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Show Woman's World I Conducted by Helene Valeau. HELENE VALEATTS ANSWERS. ,MIss Valeau will reply to all ques- I tions asked by the feminine readers of I the Inteimountain Catholic. The well known character and authority of her replies need no introduction to those already familiar with her ability. Miss aleau will take a kindlv and personal interest in those who write to her, and will spare no pains in seeing that their inquiries are answered fully and carefully. care-fully. Write only on one side of the Taper. Address letters to Miss Helene Valeau. Intermountain Catholic. Dear Miss Valeau: ; What will help my hands? Have liicd Iraian juice and glycerine. M. S.' F.. Salt Lake. If lemon juice and glycerine do your hands no good and they are still very red, rub a little peroxide of hydrogen on them every other clay and dust them ever with a good toilet powder. Dear Miss Valeau: I am a nervous wreck from not sleeping sleep-ing enough. How much sleep do you advise? G. P.. Pueblo. Without doubt lack of sleep is the tause of all your ill-health. Everyone who wants to keep in vigorous condition condi-tion should have at least eight hours' I sleep each night. If you must get up as early as o:30 in the morning, go Jo bed at 7:30 in the evening. Dear Miss Valeau: J What can you suggest for sore l.M'i.Js? JAMES F., Milford. i If you rub your hands with cocoa I butter you will find it very healing and I 1 think it will remedy the cracking I you complain of. You can buy it very I cheaply at any druggist's. 1 sk Dear Miss Valeau: Do you advise cold or hot baths? INVALID, Ogden. Hot baths are of great use to those who suffer from nervous exhaustion. A warm bath at the close of a hard day's mental work is productive of sleep, but it's wisest first to apply cold water to the head, or at least to the brow. After severe physical exertion, exer-tion, such as climbing, walking, bicycling bi-cycling or riding, it is wise to take a hot bath before going to bed, so as to relax the muscles and prevent any sensation of stiffness on the following Jay. Why Blue Monday? "Monday is the busiest day of the week for me," said the physician to the man who had been waiting half an hour to see him. "I won't try to put up a big bluff and tell you that my office is so crowded every' day in the week, for it isn't; but I get a grist of office patients nearly every Monday. Mon-day. Every physician of any reputation reputa-tion has the same experience. Why? All on account of Sunday. People do all sorts of foolish things on that day, because they have time to, and they pay for it. In the first place, people at indigestible rich food on Sunday that they would not think of eating any other day. They eat too much also: in fact, some people nibble away all day, and in consequence they have indigestion for no one has indigestion so quickly or so acutely as the person who is used to regular, wholesome liv- ing and once in a long while tries the unwholesome food and a trip to the doctor's always is in order Monday. Mon-day. Then, again, Sunday gives a person per-son more time to think of his ills. A man who will stoically bear a pain on working days and drive it away by his very snubbing of it will get frightened at the slightest ache on Sunday. He gets to thinking about it and "comes to the conclusion that it is a serious symptom. So he goes into see a physician phy-sician Monday. Medical Chats. Tobacco should not be strong as a rule. A smoker will generally find out what suits him best; one person will require a light brand, while another is able to get through a strong kind habitually without any untoward symptom showing itself. Most people : know that strong tobacco is liable to arfect the nerves and also the heart. I Cigarettes are the worst things to I smoke. They are mild and therefore J there is a temptation to smoke many 1 of them; the mouth gets dry and im- I pure in consequence, while the nose i and throat are irritated to some ex- I tent. Their mildness also allows a ! still more harmful practice, that of inhaling. Those who smoke many cig- arettes in a day have their throat, nose and lungs to some extent irritated for ' several hours out of the twenty-four, I and the pleasure derived must be at I the extent of a certain amount of oxy gen that is necessary for the lungs. There is no room for doubt that the irritation from cigarette-smoking causes throat conditions that aggra-:. aggra-:. rate, if thev don't directly cause, trou ble with the ears. The nose, too, often suffers considerably, as well as the eyesight. It is not sufficient an indictment that cigarettes, even the best of them, fire more injurious than anything else of the tobacco kind; they are made in such quality and at so cheap a rate that enormous quantities of them are ; consumed; the great majority of them are made of anything but tobacco, so s they really deserve a double condemn- Cigars are good, but very often far , too strong. They affect the nerves j 'more than pipes or cigarettes. Light cigars make a pleasant change, how- ever, and if taken after a meal they ! are not very injurious. They shpuld i never be smoked too near to the mouth 3 end. No Hesitation. ' A burly, broad-shouldered man passed through the gates at the Union station a few days ago and hurried wish his two soiid-looking suit cases j toward a Pullman porter who stood stiffly and erect beside the steps of a j parlor car attached to the train. The pass nger, who was long" on suit cases j but short on breath, asked the proud- ! looking porter: ; "Does this train stop at Rahway?" "No, sah," replied the negro, in a ; superior manner; "this train do not t stop at Rahway, sah. It do not even hesitate at Rahway." i Not His Kind. t Hans, the ruralist, was in search of a horse. "I've got the very thing you want," raid a stableman, "a thoroughgoing road horse. Five years old, sound as a quail, $175 cash down, and he goes ten miles without stopping." Hans threw his hands skyward. I "Not for me," he said, "not for me. I vouldn't gif you 5 cents for him. I Jive eight miles out in de country, und I'd 14-f. to walk back two mils." A Little Things. A good-bye kiss is a little thing, With your hand on the door to go, But it takes the venom out of the sting Of a thoughtless word or cruel fling That you made an hour ago. A kiss of greeting is sweet and rare After the toil of the day. And it smooths the furrows plowed by care. The lines on the forehead you once called fair In the years that have flown away. 