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Show 1 Woman's World X I Conducted by Hclcne Valeau. HELENE VALEAU'S ANSWERS. Miss Valeau will reply to all questions ques-tions asked by the feminine readers of The Jntermountain Catholic. The well known character and authority of her replies reed no introduction to those jil ready familiar with her ability. Mis? Valeau will take a kindly and personal interest in those who write to her, anil will spare no pains i.i seeing that 'their inquiries are answered fully and rare- I fully. "Write only on one side of the luper. Address letters to Miss H clone Valeau. Intel-mountain Catholic, Sa.lt Lake City. Dear Miss Valeau Please tell !ne how to remove warts from my bonds. MARY MoG., Poeatello. Apply nitric acid, uing a toothpick for the purpose. Use very little, as the drug- is rank poison and bad results may ensue from carelessness. Common baking soda is" often used with excellent results. Personally, I favor the latter. Let me hear from vou - Dear Miss Valeau Recently a guest in my home was ill with what the family fam-ily considered ordinary sore throat, which during; the past week has -e-sulted in diphtheria. We are all nervous nerv-ous about the matter, although the patient pa-tient was out of the house several days before her illness was serious. Don't you think there is some danger for the other members of the household? Mrs. K. H., Salt Lake. Do not be nervous about the matter, but use ordinary precautions. If anyone any-one complains of sore throat, us? a carKle of hydrogen peroxide well diluted, di-luted, or listerine. Do not neglect to give some good laxative medicine. Burn sulphur in the rooms at night and a good way to fumigate the house is to pour a small quantity of carbolic acid on some hot coals or on hot stove-lids. stove-lids. The fumes will penetrate every nook and corner in the house. It will rase your mind very much if you will use the carbolic acid at once. These are only a few suggestions. If anything more rerious transpires, consult con-sult your family physician at once. My Dear Miss Valeau Will shirt waist suits be worn this season? Mrs. J. II.. Eureka. Yes, indeed, and for everyday wear nothing is nicer than a neat, well-fitting suit of the shirt waist variety. For a woman who works in a store or an office I do not know how she could improve her appearance with any other sort of gown, especially when worn with white turnover linen collar and cuffs. A Young Mother Ought to Know That baby should sleep by himself. That sameness of food, not variety, is required by a young- baby. That baby is not hungry every time he crier: often he is thirsty, and a few drops of water will quiet him. That it is n excellent plan to lay him on his back on the bed, and let him kick a while every day for exercise. exer-cise. - ' ... That until he cuts his first teeth starchy food is apt to cause pain and even Convulsions. That straw , hats irritate the skin greatly.' unless they are thickly lined j where they -t the forehead. That tig'h - 'a ' straps beneath the chin occas - mfort. and some times head.-1... pressing on the veins. That furn a .." the neck cannot be borne bv a 50j-.sii.Ive skin. That the o'Oin.ry boy's sailor dres3 - retards freedom of. movement by the hips, and i;: it bt tight will hinder due development. That children cannot use a. handkerchief handker-chief properly unless taught, and the absence of this knowledge makes the nose sore. That soap and water, when not followed fol-lowed by rinsing in clear water, leave a feeling of sticky tightness. That when water is applied to a patch of eczema the latter is made - worse. Eczema is also caused sometimes some-times by starched frocks. Silk or woolen wool-en frocks are preferable to those which require starching. German Dishes. Kaffee-Kuchen. One pint of b:ead fcponge; one tablespoonful of molasses: one teacup of sugar: one teacup of seeded raisins: one-half teaspoonful of soda; one egg; butter the size of an egg. Spice to suit the taste. Flour to make as stiff as pound cake. Mix with spoon, let rise until light, and bake as bread. Coffee Whip. Place two tableppoon-fuls tableppoon-fuls of unground coffee in a pan and brown it: if already roasted heat until un-til hot. stirring all the. time; turn at once into one pint of rich cold cream with two tablespoons of fine sugar and stir a minute. Let it become cold, remove re-move the coffee, and whip to a stiff froth. 4 German.-" 'Love Knots. One cupful each egg and rich, sweet ceam. Jieat the eggs well, add the cream and pour on the flour, working as stiff as you can; roll thin. Invert over the "dough a large coffee cup a..d cut around it with a jagging iron, then cut into strands the size of a large straw, cutting nearly across but leaving leav-ing an edge. Pass two knitting needles under every other strip: spread the needles as far apart as possible, then with them on the needles hold in the fat until fried to a light brown; sprinkle sprin-kle with tine sugar. But one can be made at a time. Cornucopias. Cream half cup of butter but-ter and one cup of powdered sugar; add half a cup of milk, drop by drop; add one and seven-eighths cups of flour and extracts. Spread mixture on bottom of buttered pan. mark in three-inch squares, and bake in a moderate oven. Roil immediately on being taken out; wheacold fill with sweetened and flavored flav-ored whi;ocd cream. V Gr rman Sponge Cake. Stir the yolks iif eight eggs and one pound of pulverized pul-verized sugar continuously in one way for thirty minutes: add the wen beaten beat-en whites and Kir fifteen minutes longer. long-er. Add one-half cup of flour, four