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Show Woman's World Conducted by Helena Valeau. : j V ! I efgSl VALEAU'S AlySWEES. 1 frs yal.'au will reply to all ques-I ques-I bv the feminine readers of I tionJ1,'t,.r!n',ntain Catholic. The well I '"character and authority of her 1 'IVs nef'i no introduction to those : f'av fa milinr with her ability;. Miss vv' -u will take a kindly and personal "'rost in t!io.Ke who write to her, and ' '".m s-iarc no pains in seeing that their .-r-'.c .".!' answered fully and care-iH?'v"' care-iH?'v"' "Wi ito only on one side of the '"n Ad.lrrss letters to Miss Helene Vau. l:iicnnountaf.n Catholic. r Miss Valeau: "What will make plun-.p. I i very thin. G. S., Fnle f.-:t -producing . foods are. rrinci-i!v rrinci-i!v rrram, eggs, butter, olive r:Vthc !-veets sugar, honey, sweet Ferris, .ii'ns. sweet fruits; the Th'iv vsetables potatoes, peas, (a,'n beets; wheat bread, rye, lirfa'F "'f i'il kinds, rice sago, etc. Of !w, fruits peaches, grapes, bananas, "'s and tips are especially recom-'nctf- T!'e onr foods c,it Ut of a thin V,I,n 'ct are l'ie con3lriients klfs. pcpp'T, mustard, curry, salt, ) il-'ilv? arids, including acid fruits. ;;e"vir.,.::;r in salad dressing, etc.; and .IJf stimulants, tea and coffee. It must bp -nputen that, although the tis-''.'.f-jnakinc f.-ods. ns meats, fish, etc., f P tm: fat producing, they are re-rWi re-rWi for their own especial functions. of t'-" creen vegetables and fruits jrp'r.ot f;it producing, but they are r?ie2 f"1' "ther purposes. The fat pro-iulr.p pro-iulr.p f'""'s should be Indulged In Jlnd'paHy. but not to the exclusion of J.vers li;irpT's Bazar. pear Valeau: Do you advise the u of F'-ap on the face? G. M.. Ogden. Nob-' -an really wash either face or v-'-is 5 r'" r'.y without soap. The face jj-dy bp given a bath, but If one has in dust, or some hours have lapsed since the face last felt water, j,- it reeds a lather. Good soap does vit' l:t:rt the face, but. on the other hand, it whitens and softens it. If you jo r"t make a lather and wash your V? with your hands take a piece of : itit flannel, wet it, rub the soap over !t arid give your face its freshening. Wafh the snap oft with tepid water; do w; fhoik the skin with very cold water. SIMPLE "AIDS" THAT KEEP THE FLESH COOL There are many small first aids to hfit sufferers which will greatly relieve re-lieve discomfort if applied on hot days. For instance, alcohol or a toilet water ;'.; bo extremely refreshing when ap- p:ied to t mples and wrists. Another rrst beneficial remedy is a saturated !ution of borax, directions for making rhich have been given many times. This liquid has the advantage over powder form in that it is more easily applied and will remove greasy dust r;th astonishing quickness. A small far. should be in the wrist bas of every woman at this season of the year. In case of faintness it be-ocr.es be-ocr.es ir. valuable, and is refreshing long Wre a person reaches such a state of exhaustion. For this use the cheap-i cheap-i et paper, folding variety, may be cho- CoTphor Is a Refreshing Tonic. 1 Pe:?-.ns who do not care for sweet-vdtf sweet-vdtf rs will find spirits of camphor it exeelkr.t lotion to carry-. It is distinctly dis-tinctly tonic in its odor, and may also be u?ed freely upon the complexion, on "hic hit acts as an astringent. There are times when a cold cream grease of some kind is invaluable, a:.: the nvn convenient way of carrying carry-ing it is as a hard jelly. This may be eisi'.y rr.ad? by melting half an ounce f Russian isinglass, putting it into just e:.:uph alcohol to cover, corking and KttiriR into a hot bath. When this b"omes liquid a quarter of an ounce of e!yorinp and half a teaspoonful of strong s; irks of camphor may be i'-iii. th whole being poured into a to cr -r.ceal. "When hard it may be "rarpf-i in paraffin paper and safely -"r:'f-d in the- bag. If wished th spirits of camphor may v. emitted, substituting any kind of prfumed oil. Several drops are all v. ii; he- re-quired. Ammonia a Tonic. P'rsrr; v.-ho can take it without dis-Prab!? dis-Prab!? -ffects find aromatic spirits '' arnmor;;;. in water an excellent tonic r'er fxh.