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Show I WOMAN'S WORLD "N? ! FORGET THEE? Tercet lh po?" If. to dream by night j - and muse on thee by day, , if -ill the worship, deep and wild, a, .o t's heart can ray. ; if iirayorp in absence breathed for thoe ; to heaven's protecting power, . ! f wiiiRed thoughts that flit to thee a ' , thousand in an hour. f busy Fancy blending thee with all J ,vv future lot Tf " tliou aHst "forgetting," thou ind.'fd shalt be forgot! 1 "Forp-t tliee?" Bid the forest birds fciip. t tl:iir svetest tune: -Kor-et th?e?" Bid the sea forget to ""swell beneath th ? moon: r.j,! tii thirsty flowers forget to "drink tl.,- eye's refreshing dew; Tlivs'lf forget thine- "own dear land." its "niountains wild and . blue": Koicet each old familiar faee, each long remembered spot ; When ihese things are forgot by thee, ; th- n ilx u halt be forgot! ! Keep, if thou wilt, thy, maiden peace,; 'V;il! calm and fancy free, jj For forbid thy gladsome heart If si"iild giow less glad for me; i I. y, t while that heart is still unwun, O' J ' I,;, not mine to rove, J -ut ,'t t nurse its humble faith and I mn-oinplaiiiins love: If these, preserved for patient years, I ;il last avail me not, , . I Forget trie then but ne'er believe thatj ! thou "canst be forgot! j John Moultrie. f HOW TO LOSE TEN" I! POUNDS OF FLESH. ! Marian Martinoau in Chicago Tribune The summer girl invariably comes ho'iK- ion pounds to heavy! She went away in good shape, but f-l,e returned with a waist line that was i,,o full, an arm that was too heavy, a. 1-g that was ungraceful, and a carriage which said, "Vou are over your weicht." Now. to be overweight is not an actual ac-tual crime or Christians would not be I f;; HUt it is certainly bad taVte to bs ' fat,' and it is certainly destructive to beaut v, if not to health. Fat is never graceful, and the woman or the girl who allows herself to gain a pound when she is already the right S weight makes the mistake of ner life, fe Instead of gaining, she should lose a J I liitle. for all the beauty experts will tell vou that it is better to be a little too thin than a little too fat. f The thin girl has many resources. In i taese lay.-' of blouse waists, of waists I that can bag here, or bag there, or f show fullness at almost any spot, one I does not need to be stout to look well. I :,nd th. thin girl has all the argu- I nx-ntf. in her favor. F.ut the fat woman! What can sh- I do? How can she manage? Dress as f he ill. select her colors as she may, I put on this gown or that gown, she will always look the same Nothing is ever stylish upon her: and she might j as well wear sackcloth and ashes as I taffeta and velvet, f i The woman who is overweight is ex- tremtlv uncomfortable. Watch her go til. stairs if you doubt this. See how Vrie nuffs and" in what a breathless state i she arrives at the top. And see her i walk! Note how she lumbers along. 1 vcri in tiiP face from the exertion and j making motions which are nothing -if I not elephantine. If fat were a disease it would be bad enough, and then no one would smile, for the poor victim would be an object I of pity and sympathy. But fat is nothing of the kind. On the contrary, it is an index of one's own habits, an ' uafaUiKsr sign of the., way, in whicb one j lives. ' I Fat a M?tter of Habit. ; Take two sisters, one thin and the ' other fat. The fat sister loves ehoco- ; i late and cocoa and is fond of drinking! eohl water. She likes to lie in bed in the morning, and she is never so happy as when strethed upon the couch with m book in her hand and a box of candy U on the table by her side. Phe dotes on I sweet things, and though she may be fond of acids and salads, she eats en-lii-ely too freely of them. She, in fact, , eats' a little too much of everything.' She is fond of her stomach and in-du'L'es in-du'L'es it to her own great detriment. I AVith the thin girl it is different. She does not cave for hot breads nor for puddings. She prefers an orange for dess.ti and she thinks a pear is much better .;.ting than a dish of ice cream. She is up eirly in the morning, and when she reads, she sits up instead of I; lolling. She is always ready to run up fi and down stairs and it is easy to send I her on an errand. She likes to walk. ISu'h are the relative habits of the. thin mid the fat. and tht- result Is shouti in the relative bulk of each. ! The uirl who has gained ten pounds j I! during the summer time is