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Show ; '1 Woman's World :" f LIFE. I ; a l'ltlp longer and the toil is done, I a ittl farther on Ihe road to j?o 1 I A little stress of shifting, drifting! ! .---'.'.ou'. j A Iiti'p journeying' through shade and ! sun. I A little rest where quiet waters run, I A little parleying with friend and foe, f A little caffs where blossoms grow, (V 1 A little darkness ere the light is won. ' A little sin that leaves a little stain, s littl" sorrow and a little joy, I A little mending- of a broken toy, A lit 1 1 - pleasure and a. little pain, A little thought of when I was a ? ho-. A !itil' fear that 1 have lived in vain. A. T. Schumann, in The Literary I Vol C. ON BEING CHEERFUL. - - Father M r?wley, C. S. I, writes us ; f..l:nc ia the Catholic World for Maivh: To be cheerful means to make lit-IV lit-IV !' the hardships we encounter. Take, for instance, the impulse to j turn thoughts and conversation, into the channels of criticism and fault- I finding; is that not much mote domi- !,.mt i:i the average man than the in-t--nis f accuracy would dictate? I,.Mk around now and observe now v hat is noticed flrs'L. what is talked aliv,ii most, what sticks fastest in the ', :i ind. is ordinarily something in the i :-Liuie of an evil, a blunder, or a. fault. ,i te the newspapers, which are at nee the stimuli and the reflectors of tin- public mind. Does not a casual friaiu-e at ihe headlines of the least sen-i. ' s.itiniial of them at once flash a vision .!' erinics and disasters before the ree- ' uni of an act of heroism, or the account ..fa life -serene and rewvlutc, and still; and calm and self-possessea.' "As to th means we should employ t.i carry out a course of self-development in cheerfulness, the question may l- looked at from many points of view; I w. can get suggestions from the hy- i picnic, the pedagogic, the ethical and the religious fields. "When all counsel-i counsel-i ors have had their say, it seems to re main clear that each of them attributes . j a g'od deal of efficacy to. the exercise ) r which the Catholic church has for ages recommended and practiced under the , name of 'meditation,' namely, the me thodical presentation to the imagination imagina-tion and intellect of pictures and ideas .' calculated to awaken beneficent emo tions, healthy affections and good res-, res-, ; oiutions. Among the curious sights presented to us nowadays is the vindication vindi-cation of many a good old Catholic practice by means of the new principles ; -"iiich. to so great an extent, have been supposed to discredit the church. Meditation Med-itation is one such practice: and we find ; it recommended now by the representa tives of modern psychology as a fine instrument for mental formation and N 4 character building. Among the specific t uses it "may be put to, is the development develop-ment of a spirit of cheerfulness; and ; w hen this is undertaken, we shall have ' at least one good result men will be using their energy in the right direc-ti"n direc-ti"n and on an efficacious means. Even ; though it be but the human side of ' the process which appeals to them. they will surely be in some way the : bettor for it, and. therefore, nessarily nearer to the kingdom of God." TO WASH FACE AND HANDS. "If more girls were taught just how to wash their faces there would not I "ije nearly so. much work for us to do," I said a young woman who is studying ; : facial massage. She explained her ! j statement by adding that, in the first j vlace, the face should never be washed ( in cold water. Always use warm water j cii better still, hot. In the second place on no account use either a wash cloth or a sponge. Put your two hands to-i to-i -get her. as children make a cup to drink j -ut of Ptreajns; fill with the hot -water and, holding- your face near the basin, put on the hot water over and over again. Then before you finish, rub it j over gently with the tips of your fin-1 fin-1 g is. Be sure always to rub toward ! the forehead. Dry the face with a soft "M cloth. About twice a week wash your tac at night with a good, pure soap. Rub the scap on your hands, not i oil a cloth or sponge, and with your fingers rub the soap well iinto the skin ; ef your face. If your skin is inclined j t be dry you can, after rinsing .plenti- fully with hot water, rub in a little plain cold cream. This same authority tes us that much better for the hair , ? than brushing it is a nightly massage ! Y with the finger tips. This keeps the falp well loosened and promotes a free i circulation. Women who are afraid to I va.h their bands for fear of making I tli'-m rough can quiet their fears. Soap i hihI wrner never yet finjured a. pair of f lu.nds, but there are ways and ways of washing the hands, and particularly ; in winter. Take wann water, and let it be soft. ! Add a. t-asi:onful of borax powder to I the water to soften it. and still more f if nr essary. Now take good soa-p