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Show ! i : : jl Woman's World I I CONDUCTED BY HELENE VALEAU. f KELEHE VALEATTS ANSWERS. Miss Valeau will reply to all ques- J tions asked by the feminine readers of I the Intermountain Catholic. The well I known character and authority of her j 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 i will spare no pains in. seeing that their I inquiries are answered fully and care- I fully. Yrrite only on one side of the 3 paper. Address letters to Miss Helena I Valeau, lntermountain Catholic, f Care of Teeth. Around the gums and between the I teeth, just where the food accumulates the most, are the places which are. the most difficult to clean, and often when a brush is used most conscientiously ' these parts are left untouched, and de- ray takes place rapidly. A good way to keep these places clean is to make a swab by winding a bit of absorbent cotton cot-ton around the end of a toothpick, and then clip it into the tooth wash and go carefully about the gums where they join the teeth. It will be a surprise and delight to find how much the sums . -u ii; improve with this process. Friction a Necessity. In taking baths of any kind to improve im-prove the tone and color of the skin, much depends no friction. This should f not be as violent as often recommended, J for the skin can be bruised by too much friction. Soap and friction remove the : deadened parts of the scarf skin, but these particles should come off quite naturally and easily after' the skin is thoroughly saturated by ordinary friction. fric-tion. A rough but soft towel is best : fur drying purposes. When Filing Nails. ! j When filing the finger nails go down I pretty well at the sides. Shape to a I rounded point. It can be overcome by I having the nails manicured every week. I i A Slight Difference. i Uncle Bob, who lived in Washing- ! ton and worked at the war department, ! was at the old home for a few days. I Little Ted was a devout worshiper and I tagged about after his uncle all day I long, listening to him and asking ques- 1 tions. Finally he delivered himself of I an important matter, j "Uncle Bob," he said, "do you ever "Oh, yes; often. I see him nearly I see the president in Washington?" I every day." "Uncle Bob," asked Ted solemnly, after careful thought, "does the presi- dent se you?" Woman's Home Com-I Com-I panion. j Her Retort. I It is always gratifying to meet n j person who is contented with his lot. I For that reason it would be delightful to make the acquaintance of the worn- an who has the last word in a suffra-i suffra-i gist controversy. The writer of a suf-j suf-j fragist communication in a newspaper wrote sadly that "woman is nothing but a female relative of man; the man I is the noun, the woman is the preposi- tion." Well, what do I care?" was I the triumphant retort. "The preposi- tion governs the noon." A Frog's Nest. f In Brazil a species of tree frog con structs in the water a curious nest, or i fortification, to protect its eggs and ! young from the attacks of fish. Start ing at the bottom of a pond, the mother moth-er frog erects a circular, tube-like wall of mud, w-hich at the top projects above the s-urface of the water. In the water thus inclosed the eggs are laid, and when they have hatched out the frog's young are secure from enemies ! until they are able to take care of themselves. Puppies Both. "I would give half my fortune to be in your little dog's place," said a "smart" young man in a railway carriage car-riage to a girl who had a toy terrier in her arms. "And it would be the right place for you," she retorted, "for I am taking him to have his ears cropped!" London Lon-don Express. ' A Natural Inference. "Matrimony," said the lady who had just secured her third divorce, "is after all. an uncharted sea." "I take it. then," her friend replied, "that you have not engaged in your various ventures for charting purposes." pur-poses." Chicago Record-Herald. Manners form at last a rich varnish with which the routine of life is washed and its details adorned. Emerson. Harriman and the Telephone. His great instrument was the telephone. tele-phone. He always had it beside him. The Harriman switchboard was one of the best equipped and the busiest in New York. Whether in his office, his library, his bedroom or his oathroom, the telephone was always there. And when he went into the Oregon wilderness wilder-ness the telephone would go, too. "A s-lave to the telephone," wrote a New York editor in commenting on Harriman Harri-man and his telephone. "Nonsense," s.'dd Harriman, when it was called to his attention, "the telephone is a slave to me." Wall Street Journal. Priests Must Withdraw. The apostolic delegate. Archbishop Folconio. has Just written to the Right Rev. Bishop Canevin saying that he has examined the affairs of the Gates Coal & Coke company, Pittsburg, which claims to be a society of priests for the benefit of priests, and has derided de-rided that all priests connected with the said company will have to withdraw with-draw from it at once, as it is altogether alto-gether unbecoming for priests to be engaged en-gaged in secular business. Is Chaperoned In Philippines. Victor F. Ward, a civil engineer of Manila, who is visiting this country on leave of absence, speaking of the I Filipino "hello" girls to a Washington I Herald reporter, said that they come from the best families of the islands. "She has her servant," said Mr. Ward, "who is also her chaperon, to accompany her to the office, carrying her lunch, and who calls to take her hack to the security of her home when the gong rings on her day's work. "The Spanish custom of never permitting per-mitting an unmarried woman above the age of 12 to leave the portals of hf-r casa unaccompanied still prevails with