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Show I Woman's World - I COXQUCTED BY HELENE VALEAU. j HELOE VALEAU'S ANSWERS.. ' t Miss Valeaa will reply to all ques- ' tions asked by the feminine readers of ; l.hfi intermountaln Catholic The we ".I ; Joiown character and authority of her replies need no Introduction to those already familiar with her ability. Miss VaJeau will take a kindly and personal Interest In those who write to her. and vi!l Fpare no pains In seeing that their Inquiries are answered fully and care-fully. care-fully. Trrite only on one side of the faper. Address letters to Miss Helens Yaleau. lntermountain Catholic. A. M. T. I do no wondert hat. you tie jiuzzled. Even we who live in the city nl see the wonderful styles of hats and bairdressingr daily are puzzled to know how the wearer manages either Uk hair or the hat, and, of course, the j,i.-tures in the fashion magazines are a j.it difficult for the ordinary mind to understand. I am afraid I cannot help you very much. I know that a sort of vire turban is manufactured that is worn on the crowd of the head and the massive braids of hair are wound .round it, which gives the effect of a (iantity of hair coiled around the head, j The style is very pretty when it is not ' t arried to the extreme, but exaggerated Mylos never do look pretty to be, and fo few women seem to give any thought whatever to their general appearance that very grotesque frees frequently result. A thin little face on a slender ( k set on narow shoulders and topped c ff with an Immense coiffure and an ftinrmous hat may possibly be fashion-nhjp, fashion-nhjp, but no one could think it either beautiful or artistic. Unless the stylo if hairdressinjr is becoming and brings out the bpst points of face and figure it can never be attractive. I think you m quite sensible to continue in your present way of doing your hair as long us it meets with the approval of your family and friend. Really intelligent persons do not run after exaggerated fashions in dress, no matter what the prevailing mode may be. TREATMENT OF THE HAIR. In washing the hair, a.void strong poaps, alkalis such as soda and ammonia, ammo-nia, hair tonics of which you are not sure, and too much hot water. These ail dry up natural oil and make the-hair harsh, dry and given to falling. Depend on regular brushing of the hair rather than on tonics. Ten minutes' stiff brushing twice a day will do wonders won-ders for thinning hair. Keep the hair absolutely clean. This may be assisted by a dry shampoo, if a vet one cannot be given frequently. For a dry shampoo powder' the hair and scalp well and brush until every particle of powder is gone. Hair should always be thoroughly dried, as the mingling of water with natural oil causes fermentation, which means dandruff and falling locks. Give the hair plenty of light and air, but do not expose it to the hot rays of th sun for long at a time. It bleaches the hair and often blisters the Ecalp, drying up the natural oil. So Ion?: as the scalp moves freely over v- the skull there is hope for the bald head. Be particular not to us,e the brushes and combs of another, and see that you do not use j our own when in an unsanitary unsan-itary condition. One reason for the baldness of men Is due to their carelessness careless-ness in this respect. Do not burn your hair, twist jt into tortuous knots'," stfalri it'back'frdm the tempies or wear it always in the same coil. " . EARLY TO BED. Early sleep is better than late, because be-cause the muscles of the brain and other oth-er nerve centers recover more quickly and thoroughly from strain or exhaustion exhaus-tion before midnight than they will after aft-er the heart works better, ana recuperation recupera-tion is then more complete. Sleep follows the diminution of blood in the celebral vessels. The blood is squeezed out of the brain like water from a sponge, and it becomes in a measure bloodless. This bloodless condition con-dition is indispensable, without it, sleep cannot be induced. Wakefulness means a full flow of blood through the brain. Whatever, then, tends to withdraw the blood from the brain, tends to produce sleep, with healthy persons leading a perfectly normal life, this change is automatic. au-tomatic. The blood naturally ebbs away from the brain, because it is time the brain had a rest, and sleep slowly steals away the senses. On the other hand, mental strain, worry, overwork, overeating and all other oth-er "overs," which interfere with the even placid working of the nerves, are decidedly detrimental to the function of sleep, and