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Show J Woman's World, i J Conducted by Helcne Valeau. ' HELENE VALEATJ'S ANSWERS. J Miss Vs.lp.au will reply to all aues- I tions asked, by the feminine readers of I The Intc-rmountain Catholic. The well I known character and authority of her I replies need no introduction to those I already familiar with her ability. Mis j Valeuu will take a kindly and personal J interest in those who write to her, and J -will spare no pains in seeing that their j inquiries are unsworn) fulljJ and care- 1 fully. Write only on one shie of the I paper. Address letters to Miss Helen j Valeau, Intormountain Catholic. Salt I "Lake; City. ..Dear Miss Voleau: What do you ad-1 ad-1 Vi.-vj me to use for falling hair? 1 Eureka. MRS. R S. Try a hair tonio that contain? much quinine. Day nun with quinine and bitter apple makes a splendid ionic. Try a gentle massage, being careful licit to injure the roots of the hair. J Dear Miss Valeau: My face and necK ( Ere very thin. What do you advise? I Salt Lake. MISS R. ?. Rub a good massage cream well into the skin. Persevere in the treatment j every night and you will soon find j yourself becoming plump and ropy. 1 Dear Miss Valeau: What is' good for 1 chronic sore throat? I am a great sufferer. suf-ferer. j Pueblo. NELLIE M. I For any chronic trouble always con- I Fult a physician. For an ordinary pore I throat nothing is better than a wash of j li.vdrogen peroxide and water. I have J 5io license to practice medicine, my j iear. and can only recommend simple j Jiorae remedies. I j IS IT GOOD ECONOMY TO ! MAKE YOUR OWN CLOTHES? I Is it good economy for a woman to I tnake her own clothes? J As they do either individually or col- ! leetively with most things pertaining j to her. men have benignly tried to settle set-tle this question for their womankind I ps far back as there has been any I choice about the matter. I An acquaintance who is utterly with- 1 (nit "knack" and who has a husband in I comforta bio c-nou:jh circumstances to 5 put a good dressmaker in charge of all i the rest of her wardrobe, has an over- ' leveloped sense of duty which makes I her insist upon making what she culls I her "working dresses." These are j I lioupornaid's - drecs- of light percale I which are the only things in which she J feels equipped ; to go about a mild I .-mount of housework. The result of 5 her attempts every time is an exertion I n her part which comes near to giving I her nervous prostration, and a domestic I flutter which is out of all proportion I to the money saved and the inartistic " results. I "Edith, you would oblige me if you 1 I "Would -have enough sense to never try i 10 make another dress as lone as you I live. You have had the house stirred ; up for three days, you have saved 73 1 'cents, and you look like a fright in I them now you have got them," is all ) the consolation she gets out of her hus- j band. But it accurately sums up the fa ct s. Husbands Object to Dressmaking. With the exception of the rare man j "who glories in seeing a. clever w'fc f fdiine in an extravagant variety of sar- ' 'orial triumphs which she can have be- ; cause she makes them herself, hus- Stands, in the generosity of their souls, I combined with a masculine suspicion ! Mhat there is a screw loose.. in the eco- iiomics part, nearly always try to steer a woman away from doing her own 1 dressmaking. And from this last point I of view, at least, they are right, as far us two of the three classes of women who Ftru?gle with their own sewing are concerned. The first of these is the woman who hasn't "knack." Without the qualities which th5 includes the usually can ifind something she can be more successful suc-cessful in and earn more money' than she would save by indifferent dressmaking. dress-making. The so-called knack is simply -he dressmaker's mind, which always sees the construction with the effect ; and which has a natural faculty for I expressing itself in materials. It is the 1 pift of the scissors which is essential to good dressmaking where the gift of ihe needle is only an accident, and it piobabiy is because of the mixing of -leas about the two faculties that so j many women who have the "dainty j deftness" with the needle that fashion I i editors talk about keep on trying to j i make their own cloth-s when they are i .hopeless at it. On the contrary, the ! S woman who has the art of costruc- : lion can be a good dressmaker without any knowledge of the Tine stitchcry : j li'i-t. ; j Not Economy, But Luxury. The woman without knack who per-I per-I -ists in spoiling materials is. however, ! on the high road to getting rich quicker j ms a rule compared to the majority of j those who can make anything they see. ? Considering the matter from the eco- i:omic standpoint, and not "knocking" I the fair si.'-ter who at any time can ' evolve some pretty, inexpensive thing ; ' in which to make herself beautiful, the '' women of this class are economists only I Sn obtaining the maximum of luxuries. They are not economists. A woman who has endJess ambition in making the best of everything rc-I rc-I marked the other day that she had made over thirty pair of sleeves during dur-ing the last season. She has three daughters, who help in the sewing, and there never is a time r.t this house, when there isn't an evening gown or a dress on the table that is being mad a j I for some special occasion. For. these j i there is a searching for bargains in j beautiful irimmings. and often a -whole : gown is purchased 1o build up around ! ; I some pretty piece of embroidery or lace that was bought for almost nothing. These women are the envy of their friends for their many changes, but