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Show IfTWonian's World u ; II Conducted by Helen Vateau. ?krLSEAU,SANSWERS- ' M:-c d ,,y t)nP feminine readers of ",,n?,Morni.Hnr,ain Catholic. The well :r' .ha'-at-'T and authority of hen J'""" nppfj no introduction to those ; !ff;i,f, famiiinr with her ability. Miss i i w'i'I take a kindly and personal 1 Vs'?t in those who write to her, and tffLre ii'1 Pins 5ecine that their ar? answered 'ully and care-t'f care-t'f '' TV; !-1 '"nly on e side of the !-p lette Miss Helene l'u inu-nnounlal '. i Mlc. n-ar M'" Valrau: !''-i give me ' " ' M . Ogden. fortunate poopi- arv horn with t't ?iiar'd nHils. but tlv. s must ac-Sre' ac-Sre' them through calil nation and i'-'itai'i i Through that eternal rair1 which is the price of daintily pd'digo''- The nails, like the char-fhetiid char-fhetiid be shaped when one is !vic- ' -hndren should be taught "pfp.sJ' the cuticle away from them wii'irc the hand., as that helps ; 'dcvrlop the half moons. If the I inf jf, ; show distinctly it is usi;-I usi;-I an iinii'-ation that the nails have ! t' bee" properly attended to and that I'ekin 1ms not been trained to grow Jv-liVaH i'V so pressing it whenever j hands ar washed. If the nails are I ,vvd daiiy with lemon juice it will ' 4 j'-ourace skin growth at their base (j sit bk-.u h them. 1 I -,p work of push:ng back the flesh 1 J ,',, !id time is required to make I p appreciable difference in it. For 1 4 purp".-e the flat end of the or-j stick should be used, being cer- 15'Tl tlit it has no sharp edges, for may i ut into the flesh and pro-r.t pro-r.t cwe!!iiics. Immediately after clear- 1 tiv superfluous fkln from the nails I Scream should be applied, each fin-1 fin-1 pr tip being treated as soon as it is 1 :?a:;fpd in order to offset the effects I $.iakiiig. Following this each tip I i,.U!d hp separately wiped, the cuti-f cuti-f i being pressed back to the nail's I and a tiny drop of oil put on it J 'U it may not harden. Great care I :.i be exercised not to scratch the I s: mamel. as this may-leave a dis-Irr.r.g dis-Irr.r.g white mark on its seashell-ifc'urface. seashell-ifc'urface. For this reason the skin (fj bo thoroughly softened before it jtrrked i:pon. " j 7:i initio! step toward tapering the ivers is to shape the nail, rounding rpadually by filing to within a hair's frith of the flesh. In their ambi-d ambi-d to acquire tapering finger ends )si.ty young girls cut the nails too far at the sides. This results in wader.ir.g- the finger tips, as there Is no support for the flesh at the sides, ltd natural lythe finger spreads. Far :: l siiape the nails quickly and j Sp.t'.y with a slender emery board and I p o-er them with an oily lotion that 1 1 S'ften the cuticle and keep them j fs spliting: then put on toilet paste : flip into a pair of loose gloves. t-,-1 tni.nis. piano practicing and the j S-est nf housework are apt to play I ii-K with the finger nails by break- ipthem off short and sometimes tear-5 tear-5 5? the composition almost to the roots, c' th"rp if no denying that an infirm I si! i? similar to a repaired toth. It I sr fill a vacuum, but will never be of service. Therefore the nails J t-M rot he be kept so loag that they j C be liable to break nor so short as j to expose the fiupor tips. Preferably y should extend 'the width of thre'e I i:rs b?yond the finer frids and their I h- made perfectly smooth. Any i -Ps! v. ill he liable to catch into j - -r: uncs are nanaied and may I :n splitting th nail. And ob-I ob-I vhf texture should be kept thin, w n v: then he flexible and. by bend-I bend-I readily, less liable to crack or to I Tr' a,tain this ideal condition 1 '"'d h ,'"ru'ar,5' treated to I fn'r"pam composed of sweet oil ,.;;ru!r?nriP- This should be spread I J?;r l,;r'm whonever possible, but eer-t eer-t ,J"T fnr &n hour or so preceding the I ' mi-iveokly manicuring. I ir";Ws!!w a Professional manieur-I manieur-I o,;T -issor? or knife to trim the I thft tends to thicken and (.f;:hpm. They should be patient-Tnercfore patient-Tnercfore entertain the voung .ii yo.;r most brilliant stvle so I o't;'uewi:i "ot be -bored and hurrv I tc- as'k' for nail culture is not 1 , 1 naeftaken unadvisedly nor light-I light-I I'c r' &n intf'IJ'Pent understand-I understand-I tf 'CJ"P ''"r"nwwes of haste. One I 'T".y.--'onwnces may be flat fin- il, '',UI! ''-ief'y from unwise edge I another blood poisoning j rir.:'v ""'r' r 'tings. Be sure that the ! bv.''rv l:r"ed scissors emploj-ed I vcn; niar-!'-uHst are of the best qua!-: I '.:.:t to-""-"'- 'lth r,rints Perfertly fit-; f ..