-fjstcd by ehaL Such a dose 2r"s rot f xed half a teaspoonful to 'f a piass nf water, and it should not takn ftener than two or three hrr."s a -!r:y; ij-ver, indeed, without the 'i e H physician. Those who are ufto;ri to it find it a great help -ir.e t-x e.-cjVe heat. "While apparently apparent-ly harm-;, it may affect the heart, W f'r xt.hx reason "should not be taken ?:thr.jt 5 . .. or.n suiting a physician. X ,nve llttle boxes are now h b- f.r.y, for carrying face powder '..st is ; ;.r1 fJf tne equipment of every ar.s :,-ir. Tiny puffs, or lamb's ool padc, fit them exactly, and their 2s prr-j.t:y improves a woman's looks. f Fi;i'" th ease with which powder ; j 1:;f-'-r. ; .ut r,0w, many women pre-, ' ''!::::. hof.ks, each of whose leaves rr,v, r,, v.ith j,owder. As a rule -i" lf-avr. r, quite excellent, but ; r-r,'J' -v 1 seem to cause any erup-I erup-I X''n ' ''"" skin their use must be dis- G;r!,Sh-Looking Coiffures. wr,f ' " rawest coiffures is exceed-'r'e;:'' exceed-'r'e;:'' looking and will be gen- '-' .;!,. ,,.,.;. ,R The front half of the 8:r v, ry vijChtly waved, then f'Kzl ! a k pc.ftly to the back of the r:!.g the tips of the ears or rl f v),.rpd becoming to the vr'r- A' tho back it is arranged in I kr'r't, '. v ,r- eight or any way sug-'ir.;: sug-'ir.;: .;rf.r-jan effects. With this .rr-sv;. combs are not worn, tif'T :' t:' cIf' f-omb set in to support 't.t "' r-"ir Is effective. hf.:,,v e short hairs are rT,,':"';' 1 v u barrette; not the nar-',l!',-':'-'-'- bar, but a beautiful piece shell, measuring two inches v;';!:'' ; three or four inches in tl''j:i'- of t!,-se barrettes. especially tii.iifr. i;re lovely, and will furnish Har'X '' decoration for a blonde ,f "" Hrf' sold at various pr4ces fe'-r thoRe selling at S5 are a 'bc'::;.,;y pf.r,; value. thiv,1!"1" I'1-f"tty style of coiffure for nifl' ' iiU ',e arranged by following fr,f the front hair as de-ir de-ir aboVe, and, then, taking that V-V ,,rirk ha,r t0 the t0P of the 1:iim' .V'h' ro U ,s lwlEt-e1 Jnto a flat i'-A I''T'd down close to the If 'r!-i knot will not be very large eov''!, ,ir . ,s Fhort or thin' and K0 il 18 on a v.ith w proup of curls mounted heurl-shaped framework. LATEST COMPLEXION BATH. "Has the grocer's boy come with the lemons, Lucille?" "Yes, madame." "Then prepare my bath." "Yes, madame." This is the first morning order of the beauty who desires to remain beautiful And who does not? She received the hint from Paris. The beauties of Paris had it from Holland, where Queen Wil-helmina Wil-helmina introduced it, and she got it from a lady of waiting who had traveled trav-eled in the Dutch East Indies and asked questions of the wife of a colonial colo-nial governor until she discovered the real reason for the superb complexion of the Dutch East Indian women. The secret was contained, the lady-in-waiting learned, in that cheap and much derided fruit, spinster sister of an orange, the lemon. For their satin smooth skins, white and pink as that of an infant fresh awakened from a nap, the women of East India gave all honor to the lemon. They bathe in lemonade. But thev bathe disrrtiv. "The lemons are such powerful fruit," said the lady-in-waiting. "Five of them are quite enough for the lemonade lem-onade bath." - Queen Wilhelmina commanded that she write full instructions for the lemon bath. Here it is as the female courtier wrote it and as it hangs on an ivory tablet in the royal bathroom in the palace of Amsterdam. "Cut five lemons into thin slices, each lemon into at least a dozen slices. Place the cut up lemons in a large bowl filled with cool water. Let the lemons soajt in the bowl for half an hour. "Fill the bath tub with tepid water and pour the bowl of lemonade into it while the water is running from the faucet. This will stir the lemonade into the water more thoroughly than you can possibly do by any other method. meth-od. Let the lemon slices float abou? in the tub. It would destroy half the good effect of the "bath to remove them, for they still contain half the Juice of the fruit." Queen Wilhelmina, after trying the bath, pronounced it excellent, but, being a young woman of original and progressive