both Spaniards and Filipinos of the better class. "The fact that the field of labor, aside from domestic service, for the Filipino girl is so limited, makes employment em-ployment in this line especially desirable de-sirable and much sought after by the daughters of the well-to-do Filipinos. Hence, to be a 'hello' girl in the Philippines is an honor, carrying with it prestige and entry Into the best soelPty. "To serve as 'central in Manila a irl must speak and understand English. Eng-lish. Spanish and Tagalog. and 'ome of them possegp a working knowledge of Chinese, Japanese and other Oriental tongues. "As the word hurry is unknown in the far east, so likewise is it often jpesary for an impatient subscriber i to curb his temper when telephoning. But the tones of the dulcet voiced operator, ope-rator, 'dhe lyne ees beesee, senor,' soothes him to patience." The Wornout .Shoe. (By Helen Fitzgerald Sanders.) "This morn I went to the attic, to a trunk all padded gray With the dust and cobweb tissue of the long, long yesterday; And there amid heaps of trnikets I found a little shae, Still plump with a baby's foot form and the toe all broken through; O hope that is gone forever! O sorrow of the years! O breast case, cease thy throbbing and eyes hold back these tears! Ah, how well do I remember he danced upon my knee And kicked the selfsame slipper as he laughed in baby glee! All the world seemed fair and smiling and the future promised bright. O that was our hope's clear zenith-how zenith-how soon then came the night! Back, back through the years you've led me and you've rent my heart in two, You little tenantless slipper, you dear little wornout shoe. Yes, here is the battered rattle and here is the little frock; Here is the old flannel bunnie and this was his tiny sock. All, all are just as I left them on that sorrow-darkened day, When I brought them to the attic and laid each one away. I had braved the empty cradle and the curling ringlet, too; But my heart broke with its burden when I came to this wornout shoe. O poor little shoe how empty! For the tiny feet lie still In a grave in the quiet valley, beneath a snow-wrapped hill And my soul ah, soul, so hungry with this yearning mother love, Still is praying, still is thriving for solace from above. Though my life flows on serenely, hidden hid-den deep from mortal view. Upon my heart is the imprint of this little lit-tle wornout shoe." To Protest Against Blasphemy. The bishop of Pittsburg has officially ordered that a Holy Name society be formed in every parish of that diocese within sixty days, as a solemn protest against public sins of blasphemy, obscenity ob-scenity and profanity. Can Two Be a Congregation? That two can constitute a congregation congrega-tion seems impossible, yet the judges of the court at Puy, France, have declared de-clared they can. Two fathers of the Order of St. Francis, who were living in Puy, were haled into court on the charge of reorganizing a congregation. The court decided that they were guilty and liable under the law directed against congregations. Thre Hundred Years Old. The Sisters of the Visitation will celebrate cel-ebrate next June the three hundredth anniversary of the foundation of their society. St Francis de Sales established it on June 6, 1610. Archbishop's Silver Jubilee. On Dec. 20 next, Archbishop Glen-non Glen-non cf St. Louis will observe his silver sacradotal jubilee. He was ordained a priest by Bishop Hogan in Kansas City cathedral. Portola's Cross. Pious Portola, journeying by land. Reared high a cross upon the heathen strand, Then far away Dragged his slow caravan to Monterey. The mountains whispered to the valleys, val-leys, "Good!" The sun, slow sinking in the western flood Baptized in blood The holy standard of the Brotherhood. The timid fog crept in across the sea. Drew near, embraced it, and streamed far and free, Saying: "Oh, ye ! Gentiles and Heathen, this is truly He!" All this the Heathen saw; and when once more The Holy Fathers touched the lonely shore Then covered o'er With shells and gifts the cross their witness bore. Bret Harte. Wants No Eulogy. The Right Rev. Patrick A. Ludden, Catholic bishop of the diocese of S3Tra-cuse, S3Tra-cuse, is strongly opposed to ostentatious display at funerals and seldom permits per-mits priests in his diocese to deliver eulogies over the biers of dispatch. In keeping with his sentiment on this subject. sub-ject. Bishop Ludden while delivering brief remarks at the funeral of a relative rela-tive in 'the village of Florence, said that when he died there would be no eulogy pronounced at his obsequies. "I have already made provision,' 'he said, "that when I am laid away it shall be in a simple black box in which there shall be no gilded nails. Neither will there be any funeral sermon preached, for in truth, I would prefer the prayer of an old lady kneeling behind a church pillar to the finest eulogy that might be pronounced by some of my talented friends." Like Unruly Children. Once a little turkey. Fond of her own way. Wouldn't ask the old ones Where to go or stay; She said: "I'm not a baby, Here I am half-grown; Surely, I am big enough To run about alone!" Off she went, but somebody Hiding saw her pass; Soon like snow her feathers Covered all the grass. So she made a supper For a sly young mink, 'Cause she was so headstrong That she wouldn't think. Once there was a robin Lived outside the door. Who wanted to go Inside And hop upon the floor. "Oh, no," said the mother, "You must stay with me; Little-birds are safest Sitting in a tree." "I don't care," said Robin, And gave his tail a fling, "I don't think the old folks Know quite everything." Down he flew and kitty caught him, Before he'd timewto blink; "Oh," he cried, "I'm sorry, But I didn't think." Phoebe Cary. |