-,. '''""'': even with these the cuti-f cuti-f v.s. ,''ut..,r'f nails should be trimmed 'ir.;4,1 Z1 developed from the I " dri"d Kkin caused by 1 'tur,' 'irving the nails after jvjf'.! :f:''r;ir- These must be cau-'int.,'"!1''"1 cau-'int.,'"!1''"1 'P?;t th" Qu'ck flesh be , ilGinc' r 7',Ht- becn'ling sore and '''''ly coarsens and thick-f thick-f W-Isb V Pr 'vri.v trimming process It 1 Eri "Vf r the finder tips with I ::tn1'dJ!1 ,n "rdf'r to sooth any infini-I infini-I ,'!"' bppals and then lightly ! f'ht;v I' n'ls' nolipbing them but j cra. eS '''tening nails are apt to I as. f!o:i 10 unshapely fingers and I business Girls As Wives. "1 Opt f ' , i :v ' "' r';'f'' and hears statements 1 I'-j-oV.'1.' t" to that which stands I a'V,'.?- "' 1hf'tP ius- Having mar- cirl. and having care- i :' ." ' -;,t"'-J the subject for some I iv ''' ' ri!pr feels it incumbent I i(;vj.1(;;:;M:;: to set forth a few facts. J "W ( ,I"rr are some business girls I ''t'i".' v r'ul1 nt like to take as 1 "' R., T' ' h,Jt d0PS not this remark J ' rru.i',;. r'vor class? Let us take ! , ' v n'J ,?ve the exceptions. S ' .j"' " Pood deal in "knowing I h h i'"u '" :an show sympa-I sympa-I f:'wa.vt. y.'io !t '"Opportunely or 1 ''-;r:P v?pr- ''n the husband comes I ''Mh. " a"rl wrari,'d from busi-I busi-I 'atp p ,on-busines.R girl is apt to ir-! ir-! th0'f!';'yl,in,ru'3inp; some petty l'iv y Ir,,uble upon him straight I '".TiM ,f , . nowing: anything of the I ltraKr "'H da'y li- she is unable I !'if hi 'at any troub,e fan be fill- ! ,lit r Hn'J cannot detect Mtn',, 1,n'J ions of it which would diateiv "' a 1'JsincS!' 'rl. She im-: im-: hoii en" . I'ours out a tale of house-''j.vtn. house-''j.vtn. ,!ttn,f"s' w'bich really amounts Uff, " and the result is often a "s huL""' Kirl k"ows better. She ti:"'ous rr"'ifortable and puts a Ju-?&PrieneorEtu'n Ju-?&PrieneorEtu'n in a manner (born of v rli'v she proves at once how ie liwp ,i.,un'3',rfilands and appreciates tfi het Hp feels that he ha a "4 e'1' and commences to un- burden himself. Her knowledge enables her to make a suggestion for overcoming overcom-ing the trouble; perhaps it is not a good one, but it proves that she is entering en-tering fully into his life, as a wife should. He tells her more, and in time she becomes a valuable help to him, often oft-en making excellent suggestions. "My wife is my right hand man," once once said a famous journalist. That saying holds true of many a business girl. Their very training in an office places them in a position to manage the household's house-hold's income in a Judicious fashion It teaches them, too, to be neat and methodical. me-thodical. Offiff n-nrlr nn,..o,. !.. of method, of system: our papers and letters must be in order, or there will be a great waste of time when we want to refer: we learn to compare costs to the hundredth part of a penny and to buy advantageously. A wife who has not had a business training will learn these things in time, but the business girl starts in that wav right off. In an office one has to guard against 'leakages," that i ?, waste, so the business wife has an eye to leakages leak-ages as soon as she is installed in her home. If all men and women ioal-ized ioal-ized how much is lost in the wasting of little things! It would be possible to say much more in favor of the business girl if spare were available, but the writ;r will conclude con-clude with the following statement: Thanks to the assistance and encouragement encour-agement of his business girl wife, he has been able to improve his position to the extent of doubling his ircome within ten years. "Don't You Think?" A housekeeper who kept one maid for three years writes to Harper's Bazar Ba-zar that she does not excite the instinct in-stinct of contrariety in human nature by giving orders. She does not require her maid to be in at 10 o'clock, and .Hilda comes in voluntarily at 9:30, except ex-cept on special occasions, and the.i she always gives notice. When the windows win-dows need cleaning she does not order the work done, but merely remarks that when there is time the windows need cleaning. When she has occasion to find fault she says "Don't you think?" and Hilda always agrees. Thus the affairs of the household run smoothly and there is no hostile element in the kitchen. kitch-en. Be Calm. Calmness and serenity are recommended recommend-ed for almost everything in these days. Horace Fletcher considers these qualities quali-ties even more important than chewing in the attainment of health. The beauty beau-ty doctors say that no cosmetics will avail to prevent wrinkles and preserve youth without calmness and serenity, and they are said to be the most potent of all charms in her who would be pleasing to the opposite sex. "Be serene, sweet maid," say the authorities; au-thorities; "let who will be vivacious." It all sounds very simple, but in order or-der to follow such advice it would be necessary, to be a hermit, and then what would be the use of being well or beautiful or attractive? How can any one be serene who plays golf, or has cantankerous relatives, who want? to argue about woman suffrage or religion, reli-gion, or who has not a sure and certain cer-tain and adequate