character, she introduced an improvement or her own. "It is excellent," she asserted, "but it stings as the wind that blows over the canal in mid -winter cuts the face. I shall soften the lemonade with the midest soap I know. Having used this amended and improved im-proved lemon bath, Queen Wilhelmina's complexion bloomed as the roses in the palance garden bloom in June. The complexion, after the hair, is the best index of the condition of the system. Persons at court began to exclaim: "How well her majesty looks! It is as though she had struck some new spring of vitality." Her ladies-in-waiting told her of th? pleasant gossip. Queen "Wilhelmina laughed. "It is the lemon bath in the morning," she said. "For the body, yes." said her favorite lady-in-waiting. "But lemons are not for the skin of the face, your majesty. Thev are too stringent." "Their strength must be tempered," replied the queen of Holland. "As I reduce the strength of the lemons by using mild soap with my bath, so I soften the glass of lemonade with a ta-blespoonful ta-blespoonful of rose water before I use it in my face bowl." To Paris quickly the court gossips of Holland sent the recipe for the queen's beautv bath. In a fortnight it was the rule adopted by the mistress of every home of the Faubourg de St. Germain. The charming Duchess de Rochefoucauld Rochefou-cauld told an American friend of it. The friend was the bearer of the good tidings tid-ings to New York. And the lemon bath is the latest experiment of some of the very smartest women in Amer- It has two chief virtues. In midsummer midsum-mer it is not only cooling but bracing. The sour beverage, all who have suffered suf-fered from July and August heat know, slakes the thrist more effectually effectual-ly than do sweet drinks. Taken in moderate quantities, they are a tonic to the stomach and cooling it. remove the desire for ice. That acids taken into the blood thin and cool it is an axiom of medicine. The lemonade Chat invigorates the system when taken Into It via the stomach is as effective when taken through the millions of pores !n the skin by means of a bath. The other merit is that its acid quality qual-ity whitens the skin. Lemon Juice removes re-moves tan. It is the most effective foe of annoying freckles. It cleanses the skin into which dust has been deeplj ground by much motoring. ' A glassful taken from the bowl into which the five lemons have been clised and stirred into tepid water American women have drops of the best tincture of benzoin into it, if you wiTi to use benzoin, but it is a little harsh. Queen Wilhelmina's recipe is fetter Then bathe the face slowly and gently -with the palms of the hands." Doing is an important part of ever bath. To dry the body use one of the huge English bath towels four ards S and two yards wide, of the kind whfch May Irwin brought from England. Eng-land. "Some persons are alwas so chilly after a bath that they want to wrapy themselves in w?? their shivering." she said. These arc the only towels that you can wear while you are drying yourself. I am convinced that they have prevented many a case of by protecting after the bath the back of a person of a delicate fonstitu"n; . For the face the foot wide square of cheesecloth used by "Iuan old pieces of much worn muslin. 1 are better than towels, because softer. Ond handkerchiefs, especially o" excellent for the purpose. They are so soft that they do not cause thos-dreaded thos-dreaded foes of beauty, yrinkle s. From the bathrooms of some fastldi ous beauties towels are wholly absent. Their bath robes are made of toweling, and they toss them on as oon ther step from the bath and wear them dur ng the ten minutes of brisk calisthen-cf calisthen-cf that speedily set the blood stag-ant stag-ant from the night of sleep, to bounding bound-ing through the veins, and at the same tfrne dries the body. Before dressing Lev lake from its crystal bowl tht hutre powder puff, an overgrown specimen speci-men of the puff used for the face, and 'In b'eau'tfparlors of London some of the smart set have taken a fancy to the floating bowl of soap. Its noveltv and convenience appealed to hem Who hasn't lost