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Show If ALWAYS BE II PROMPT H j BY LUCILLE DAUDET. I ffSll R0MPTNT3SS is one of the rar- H ri I ad, est of virtues, for even though H ) Lh-SI-l the men may rail at Us for H j our tardiness there are not H ; many of them, either, who are invarl- 9 l ably on time. The other sex shares H this weakness with us pretty well, but H . the difference is that where a man is H Ave or ten minutes late a woman win H il turn up a half hour or forty minutes H y later than the appointed hour. K Seriously, we should all try to cor- H a rect tbiB inclination to tardiness. We H j may be excused for our lateness three H or four times, but there eventually H$ comes a time and a place where tardi- Ht ness is simply inexcusable. The man HI or woman who keeps a whole dinner I party waiting for his or her arrival 1 trespasses the bounds of good be- i bavior. The trouble is that, if we are J not severe with ourselves, we arc j quite as apt to stroll ip late at a din-I din-I ' Ts for a shnnnirs o fn f Prorapuicaa ana tmuineas Hie, auer IB T all, more a matter of habit than any- thing else. The commuter who lives j an hour out of the city must be on I time, for trains will not wait. No mat- j ter what is done or left undone, he ; must be at the station on the minute j If he is late in rising, it simply means j that he must eliminate his shave or ( his breakfast, hut be there he must, j In time for the train. j The college girl has definite hours T for definite studies, and a moment's l( tardiness is quite as serious as an l7 hour's. . In schools and colleges I, promptness is taught to become a I) habit, and girls who have learned j through their long years of scholastic I;, and academic training, to be punctual I; to the dot, often retain that respect for I; definite engagements all through their ; lives. If promptness can become a matlPi I of habit, we can all acquire it If tho Ml commuter and the coljege girl can force themselves to be on time, we can all do the same. All we need Is the y incentive to make us punctual. The jj business girl who has allowed herself t to become slack about arriving on t. time, should pull herself up with a ( sharp hand before the occasional tar- j diness becomes habitual. I ! , We might Just as well form the habit of being on time as being late i fAlL4DY2 t DP : our skin is very oily, do not wash it lncessantly"witb hot water. Give it a night and 1 morning scrub, but during the i day wipe it off Avith antiseptic gauze ' or old linen dipped in the following ! lotion- Pulverized borax, one ounce. I pure glycerin, two ounces; camphor water (not spirits of camphor), two : quarts. , R"fl 00 much grease or cold croam ' H cannot be used on the nails if J wscJ hey are to look well kept, and it should always be put t on when going to bed, smearing the cuticle well. If one is doing housework house-work the nails may be greased and gloves worn while handling brooms, 1 duBters or brushes. This will not ouly j Eave, but improve the nails. l fro TABLESPOONFUL of olive oil lit taken every night for a. month ' UaseJ will cure many of the small :' ills that afflict many women and spoil their tempers and complex- ' ions Olive oil is excellent for the di- , geetive organs and blotches and other i disfigurements caused by indigestion, ' inactive liver, etc., soon Vanish if olive ! oil is taken regularly. The oil should ; be pure, and cheap oil should never be taken. Pure olivo oil cannot be bought ' by the bottle anywhere for less than ; 75 cents a quart fpwTl ANY women give a great deal of I' llMl time and scientiQc attention to I mt3 facial massage, but do not l seem to realize that the ears m should also be included, as they lose I their pink, delicate freshnesB with I ; time, which to preserve require equal ' attention with that given the face. ' Use the UpB of the fingers and gently massage the ears. This will have tho ; Effect of stimulating the circulation and the nerves. It alBO prevents H shriveling of tho soft lobe 'of the ear WR and maintains or restores the shell-I( shell-I( like pink which is the mark of beautl- lul and youthful ears. I BR HOSE who wish to live long M " III should cultivate happiness as R K9 a duty; watch their hair, their H teeth and their skins, with a K riew to keeping them in a perfectly Hf Healthy, active condition, and, above H , ill, tho teeth, because unless food Is B properly masticated it is doing harm father than good. Do not make a habit H taking things too hot or too cold; both are bad for the teeth. Do not iover