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Show : How the 'Business Girl Can Retain and WBBW: ' :JwHf "' ,1l888wHBPr-; -' M:;'fWm J I Improve Her Health. U ' " ' Wm'M- lw. 'iPlit: Jl H BY EDNA EGAN. H fifl BRHAPS there is nobody to H I d whom the subject of exercise H ItLaal iB, or should bo. bo all-impor- H tant as to the girl who works m In an office. Her sister and mother H who stay at home and do the house- B work aro fortunate as far as health M la concerned, for, properly entered in- m to and accomplished, nothing is more H health-promoting than housework. "I H am so tired, I'd give anything to be M able to 3t down for five minutes," says H the housewife. Of course this is an H extreme situation, for the systematic H housewife will have more than five H minutes to sit and rest during her H i dav; but tired as she may be at night M ' she will not have that fagged-out H ragged-nerves Uredness that the office M worker whose work is confined to a H desk has at close of her working day. H The office girl Is heir to all the ills H which constant sitting can induce. She H is inclined to grow fleshy about the H hips and thighs from lack of excrclBCf, H and the same lack will explain indi- B gestion constipation and consequent m fits of dizziness,- inertia and general B lasBitudo. It is up to the office work- H er to begin her day and end It with a B walk of some sort If lunch is eaten M in the office, .she should allow herself M time for a walk in the fresh air beforo B getting back to work. Most offices al- M low time enough for this. Another H excellent thing for the office worker M to keep in mind is tho cup of hot wa- B ter before breakfast. It cloars tho dl- M gestive organs for the extra work of m the day and partly makes up for what H lack of exercise brings on. H But to get down to the exercises. H given to the bUBinesB girl today. It H has been found by general experience ! tvnt nn matter how carefully the girl I guards her health, there aro epochs In the day's work when her nerves seem r m to get "to tho breaking point and when B H it 1b impossible for her to leave her H desk and her work for a "stretch" or 1 who have to be brought to their senses H to relax. These "sitting" exercises m H which she can take .without getting off a, H her desk chair will prove of infinite n H help if the office worker will remem- sl H ber to take advantago of them several D H times a day or whenever nerve strain S1 H seems to be telling in a general feel- H lng of being tied up In knots. Typo H theso rules and tack them up before 1 H you on your desk. Take them every I H so often as you would medicine until U H it becomes an unconscious habit, for you to go through them whenever you g H feel tired and nervous. u H First, for cramped hand, from writ- H ing or typing (which sometimes hap- podb), lay tho hands in the lap. sitting H perfectly erect Close them into fists, H and then open them slowly, spreading 1 H the fingers back as far as possible. 1 H Repeat a dozen times- Afterward bend H each hand at the wrist back and forth i H as slowly as possible, repeating this H movement ten or twelve times. I H Now, when your arms ache, from H tightened nerves, clench your flstQ H tightly with the arms straight down H at the sides, twist tho arms slowly In H such a way that the palm points first H upward and then downward. Do this H a dozen times. Now bend the arms at H the elbows, bring the fists upward un- H til they gradually touch tho shoulders. H Count ten and bring the arms down H again into position at the sides of your H chair. Relax and count twol . and H ropeat the-exercise several times. H If your logs ache, do this: Sit erect, H bend the ankles as far as you can, so H the toes extend outright Then de- H scribe a part of a circle with the toes, H keeping the ankle joint as a pivot You H can feci tho pull on the muscles of H the legs. After you have done this several times, pull the knees up ai far H as possible under the desk, and H stretch out the legs, counting twelve H as you do It Of course, this will not H be possible with all desks, but the cx- H erclsc can be modified according to tho Hj desk architecture. H To get the best results from any of theso exorcises it is necessary to do them slowly to establish an ovon mus- Hj cular and nerve control. H A complete relaxation for as short B a-umc as one minute will fresho