her soap in the Lath-and had an exasperating search For It, wasting time and temper? The floating bowl provides against such an emergency. It is as large as an or-trv or-trv soap bowl, is shallow, and made of Sht, porous wood that floats sponge SU'STthe surface of the ' water. I-filled I-filled with soap moulded to the size anu shape of the bowl, and of such consistency con-sistency that it remains, as does espe-c espe-c any thick Jelly that was the wonder of our childhood, when a glass contain- ing it was turned upside down and the Jelly remained in the glass. With the floating bowl of soap is sold a large brush, four times as large as a man's shaving brush. -The end of this is wielded much a3 a painter uses his brush upon a palette, and the soap is then with the brush spread upon the body with the long sweeping stroke of one painting a wooden figure. 1 "It is convenient and makes a fine lather," said a pretty -girl, one of the amateur beauty culturists of New York's Four Hundred. Beside Its cleansing and invigorating Properties the lemon bath Is one of the best of the agencies for reducing superfluous super-fluous flesh. Much pleasanter and less dangerous is it than the soda bath by which many women with more flesh than they desire have tried ft rid themselves them-selves of it. Physicians who have strongly op-Posed op-Posed the soda bath approve the custom cus-tom of bathing in lemonade. "It is cooling 'and invigorating and if taken as Queen "Wilhelmina advises, moderately, moder-ately, it will be an excellent tonic." said a fashionable Fifth avenue physician. physi-cian. "The woman who is an extremist, extrem-ist, who takes double doses of everything, every-thing, may find her skin raw and red If she uses, let us say, ten lemons instead in-stead of five in the bath. Taken moderately mod-erately in conjunction with inward baths of lemonade, that is one glass in the morning, and it is fine. Lotions That Remove Sunburn and Freckles. There is ruination to the complexion in sitting out of doors, even on a protected pro-tected piazza, for strong light, almost as much as the direct rays of the sun, will burn and freckle those whose skin is delicate. This is a fact that a middle-aged middle-aged woman should remember, for skin that has lost the freshness of youth will often suddenly develop brown freckles that will remain all winter. A woman who, during her vacation, expects to spend the greater part of each day out of doors should prepare herself for avoiding tan and freckles, for her arms and neck must be as carefully care-fully looked after as her face. For this treatment a cold cream is necessary; nothing less than a paste which has body will do. This paste has splendid bleaching qualities, and is made from an eighth of an ounce of best Russian isinglass, two ounces of glycerin, six ounces of orange flower water and ten drops of oil of roses. The rose water is warmed, the Isinglass being be-ing broken into it, and the liquid kept at gentle heat till the isinglass is dissolved. dis-solved. The glycerin is then added, the oil going in last. It Is poured into porcelain or glass boxes and used as cold cream. It agrees better with some persons than those creams containing wax and spermaceti. Whichever paste is chosen must be liberally applied to the arms," chest and back of the neck, the portions that are particularly liable to bum. Then, with a soft cloth, any superfluous amount can be wiped off and powder, thickly dusted over with a puff. The face must be treated in the same way, although a smaller amount of cream should be used, in order that the protective mask shall not be noticeable. It is well to rub cream into the backs of the hands, afterward wiping, but not washing off. With the neck and arms thus protected, pro-tected, they will be saved extreme burning, though they may be slightly affected if a person is much in the sun. When dressing for dinner or on going to bed the places that have been treated treat-ed may be wiped with a preparation of a quarter of an ounce of powdered borax, half an ounce of pure glycerin and a pint of camphor water. This will remove the grease and powder without