they are not economical in drcm Most tf. their things are what you might call temporary clothing that is. they c:e feurriedly made fof the occasion and iiever are properly finished, and are poon replaced by the next according to some new idea which develops. And 1 hough they save on separate articles, the total drens expenditure of each one cf the family is greater than that of many a simply gowned woman who j ationizcp a good dressmaker. Heavy Tax on Nerves. In this plan the enormous expenditure expendi-ture of nervous force is not counted mid the value of time gets out of all TersVvtivo. A woman who had spent years in the luxury of "making over" van noted for her economical ways of getting up something pretty out of what she had on hand. One day fhe was thrown suddenly into the position rf having to ma lee her living. Before beginning to look about her. she took B little time to get her clothes in order. Fhe began by making over a net waiot rn which she put a fairly pretty idea !'n trimming 'which she made by applying apply-ing to the black net, little pieces of lace which she cut out of some, cream colored col-ored stuff whic h she had on hand. She pent three weeks in cutting out and I tpplying the little ornaments, and when I fiie was through she had a dress waist I instead of a business waist. She never I Sas done anything which amounted to 1 I inything, because she hasn't been ab!e j ret to detach .herself from making J ?ret.ty things for herself regardless of j whether they counted. On the other hand, for (He woman I ho makes what she needs and plans I . -ir only, a little looking shows that I J there is absolutely no comparison be-Itween be-Itween the cost and that of hiring made or buying ready made. It is not only that the same thins can be made cheaper but that a selection in materials mate-rials which is oft the popular run and probably in better taste, can be chosen at less price than ordinary material. Probably the best plan of economy is in the plan of confining the work to waists and gowns, housewear. and accessories ac-cessories instead bf tailor mades unless un-less the woman is expert. If she is there is a tremendous saving in the latter. "Ready Made" Solves Problems. Apparently for the onperial help of the woman who has not learnc-1 this !in", the "ready made" has stepped in and taken a hand in the controversy. Diessmaking experience, . a ppiied to the alteration and slight changing of style on suits bought cheay on account of large, sizes or off trimmings, with the accompanying saving of time, i. sure to prove the greatest scoop which is made now in feminine economy. "I wiil not learn to sew, because if I don't know how I will never have to.-' is a remark particularly epidemic with women in the last few years. On the whole, it appears to be a. point which is not well taken, because the woman who can preserve a nice balance of time and needs in her efforts can not only reduce expenditure, but ?he does not take the chance which the one who thus purposely insures the future against dressmaking lakes that is, the terrible one from some feminine stand-!oint stand-!oint of being left high and dry arid helpless as a badly dressed frump because be-cause of some unexpected poverty landslide. Plain Clothes. Plain clothes, well shaped, clean, and in full supply, are worth all the finery that ever tluttered to the torments of little hearts and the discomfort of b:g ones. It was a wise mother who said, "I try to give my children just enough clothes every season to wear out well." It is an unspeakable cruelty to swathe a new-born babe in things stiff with tucks and embroidery. A baby's skin all over is more delicate than that of a grown-up eyelid. The eyelid is the test for an infant's wardrobe: whatever what-ever hurls or Is even unpleasant to it ought to be thrown aside. Even the softest stuffs are sold with more or less dressing in them. They should be well shrunken in boiling water before making mak-ing uu, and then after malting thoroughly thor-oughly laundered without a trace of starch. Further, they ought to be ironed with warmnot hot irons, as the hot ones give a sort of crackly surface. sur-face. Make the first long clothes as s'mple as possible. No other trimming than a frill lace edge at neck and wrists is comfortable, and none other is therefore permissible. For children of larger growth the essential points to remember arc simplicity, symmetry and freedom to develop their growing bodies. There should be no frocks with tight belts. For Children. Salads are as necessary for children I as they are for adults, but they must be of a delicate nature. Celery dressed with oil and a few drops of lemon juice is nice, providing the celery is young, white, tender and chopped fine. If lettuce let-tuce is used it should be tender young pieces from the center of the head, cut jus at sen-ins time into fine shreds, dressed with oil and a few drops of lemon juice. Mayonnaise dressing should never be used. Carefully cooked spinach, chopped fine, may be served also with a French dressing. Endive should be cut into thin strips and dressed. Outside oC-the greens mentioned men-tioned there are few others that should be zlven children. Cold in the Head. In young infants a cold in the head is often accompanied by so much stuffiness stuf-finess as to cause difficulty in breathing and to prevent the ' child getting its food properly. The base , of the nose should be bathed with warm water, and then a camel's hair brush with some vaseline on it should be gently passed round the inside of the nostrils to prevent pre-vent hardening of the secretions. This should be repeated frequently and will case the child much. |