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Show Iu j I Milady's Boudoir (BY GWEN SEARS.) Drink Quantities of Water and Eat Fresh Fruit to Put on Flesh Lay the Child on Both Sides of Head Alternately So Face Will Be Symmetrical Everyday Etiquette Crepe de Chine Still Popular for Blouses Flesh Pink Extensively Worn For the Cook Plain Woodwork in Kitchen. I J j WATER AND FRUIT. j Few women realize the benefit of I .drinkiiiK quantities of water and eat- j ring fresh fruit. A glass of hot wa il ter with a dash of lemon is splendid for reducing weight, while clear, cold j , water, taken in larp quantities, will f ! put on flesh if one is thin 1 Wafer besides nourishing the body, I 1 also acts as a stimulant, but without ' that depressing reaction which ac--1 'companies the use of the alcoholli ! 1 drinks. When we drink a glass cf 1 water it slightly raises th" pulsation of the heart, which circulates the J 1 blood more freely nnd causes a HI healthy exhilarating effect upon the I whole body I Pure wholesome water may trul be looked upon as a medicine; it is a great purifier. ?n Indispensable aid to digestion and a laxative if taken earlv in the morn'nq fas'iug Hut water substituted for tea. coffee ami all other drinks, especially a glass of it drunk at the end of each meal, forms a wonderful rented) for indi gestion. Indigestion is a great enemy en-emy to youth and beauty Fresh, whole milk Is an excellent beverage for robust persons as well as those in delicate health It should always be drunk slowly in little sips of not more thin one teaspoonful at a time, otherwise it forms into B large mass in the stomat h ami is dif- I ficult to digest. To sweet, sour and buttermilk are credited many beautiful complexions. They are not onlj iirnnic as beverages but liberal externa applications aro i made daily. Vegetables and fruits ought to form ; an important part in the diet tor it has been proven by experiments that I to banish these from our tables would J be to invite disease to our pb alcal systems. Most all egetables ate wholesome. I but lor certain ailments which the j 'body is heir to there are vegetables and fruit? that had better nol eat- en. One usuall) discovers which , ones do not agrer wuh one and should j discontinue eating same YOUR BOYS AND GIRLS Hj If you are careful about how to lay I the baby v boo sleeping pou win not I A have any trouble with outstanding i a ears. La) the child on both sides 4 alternately and see that the ears nr.' J When they extend abnormally the) 1 can be improved by a sheht operation 4i and made to lie flat to the head. This 2 will make them look smaller but the H actual size of the ears cannot bo ,J changed. '1 I have seen children of S or 10 years ;4 whose faces are asymmetrical that is a larger on one side than the other M and physicians say this may have come from always sleeping on the one - side Later In life when the form of the face is fixed the adult may form any sleeping habit he likes, but .he baby should be trained to sleep n cither side. EVERYDAY ETIQUETTE. Will you tell me how to use a finger bowl at a dinner? Also please '.ell me whether 1 should fold the napkin nap-kin r.r leave It unfolded v. hen I leave the table?" requested Mildred. "The tips of the fingers are dipped into the finger bowls when they are passe Touch the lips with the wet lingers and dry both the Hps and fingers lightly on the napkin If it is a formal dinner leave the napkin unfolded upon rising from the table.' directed her aunt SPRING BLOUSES. When the word first came from Tar-is Tar-is that the well dressed women were wearing blouses of chiffon, guiltless trimming, and usually in sand putty and beige colors there was perturba-; perturba-; tion here because the majority bl women were pinning their faith to . satin Let us hope however, that the satin ones have given their meed of satisfaction and value for money paid, and there is no need for new ones so one can indulge in the pleasure of buying a new waist in chiffon cloth Naturally, the neutral colors, whicb go by the various names made ta I miliar this winter, such as putty, sand beige rlav biscuit, are foremosi. but there is a flesh pink, n tan and j a rose that are leaping into popular: ty. They are far more suitable to the woman whose coloring is neutral than n rD tli- nonfrol chorloc Flesh pink Ifl offered by all the peo pie on whose judgment in blouses we d pend. It not only comes in chiffo'i cloth, hut in a new kind of silk that bears the name of the house of Callot All these fabrics are Guaranteed to wash and be ironed and no one can ay that satin lent itself to this process, pro-cess, unless it was of that special weave made to go in the washtub. ('rcpe de chine is also offered In the first of the spring blouses. It washes well. The tone of flesh pln'K that obtains in chiffon cloth has also been i .1 ut; 1 1 1 in the i repe. and th? niter simplicity of the dealgn put the blouse in harmony with any kind of a tailor suit, a statement which can not be made of all blouses What a chapter could be written on harmony between waists and suits How little women reallv know about i lie accessories of the street suit, and how manv mistakes are made that should be rectified by some kind of Btandard That subject, however. Is too broad to take up in the course of a little talk about new waists, It should be strongly treated in a dictionary diction-ary of dress FOR THE COOK Tieces of stale bread may be saved for brown-bctty puddinc queen pud-dins pud-dins or bread muffins. Hon t throw the feet of chicken away but clean them carefully rnd put them in the stock pot. Raked beans will be better If they are parboiled before they are put into the pot for baking Don t forget that baked macaroni and cheese makes a very good dish for a winter night The water in which fresh tongue, mutton or ch'cken has been boiled may be used for soup or added to the stock pot. PLAIN WOODWORK IN KITCHEN EASY TO KEEP CLEAN Fancy moldings and other such woodwork seems Inappropriate for the kitchen and requires too much time to keep clean. A woman who was cleaning her kitchen, chair rails, door I and window rasing, declared she had spent far more time on them than she would do In the future She said that when she moved, as she expected to do, she would endeavor to find n house where the kitchen was finished with the plainest kind of woodwork. This is an important point to re I member when one is building a home. Fancy woodwork In the kitchen is Something that tho housewife is not likelv to he pleased with. I'nlesa fSncy moldings are kept clean, they aro a detriment to the appearance of a room, and when In the kitchen they are more difficult to keep clean because be-cause of the grease, steam and smoke of the cooking oo |