lablespoonfuls of com starch, the juice and grated rind of one lemon. Bake in a moderate oven. Sick Room Hints. In a sick room never whisper. If you do not wish the patient to be disturbed dis-turbed by your voice do "your talking In another room. Keep everything in the room scrupulously clean. Tut all the medicine bottles out of sight. Regulate, Regu-late, but do not banish, light and ventilation. ven-tilation. It can easily be done by-means by-means of screens. Da not allow Severn Sev-ern 1 people to .stay and chatter in a sick room even, though they should not be addressing themselves to the patient. pa-tient. Flowers are always pleasing to the eye, but do not introduce those of strong poents into an invalid's room, and be careful to remove all cut flowers flow-ers at night, as they absorb the air and leave it ' less fresh for the patient. pa-tient. . . Beefsteak Rolls. Cut tender steak in niee-sized piece3 for serving, season, and spread each piece rather thickly with onions which have. been sliced thin and fry for tell minutes in plenty of butter; roll up tightly, tie with a string put. in. a baking, pan with a little good -fteck xr gravy, and bake until done; five minutes min-utes before taking them from the oven piead soft butter over each.. t HOW GIRL IN AN OFFICE MAY PROTECT HERSELF O-Iartha Stein in Chicago Tribune.) fhe lines of conduct by which the oJice girl is popularly supoosed to not only please but to protect herself from over-familiarity on the part of her employer and fellow employes is summed up and expressed bv those vho have made a study of the subject in 1ne following rules: ' Do not have candy uoon vour desk or offer it to your employer.' Do not be a "ribbony" girl. Do not chew gum. Do not "effervesce." Do not ask . your emoloyer if lie knows if there is r anv good place around to get your lunch. Do. .not .protect yourself from Possible Possi-ble familiarity by wearing a sour face. In case of excessive praise of your work on. the. part of your em plover imply im-ply that it is- undesirable and would '" st be discontinued. This is a danger signal. Thank b'm for his kindness, but express the fact that you prefer him not to mention it again in plain j terms. i Do not wear iace sleeves. Do not encourage the men in the ot- fire to wait uoon you or to nick u things that you drop. Do not jump right up and run home to your mother if you feel that you hnve been covertly insulted. Have dignity. If your employer remarks that he hates to see you becoming tired uid tlfers to send out and get you a glass of lemonade, decline it. and tell him that your being tired is a matter for yourself alone to deal with. (This is an entering wedge on his part). Keep, an eye on the whereabouts of things on your employer's desk, but do not attract attention to these services. serv-ices. It would seem like a bid for his favor. If you consider that anyone in the office offers you undesirable-attention, decline it in such a way as not to refer to the moral question involved. If your employer helps you "up" In any way in your profession do not assume as-sume anything on account of. hi? having hav-ing done so. Do not wear flowers in the office. Do not go to lunch with your employer em-ployer unless you are in a position of long standing and there are exceptional circumstances, like business which for some unusual reason has to be discussed dis-cussed in an extremely limited time. Then insist on paying for your own lunch. Avoid the man who in any way "knocks" the others, especially the other women in the office. Hold your head well and carry yourself your-self well. Affect the shampooer and the manicure mani-cure and the wearing of "tailor mades" rather than finery. , 1 There is a great deal of talk about how a girl should conduct herself in j an office. There is a prevalent belief that if she receives any undue familiarity famil-iarity it is her own fault. If she follows fol-lows the rules that are set down above she is pretty certain to be exempt. As will be seen, they imply not only the possession of a line dignity, but also good taste and a broad understanding under-standing of the subject of dress and the "fitness of things," and call for a fair understanding of "tactics" when it comes to particularly unmanageable masculine material. If a girl has all of these qualities it is pretty safe to say that she will be able to manage anything in the shape of office material which she may be called upon to do, barring brutes, "that the managers of ail reliable woman's business schools will tell you exist in considerable quantities,. "She will at; least not be responsible for any inattention inat-tention to business on the part of employers em-ployers or fellow employes. She may even marry her employer. Unfortunately, however, instead of being all this, the girl who goes into an office is not infrequently of the kind generally called. worldly. For thisclass of girl those who employ many women emphasize and elucidate certain points-. One thing which is particularly perilous peril-ous to the masculine balance and inclines in-clines it to totter either into overmastering overmas-tering irritation, or into undue familiarity, famil-iarity, is what is termed the "ribbony girl." The ribbony girl includes" the girl who uses perfumery with its subtle sub-tle and suggestive odor of . festivity. The lace sleeve, particularly evident during dictation, is especially emphasized empha-sized as being innocuous to business. A bangle is also offensive. "This." says a male instructor who impresses upon his pupils the absence of finery, "is because the business man feels that femininity is out of place