tho hair up or keep parting In Ihe same place or strain and tic too M Hghtly. It Is far easier to preserve ialr in health and the skin In good Jondillon than restore them. Early ris- ng is conducive alike to health, beuu-I beuu-I y and longevity, but it must be early M jo bed If early to rise. You cannot H )urn the candle at both ends. II ffH QMBN who want to be beautiful II 111 ust Pa' attention to their HI diet. Buckets of lotions, HI pounds of creams and skin Hi oods, boxes of flesh brushes, rom-Bj rom-Bj 'lexlon rollers, soaps nothing, not V 'ie of these, can produce the slightest W) ffect in belping to give the right col-K col-K ,r and glow to the complexlou (hat I tas been spoiled by improper rood HI hen pimples make their appearance HI' 'P girls' faces many a mother will D' 'Vcn run to Klve blood ton!" and such. M OVERCOMING THE ., f J0k I while still allowing their daughters to devour fresh pork chops, veal cutlets, but .iever a bit of fruit or fresh greens, "because they don't Hko anything of V;it kind, but prefer good, substantial, nearty food." IrrTJl HE lazy girl will not obey the H promptings ot nature to use IJI her limbs and faculties a3 it was Intended that she should use them. She Infinitely prefers to loll about, reading rubbishy books which make no call on her mental men-tal faculties, absorbing caramels and chocolates she does not require, thus starving her mind and overfeeding her body at one and the same moment By doing this she tends to lay on an excess ex-cess of fatty tissue, which soon robs her youthful figure of any dainty charm it might possess, her digestive organs become deranged, hor liver becomes be-comes sluggish and her complexion assumes a sallow tint that adds years to her looks. pjSj NE of the best exercises for 11 developing a skinny forearm IfeSJl is to close the hand tightly, curving the fingers well into the palm. This done, the person tries to squeeze in the fingers and at the same time to press the thumb more tightly over the fingers. In doing this exercise the arm should be bared and the hand held fist up. In this way the pressure will show In the centor of the forearm, where the plumpness is most needed. There is no danger of doing thlB exercise too often. As pulling pull-ing is of great use in arm development a beneficial exercise is provided by pulling at some stationary object For instance, by grasping the edges of a bath tub one may attain quite a good deal of the desired biceps. Care should be taken, however, not to do this exercise with the fingers. Sweeping Sweep-ing is .particularly recommended in rounding the contour of the forearm, for the firm grasp on the broom is re-enforced re-enforced by a strong stroking motion. But in addition to the exercise, a nightly massage of the arms is necessary neces-sary to one who desires pretty arms. The arms should be first washed with a flesh brush, after which some good oil should be rubbed in with a circular circu-lar motion. Either sweet almond or olive oil makes an excellent massage preparation for the arm. This should be slightly warmed before applying. After the application superfluous oil may bo rubbed on. -j LONDE hair often changes as a 24 woman grows older. The rea-IEil rea-IEil son for this Is found In the changing of the bair pigment, the sulphur or iron increasing and becoming be-coming more powerful than the magnesia. mag-nesia. The use of peroxide of hydrogen hydro-gen is not desirable, because in time the ends of the hair become lighter than that at the roots. An excellent means of preserving the golden color Is to shampoo the hair with eggs, adding add-ing the juice of three lemons to one tablespoonful of salts of tartar to the first rinsing water. Rub seveial eggs all through the hair and shampoo and l nso, then use several more eggs. At the second shampooing the eggs will foam up like soap. They do nut act that way tat first because there Is still a suggestion of oil In he hair. DON'T BE A GRUMBLER rgi ISCONTENT works havoc wher-8IIJ1 wher-8IIJ1 ever it goes. When a single fcJ seed of discontent is sown a large crop Ib reaped, for it spreads rapidly and grows up in no time. One discontented worker in a factory can stir all hands to strike, une disgruntled member can upset a whole family And so It is! ediRtS'iVu ?art 0f beine dscontcnt-ed dscontcnt-ed is that it is so useless. You only Wn Urlf harra' The moment yoxi "e dissatisfied with your position jou cease to do your work well. Then follows d smissal. The moment vou become dissatisfied with your family l Jft ,e?,ds you !ose the,r