now brought I to u point when she must lose her I tlesh, for her waist line is spoiled. Tt j Is too high by an inch and too bi?r j around by another inch. It is a pity II s-h cannot reduce by tight lacing, but j a little experience will show the abso- 1 lute futility of th1.. I Tl- sirl who want to take off her extra ten rounds must begin by dieting. diet-ing. She must take toast and tea for her breakfast, chops and toast and lea for her dinner, and fruit and toast fo;- lp-i- supper. When she goes to bed rhe must .at fruit, as much of it "as possible, sitting up in bed to devour ihe extiV -icar, the peach and the plum 'Ahi' h sf.e has put rway for this same purpos". If she cannot get fresh fruit she ran eat old-fashioned prunes and the- sourest of apple sauce. Much Exercise Is Required. As for daily exercise, here she must 1 cr.)ie out strong. She must exerciue ''very ay and several times a day. Three hours a day is net too long a time for the girl to exercise who has been away for the summer, and she "ill find that her lif out of doors has or 'y fitted her for good work in the homo gymnasium. The -jii who is going to lose weight i' est put on a loose corset, with half the bones pulled out, and a string thatj is slack. And she must don a gymna- j si irn dress. This can be in the shape r,f knickers and blouse, or she can put on little skirt and blouse. An old i bathing suit makes a nice gymnasium s'iit. for it is easy and is pretty sure to be wil molded to the figure. In this the girl who is going to reduce he,- weight can try her stunts, kite must stand u; in the middle of the floor and bend and twist. She must 'end forward and bend backwards, musi ben, sideways, and all other vays. managing to exercise every mus- 1" of the body. She niUst stand upon one foot and Jhrn uj ion the other, so as to swing her legs fie, iy: and she must be sure that -e.c has exercised the muscles of the Knees, the elbows and the hips. Deep Breathing Most Important. But the most important of all exc-r-r, ""s ls that of deep breathing, and it " lould b- jirael iced along with the oth-1 oth-1 -i- stunts. TUs deep breathing move nt n" ';' 1S accomplished by the simple x- t ri "f tilkipC a Io'iP breath and a v n'-cj, breath. You can tell by laying I -"in" hand upon your abdomen wheth- J "u "re breathing deeply or not. The j a ln;Pn should rise and fall as the jungs are inflated and as they dis-harg dis-harg their burden of air. Jhe habit of deep breathing is one J nat grows on a person, and she who iiies lt xviI1 speedily ' become accustomed accus-tomed to it. l.vT.'Y?', say we are in tI,e habit of ieathing with only a small portion of I e Iungs, and many people do not !i i .s j know what it is to call the 'entire lung ! nt,i Play. But the one who is practic- ing deep breathing wilt soon- learn how ! to breathe with the entire lung capaci-; capaci-; ty, and once this is learned the-habit of doing so will be easy. It takes about two weeks to lose ten pounds if one is too fat. Five pounds each week is not-an- excessive amount to reduce. But if one wants to keen on reducing she should not try to do so at the Vate-of more than three pounds a week. As wn as the summer girl has brought down her weight to its former figure she can turn her attention to her complexion, which, by this time, has turned from red to blown, for the summer sum-mer sun will injure any skin that was-ever was-ever found upon the face of woman fair. But the story of the complexion is another story altogether. I LETTERS AND ANSWERS. j A reader asks for a tonic' for oily hair j to make it less greasy j Take one dram of iiisulphate of iui-i iui-i nine and add. to it' one-half ounce of Kalt. half an ounce of borax, and a pint ! of water. Rub on the scalp night and morning,; using the finger tips as a , massage. !. ' 1 Another reader complain? of hair that is dry and brittle and which seems to lack the natural oils, j For this take tincture of cantharides, one ounce; olive oil, one ounce: and six ounces of bay rum. Apply . to the scalp either with the tips of the fingers or with a medicine dropper. Another reader writes to inquire what will take away liver spots in the shape -of large brown splashes upon the face. For these liver spots there is an excellent ex-cellent remedy. At night, just, before you go to bed, at a great deal of fruit. Take apple sarce, or stewed prunes, or berries, or whatever fresh fruit you can rind. You will soon discover