one up wonderfully. This Is something H for any woman to remember; even she H who sews can get a lot of good out of H . proper "flopping" once in a while. H Clasp the hands behind the back of the . neck, inhaling deeply and keeping the H ' elbows well back. Thrust the feet out H as far as possible in front of you, lit- H orally sliding down In your chair. H Count twelve whilo you bold your H breath and twelve while you exhale, H Another breathing exercise, is to clasj Lhe hands at the back of the waist line, raising the chest well and sitting upright up-right all the whilo. With the arms veil back stretch them downward ivith force, counting six while j-ou hold Lhe breath and six while you exhale. With these exercises in mind and In practice, there is no reason why tho jfflce girl cannot escape that brand-ng brand-ng expression of strain which the of-Ice of-Ice worker so often acquires after two r three years at desk work. She can 3e as healthy looking as her sister vho has time for outdoor sports and Lhe extra hour's sleep in the morning, If she will but observe the few fundamental fun-damental rules of health and not ibuso those very necessary nerves n-hlch make her the alert and energetic ener-getic creature which she Is supposed , , O jnjj-jjl ERE are some sensible "don'ts." n 91 Don't wash the face in cold H-eseJ water before going out Don't fail to dry the hands thoroughly thorough-ly and rub into them some softening lotion every time they are -bathed. Don't wear tight shoes, as they impede im-pede the circulation and make the feet cold. Don't wear a veil more than two or three times without having it washed. t-.VUM.JJM)JJM)WlJW)rJJJyW.)JJjJMJJMJs 2rjfl NTIL the age of five years milk a Ql should form tho staple article e !wal 0f every child's diet, not less f than a quart boing consumed ally in some foim or other. Whole lilk must not be taken in long drafts, s a beverage, though sips of It are ot likely to disturb the digestion. Nor hould milk be offered with meals as abyrgets older; water is much more , uitable then. ) FWj51 GREAT trouble which an in- : Pi$ valid has to experience is her frgJil lack of privacy she has no ; place to call her own and can ;et nothing unless others know what it s and are willing to fetch it for her. . little wall cupboard within reach of ler hand would be a great joy, for in t she could keep all sorts of little hlngs of a private nature, such as tceyB, money, letters and so forth particularly letters. r&fj OMEN who fall a prey to uerv-Mlfi uerv-Mlfi ous prostration begin losing l&jijj ground by taking Insufficient nourishment An authority on tho treatment ' of nervous diseases says, when consulted by a tired woman wo-man whose appetite is weak and fitful, he directs her to take nourishment at least six times a day. Between her regular meals she may drink a cup or hot soup, or a cup of very hot milk, or milk with an egg beaten in ( It, or she mav eat a slice of toast with hot cream poured over it. but with no wino or liquor, which would bo likely to dc-velon dc-velon indigestion. 0OBACCO In one form or another is the most useful agent for fighting garden pests. There are several liquid nicotino preparations which will quickly kill plant lice and drive away most other insects. Even tobacco dust applied from a coffee can having holes punched punch-ed in the bottom, or, better still, with a blowgun, will clear tho garden of most unwelcomo visitors. It will protect pro-tect the aster plants from beetles and tho cabbages from maggots If sifted around the roots. Moreover, it will drive the green fly from vegetables and rout tho anta that gather on the fippij ANY fire tragedies would be ; jWjj J averted in homes If care was : ImSJI taken to fire-proof" clothing '. and cloth house furnishings , Lace curtalnB, rugs, and most Impor- i tant of all, children's play suits shoulc i be treated in this way. A solution o t ammonium phosphate Is the agency ii this flreproofing. One pound of Ihh . powder may be bought for about twon r ty-flve cents, and when dissolved in i . gallon of cold water it will produce : ? harmless solution which will rende: ECONOMY IN THE HOME Sfmmim ''?W"ffiwP-: frrEi HE two principal ways in which MM women can cut down expenses jgaig are, of course, in tho running of the household and the wardrobe. It is surprising to find how much one can do without once a campaign cam-paign