vholeheart- iLtTnmo: vhlch ls the best iDflu- Only one kind of discontent is worthy wor-thy of any fine nature, and that rises from an ambition to succeed. Everyone Every-one who Is mapping out a career feels at some time or another the spur of dissatisfaction with the work he ia turning out This is the right sort of discontent, for it drives him on to better bet-ter work. Discontent with yoursolf and the work you are doing is quite different from dissatisfaction with your circumstances, cir-cumstances, your surroundings and your friends. You ought to be dissatisfied dissat-isfied with yourself if you are to keep out of ruts and to advance. How can success ever come to ono who is perfectly per-fectly satisfied with his effortB, no matter how poor they may be? Every successful man or woman fools the pangs of dissatisfaction with his woik, even after success haB crowned his labors. la-bors. If you really deservo success in this life you will eventually get it So If you are not satisfied with the position you are holding don't stop to grumble grum-ble about small pay and long hours, but look to your work to see what is the matter with It that you aro kept in this inferior position. If you will use your common sense it will tell you that your employer would not keep you doing easy work if you could do more difficult things. It Is simple enough to obtain employes for the small "Jobs." The difficulty lies in obtaining workers capable of handling the big ones. So If you are really efficient It will soon be discovered dis-covered and you will be advanced. If you aro not efficient what right have you to bo discontented? Better set to work making yourself efficient. TRAINING THE CHILD BY MRS. KINGSLEY. HT ls In the earliest periods of life that a mother's responsibilities responsi-bilities aro great and her opportunity op-portunity for making or marring mar-ring her child's character are many. After a few years the child will pass from her qontrol sooner or later, in greater or less degree; probably, as tho years pass, she who clings moat determinedly to the exorciBO of control con-trol will lose its reality most quickly. Certainly she who only commences to exorcise it consciously as her child passes out of babyhood into the slago of childhood will find far more of tho semblance than of the reality in all hor dealings; and If she deplores this deplorcB that hor power is only effective ef-fective by conscious effort, that an elusive spirit of opposition underlies i 1? compliance-Bhe will proba- X ? ibe caU3e ln those Past davs of babyhood, when doubtless the tiny body was well cared for, when dainty Ureases and pretty ways were admired, but when ihe potentialities hidden in , ;iicrSinaiI,lm08t l0',lke' atom were disregarded or unrealized. nr.nl !ul th'lUS then tO dO In this , ?Ma?-J lhei work of Preparation is to . Mnof U,t ,carcfully a definite scheme. , Most training fail more or osg egrcgl. ously because it Is loft to haphazard methods. No scnsiblo woman would expect an undertaking which depended depend-ed upon tho co-operation of other per- j sonalltles to succeed without reasoned care i and thought being bestowed upon up-on the proceedings to be followed. Now i Jn the training of a child the environ- I ment Ib a factor of Immense Jmpor- t tance, and this must bo obtained of l favoiable character by the organizing c powers of the mother. For this rea- son, the simplest life Js the easiest to control, and the fewer Influences and y personalities which are necessarily in- r troduced into a baby's surroundings t the easier becomes the task of tbo 1 mother whose will and personality are a to be, as they should, the guiding pow- t er in the early days. t BP gj-j-Tjjj HE gn 1 who can paint and ma-jfjjjj ma-jfjjjj uj nipulatc crepo and tissue pa-HbeD pa-HbeD per could easily copy sqmo odd cards used at a dinner lately. Tho cards wore in tho shape of daffodils, the back of tho petals of tho flower painted flat on water-color paper. The trumpet part of the flower was made of the papor in tube shape pasted to the hack and painted so cleverly that the imitation of the real flower was clever. Ilfrfl HOKING and strangling on H liquids are somewhat similar, l l yet tho former is more dangerous. dan-gerous. If a baby merely strangles on milk quickly raise one arm above Its head and draw the arm Lightly. This overcomes the trouble at once. It sometimes relieves choking when caused by food, but a slap .on the back between the shoulders will more quickly dislodge any food in the throat PR HITE silk stockings have a most