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Show I Woman's Page A Well-drained Garden Free From Surplus Water Flowen That Should Not Be Planted Before the Ground It Warm and All Danger of Late Frosts and Cold Rains Is Past How to Massage Wrinkles Properly Care Should be Jaken Not to Make New Wrinkles Recipe for Mexican Hot Tarn ales Pumpkin Pie. DRAINING THE GARDEN. When I peak of a well drained gar 4a I mean one from which the surplus sur-plus water will drain after cvary rain which It heary enough to make a surplus. sur-plus. "Surplus" water it that which falls In excess of the amount which will he held In suspension In the soil by the power of capillary action. If you pour too much water in the pot of a plant which Is well drained, the surplus will run out at the bottom, leaving only what the Boil will sus- . penfl. The soil of your garden should I act in the same way, and will do so L it the grade of the land is such as will permit of It. Where this grade Is absent, you will have to sink tiles two feet In the soil, sixteen feet apart which will form a passageway to carry car-ry off the surplus water regardlesB of the level of the soil. While some of the flowers which are grown from the seed are not damaged dam-aged or restrained In the spring of tha year hy the cold wet weather which msy prevail for several weeks from the middle of April on, yet there sre others which make no headway against it You should make yourself familiar with these. If you look on the packet of seed (if from a reliable dealer) it will tell you which these are as the time of planting will he Indicated. Nothing is to be gained by planting these too soon, as even if they do get germinated, a cold wet spell of weather following will 'check" them later, and they will not do as well as those planted later and growing grow-ing on without A check. The poppy, morning glory, halsam apple, agerat-um, agerat-um, begonia, and ipomea, are familiar examples of flowers which should not be planted before the ground is warm and all danger of late frosts and cold rains Is past. j. MASSAGING THE WRINKLES AWAY In massaging the wrinkles about the eyes, remember that these muscles ar very sensitive and the lines should be ironed out as gently as though you were pressing out a rose leaf. Hold the skin at the corner of the eye taut between the first and second finders, massaging gently with the Becond finger of the other hand the opposite waj of the wrinkle and bringing the massage well bark into the temples, to carry the little laughing laugh-ing lines clear away. Care should be taken when massaging the face not to make new wrinkles while you are Taking away the old ones The lines about the mouth, which run over the cheek from the nose down to the chin may be massaged deeply, but always nently, carrying the fingers in a rotary movement up bevond the ears, almost into the hair. Theu start at the smallest small-est epd of the w rinkle and pinch gently, gent-ly, bringing the movement forward until you reach tho mouth. You must I tie ver. careful in this movement not I to bruise the skin by pinching too hard Of course It is understood that the face has been prepared for massage by a thorough washing and a coat of ' thick massage cream applied in order j to prevent rubbing any dirt deepen into the flesh and to soften the skin j Tt is well always to put a tight band : of cloth around the head at the hair line to keep the cream from getting into the hair. RECIPES. I Mexican Hot Tamales. Boil a fowl until tender and s8t 5ust before it Is done. Cut the meat from the bones and chop it tine, seasoning sea-soning with cayenne paper and a dash of carlic or onion Juice Skim the fat from the chicken liquor. Wet corn-meal corn-meal with the hot chicken liquor, making mak-ing it into a thick paste. Shape the chopped meat into small rolls and en-W en-W case each of these in a covering of the cornhusk and tie at both ends Bring the chicken liquor to the boil-in? boil-in? point, season well and boil the en cased mixture In It for flftesn minutes. min-utes. Serve hot. Pumpkin Pis. Into a quart of stewed pumpkin that has been rubbed through a colander, col-ander, beat a quart of milk, a cup of granulated sugar cinnamon and nut-meg nut-meg to taste and six eggs, yolks and whites beaten separately. Mix well and pour into a deep pie dish lined with puff paste. Bake in a good oven until the custard is set. Serve cold. |