and v-ash tlie hands well. Next rinse them, j find w hen the hands ere perfectly free i j from soap dry them perfectly, then rub a little skin food into them. Men's lipi ds not chap in winter, "because they wear thick gloves, so that thetr I h:i:..ls are not subjected to the extreme ' ef )-,.Hl Hn r(td. Women who are addicted to the habit . nf l.iting their finger nails will find a . nifiy in keeping them polished. The j i!s. if very highly polished, feel br!t-''" br!t-''" ' t. the teeth, and there is not the s.in.e temptation to bite them. It is -iid that polis.h for tbe rails is g-ping I of fashion, ut still one sees it. for there is something very attractive about the gloss, a certain dainty .finish which cannot be obtained in any other manner. Polishing the nails with the palm of the hand gives good .results. I'ut a little - polishing powder , in one palm, rub the nails vigorously and then, shaking the powder out of the hand, liolisfr them. This gives a deeper, pinker pink-er flush than-the -ordinary polish. On the color'and sliape of the nails and their becoming cut much of the prettiness of the hand depends. Before cutting the nails should be soaked in warm water until softened and then cut in a single line; the cuticle should be pressed back with an olive-wood stick and the inside of the naiil rubbed quite smooth with an emery board to prevent the adherence of dust and dirt. A file should be used to smooth the edge of the nail after cutting, and last of all, the nail polishing process. The hands can be kept soft and white by the use of a lotion applied after washing wash-ing il n soft water with a pure soap and thoroughly rinsing them of every vestige ves-tige of suds. The lotion is one-third of the best English glycerine and two-thirds two-thirds of rose water, to which is added the Juice of a lemon to every four ounces of the mixture. The hands should always be thoroughly washed in warm soft water before going to bed and if inclined to roughness, rub into them a little good cold cream instead of using the lotion. LENTEN DISHES. Coquilles of Halibut. (Harper's Cook Book Encyclopaedia.) Cook one pound of halibut, chop into small pieces, put in a saucepan with half a teaspoonful of salt, a dash of cayenne and white pepper each, and half a cupful of rich cream; set on the lire. Rub one ounce each of butter and flour together, and add to the boiling mixture; season with a teaspoonful of mushroom sauce, stir well, and take from the fire. Butter some shells, sprinkle with friend bread crumbs, fill with the--mixture, cover with grated bread crumbs, fried, and set in the oven until well heated. Serve on a napkin. Sardines with Curry. Make a paste in the proportion of one tablespoonful of butter to one teaspoonful teaspoon-ful of French mustard and one of curry cur-ry iowder, moistened with lemon juice. Wash the roll and skin from large sar- j dines and spread them thickly with this mixture. Broil the sardines over a clear fire long enough to heat them through, and serve on hot. buttered j toast. Baked tomatoes are good to , serve with sardines. Sardines may be I served on a bed of boiled rice. Form ! the rice on a hpt platter and arrange the sardines on the rice. Pcur a curry sauce over the whole. Oyster Croquettes. CroquetRes are very appetizing, and make a nice change from fried oysters. Season one pint of chopped oysters with pepper and salt, mixing well. Melt one tablespoonful of butter, stir into it one tablespoonful of flour, half a cupful of the oyster liquor, and enough rolled cracker moistened with boiling water to make a soft paste; add the chopped oysters and mix thoroughly. "When cold take a spoonful for each croquette. Form into small cakes and fry in butter, but-ter, or press into egg shape, dip into egg and cracker and fry in boiling lard. Broiled Eggs. Cut slices of bread, toast them lightly, light-ly, trim the edges and lay them on a dish, before the fire, with some bits of butter placed on top. . When this melts, break and Fpread carefully six or eight eggs on the toast. Have ready a salamander, sala-mander, or hot shovel, to brown the top, and, when Ihe eggs are sufficiently done, squeeze an orange and grate some nutmeg over them. Eggs a la Creme. Hard boil twelve eggs; slice them thin in rings. In the bottom of a large baking dish place a layer of grated bread crumbs, then one. of the eggs; cover with bits of butter and sprinkle with pepper and salt. Continue thus to blend these ingredients until the dish is full; be sure, though, that the crumbs cover the eggs upon top. Over the whole pour a large leacupful of sweet cream, and brown nicely, in a moderately moder-ately heated oven. Eggs a Ttalienne. Break seven or eight eggs into a saucepan, with a bit of butter in it. Add the juice of a lemon, a glass of white wine, enough pounded sugar to make them decidedly sweet, a pinch of salt, and any approved flavoring, as orange flower water or curacoa. Then