'Tis a little thing to say: "You are kind; I love you. my dear.' each night; But it sends a thrill through the heart I find For love is tender, as love is blind-As blind-As we climb life's rugged height. We starve each other for love's caress; We taka, but we do not give, It seems so easy some soul to bless. But we dole the love grudgingly less and less Till 'tis bitter and hard to live. SING AND LOOK PRETTY. One Woman Can't, So She Has No Vocal Ambitions Whatever. "Of course it's nice in some ways to have a beautiful voice, but I'm glad I don't sing," said the pretty woman as she applauded perfunctorily after the soprano solo. "Yes. I am fond of music, but that is sufficient. If I could be tempted to sing what would happen hap-pen to my good looks- I think it is not silly for a woman to wish to look well at all times. "A woman never looks pretty or beautiful when she sings. She invariably invari-ably twists her mouth to one side and makes her face appear crooked. I have keenly observed the last ten singers sing-ers I have heard, and every one of them opend her mouth on a bias. I haven't the slightest idea why they do it, unless the muscles of one side of the face are stronger than those on the other, and in an effort to sing the stronger muscles do most of the work. I suppose men do the same thing, but generally they wear moustaches to cover their mouths. "If one shuts one's eyes a song is always al-ways enjoyed more, for there is something some-thing disturbing about a pretty woman deliberately making herself a fright by stretching her mouth in a song." Salt Water for the Eyes. Salt water, fairly strong, used regularly regu-larly several times a day, will wonderfully wonder-fully strengthen the muscles of the eyes. It acts as a tonic upon every part of the under lid and the cornea, and penetrates deep even into the recesses re-cesses of the tear gland. Upon eyelids eye-lids prone to granulation or to styes, the action of warm salt water is most marked and almost immediately. The salt bath was tried upon eyes weakened weak-ened by long use, that could not bear the light, yet ,had excellent sight, so far as power of vision went, if only the weakened muscles would allow the Iris to have full play. The salt bath was tried, first with a sponge, later with the eyes held open In a basin of salt water, and the result was restored tone to every feeble muscle. Where They Eat. A wealthy lady gave a reception in honor of her daughter's birthday, for which music was furnished by a popular pop-ular orchestra. The leader of this orchestra or-chestra was a violinist who had won social as well as professional success, and the hostess evidently wished to display her knowledge of this fact. When the evening was half over, the butler approached the musicians, who were having a short rest, and in his loftiest manner said, referring to a paper in his hand: "The violin eats in the dining room, the rest of the instruments in the pantry." To Clean Silk Gloves. Don't try to clean silk gloves with gasoline, but wash them very carefully. care-fully. White and black ones can be washed in soap suds, rinsed and dried, the white ones being dipped into bluing blu-ing water to give them a clear white appearance. Tinted gloves should first be soaked in salt water to prevent the color from fading. If a few drops of lemon juice are added to the rinsing water the tints will be revived. Silk gloves can be ironed, though a piece of linen should be placed over the gloves when they are ironed, and only a moderately warm iron should be used. Silk hese can be washed In exactly the ni" manner and ironed . hen perfectly dry. A Hint. Kerosene is a splendid acid in the cleaning of windows. Into a basin put two tablespoonsful of kerosine and two of water. Take a soft cloth a little larger than the hand, dip It in the basin, ba-sin, half wring it and wash your windows, win-dows, both shah and glass. Then rub dry with a soft newspaper and polish with a soft towel. This process will remove flyspecks and dirt from both glass and paint more evenly and quickly quick-ly than soap and water and leaves the glass with a better polish. The quantity quan-tity given is sufficient for washing two ordinary sized windows. Mending Gloves. Mending the finger tips of long gloves with court plaster is the trick one young woman makes use .of to lengthen the life of this dress accessory acces-sory which is such a luxury. She pastes the court plaster on the side of the finger tip, with the result that gloves will last immesureably longer. Good Breeding. The well-bred girl remembers never to ridicule sacred things, or what others may esteem as such, however absurd they may appear to her. Never to resent a supposed, injury until she knows the views and motives of the author. Never to enter into a discussion with any enthusiast or a person much older than herself. Never to jest so as to wound the feelings of others and to say as little as possible of herself and those who are near and dear to her. Never, if possible, does she lose her temper and she learns to speak with calmness and deliberation especially in circumstances which lend to Irritate. |