that it acts like magic on the complexion. Of course you must be careful of your diet at the same time. Mrs. K. says: I am troubled with a poor complexion. Is there anything that will make my skin light? I am the color ft saffron. The saftron skin should be bleached until it is a clear pretty olive, with red showing through the cheeks. You will probably never have a dead white skin, but this you should not regret, as the olive is much prettier. Try a teaspoon-ful teaspoon-ful of phosphate of soda in half a glass of hot water before breakfast and before be-fore supper. Anxious: Please give me a recipe for a good cold cream. Here is one which I have heard highly high-ly recommended. One ounce of sper- i maceti, one ounce of white wax. five ounces of best' imported oil of sweet almonds, one and one-half ounces of j rosewater, twenty grains of powdered borax. Dissolve the borax in the rose-water, rose-water, and, if the weather is cold, set the bottle in a pan of moderately warm water. Melt wax and spermaceti, add almond oil, and heat slightly; remove from fire and pour in rosewater quickly. quick-ly. Beat to a foam with an egg beater. When partially solid add two drops of oil of rose. Cease beating before the mass is firm. Pour into little porcelain jars and keep in a cool place. - Young Girl Try this for your ireckles: At night sponge with a lotion made "of borax, one dram; diluted acetic acid, one fluid ounce: rosewater, one fluid ounce. Apply cold cream afterwards. aft-erwards. In purchasing the ingredients ingredi-ents consult your druggist, to be sure that there is no mistake. A -western woman writes:- Mr. skirt is-oily and cold cream only makes it more so. What would you advise me to use? .-- ' . Several readers have asked this same question. Try a glycerin jelly made as follows: Powdered gum tragacanth, twenty-five grains; water, six and one. half ounces: glycerin, one ounce; alcohol, alco-hol, one-half ounce: borax, forty grains. Dissolve the tragacanth in the water until perfectly soft Strain through muslin, dissolve the borax in the glycerin by the aid of heat, add the gum, then add the alcohol; perfume with violet and add enough water to make eight ounces. A society girl writes to ask if there is any way of making the eyes brighten. bright-en. Also if there is any way of J?n-largin: J?n-largin: them. The eyes can be enlarged only by reducing re-ducing the fat upon the cheeks. This will make them larger in size. Eut do not reduce the face too much, or they will be hollow. The eyes can be brightened bright-ened by bathing them in warm water, one pint, to which has been added half a teaspqonful of boracic acid. Tell your druggist how you are going to use it. Bathe the eyes frequently, but do not go directly out In the sun. School Girl writes about her freckles. Freckles have been the cause of annoyance an-noyance to many of the readers of this beauty column. As a matter of fact freckles are pretty unless large and yellow. Small, light freckles can be removed by bathing them with cucumber cucum-ber juice. But they will come back if the victim goes out into the sun and the air within an hour after bathing the face. Mrs. Blank: Can you recommend a tooth powder? There are many good ones advertised. Here is a home made powder: Prepared Pre-pared chalk, six ounces; powdered orris root, one ounce: white castile soap, powdered, one-half ounce: pulverized sugar, one-half ounce: boric acid, one-half one-half ounce; oil of wintergreen, a quarter quar-ter of a fluid dram. Grind to fine powder pow-der and sift, add oil. and sift again. This is easily prepared. A correspondent asks for the- recipe ,for cucumber lotion. Take of oil of sweet almonds two ounces; powdered white castile soap, one-fourth ounce; essence of cucumbers, cucum-bers, three ounces; tincture of benzoin, twenty drops; borax, fifteen grains. Slice two large green cucumbers, leav-. ing the skin on. Boil in a porcelain kettle with a scant half cup of water until the cucumbers are soft. Cool anl strain through muslin. Measure off one and one-half ounces, and add to it an equal amount of alcohol. Let stand overnight. Next day add the powdered soap, then eight ounces of cucumber juice, oil slowly, then, lastly, the benzoin. ben-zoin. After shaking well for fifteen minutes, pour, in the boric acid and shake for fifteen minutes more. Shake before p.7in. , ,. - : Society Manners. The young woman who has a society mask which she