in the business world "anyhow, even though he has to submit to it. He resents re-sents these things as obtrusively feminine. fem-inine. To the man of another 'type it suggests that the girl who wears them I is 'easy;' that she has tastes which she cannot gratify; that she is in the position posi-tion which is summed up as a champagne cham-pagne taste and a beer pockelbook. "The average employer, too, -will resent re-sent any disposition upon the part of the girl he employs to discuss him. Ha will prefer that she wouldn't mention even his good qualities. It would not add to his feeling of safety as to having her the confidante of his business affairs, af-fairs, for instance, to hear her say to the other stenographers, as I did one the other day: 'Well, he can have me." "Sometimes a man is deficient himself him-self in what are known as tactics. One. of this kind, who had the sincerest of business purpose, had a stenographer who offered him candy during dictation. She had a pink complexion and yellow hair, and was innocently, friendly and embarrassingly talkative. He did not have the moral courage to call her down, but he managed to get up enough to discharge her." x Said a business woman who haa clone much to raise the position of the Chicago Chica-go business girl to a higher plane: "A pretty girl whom I am sure was absolutely abso-lutely innocent of anything except the desire for attention, was always complaining com-plaining of being asked by her employers employ-ers to go out to luncheon. It happened one day that I had sent her to work for somebody that I knew, and she came iii with the same story. I knew that this man hadn't asked her to lunch end I had a chance to get at the whole storyi It seems that she came in with her hat on and accosted the man. who was a fat and good natured person of gruff propensities but devoted to his family. " 'f Hj do you know wswire the girls around here get their lunch?' said Miss Pretty Girl. " 'Xo,. I don't know; I suppose there must be some joint around here some place.' was the answer. - " 'Well, do you suppose you could be kind enough to find out for me where it is?' " 'If you will wait a minute my w ife is going to stop for me and you can go with us,' was the good natured answer. "Now this." said the woman, who happened to be a friend of the wife, "was the way in which the girl got asked out to lunch so many times. I never sent her to another place. But this kind of foolishness, bad as it is, is only a small fraction of the worse than foolishness that girls are called upon to meet. The training that I have to give the girls often is of a more subtle kind. For instance, I sent a young widow not long ago to a place In which the man began a most effusive and elaborate praise of her work. She handled it nicely. 'Thank you very much for your kindness,' she said, 'but in the future I will ask you not to mention men-tion it unless you find it necessary to criticize it.' If he persists she will simply sim-ply tell him that it will result in his finding another . stenographer. These ovortures generally begin in this way, or in invitations out to lunch, or ia sympathy for the fact that the stenographer stenog-rapher is working' too hard, or in little offers of lemonade, which, are apt to become be-come treats to something stronger. Tho office woman who understands it and who checks it right in the start is the one who will not have trouble." Titled Washerwomen. Lord Clarendon's wife was not the I only lady of rank who pursued at one i time the ancient and honorable profes-I profes-I sion of a laundress. The great Duke of I Albemarle, who restored Charles the I Second, was married to Nan Clarges, who washed for him when he was a j prisoner in the Tower. Her mother was j one of a band famous in song: I "Have you ne'er heard the name, j Have you ne'er heard the fame ICf tiie six women barbers who live in Drury lane?" Then the story told in a famous modern mod-ern play is entirely true. One of the bravest of Napoleon's marshals had married his washtr-woman. and when Napoleon thought that "Madame Sans-Gene" Sans-Gene" was too free-and-easy for his court, the duchess melted the heart of Caesar by producing the unpaid washing wash-ing bill which she had been too good-natured good-natured to present to young Lieutenant Bonaparte. Banker's Wife Doing Sweeping. Denver neighbors and passersby the; home of E. M. Johnson, who was last week taken to Canon City to serve a term at the penitentiary in connection with his misdeeds while president of the Fidelity Savings association. ' were surprised in seeing the sign. "Mrs. E. M. Johnson, Ladies' Tailoring and Dressmaking," appearing in the window win-dow of the banker's home one morning recently. They realized in a minute that, whatever what-ever became of the money, Mrs. John-j John-j ston had not ."bared in its distribution 'and that, now her husband can no longer long-er maintain her, she. like many an American woman, has resorted to the needle and thimble to support herself and children. Many a passerby walked a little slower and thought a little harder after aft-er having read the sign. Clam Bouillon. For clam bullion wash the shells in cold water and put the clams in a kettle ket-tle over the fire with one pint of hot water to every quart of clams. C'o'-e" closely, that the steam may cause the shells to open. When open remove the shells and strain the broth. Chop the dams fine and return them with the broth to the fire. Simmer for twenty twen-ty minutes and train through a" cloth. This broth when served may be reheated re-heated with an equal quantity of milk or cream and seasoned to taste. |