income? Man that is born of woman is born to worry, as the sparks to fly upward, and it is only adding irritation to his other woes to tell him that all good things may b2 his if he will only be serene. T - I II I a. I. iu nave vauuu ncann. If people only knew what good health and good spirits attend sleeping with one's head under a window tent, one and all would do it. says a bulletin of the Indiana health department. Coughs, colds, pneumonia, consumption and all other diseases of the air passages are principally induced by breathing foul air. The window tent supplies fresh outdoor air to breathe and at the same time permits the body to be in a warm room. The head is accustomed to the cold, and in very cold weather an ordinary or-dinary woman's knit hood may be worn to protect the ears and cheeks. During Dur-ing the night and when asleep the tissues tis-sues are repaired and the brain and nerve cells are recharged with energy. Pure air is the great factor in repair work. Consumption and catarrh in the early stages enn be cured by braathmc fresh air night and day. Why Some Men Are Women-Haters. There are women haters who believe that all women are insincere because some woman meant to marry one of them and changed her mind at the last moment. There are self-sufficient youths who fancy that women are brainless, weak backed creatures because they have not subtle intelligence sufficient to discover the feminine mind and will beneath a lot of ruffles and smiles. There are disappointed husbands who declare that all women are unreasonable unreason-able because they could not manage their own wives. Each of these fancies he understands women. Yet what a difference in their understanding! As a matter of fact, almost any man could manage to get along beautifully with any woman if he would just take her as she is and not try to make her over. A made-over wife ia about ae flat a failure as made-over pudding or the second reading of a novel. The trrnat lrniihile i3 that mnt mn rnn. struct an ideal statuette and learn to love it Before marriage a man is convinced con-vinced that the girl he loves is the counterpart of the statuette. After marriage mar-riage he finds out that she is nothing like it, and he either tries to construct her all over again to fit the part, or he goes through life ever afterward carrying car-rying about with him the shattered ideal and nursing his disappointment. The first cup of weak coffee, the first month's grocery bills, the first sight of his wife in a kimona. and the first quarrel quar-rel are usually sufficient to convince any man that he has married the wrong woman, especially the man who thought he "understood" them. How to Curl Hair. A hairdresser has declared that the curling iron made the hairdressers wealthy. "My customers," said he, "curl their hair at home and burn it off. Then they come to me and buy artificial hair. Each curling iron sold is worth $50 to a hairdresser, for it means that the woman will come to him for repairs. "Yet the curling iron is all right if you do not get it too hot, and if you keep It moving. The professional hairdresser perpetually turns the iron so that it does not rust the hair. Rust is the term applied to that peculiar reddish condition of the hair when it has been curled too often with the hot iron. , i "The hairdresser Ubis a lock or hair in the tongs and gently lifts it: then he clasps it tightly and twists it slowly and carefully, until, with the utmost caution, he deposits a curl of hair upon the forehead. How differently differ-ently the amateur works. "'The amateur bent upon hair curling Jakes a lock in the tongs and grasp 't as though it was something trying to escape. She clasps the tongs with a tight hand and twists the lock right down to the scalp: she stands and holds the iron, letting it do its full share of damage. Lock after lock is twisted up in this way. and the hair is both scorched and tortured. 1 "N'or does she curl it as well. The hair is peculiar, in that it needs to be coaxed." Queer Men and Women, Call a girl a chick and she smiles: call a woman a hen and she howls. Call a young woman a witch and she is pleased; call an old woman a witch and she is indignant. Call a girl a kitten and she rather likes it; call a Woman o " oa Wntr. t n',.. en are queer. If you call a man a gay dog it will flatter him; call him a pup, a hound, or a cur, and he will try to alter the map of your face. He doesn't mind being called a bull or a bear, yet he will object to being mentioned as a calf or a cub. Men are queer! too. All Right! Waste of time to whimper when you see things going wrong: For that's the time a fellow should be coming good and strong. And it's not wise to be sobbing if your plans cease going right That's the time to roll your sleeves up and proceed straightway to fight. Everything that's worth the winning is worth fighting for