothes for women, and the average man of today, traveling about among women. is capable of discriminating and knows tho value of a woman's clothing as well as its becomingness. Many wives would appear to better advantage in their clothes if they would take their husoand's advice in the selection se-lection of them instead of the advice of their dressmakers. The latter are apt to burden their customers down with costly and unbecoming furbelows I regardless xt taste. Learn to Let Go. One of the most practical and absolutely abso-lutely truthful bits of philosophy that has appeared in a long time was re- oently published in Medical Talk on the I wisdom of "letting go." Says the i writer: If you want to be healthy mor ally, mentally and physicall. Just let go. Iet go of the little bothers of everyday life, the Irritations and the petty vexations that cross your path daily. Don't take them up and nurse them, pet them and brood over them. Thy are not worth whiie. Let them go. That little hurt that you got from a friend: perhaps it wasn't Intended, perhaps per-haps it was; never mind, let it go. Refuse Re-fuse to think about it. Let go of that feeling of hatred you have for another, the Jealousy, the envy, the malice, let go all such thoughts. Sweep them out of your mind, and you will be surprised what a cleaning up and rejuvenating ": f oct 5t will have upon you, both phys- ically and mentally. Let them all go: you house them at deadly risk. i I I?ut the big troubles, the bitter dis appointments, the deep wrongs and heartbreaking sorrows, the tragedies of life: what about them? Why, Just let ilfm go, too. Drop them, softly maybe, hut surely. Put away all regret and I bitterness and let sorrow be only a HOftenir.g influence. Yes, let thein go, tro, and mak the most, of the future. Then that little pet ailment that you have been hanging on to and talking about, let it go. Jt will be a good rid- !ri&nc. You have treated it royally, hut abandon it: let it go. Talk about health, instead, and hea.lth will come. Quit nursing that pet ailment and let It KO. Tt is not so hard after once you get ured to the habit of it letting go of th-se things. You will find it such an j I rosy way to get rid of the things that may mar and embitter life that you j I ' will enjoy letting them go. You will f J find th world such a beautiful place. I Tou will find it beautiful because you j will be free to enjoy it free in mind I and body. Learn to let go. As you value health of body and pvace of mind. I I let go just simply let go. The Tid- j in' j ! The Gift of Charm. I f To be gracious without being patron- I izing on the one hand or too gushing f.lt on the other, all this requires cultiva- J I tion end is not attained in a day. That m illusive attribute known as charm is I ! still more difficult, if not impossible to j J I achieve. Is it not inborn and not to be I j acquired, striving never so hard? Cer- ( I tain It is that this charm is the most to be desired of all the good gifts the I I fairy god-mother have to bestow. Beau- I , I ty may fade and riches may fly away I nnd health and youth be swallowed up I if hr the years as they pass, but that I I 1 rharm will over remain, more potent, 1 B more soul satisfying, than beauty ana I j riches a3 even youth itself. . 1 Pi THE LAND OF REGRET. There is a city whose gates are wide, Its pavements pure and clean. "vThere nhadowy forms flit side by side On the road called "Might Have Been." i But folks walk there with their heads bowed low. And heavy eyelids wet. For ev'ry corner is haunted so In this. "The Land of Regret." They meet the ghosts of those other years In dreams of memory sweet. And wet with passionate, frenzied tears The graves which lie at their feet; But never, long as their lives shall last. Can they again forget u no once nave walked with ghosts of the past In this, "The Land of Regret." They feel the touch of a hand grown still, Its fingers softly press, The lender passion of kisses thrill. Their own in a fond caress. Ah. me! but pity the folks who stray Where long the sun hath set. And walk with the ghosts Avho're laid away In this. "The Land -f Regret." WOMEN . May Have Nice, Clean Hands if They Take Proper Care of Them. (By Eleanor Morris.) There is not a woman born that does not wish to possess soft, white hands. By dally care, freshness of the face can be preserved and blemishes kept away. But the hands are often neglected. As they come in contact with everything that spoils them the question is. What can I do to make them soft and white? The best means is absolute idleness, which only those whom fortune has smiled on can so indulge. Housekeeping Housekeep-ing and the many duties it entails will soon injure the hands. Nevertheless, nothing need prevent good care being taken of the house and pretty hands kept well. Rubber gloves should be worn in doing all kinds of work. They are superior to the cotton gloves, as they can be worn while using the hands in water. Before putting on the gloves rub some of this-mixture on the hands and you . will greatly help to whiten thm: Oil of sweet almonds, six ounces; eau de cologne, six ounces; powdered soap, one ounce. Washing the hands frequently to soften the skin is absolutely wrong; the washing should be done only when necessary. Hence the advisability of being gloved at all times, as it certainly keeps the hands from being soiled and the necessity ne-cessity of using water too often. How should the hands be washed? you now ask, and the privilege of asking ask-ing is certainly yours. Very cold water or very hot water are equally bad for the skin. The water should be tepid. Milk is most excellent, but this is a luxury that few can enjoy. Soap should be avoided as much as possible!. It is so much better to use lemon juice. It will whiten without wrinkling or thick- ening the skin. If there are persistent stains use a little, velvet pumice. Ink stains will yield to oxalic acid or lemon Juice. When you find that soap is absolutely ab-solutely necessary let It be pure; and it is always a good plan to get a little bran or oatmeal In the water before using. Avoid unnecessary rubbing of the hands, and always wipe them until perfectly dry. and a verv e-ood effon will be gotten if after the washing a little cold cream is well rubbed in and then powder lightly. If gloves are worn at night they must be perfectly clean; loose white cotton ones are the best. Besides sunburn, redness and freckles, which heat the hands as badly as they