WkJA annoying habit of acquiring a yellowish tinge after two or three washings, and this is isuaiiy duo to their being washed out n a basin and hung up to dry without )leaching. Soak the stockings half an lour in cold water into which a pinch )i norax has boon dropped; then uash nem In warm, but not hot water, ttnse In three waters this Is vcrv Im-ortant, Im-ortant, for the least bit of soap regaining re-gaining will yellow the silk and bluo no last rinsing water just a trifle, rnen hang tho stockings in tho sun Ln u';?d t0 blcach and dry. Never ouch them with a hot Iron, but when uoroughly dry smooth out and roll up. Nevor put white silk stockings to soat with black or colored silk stockings for the dyo is very apt to run out anc streak the white hose badly. White cotton stockings, now considered better bet-ter tasto with sport shoes than sill; hosiery, may be washed in the same manner, but the cotton stocking looks best if pressed with a hot iron so that the fuzzy nap in the weave is laid perfectly per-fectly flat Z?,iJj HERE are many people who Mm seem to think that happiness amm is a thing, like a house, or u dress, that you can get hold of and keep, as it were a possession of your own. It isn't It's a slato of mind; a quality of character. You have to work for it as you would work for other dcsliablc qualities. And you have to keep on working. Teach yourself your-self to respond to everything lovelv or cheerful, to seo beauty, to enjoy" tho socicly of other persons, to delight in work, to And enthusiasm in play. Teach yourself interest in the struggles strug-gles and hopes of others; the sort of interest that Is of use, that is a help Learn to enjoy the many little things' that turn up day by day. Make the most of your own mind, your owu capacities. ca-pacities. Don't sit around ponderlnc whether you aro happy or not, whether or not llfo Is worth living. Live it thoroughly; keep awako to all tho wonder of it, and you'JU bo happy without with-out knowing It, at first until you.havo gone along far enough to roalizo wnat happiness Is. Except in times of real tragedy and great suffering, happiness, in somo at least of its myriad forms, is possible; Is a duty, indeed. TIPS FOR THE I BRIDE BY MRS. McCUNE. M rfFJH AM compiling a book of usefii , M raj knowledge for my little frient I, M Ess Betty who has just married J H Here is my page on weight' j and measures. How is it for first alt j, IH to the ignorant?" H "In Betty's previous experience 1 cup had no connection except as a re H ceptaele for toa, coffee and such; mi M now that sho has adopted the profes H sion of home-maker and cook extraor H dlnary and plenipotentiary to her Tom H she must havo more expert informs. I H I "Of course, these things are a, b, J! IH to tho usual readers of cook book! jj M and makers of recipes, but for a ho M glnner like Botty I know it will bi I H helpful to have this condensed list U jj H which she may turn. j H "So hero it is: i H "One-half kitchen cupful equals on ' I H E'll- 1 "One kitchen cupful equals ono-hali ft H pint or two gills. I iH : "Four kitchen cupfuls equal on j H ; quart. , . , fl IH 1 "Two cupfuls of granulated sugal S IH equal one pound. 9 M "Two and one-half cupfuls of pow , m : dered sugar equal ono pound. i H 5 "One heaping tablespoonful of sugal I H 1 equals one ounce. .,,. V ilH "One heaping tablespoonful of but- j H ter equals two ounces or one-quarter L VM cupful. H "One cupful of butter equalB one- v H half pound. , ' bH "Four cupfuls of flour (one heaping j H quart) equal one pound. if H "Eight round tablespoonfuls of dry tM material equals one cupful. IH "Sixteen tablespoonfuls of liquid Um equal one cupful. IH Proportions to remember: t B "One teaspoonful of vanilla to ono H quart of milk for custard. ji H "Two ounces of gelatine to ono and H three-quarter quarts of liquid. II H "Four heaping tablespoonfuls of Jj B cornstarch to one quart of milk. , - "One oven tablespoonful of baking- powder to ono cupful of flour. J( "Ono teaspoonful of baking powder jHB Is equal to one-half teaspoonful of so- da, and one teaspoonful of cream of tirtnr i liiiiiiil "In' preparing for baking, mix dry H materials In one bowl and liquids in, H another; combine them quickly, and H put at once inlo tho oven. . j jH "The oven for baking bread should t jj m bo hot enouga t brown teaspoonful . H of flour in five minutes, For biscuits M it should brown In ono minute. M "Rubbing a pio-crust with butter' IB fow minutes before it is tlmo to take M it from tho oven will make It crisp." 1 jH liHUH rlllllllllB |