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Show dfO 3- ' UJlf P overworked homemakers ih '4 ' l ' Hfe wuoso nerves are "worn to u&ijjt I - mM frazzle edge" would acquire 5r Ssrl'' the hablt of sittinG r lving wduHif absolutely still, relaxed and motion- mnanS leSS' for flve or ten mlnutes twico a W , day, they would soon seo improvement. nzfc' j The mind must be relaxed, -worries ': j dropped, thoughts wandering to pleased pleas-ed 'ao5 ) aQt things. You will probably try this thf& ' several times beforo you got it right, fetfj but after a little practice you will Ond UDJJi that it yields largo returns, far sur-Srv sur-Srv passing the sacrifice of the time it thp..' . takes. jr i (KfTfl HE first thing to do after send- J&k I lnS for tho doctor when a aboli, t . gJS child has convulsions is to wajfa plunge the littlo one up to tho osuai 1 Deck in a Dath of hot water, but re-mcml)er re-mcml)er that the water must not be 1 too hot. Test it with your elbow, P?$& vrblch ls not as harcl as your hand. I'&fiii 'Nwn the heat is right for your elbow offi! 11 not hurt the baby. The child's wa5r head should De sponged also with cold ' v- : water. As soon as the littlo one is iys.a able to swallow give a small dose of is cm? castor oil. This helps to remove rhiceJi blood Pressuro from tho brain. flak NCOOKED vpgetables and fresh ii fruit constitute the prescrip- ; itj tion of heauty specialists for 5 Jfo i -. lll0se h0 vould acquire a Tfe if f beautifuI skin, and town women on a k country holiday should not neglect the S'K opportunities which days in a garden 1ifEj 0ffer Eaten In small quantities and batjki - wel1 masticated, the cucumber is In-'o?M In-'o?M : -J cluded in the list of summer beauti-Sh. beauti-Sh. fiers' and U is wel1 known that cu-ISr cu-ISr :- c.umber cream and lotions aro un-TorfceJ! un-TorfceJ! ;. rivaled as cosmetics. Radishes are . : recommended by ono authority for fST vrinkles. Lettuce is not only a'nar- ' cotic, but an excellent blood cleanser. asas .- 3'rS' PTl AKE lwo sQuarcs of whito oil-mtjn oil-mtjn cloth and lay tho surface side mB''' together. Then stitch on-the SiS r machine, malting tho rows of idAM;1"- stitches one-half inch apart. Draw Bpsf! : ' 'the skeins of silk through the oilcloth Ml tubes and clip the silk ends. To draw S .' : them through, thread a bodkin, run !' the thread through the looped skein OPS ; and drop the bodkin through the tube, ; after which draw tho skein through, ictag ' - This holder can be made a convenient not : 1 size to let merely the tips of the silk-$iSn"- atoen ov silk Prtrude. It keeps the mit' tbread iu order and it will not soil. S i (El IMPLE exercise that has the i- fA advantage of being practicable J - in any momeutf of leisure is cfS I ' ranscular contraction and ex- ' Pan3lon of the abdomen to keep it fiat, jvettf I Sit very erect in a chair or stand with jgia f- tno shoulders well back. Clasp tho jjjjli, hands over tho abdomen and without ti 1 moving any other part of the body ;air t Qickly contract tho abdominal mus- e&i f! les' Hold 11 8CC0ad tbea relax quick- -l iy It is important not to lift the cheat fJff. in these movements, though at. first it 'Jjj, will bo hard to prevent. Do not oxer- Uyjl else these musces too long at a time. P I A minute Is enough at flrst, and never Jc V more than thrco minutes continuous,- F IfKl FTER having done an unusually ityfjj " wm hard day's work or undergono oxp'i" SH somo luinccustomed strain, o' sucn as ia llkely to leavo the muscles sore and stiff, mix fifteen ilB,! drops of, the tincture of arnica thor- 1' oughly In one-half glass of water and nf tak0 ono teaspoonful of tho mixture fflcP - evory uour until relieved. This will much quicker relief than when ap- 1.2 ped externally. It is also one of tho edjjgl ,; best remedies to promote absorption, gffi " remove soreness and prevent inflam- mation in nny wound or bruise of tho gj- 5011 Parts of tho body. afl j ' Jfart PRETTY thing and an easy 10 r' Brfl thing to mako is a telephone SR ' tJ cover to hidp tho ugly instru- 3l- ment. It is mado on a frame Wjji i t of cardboard like a half cylinder about f$, sixteen inches high, with a diameter of ly fourteen inches and about eighteen Srftj- inches long, covered with tho material ?3bSS "- to 1)0 used If the outside is cretonno PpH I; 11 may bo lined with a plain color. A SpHX piece of wire is sewed on to the bot-torn bot-torn of this piece and bent so that it jflrfl nolds the covered cardboard into a half cylinder. Two doors aro covered in the same way and connected with the cylinder by means of a cotton braid. A straight piece of tho material ma-terial is shirred into tho top for a "roof" and caught in tho middle, under un-der a covered button of braid. At the back and bottom of the cage is cut a small hole to allow tho telephone wire to go through. This whole arrangement arrange-ment is simply placed over tho telephone. tele-phone. Egl 0 fussy heads nowadays are PJl permitted to the woman of the dU hour. Brushed straight back and round, and fixed upon the top with a knob, is a favorite coiffure. Of course, there aro others, and those in which a sleep brushing is the principal prin-cipal feature seem smartest. These are really a very careful arrangement of no arrangement A compressed suggestion of Japan is also quite tho thing (in hair dressing. A loose Madonna Ma-donna hair arrangement is already in vogue, and a most becoming one it is when the hair has a kink in it, natural nat-ural or semi-natural. Ono woman who has just come over from France says that in Paris and Potrograd note the combination coirTurcs are becoming very elaborate and that they- are much higher. So the avtist in hair may, hope. n |