to get. And if you will keep on fighting, you'll be happy yet, you bet. Every somber cloud that hovers has its silver lining bright. So just keep a going, brother, confident that all is right. Rainy days may cause you trouble, but don't waste your time in sighs. Just recall the bow of promise God has set upon the skies. Meet reverses in your fortunes with a strong man's cheerful laugh. And you'll find them shrink before you till they measure less than half. Only cowards sit repining when they fail to win the game; Only cowards try to shoulder on the worm tne weignt or Diame. Roll your sleeves up to your elbows, then pitch in with all your might. With determination steady that you'll win out yet, all right. Don't you try to trouble trouble till old trouble troubles you. Then just face it fairly, squarely, and to trouble say, "Skiddoo!" Don't fret over opposition kites must fly against the wind You will win out if on justice all your hopes are safely pinned. Do the duty lying nearest, and be sure you do your best. Yours is but to do your duty, God will take care of the rest. You may think success is often hidden far away from sight. But the doing brings the winning everything will come out right. Blessings. "I was feeling pretty punk yesterday morning," remarked Littleton, who lives just around the corner from the architect. "I thought the world was pretty hard on me; thought I was up against it for fair. When a friend said 'good morning,' I replied, all right, but it didn't look good to me. "Well, sir, while I was waiting for a car I saw a man walking on crutches, and I thought of my two good legs. On the corner where I got off I saw a blind man grainding a hand organ, and I thought of my two good eyes. A couple cou-ple of illv-clad and huncrv lookine- children were listening to the organ, and I thought of my own" well-clad and well-fed children, having a good time because their daddy was making fairly good wages. Before going to work I picked up the morning paper and read an account of an eastern cashier who had committed suicide because he had speculated with bank funds and lost, and I thought of the good job I had and the few paltry little debts that were not pressing. Then I read of a divorce in high life in New York, and I thought of the little woman at home, who always al-ways had a smile for me when I got home in the evening and a word of cheer whenever trouble loomed up. "By this time I was feeling pretty good and well content with my lot, and when a friend came into the office and said 'good morning I said 'good morning" morn-ing" with so much heartiness that he looked surprised. "I tell you. old man. all a fellow like me has to do to get a line on the blessings bless-ings he really has to be thankful for is to compare hid lot with that of a great many people he sees every day." Need of Physical Exercise. The woman who says she has "not time" for exercise Is usually the one who most requires it. She who sits in an office or stands behind a counter must have certain aids, such as rest, diversions of a proper kind, exercise and diet, to maintain health, and it is by adjusting these sanely that balance is kept. It is a mistake to think that because one walks during the day or does housework, etc., sufficient exercise is taken, for it must be remembered that only one kind of work is done, and necessarily others rrust be developed devel-oped to keep the strength. Then again, unless the mind is relaxed re-laxed any kind of physical exercise is valueless. For instance, twenty minutes' min-utes' walk in the air should be taken at some time each day by any woman who does not wish to lose her complexion com-plexion and freshness in early youth. To breathe deeply while walking is not only to increase the benefit of the outing, but trains the lungs to expand to healtlhfulness. and greatly improves the figure by filling out hollows In the neck or preventing them. If It is done at this time it will soon become a habit. An excellent way of beginning is to inhale slowly while taking six steps. By the seventh step exhaling should begin, taking the time of six more steps for it. This is simple, but worth trying. Chicago American. The Bitterness of Life. To be misunderstood is the cross and bitterness of life. It is the secret of that sad and melancholy smile on the lips of great men, which so few understand: under-stand: it is the crudest trial reserved for self devotion: it is what must have oftenest wrung the heart of the Son of Man: and if God could suffer it, it would be the wound we would be forever for-ever inflicting upon 'Him. He also He, above all Is the misunderstood, the least comprehended. Never to tire, never to grow cold; to be patient, sympathetic, sym-pathetic, tender, to look for the budding bud-ding flower and the opening heart; to hope always, like God: to love always this is duty. Catholic Advance. |