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Show TOILET HINTS. To Make tha Hair Fluffy. To make the hair dry and fluffy this mixture, is recommended: One ounce of eau de Cologne, two ounces of rectified rec-tified spirits of wine, half an ounce of bicarbonate of soda and six ounces of distilled water. A Bad Habit. The habit some people get Into of constantly moistening the lips with the tongue will vin time destroy all their beauty. It makes the lips dry and in-1 in-1 clined to crack. If your lips are inclined in-clined to be dry, t ub a little cold cream into them every night. Sleeping With Your Mouth Open. If you sleep with your mouth open you will get about half the benefit you ought from your night's rest. This is frequently the cause of "that tired feeling" on waking in the morning. If there be an epidemic floating about you double your chances of catching it. and halve your chances of recovering, recover-ing, because the habit weakens the lungs. Your Teeth. Never use a toothpick of any kind if you value your teeth. If you do you are almost certain at some time to injure the enamel, and once this is done decay soon sets in. A far better bet-ter plan is to clean your teeth carefully care-fully after every meal, brushing them carefully up and down, instead of across, as this removes any particle of food that may have got wedged between be-tween them. An Anti-snoring Device. A device to prevent snoring is a small cap 'fitted over the chin, and held in place by a band around the head fastened to the chin cap with elastic rubber bands. This allows perfect per-fect freedom of the lower jaw, while at the same time it prevents its dropping drop-ping after the subject is asleep, and thus prevents snoring. f, Superfluous Fat. If you want to- grow thinner don't wear a. corset when you are exercising. exercis-ing. You cannot bend properly at the waist when wearing a corset, and consequently con-sequently are exercising only your arms and legs, and if you do this the chances are that, though you may reduce re-duce the size of your legs and arms, that of your body will increase. All clothing should be loose. . Winter Food. Don't forget that fatty foods help to keep up the heat of the body. Suet puddings and such like are as useful in winter to keep the body warm as salads are in summer to keep it cool. Cod liver oil is an excellent preventive of cold catching and should be begun by any one who is specially sensitive in that way. Remember that good cod liver oil can be purchased cheaply. What Beauty Should Drink. Beer, wine and spirits should be shunned like poison by the girl who wants to retain her 'youth. Lemonade will preserve, till she is an old woman, wo-man, the tender tints and bright eyes of her girlhood, and so will barley water, which is a most health giving beverage. Tea and coffee only in moderation, thank you. The Hose Cure. It has been discovered, says the London Lon-don Express, that the rose will cure a headache? its perfume acts as a medicine upon the nerves. . Its color, particularly If deep red, soothes the senses through the eyes, and its cleanliness clean-liness and medicinal properties generally gener-ally act upon the system not only as a curative, but as a tonic. The sweeter the rose is the better, for the sweetness of this, flower is of such peculiar delicacy that it neither cloys upon the nostrils nor palls upon the senses. An unhappy combination of colors will frequently affect the nerves and produce a headache.. When undergoing a severe nervous strain it is a good plan to take a rose and hold it to the nostrils; breathe deeply of the scent. Keep Coal Oil in a Warm Place. . Half the dissatisfaction complained of by those who use coal oil may be traced, especially in the winter time, to allowing it to become chilled. The oil gives off a very disagreeable ordor when cold and does not give a bright light. It is a good plan to have a small can that will hold just enough oil for one day's use and keep it where it will not become chilled. Lamps should never be filled with cold oil. Poultry Pointers. Large roosters with small hens is a very poor combination. Scalded milk and cooked rice will often stop diarrhoea in fowls. Indigestion, one of the worst diseases among poultry, is often caused by sour, moldy food. Eggs intended to be hatched in an incubator should never be allowed to become chilled. ? In order to have poultry tender and juicy they must be fatetned quickly. Two weeks of good feeding are usually sufficient. Use plenty of lime in the poultry house.. It will kill lice, is a good disinfectant, dis-infectant, will purify the air, it destroys de-stroys vermin and prevents gapes. One of the best yays of feeding oats to poultry is to put them in a tub at night, pour scalding water over them, let them stand until morning and feed them warm. When the fowls are closely ennfined or when the ground is covered with snow, they must have bulky food. Cut clover hay, well steamed, Is good, as are also cabbage leaves. - |