of economy is started. The woman wo-man who has been used to twoscrv-ants twoscrv-ants and five or six hats a year finds that life is not so very different with one maid and three pieces of headgear head-gear Tho woman who has only one maid and a hat or two each twelve months finds she can dispense with a regular maid, hire one for a day or two each week to do the heavy work and that her Inst year's hats can be remodeled. Economy is, after all, nothing more or less than a habit Wo got used to living in an extravagant manner and think it impossible to exist in any other way until the necessity of thrift arises and we begin to cut down on one thing and another. Think over the list of luxuries you now enjoy. How many could you do without if It were absolutely necessary for you to cut down your expenses? You probably prob-ably spend a good deal on entertain- fwm 'A ny fabric non-inflammable until wash-d,. wash-d,. This safeguard is a valuable one or carnival and stage decorations rhcre flimsy draperies are UBed. fe-rfl HE tea gown, onco a trailing, K S diaphanous affair, much be-SSaSJ be-SSaSJ frilled and furbelowed, meant for hours of ease, has had to pleld to the exigencies of the times. It has come to the category of trainless garments and Is sometimes even ankle length in its shortness. Also, tho little lit-tle loose coatee that has come to be almost Inseparable from it Is pursuing a successful career. A black and white tea gown of much charm has a fourreau of whlto brocade crepe do chine, over which is a flowing overdress, over-dress, which reaches only to the knees, of black patterned with silver. The bodice is draped and puffed fully round the figure and caught in front with a silver rose. The sleeves are of white shadow lace. Over all Id worn a long, graceful three-quarter length coat of filmy black lace, edged with a full frill which i3 caught and festooned at regular Intervals with single silver roses. Another beautiful one is In purple satin, so simply made as hardly to warrant description except for the beauty of its coloring. Its solo ornament orna-ment consisted of a very wide high belt, exquisitely moulded to the figure, of cerise brocade, from which hung two long ends weighted with heavy gold tassels. The shoes to be worn with it wore of fuchsia colored and gold brocade. grSj HE household cat is an exel-mjfo exel-mjfo .lent model for the average EEsi woman to keep before her eyes, says a writer. Let women wo-men learn her secreL of relaxation and they may keep the flexibility and grace of youth almost indefinitely. They can also keep their faces unllned for years after the woman who Is always In a Btato of tension has begun to mourn over crow's feet PuBsy has muscles of iron and terrible clawa, which she can use to excellent effect when she wants to, but when she doesn't want to use them the muscles are in a state of abaoluto relaxation and the claws are sheathed in softest velvet The average woman never relaxes either her mind or her body, and even in sleep , she Ib all tied up In mental and phys-; phys-; leal knots. She becomes so accus-. accus-. tomed to weariness that she does not recognlzo.it as such, and as long as she Is able to stand it does not occur to j her that she is tired. Society, which f has heaped so many petty cares on hor ! shoulders, Is more to blame for this j characteristic than she is herself, hut . it isn't always necessary to carry the i cares about all the time nor to con-v con-v tinuo the tension habit after the rea-r rea-r son for It is gone. ment which can easily be cut down. mMJfs-' V . . jMB' Jml8ISnffl8ffrl j'T ' tMk " If you are a man you can undoubt- 'fek- .'-' : jiwWiPffflfc, JHi edly cut down on cigarettes and Sm nJnP '"-" mSBmMt it cigars. If you aro a woman you can Ya8fijtel Ja&KKN&&St$ Ifral! savo on perfumes to some extent. All iJmEHB JHBg ffl&i those things are luxuries which many IfSnBfiSp acpllfl Kb! of us enjoy and most of us think we BGhr fiffi&!&& rlsM cannot live without They aro tho ex- MffBr i Hew pensive "little things" which make MEHi fiffixil '"& w deep holes in the family exchequer. 