pioceed exactly as with scrambled eggs. When they are set without being hard, pile them on a hot dish, dust them well with sugar, and candy it a little either under a salamander or with a red hot fire shovel. Mackerel in Cream. A delicious dish is a salt mackerel known in the markets as the Norwegian mackerel. Cooked in cream after the following directions and served wi:h potatoes, boiled, and hot corn bread, you will have a breakfast fit for a king. Select a large and very fat salt mackerel; mack-erel; put it in a big. earthen dish with the skin side up and pour in enough cold water to cover it to 'the depth of a couple of inches. Let it soak twenty-four twenty-four hours, changing the water twice during that time. When ready to cook, lay the mackerel in a casserole big enough for it to lie out flat in, and lay it in skin side down; cover it with I cream to the depth of an inch; stand it in rather a quick oven and let the 1 fish cook five minutes after the cream j begins to bubble. Serve it in 'the cas-j cas-j serole. j j Truthfulness in Children. ! The best means of encouraging truthfulness in children is a problem which taxes the judgment of the best among us. The road to truthfulness caJi only be found through ' mutual I sympathy a sympathy which enables 1 the mother to know what demands she can and ought to make upon her child's obedience to her higher will and ! which teaches the child uncomplainingly uncomplain-ingly to accept her wishes as law. To win" this trust a mother's correction should never outrun her 1oVe." and! she may well make it a golden maxim never to let the sun go down upon her wrath. If a child once feels that the day has gone by with a loss or lessening lessen-ing of the mothers love the influence of the mother for good is dangerously wakened; a link is snapped In the chain of truthfulness and a precious ' idol Is in danger of being hopelessly shattered. Undue harshness is one of those irreparable errors we are sure to regret. Mothers should therefore temper their reproofs with love. The responsibilities of motherhood are Indeed In-deed heavy, but they are not beyond their powers, and it is within a mother's moth-er's scope to control far more fully tlifin she may be ready to acknowledge : the environments of her children and to mold their characters for good or e.vil. ., - Modjeska in "Winter's Tale." : In aid of House' of the Good Shepherd. Shep-herd. Los Angeles, Cal., the renowned artm comes from her home at EI Loro, , to ilav one of her favorite characters; Hermlone. in "Winter's Tale," for the great parity. It Is to be lamented that Vhi arcomplishol actress refuses all offers to again star, but with her known generosity enters the work for this performance for the worthy charity. char-ity. The Tidings, published at Los Angeles, An-geles, says of the event: "The auction sale of boxes and sale of seats indicate that Madame Modjes-ka's Modjes-ka's appearance in the "Winter's Tale" on March 8 is to be a notable event. It is evident that there is a general appreciation appre-ciation of the importance of the distinguished distin-guished actress' first appearance in the role of Hermione. The lower boxes have have been sold for something near $700, and the large portion of the parterre seats have been taken. The auction 'a,!e of boxes was held at Blanchard hall on Wednesday afternoon, with Mr. Joseph Scott presiding. The highest price was paid by Madame Hancock, who bid a total of $260 for two boxes and a loge. The other purchasers of the afternoon were: W. E. Hamnton, box D, $125: C. C. Desmond, box B, $105, Frank Hicks, box E, $100; Andrew Mc-Xally. Mc-Xally. box A, $105. The upper boxes will be disposed' of at private rale. Tickets are on sale at the box office and at various shops. The Whistling Cure For Dyspepsia. Can you whistle? If you can, you need never suffer from dyspepsia. When the throes of indigestion and the qualms of dyspepsia are making life miserable, just purse the lips and whistle a. brisk, merry tune not a muffled, doleful, half-hearted whistle, but a whistle so deep and voluminous that the whole house will be filled with the sound. Don't be afraid somebody will hear you. Let them hear you. It will do them good. It will enliven and cheer them while it cures you. Indigestion : and dyspepsia always make one feel gloomy and depressed and morbid and blue. Everything 1 seems to go wrong, and doubtless you won't feel one bit lik6 whistling. But no matter whistle If possible, go out in the fresh air and do your whistling. If you can't go out doors, just open the window wide and whistle with all your might. Any tune will do, so you put life into it. Whistle, whistle: Keep it going. The first thing you know the stomach stom-ach will have righted itself, the liver will be working good and strong, the blood will be bounding through your' veins, your brain will be clear and vigorous, and you u ill feel years younger. Medical Talk. |