at such time the breathing is labored and irregular, and not that deep natural inhalation which induces sleep. More oxygen is consumed, and more needed during sleep, as breathing is :'-?per, boore midnight than after, therefore the great necessity for plenty of fresh, pure air, in order that nature may have all the materials needed dur-ine dur-ine her hours of recuperation. This requires open windows in sleep-ins sleep-ins rooms, wide open windows, too, if you j, lease, with proper protection from draft, good breathing means good health, good health means good digestion, diges-tion, eond digestion, that greatest preservation pre-servation from all ills, both mental and physical. Indeed, by far the most common cause sleeplessness is indigestion, in its various forms, rue in the majority of eases t0 injured nervous systems, a condition con-dition unheard cf, unrecognized, and absolutely unknown and unappreciated during our forefathers less strenuous times one hundred years ago. DO YOU TAKE COLD EASILY? Anyone vho is not in robust health, eas;iy falls a prey to illness. Of all i a uses of cold, probably fatigue "is one of the most common. A jaded man coming home at night from a long day's v ' rk. a grown youth losing two hours sh op over evening parties two or three limes a week, a young lady heavily "doing the season," or young children overfed and with short allowance of sl'ep are common instances of the victims vic-tims of cold. Luxury is favorable to chill-taking. Very hot rooms, feather beds and soft 'hairs create a sensitiveness that leads to catarrh. Probably many chills are contracted at night or st the fag end of the day, when tired people get the f,)uilibrium of their circulation disturbed dis-turbed by either overheated sitting rooms or tinderheated bedrooms and beds. TliTs is especially the case with elderly people. In such cases the mis-fhkf mis-fhkf i r,f,t always done instantaneously instantaneous-ly or in a single night. It often takes Plaep insidiously, extending over days or even weeks. HOME ANNIVERSARIES. The happiest households are those that f1( not let die out the sentiment con-nertr., con-nertr., with various anniversaries. Al-t Al-t hough gift making or recognition of such events in a suitable way may be ut of the question owing to the strait- ned circumstances of those "within t'tr gates." there can yet be a little air! ff festivity when mother's or father's ''irthday comes round or some wedding j anniversary is to be celebrated. An tx- l"; tra dish, a little bunch of flowers or some special music prepared for the occasion oc-casion will show the kindly spirit and the loving remembrance that count far more than the money value of any gift. As the children grow up if these festivals festi-vals are encouraged they will ' have much to look forward to and much more to remember in the years to come when they go out to do battle with the world and find that sentiment is crushed under foot and affection is regarded only as a side issue. GOD'S PLAN. , The brightest way is God's own way; He lights It with his perfect day. The gloomy thoughts He'll put to flight, And fill with His own radiant light Our doubting soul. The surest way is God's own way Rect on this faithful guide and stay; Tho' dark our path at times may be, E'en through the gath'ring cloud we see The hand of God. Trust, then, dear heart, in God above; He'll guide thee with unerring love. Till spfe upon the heavenly shore; There we shall worship evermore Our Father God. A to the Ideal Wife. A Philadelphia clergyman collected and read from the pulpit on a recent Sunday a number of letters from husbandspresumably hus-bandspresumably model husbands bearing on" the subject of the model wife. One man wrote, that the ideal wife should not spend $25 a week when the income was but $20. He probably meant that, in any event, $25 was too much, and only an extravagant housekeeper house-keeper would lavish any such sum upon the home. It was a man of this sort who, when he got off the old and trite remark about the bread that mother used to make, was startly told: "Well, you don't make the dough that father used to make." The hardest domestic experience for' any woman is to have her husband ascribe to her lack of thrift. " the failure to lay " by money against a rainy day, when the real reason is that his own earning ea paeity is inadequate to supply the elemental ele-mental requisites. Women, as a rule, are the savers rather than the spenders, ' and when the penny is laid by on its way to the dollar mark the saving is generally due to her economy. Another man