lets fall when she enters en-ters her own home need not hope to long deceive her friends. Inadvertently Inadvertent-ly she will let it slip at an unexpected j moment, and the glimpse once seen of n. peevish, selfish nature is not soon forgotten. If (he wishes of the brother at home are not to be consider?d the admiring man friend feels sure her ; Iov-:r and future husband will not be either. The sweet, musica.1 voice which is hard in soeisty often changes into a snappy, disagreesDie one when used to address a patient, devoted mother at home. But at some unexpected moment mo-ment the young girl is sur to be overheard. over-heard. A chance visitor Avill ring the bell and be ushered into the drawing rorm while in a heated argument above stairs the fair young daughter of the houi-3'is expressing her opinion in no measured manner.. No rules for preserving pre-serving the physical beauty can obllt erate traces in "the face of ill nature. Let the fair debutante bear this well in mind, x - : .. . Silly Superstitions, j Of all the vagaries of women the worst are these little superstitions about opals and new moons, or the belief be-lief in fortunes, which leads them to spend money that an ill-looking old i iady may tell their future from cards, ! or to worry themselves sick because a girl who has been reading a book on palmistry has told them that some great trouble is about to befall. Nature Na-ture is too big to be bothered about whether you walk under a ladder or 1 whether you have a wiggle instead of j a waggle in your hand. And yet to allow one's self to believe irrsigns may 'have a definite effect. We are. all of us. susceptible to suggestion; to suggest sug-gest an illness or a trouble is often to bring it about, or at least to make .-omebody miserable through worrying , over it. We are that which we think we are, and to look for ills is to find the m. We have troubles enough without with-out adding to them imaginary ones. I have no patience with those who simply sim-ply court these ills by constantly looking look-ing for signs. Ill fortunes come fast i enough. Make an honest use of the j present, aha the future will take care of itself, if let aloiv. ' Let the new I moon look at you as it likes: if somebody some-body gives you an opal, just be glad that you tire that-much ahead: walk under a. ladder if that is the dry part of the pavement: and as for lines-in your hand, spend the money you would give to a fortune-teller for chocolate creams it is a better investment. Why Old Married Couples Look Alike ' It is frequently remarked how much like each other old married couples have grown. The thoughts and mental operations are held to affect the physiognomy, phy-siognomy, and the Geneva Photograph association has recorded in its transactions trans-actions the results of observations made upon the photographs of seventy-eight seventy-eight pairs of an advanced age. Out of these it is found after a careful examination exam-ination that fifty-four pairs, a ratio of 63 per cent exhibited a similarity "of features almost like that of brothers and sisters, though there were no next-of-kin marriages among them. It was the power of thought, the oneness of purpose in life, the parallel lines in which their thoughts flowed and the absence of discord and disharmony in the ordinary ways of their conduct, that had thus moulded their facial expressions expres-sions in the same cast. "Such is the mighty power of mentality over physi-cality, physi-cality, and still greater is the power of spirituality over mentality." Morning1 Sleeplessness. I used to suffer from sleeplessness. in the early morning. I would wake up at 3 or 4 o'clock and be unable to get to sleep, again. My mind would get busy thinking about a dozen and one things that should be attended to, or that were on my mind. For years I did not know what It was to have the pleasure of sleeping soundly until 6 o'clock or later. At last, I put a memorandum pad and pencil under my pillow, and when I woke up, wrote down all that occurred to me, and the result was Surprising. This seensed to free the brain of the thoughts that were weighing upon it, the mind's activity ceased, I turned over and slept like a babe. Ever since then this plan has usually worked to perfection. Of course one has to be careful not to get in the habit of letting let-ting the mind run from one thought to another after making the memorandum. memoran-dum. Good Housekeeping. |