causing the skin to become burned, as plain water would do. The latter preparation prep-aration may remain on all night. Plain water may be used only very sparingly, remembering always that Its tendency is to accentuate any burning or tanning. tan-ning. If there is a sensation of burning during dur-ing the day the best way to treat it is to mix an ounce of benzoinated oxide of zinc ointment with two drams of strong spirits of camphor. This should be liberally applied and allowed to remain re-main on. It is extremely soothing and bleaching. If used in the morning occasionally oc-casionally as a substitute for the creams given and always at night on the hands, it will be decidedly beneficial. bene-ficial. Whenever possible a thick veil should be worn over the face in summer. It is out of the question to do this, however, how-ever, many times, and so a careful application ap-plication of cream and powder must be rubbed on instead. This make-up can be put on so that it is not evident, and it should be carefully removed at night to clear the pores. A Quaint Epitapph. The following quaint inscription is on a tombstone placed against the exterior northeast wall of the parish church, Folkestone. Kent: , In Memory of ' REBECCA ROGERS, Who died Aug. 22. 1688. A house she hath, it's made of such good fashion. The tenant ne'er shall pay for reparation; repara-tion; Nor will her landlord ever sue for rent, Or turn her out of doors for non-payment, From chimney money, too, this hall is free; To such a house who would not tenant be? Home Notes. Told In Detail. She was too late to buy a ticket at the station Saturday morning, so she got aboard the car just as it was leaving. As the conductor approached she opened a satchel and took out a purse, gave 60 cents to the conductor, closed the purse and opened tne satcnei. put the purse back, and closed the satchel. The conductor gave her back the change and she opened the satchel, took out the purse, closed the satchel, opened the purse, put in the change, closed the purse, opened the satchel, dropped the purse in, and closed the satchel. Akron Ak-ron (N. Y.) Herald. The Eyes Have It. (From just one short story). Her eyes were dewy. Her eyes were dancing. Her eyes were agleam. Her eyes glistened. Her eyes softened. Her eyes bore a look of eloquence. Her eyes spoke what she could not utter. Her eyes dumbly expressed her anguish. an-guish. Chicago Journal. Mrs. Bryan, Stenographer. (From the New York Press.) , Mrs. William Jennings Bryan is the only woman on record who has in-venttd in-venttd a stenographic system, and there is nothing impracticable about the method, for she has proved its value in acting as secretary to her husband. hus-band. Of course, in the event of Mrs. Bryan's becoming the mistress of the White house, she will resign the worl( of a staff secretaress of the Loeb order, or-der, but it is safe to predict that not a man will be found to give the same 1 satisfaction, to the Great Commoner. Mrs. Bryan's system is the growth of a dozen years, or since the stirring day in 1896, when her husband won his f rist presidential nomination by his "Cross of Gold" speech. At that time the Bryan purse was so lean it denied the luxury of a paid secretary, and Mrs. Bryan elected herself to the post. At first the work was slow and discouraging, discour-aging, but gradually Mrs. Bryan invented in-vented a stenographic code, until now she easily follows her husband in his swiftest moments. Bryan is one oi' the quickest talkers before the public, and his wife's success seems almost Impossible Im-possible to expert users of the Pitman and other standard systems. Only one professional stenographer has beer found equal to the task of reporting accurately all of Bryan's words on the platform, and this man is put to a harder strain than Mrs. Bryan. Everj morning after breakfast Mrs. Bryar takes dictation from her husband, ther when he busies himself with othei duties she runs a typewriter with nimble nim-ble fingers. It has been said that Mrs Bryan has refused a large amount ii cash for a complete chart of her sys- ' tern, the chief merit of which lies ii ; Its simplicity. j |