holds that it is the part of the ideal wife to keep herself neat and tidy. It is; but too many men throw the whole burden of the household house-hold drudgery upon a woman's shoulders, shoul-ders, without once reflecting that a maid-of-all-work cannot keep her coiffure, coif-fure, her complexion and her attire as immaculate as the lady of leisure, who may loiter as long as she likes before the mirror and tne toilet table in her boudoir, It is a source of unhappiness in many a home that the man makes disparaging comparisons between his carewoti and preoccupied wife and some airy fairy Lillian whose chief concern con-cern is whether her white shoes are spotless and her gloves quite clean. Another man believes that the Ideal wife is one who "does not harass the life and soul out of a man." Heckling or henpecking at home is, beyond per-adventure, per-adventure, the continual dropping that wears away a stone, but it Is only fair that the man should ask himself a few searching questions before he blames 'his better- half. - Has he been kind or cross after the day's worrisome business? Has he been thoughtful or negligent about the minor items that in life's appraisal make up the major portion por-tion of the inventory? The man who finds fault with' his wife will sometimes find that "on his own head, in his own hands, the sin and the saving lies." Philadelphia Ledger. ; - I Unconscious Influence. A' little boy, who had been somewhat spoiled at home, began to attend a kindergarten kin-dergarten school. After a few days his mother noted with pleasure a change in his manners, an Increasing gentleness in speech and behavior. She quietly remarked re-marked one day:, "Miss Brown has been teaching you politeness, I see." "Why, mother," said the child, "she never says a word about politeness." "She doesn't? .I'm surprised." "No, she doesn't say a word. She Just walks around. But we feel as polite as anything." One of the most striking peculiarities of personal influence is that it is often unconscious. Not when you are trying to make a good impression, to set a good example, to say a word that should be said in the best way and to fit the audience, are you most successful in accomplishing ac-complishing your purpose. The influence influ-ence that emanates from you when you are simply going about your work without with-out a thought beyond the task of the hour, when you are off guard and are merely showing your inner life by outward out-ward acts, as automatically as the heart sends the blood to the head, hands and feet, is the influence that helps or hurts in your home, classroom or business office. of-fice. Catholic Sun. The Woman of Method.- The woman who takes as her life motto, mot-to, "Do it at once," is the woman who is not troubled by any accusing conscience. con-science. The only time one is sure of is . the present; putting off to some more convenient con-venient moment is to lay up a reputation reputa-tion for rudeness or slovenliness. The woman whq believes that to apologize apol-ogize is to accuse will rarely have to back water on her belief if she gets into the do-it-at-once habit. Do it at once it but another name for the "little drops of water" precept of childhood. The "mighty ocean" of accumulated ac-cumulated duties will never swamp you if each wave is breasted as it comes. Doing it at once smoothes the path of life and smothers complaint and criticism. HEARTS, NOT FACES. The people who win their way into the inmost recesses of others' hearts are not usually the most brilliant and gifted, but thohe who have sympathy, patience, self-forgetfulness. and that indefinable faculty of eliciting the bct-er bct-er natrres of others. Most of us .mow of persons who have appealed to us in this way: We have many friends who are more beautiful and whose companionship we enjoy better than that of the pUin-faced pUin-faced man or woman who never make a witty or profound remark, but whose makes up for every other deficiency. And if it came to a time of real stress, when we felt that we needed the support sup-port of real friendship, we should choose, above all. to go to this plain-faced plain-faced man or woman, certain that we should find intelligent sympathy, a charitable ' construction of our position and difficulties, and a readiness to assist us beyond what we ought to take. If you could look into human hearts, vou would be surprised at the faces they enshirie there, because beauty of snirit is more than beauty of face or form, and remarkable Intellectual qualities are not to be - compared with ucected hnmow eoodness and sympathy. |