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Show FFallD gloves To renovate, black kid gloves at small cost mix a l2ElJ few drops of "black Ink with a teaspoonful of olive oil. Apply this with a feather and dry In sun. GOOD-LOOKING collar box kVfl can be mado from a pasteboard box measuring nino inches square or more. Tho lid of tho top can be discarded. Covor the bottom bot-tom of tho box with brown linen. Use a piece of linen twelve Inches wide and ono yard long for the rest of the bag. Tack one end of this to'a corner of the box and wrap the rest of it smoothly around the four sides, joining join-ing the ends neatly and overcasting tho upper to tho lower piece of material. ma-terial. Mako a horn at tho top of the bag and at opposite positions on tho four sides attach snap fasteners. (pF-ril LEANSE the teeth thoroughly (w after eating, no matter how Za many times a day this may be. Teeth should be brushed with the hand of tho opposlto side, that is, the right hand for tho teeth on tho left sido and the left hand for tho teeth on the right side. The brush should be started up and down from the roof to crown by turning the wrists. After the outsido of the teeth is brushed the Inner surface should bo treated n the same manner, first tho upper and then tho lower. If each night tho last thing before you go to bed, you ill chew and swallow a small piece of powder of magnesia, you will counteract counter-act tho acid accumulations that aro so Injurious. ii OR pains on the chest a mustard 5S plaster frequently gives relief. SM Too much flour should not bo added. From fifteen minutes to half an hour is tho usual time for pntaSiing the plaster, but this must ho Sated by tho intensity of tho w to no caL should It be left on until too much Inflamed, otherwise a bllstor will result, which is very painful pain-ful and complicates the difflcu ties of elvlng other treatment. Apply tho Sister as well to the back, for tho limes are nearer tho surface there Zl in Son! It the patient is chilly, which is usually the case in a cold, place tho Plaster on the calves Phis lessens tho aching of those parts and tends to warm tho patient as well. frpTglOME people seem to think that foil happiness Is a thing that you Kk3 can get hold o: and keep as if it wero a possession or a quality of character. In reality you havo to work for it and you have to keep on working. Teach yourself to respond to everything lovoly or cheerful, cheer-ful, to see beauty, to enjoy tho society of your fellow men, to delight in work and to bo enthusiastic in play. Teach yourself interest In tho struggles and hopes of others tho sort of Interest that is of uso, that is a help. Learn to enjoy tho many littlo things that turn up day by day. Mako tho most of your own mind, your own capacities. Don't sit around, pondering whether you aro happy or not, whether or not life Is worth living. Live it thorough-ly, thorough-ly, keep awako to all tho wonder of it, 'M and you will bo happy without know- ,H Ing it, at first, until you havo gono 'H along far enough to realize what hap-plncss hap-plncss is. ' Er?fl RY giving the face a drink. Fill S raj a bowl with cold water, closo IH U3 the eyes, hold the breath and immqroQ tho faco deop down into tho bowl of water holding it sub- .IH merged as long as it is possible to hold tho breath. Raise tho head, breathe deeply and again submergo H tho face. This treatment repeated six or eight times will bo found excellent for tho complexion. ' FTTJl HE recovery of a patient very m W ofton depends upon the food k&rS taken, and. the power of taking IH food depends greatly upon the H way In which it is cooked and served. More food is required during conva-lescenco conva-lescenco from serious diseases 'than in a state of health, as the body haB to Increase In weight. Evertythlng served should be as tempting as Is possiblo 'H to mako IL Tho entire system being IH weak, food should bo prepared in a IH manner most easily digested. Liquid foods give tho least trouble. Prcparo IH only sufficient food for tho tlmo be- 'H ing; never permit It to bo prepared be-foro be-foro tho patient, and upon no account allow any of it toremainln tho sick room. Germs grow quickly In organic matter, and In all liquids; soup, milk and any other food may receive and convey infection. Food Bhould all bo as fresh and varied as 'possible, with 'H very little seasoning. jH OFnlURING days of study and se-L se-L dentary work, requiring much J uso of the eyes, they often be-como be-como so tired that they refuse to do good work. This Is particularly true when the work L done in a poor light or when It is very flno work. Fow eyes will bear such treatment for any great length of tlmo without being 'M spoiled. Tho question is often asked, What can bo done In such cases? Thero i is ono remedy for tired eyes that has great value. It consists in raassago with tho hand wet in cold or cool wa-ter. wa-ter. Fill a basin with it and, standing over it, wet the hand with as much wa-tor wa-tor as it will hold and apply to tho eyes, at the same time with tho thumb and forefinger giving tho eyes a gentlo 'H manipulation. Continuo tho process for four or five minutes several times a day. The results are often almost marvelous. jFfgjOU'LL hardly And a woman Its) oil 111 ca0 days wno hasn't soma fLM special worry of her own JM . which Is telling on her norvos 'H and robbing her of her usual hours of sleep. Wealthy women can go in for various treatments special baths, and elcotrlc massage. Ten minutes' treat-mont treat-mont every day, In one's homo, how-ever, how-ever, will sootho tho most overworked nerves If properly and regularly glvon. Tho treatmont is a perfectly slmplo one and consists In applying very hot water to tho base of tho brain; wring a sponge in very hot water and apply it to tho back of tho neck for a row seconds, repeating the process and using the water a littl hotter each time. Keep this up for about eight minutes, then dip a sponge In very cold water, squeeze it out and rub it quickly over the back of tho neck, The heat. expands tho blood vessels which havo become congested and fatigued and tho cold appl't ation contracts them momentarily, quickening tho clr-dilation clr-dilation and giving new vigor and vi- jH tality to them. If this Is dono twloo dally at mid-day and nt night, it will sooth and rest tho most over-worked nerves. |