do the face, the hands are subject sub-ject to another very unpleasant trouble, trou-ble, that of moisture or perspiration of the palms, which makes their touch very disagreeable. There are many remedies for this. A little eau de cologne poured in the palm will often check it. If it be very profuse apply this lotion several limes a day: Rose water, six ounces; elderflower water, two ounces; bonzoin, half ounce; tannic acid, ten grains. Modesty Versus Money. When the wind was in its most capricious ca-pricious mood on a particularly "blowy" day last summer, a woman at that mysterious age when her friends speak of her as "well preserved," pre-served," made a dash around the corner cor-ner of the treacherous flatiron building. build-ing. Her gown was lightest cf summer sum-mer muslins, and on her head she wore a marvelous creation of gauze and flowers. Every vagabond breeze in that vicinity instantly saw an opportunity op-portunity to do stunts. Sooner than it takes to tell it, the summer muslin was describing the most alarming aerial flights. But its owner, a hand on either side of her hat, kept on as stubbornly as though, such a display of open-work hosiery was an everyday affair. "Madame," cried another woman, rushing up to her, holding her own draperies in a tight embrace, "you are probably not aware of it but your skirts are above your knees." "I don't care," retorted the other, never moving a finger from the flower-laden flower-laden bonnet. "I've had those legs for forty-eight years and can't lose j them, but I've Just bought this hat and palfi ?18 for it, and I don't mean to let it get away." Nail Characteristics. It is said that the moon at the base of the nail 13 simply an indication of good health and excellent circulation, while the white spots are always the accompaniment of an impaired nervous system. The common idea that an external application of vaseline "will cure the white spots is erroneous, and I those afflicted with the little "story tellers" would far better turn their attention to securing perfect physical health in the assurance that the spots will disappear with improved circulation. circula-tion. It is not possible to create moons at th base of the nails. Frequently the mcon is there, but through negligence it is covered by skin, which without ! attention will grow upward over the ; base of the nail. It is not generally understood that j the shape 5.nd appearance of the finger nails are carefully considered and form an important factor in the diagnosis of the disease. Long nails are said to indicate in-dicate physical weakness and tendency to lung trouble, and this tendency is agravated where the nails are corrugated corru-gated and yet more aggravated if they curve from the too back to the finger and across. Where the nails are long and bluish they indicate bad circulation. circula-tion. This same type of nail, but shorter, denotes tendency to throat affection, af-fection, bronchitis and the like. Short, small nails indicate heart dis- " ' - ri n i - r- fninar mw ease. Where they are short, fiat and sunken you may look for nervous disorders. dis-orders. The short-nailed woman will criticise her friends and her foes, but she will criticise herself with the same severity. She is apt to be . sarcastic and sometimes so ' quick at repartee that she appears almost brutal. The best dramatic and literary critics possess pos-sess this type of nail. Beware of the Gloomy Mood. Never permit yourself to make any decision of importance while you are in a state of depression.' Never commit com-mit the error of taking a serious step while youare measuring life by standards stand-ards set up in the darkness of an unhappy un-happy miry!. Such standards are never true, never just. The estimate you make of yourself, of others and of the world while you are blinded by despondency de-spondency is a false estimate always. The shapes you see are distorted shapes. Your vision is at fault. The only time you are capable of true judgment is when 3-our sight becomes clear enough for you to really sec that life is worth living and all's right with the world." . The Eyes. j The eyes can bo greatly strengthened strength-ened by putting the face down into a glass or eyecup of water the first things in the morning and opening them under water. This is difficult to do at first, but if the water forj two or three clays be tepid and grad-1 ually be made colder by impercepti- ble degrees until it is no shock to put tho face into qtiite cold water it will soon become easy, and is invigorating and refreshing. The eyes should bej wiped after this by passing a soft towel gently from the outer angle in j ward toward the noce. j .. ; Manners. Writing upon good manners. Emerson Emer-son remarked: "Manners are the happy ways of doing things, each one a stroke of genius or of !ov now repeated re-peated and hardened into usage, they fornt at last a rich varnish with which the routine of life is washed and its details adorned. If they are superficial, so are th dewdrops which give such a depth to the . morning meadows. Manners are very communicable; commun-icable; men catch them from each other. No man can resist their influence. in-fluence. There are certain manners which are learned in good society of that force that' if a person have them he or she must be considered and is everywhere welcome; though without beauty or wealth or genius. Give a boy address nnd accomplishments, and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes where he goes. He has not the trouble of earning or of owning them: they solicit him to enter and possess." Be Cheerful. Be cheerful. It is trite advice to tell women to take each day as it comes, to avoid remorse over what is done and forebodings over what is to come, but it is no less valuable advice. Nervous prostration is seldom the result re-sult of present trouble or work, but of work and trouble anticipated. Mental exhaustion comes to those who look ahead and climb mountains before they arrive at them. Resolutely build a wall about today and live within the inelosure. The past may have been hard, sad or wroner. It is over. The future may be like the past, but the woman who worries about it may not live to meet it If she does she will bear it. The only thing with which she should concern herself is today, its sunshine, its air, its friend, its frolics, its wholesome work, and perhaps Its necessary sorrow. There is a pelflshness even in gratitude grati-tude when it Is too profuse. |