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Show I PRACTICAL TALKS BY THE I; APRIL GRANDMOTHER. Ii 4(1 I OW mucJi the nose docs for or I I I "SaiOft the face," ruminated the j April Grandmother as she sir- vcyed the passing throng of shoppers from the vantage point of her temporarily i stationjrj limousine. "Some of tliec ( women would be positively ugly but for a pretty nc-e, and a great many of them would be beauties if only their uiisal organ were straight or rightly act onto the face or in proportion to the rest of tho 2? ( features ' rmt "The eyes, hair, teeth, completion and flw figure must be exceptionally nnc if the P? woman handicapped by a freakish nose rSf ctm IUJluU'n :i reputation as n great lew beamy. But such is occasionally the '"& ' caMJ aTl( 'l ,s on' accolnPl'3bcd by sys- leW ; tematically bringing the really faultless ieitj ; features into promineucc and kecpTiig the is5 "ply o"? n obscurity as though it "were Kji the family skeleton meaning th'c fniu$l 'jffj, scandal of an elder generation. tS51 "Nobody notices the nose that i white Lri .' and spoiler, but everybody sees tbc one H which is red or potted. This latter Wm'i condition is always mortifying to a girl H'i of senitivi' natuic and bhe is apt 10 iViji j believe that she is unjustly afflicted, Jfg whereas discretion in diet and regular W ) c.ercise would ncarb' always vanquish fctft -i the blotches and the redness. Fre- ojRt ijuently, too, a noe is injun-d by the h ; protiure of a veil," continued the April WQ '- ''raudniothcr, and turned her head aside ojS . ,0 bIHilc aa "cr second granddaughter iSJ - hastcni-d to loosen the strip of heavily Sagt ' dotted net about her face. 'The spob m on vell.s arc apt to leave their' impress '! ' oti t,ie cu,ie,c ot ,,IC I10sri J,n,J' in ,l,nc 3m ' give it a mottled appearance, which rga makes it stand out prominently from the xj K ac,i nni' wou'' cause it to look ugly bj . ercii though It were the most shapely of &j& ; features. Sffi "If loosely draped and of plain mcsli, a oni! v vc" lH at u" scllJ:0i' uu excellent cover-'i'0l cover-'i'0l ', ing for the nose, as it partially, protects '- it from the dust particles which are likely j!k lo settle in the large pores at the sides of lSi t tho nostrils-, from tbc gr-rms which enter A i thenostrilb themselves and from the wind '?H t wJiieh coarsens and roughens the cuticle. SB Of 'make-up' of either the rauk 'I have k 'a right to be as pretty as possible.' or of JCj! j 7 the 'nobody knows that 1 du it' sorts, I li ' absolutcly dionpprove," continued the "M I ' pr t'J-Juduwtlier, "but the babit of 5f3 Putting a little rice powder ou the-nose is ;! I . u cleanly one, becauhc it is a shield agujnsl ,0f'2 I ! Juj,t- and germs. ft i "Evcry Krhoolgirl, especially the one whe !$? j j travels abom a big city in crowded cars, OlTBi kl)0U,lJ directly sifter Jicr morning bath, rH II ua DCr Uui5p while still warm and r miY 1Tlfl1S,' a lablespooii of pure frc-fh cream 'fjt ,K and when this has dried dust the cutieh J& it Altli powder, wbicli will have suuken lute a Mk !blK,rcs aiul bc iuvi.Mble by the time ih( ftiHtsi SV rt ready for reukfujit. rSfil " at ln'tf,,J woman in gray vely 'gM 1 n'1 sables!" exclaimed the April Grand fifl iHier, eagerly, as the line of vehicle: wSjBPl'MQU to move. "I happen to know tha -3jgp!L ii:t, middle aged, but she doea'not lool - I it because she s learned how to keep her nose young or rather, not to allow it to get old. It's cuticle is smooth as an infant's in-fant's and as white as alabaster, and not for world.s would sbc ignore a cold in her head. When that misfortune overtakes her. tdio sends for a physician and gets herself speedily cured, lesl the world should suddenly discover that her nose swollen aud inflamed is her sole ugly feature." EASILY MADE GIFTS. Tlf'BRB are so many useful aud pretty articles nowadays that can be made for such sninll sums of money thai birthdays and anniversaries of one'h friends and relatives should not be matters mat-ters for anxiety among girls, but rather should be considcrcd'chunces for showing show-ing how clever a girl can be and what marvels "die can work witb a small expenditure ex-penditure So the girl that knows of Mich an occasion among her friends or family should put on her thinking cap apd set to work to make a piescnt wbich will he doubly grateful to "i lie recipient, coming, as it docs, straight from the heart. The following arc a few suggestions sug-gestions that may prove useful to sonic girl. The )tllc pincushions that arc made out of tiny bqskets arc most attractive. Uuy a little basket in any shop they cost about twenty-five cents stuff it with bran, cover the top with any color silk, then paint the basket with white enamel Be .Mire and let this dry thoroughly. Next take a yard of the tiny rosebud trimming and drape it around the badcet liko garlands. gar-lands. The reMilt is nu exact duplicate of a pincushion that coslx two or three dollars In tho shops. Thec pincushions can be made in any .si.e and can be glided iustpad of enamelled. Another charming gift can be easily made from a picture frame. Buy a franu liny sjzc you choose, but instead of insert' ing a picture put in a piece of bright chinti or cretonne. Then buy two small brass handles and attach one to each end ol the frame. When Ibie is finished lack : piece of fine fell across the back. Tim makes -as pretty a tray as any one oub with. A girl I know gac these tras a' Cliriotnina gifts, with a pitcher and ; glass, to bo ucd in the bedroom at night and the enthusiastic letters of thanks at tested to their popularity A third gift which will always piovi ; acceptable, but particularly to a girl win travels, is to lake a yard of two incl elastic, coyer this with any colored rib bon, shirring the ribbon as you put it on heave enough ribbon at the end to make j . good faj-cd bow. Then sew on tw I (patent fasteners that como for dresses a r the end. ho that the whole thing look : like a large garter. Fill the bow wit: cotton and sachet powder, the whole aj i tide to be tiM'd to keep nightgown U gether in ' a bureau drawer Notlnn i could be nicer as a present than lhr' - of those siiclidt. one for nightgowns, on l for coriCt covers and one for drawer1 tl Besides being sachets they make a girl' bureau 'drawer "look so ucmL |