8eK JiEiClsP-jSk, mmi Economy Is a very good' thing to . Wfj-jjSt sBeffiKisIilffl fHf know something about In times of SBEllfe ggJPjjWWgg peace as well as war. and if tho pres- W&B&w ,- ffSJfPI - ent crisis teaches us as a nation how " l3?, WS'nM'' to practice thrift and to curtail ex- I fnMarm iE( travagance it will be a vertltable R9kM fflR blessing in disguise. EE xJ fc??MeS024 D&riem -- iyi J&rZeo' Cs&n Wk "agrrrntiMiMn J "" ' """ '- wm n i i ii" ii,. WHEN THE BABY CRIES &. BY MRS. McCUNE. t"-aj USIC has been called the uni-jy uni-jy versal language. sEyj Crying Is not exactly music to parents' ears, but It is the original universal language. All babies cry- Iu Russia, Palago-nla, Palago-nla, China or America, babies have the same primitive tongue. Each infant speaks a dialect of his own, best understood un-derstood by those most constantly with him. Do you know tho meaning of your baby's shrieks, walls, moans, or sharp, shrill, fretful cries? Every cry has a meaning. Every cry has a cause. All cries are not alike. How many kinds can you distinguish? You know the vigorous cry of exer-cis. exer-cis. It fills out the lungs and is accompanied ac-companied by twistings and turning. It may get on your nerves but it is developing tho vitnl power of your infant. in-fant. You hear it when you bathe and dress him, or delay his feelings. Physical discomfort is emphasized by a variety of tonal qualities. You have a voice and many words and inflections in-flections to describe your feelings, your resentment, your disgust, your disapproval, your wants, your' needs. If you lacked words, you could make gestures with your hands or your eyes to indicato the seat of trouble. If you were deprived of words and gestures and were unable to write, could you make yourself understood? Think how you might feel if you were suddenly transformed to a stato of babyhood. Try to Interpret what your crying child is trying to say. Your baby may be crying because ho is too hot or too cold. His bed clothing cloth-ing may be too rough, too wrinkled, toojbindlng. or ho may be in an uncomfortable un-comfortable position. His feet may be cold, his body uncovered. un-covered. The room may he too light or too dark, too hot or too cold. A sharp, shrill cry may be due to an unclasped pin that has- found the sensitive sen-sitive skin. . V' , Swollen gums while teething, colic, indigestion or earache may cause tho wall of discomfort, pain, and unhap-piness. unhap-piness. Your prompt investigation of tho cause of crying may savo many anxious moments. If you do not realize the meaning of your infant's varied cries you cannot give him tho proper treatment To stop crying you must remove tho cause. If you grasp the Infant's meaning, you can satisfy its wants, relieve re-lieve its suffering, or mako tho necessary neces-sary adjustment in food, clothing, temperature. Rocking to hush a cry may bo an index in-dex of affection. It is not an evidence i of intelligent parental care. Rocking J will remove only one cause of crying and that is the desire to be rocked. f Abolish needless, floor walking. If a child stops crying as soon as he is picked up, there is nothing tho matter mat-ter with Ijlm. Put him down and let him cry, or bo willing to play slave to the young tyrant Such lusty, angry cries will not hurt him, even though , continued for some time. If. in spito of your knowledge, observation, ob-servation, experience and careful study you cannot ascertain the cause ; of crying, call for capable assistance, a SHOE ' WISDOM fr-n-i EW stockings make the feet Kuj feel moro comfortable and in EaJt theso da'3 of low-price hose one need not wear stockings that are mended. It is much bettor to wear fresh stockings fitted to tho foot. The stocking should not bo long enough to make a crease in the shoe. But It should not be short Short stockings are responsible for the bunion. bun-ion. They cramp the foot Tight shoes are mirrored in a woman's wo-man's expression. There nevor lived a woman who could wear tight shoes ' without frowning. Tight shoes are responsible re-sponsible for tho early destruction of many a case of youthful beauty. .111.11. ill' Ull'llf ;-' "' . "M'-.P T"T ? Tprt-ai ANICURE specialists cleanse y the finger nails by applyitg fsLs peroxide of hydrogen with an orangewood stick, and then lpplying pyrnice stone, ground very Line. , The two make a sort of bleach that may be used under tho nails and it the 'sides vhero dust settles and sticks like a poor relative. (jTjrnl INSE the mouth and teeth fre-I fre-I j A quontly with a saturated solu-lfj!J solu-lfj!J tlon of boric acid. If a regular regu-lar brushing does not keep tho acid in tho mouth from forming a crust or deposit on tho teeth go ovor them once a week with an orange-wood orange-wood stick and powdered pumice. Brush with tooth powder and rinse the mouth thoroughly. TO!! AJITICULAR attention ought to EJ r be naId y the plump woman IssU to sitting and standing correctly. cor-rectly. Sho should have perfect per-fect control over her waist and abdominal ab-dominal muscles. Tho figure will be wonderfully improved, even without tho loss of flesh, if these muscles are held in their normal position. Do not allow them to become relaxed and flabby. a T is said that the regular uso M fc during hot weather of a lotion tLsnii composed of ten grains of car-bonato car-bonato of potash with ono ounco of water will prevent the temporary tem-porary freckling to which fair skinfl are liable The use of lime water has been advocated. But as a preventive no lotion is equal in efficacy, to com- v ;'"-" ' ,'? J:- v -7 v. -' i-'M- ;r -' ' : - ."-;" ' ' K ?",-- ' , ' ' y. 'yMmcc . -..... ;.f...,ia' FROM FASHIONDOM BY MRS. KINGSLEY. jsi OME of tho outstanding features $) of prevailing fashions find jkaal expression very aptly In them, too. Among theso the severe- plain corsage must bo definitely rock- j oned with. Thoso who "feel" dress realized it for some time in evening modes, many dance frocks, for instance, in-stance, owning aB bodice merely a very high corselet folded around the j figure quite plainly from armpit to j waist, tho solo addition taking tho form of filmy draperies over shoulders and arms. There is a big step from i this typo of thing to the really plain i day bodice, yet it is a step which wo must be propared'to take if wo would j be dressed and hot merely clothed. A There is something of a basque ef- ? feet in some examples of the type un- der ovolution in quarters that count, a suggestion enhanced by embroideries. embroid-eries. Fastenings onco more are relegated rele-gated to obscurity Indeed, one can only conclude that some skilful fixing is done under the arm in many repre-' repre-' aentativo examples. Another feature j which must be prepared to accept is the plainly finished neck, unsoftened by frill or furbelow, and deprived of the dainty llttlo collars which have, ) one must own, been sadly done to ; death. Many will see them go regret- j fully, however, for they are certainly .; becoming and add a smart touch. Embroideries find place on many, j perhaps the majority, of gowns; and I amongst thom those of metals, dull gold or oxidized silver, are tho most popular. Heavy and plain and somewhat some-what severe, those masslvo trimmings lend weight and solidity, oven though employed very sparsely, and so do j their share in the somewhat hard . scheme aimed at. Even nower than j theso trimmings is a silk braid em- , broidered in conventional fashion with j dull gold thread real metal thread, J. that is. appliqued on, or worked into, $ tho braid foundation, this being usu- 1 ally of black, or a shade matching tho " hue of tho gown. I mon powder. Freckling is nothing but 1 sunburn. And tho reason that it takes j place in dots is that the sun heat is focused on the skin by the minuto -; gatherings of moisture. Plant leaves l, and stems "freckle in this manner. GYJM E1 your hands are inclined to fl VLWi PerPire, "wash them occasion- a GssSa ally in warm water in which a little borax has been dis- solved a teaspoonful to a quart is tho right proportion. Rinso in clear 4 water. Dry and rub in a little lemon A juice. Don't uso tho borax very ofted, && as it will make tho skin- dry and in- I clined to crack. "tf"j ERE is a cold-sore cure: Two BBS Parts castor oil to one quart l2J spirits of camphor. It is very f v slmP1Q and will heal the most obstinate cold soro in no time. It is ajso very good for sore noso caused J eoldinthehead. Another salve for ?JLi Vore8 ls 0 Plain zinc ointment !j iS. 5t ":an bo bouSht In bulk of tho ; druggist It's a first-rate salve to nf ,n hand' by the y. r it heals Pimples quicker than any other lotion 3 known. . ' tE3j 0R brown spots on -the hands '4 fiJI try this bleach: Lactic acid, 3 U3J two ounces; glycerin, two a ounces; rose wator, one ounce. It may make the cuticle soro .i.. dor and ln that ovcnt a good JL soothing cream must be applied to al- &) lay tho irritation. This should not be vtT used on the face, for if it gets into tio eyes it will causo all sorts of trouble. |