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Show pFfFglOUR medicine chest may usefully S include a gargle, and onc that can be recommended contains eighty grains of chlorate of potash pot-ash and half a dram of dilute hydrochloric hydro-chloric acid in eight ounces of water. wjURELY it takes an artist to make WJj and an artist to wear black with vrr&X success. The average person who puts on a black frock or hat or wrap without care or discrimination is courting sartorial disaster. Opposed to this class arc the women who see all the danger signals and never run past them recklessly. They make a fine art of wearing a black costume, whether it be for. morning or evening. A woman can look as conspicuous in black as in scarlet. The Parisicnnc knows this so well that she saves her black gowns for her most adventurous hours, those in which she wishes to startle, to surprise, to shock. She realizes the possibilities of glittering jet against a white skin. FjAMOUS New York throat spc-flEg spc-flEg ciahsts declare that if the nose liacsa, and throat were kept perfectly cleared out there would be little danger of bronchitis, consumption and catarrh; and other diseases would be averted. He advises a douch and gargle gar-gle of weak salt water twice a daj', also rinsing the mouth with clear water after eating, to remove all food particles. A teaspoonful of common sea salt to a pint of water is quite strong enough. Care must be taken in snuffing it into the nosp not to let it run into the cars as there is danger of the eustachian tubes. Those who take a nasal douche will find it can be conveniently and safely done with an oval glass with a nozzle at onc end and an inlet on the top to control the flow of the spray. rj5j TAINS can be removed from a SWl tiled hearth by squeezing a litjlc ft"?! lemon juice over the stain, leave for twenty minutes, then with a cloth dampened with a little warm water, wa-ter, wipe off the lemon juice. This will generally remove the strain; if not, repeat re-peat the process, Polish afterward with a soft cloth. pjralF course there arc rose climates g j where roses will not thrive and blossom in the most luxuriant manner, though these beautiful flowers arc grown in almost every part of the country. Where it is impossible to have 'them in the yard, then have at least onc baby rambler to grow in a flower pot. This rambler is not a climbing climb-ing rose, but a very bushy onc and produces pro-duces flowers almost as abundantly as its brilliant sister, the scarlet rambler. In selecting your flowers this season, do not forget to order at least onc of this kind, also the dainty tea rose, which loves to be coddled and petted, yet repays re-pays in the daintiest flowers imaginable. imagina-ble. rnlURINtJ warm weather a little prc- g liminary sponging with a moist fa Al cloth is helpful in quieting overwrought over-wrought nerves. This process, too trivial to be dignified by the name of bathing, consists of putting a few drops of alcohol on the wrists over the pulse, while the face is wiped in the same way, giving special attention to the temples and throat Before trving to sleep the thinnest and loosest of dressing gowns should be slopped on, and the neck left open. Elaborate though these prcpara- tions may sound, they take but a few moments, and once done give so much comfort they will not be omitted ofteru If rest is to be taken on a couch it js well to cover it first with a sheet, for in this way the surface is kept cool. jilSE the basket in which baby's toi-J toi-J g) lct articles arc kept, supposing fc-g it is average size when you weigh baby. Buy five yards o webbing an extra heavy tape. Cut two strips each 64 inches long. Pass onc under the basket diagonally and fasten securely at corners. Do same with other oth-er strip, fastening at opposite corners. Join the ends over the top. This leaves ample space to slip baby under. In onc end of remaining piece of tape sew a loop large enough to pass over onc prong of the chandelier. On the other end sew the ring of your ordinary hook scales, at such a height that when the loops on the basket are hooked into the scales the basket will skip the bed or tabic by six inches. Place a pillow and set of clothing in basket and weigh. Place the baby in, and after weighing him subtract the weight of basket and clothing and you have baby's extra weight FxtIHAT is the color of your eyes? In ft'.'ifi the light of science there are fcl only two sorts of eyes blue and not blue. It is a fact that all eyes arc blue or bluc-gray in ground, but a gTcat many have some other pigment pig-ment in front of the iris. Hence appears a strange law of heredity. In the village vil-lage of Burbagc, Leicestershire, recently recent-ly an interesting experiment was made. A group of members of the British Association As-sociation was drawn up in lines along onc side of a narrow lane. On the other oth-er were marched by, and halted at intervals, in-tervals, onc hundred or so school children, chil-dren, distinguished with various badges. Arrlen investigators would now and again advance from the line of scientists, halt a group of children, and inspect their eyes with magnifying glasses. It is asserted that where both parents have blue eyes all the children have blue Cj'cs, and when both parents have brown eyes all the children have brown eyes; but it is where the parents differ that this alleged law of heredity is most surprising. surpris-ing. rBXERCISE to reduce the ab- ffij domcn should be done while wearing no constricting clothing. Onc way is to stand with the feet together on the floor and arms high above the head. The arms arc brought down with a sweeping motion trying to make the finger tips touch the floor without bending the knees. If there is the slightest bend there the work is useless. use-less. It will be impossible at first to reach to the floor, but long, steady practice prac-tice will accomplish much. This may be done several times, alternating with another exercise, which is to sit astride of a chair and try' to turn the body around first in onc way and then the other without moving in the seat This should bring a pull on the hips and abdomen, ab-domen, not on the shoulders. A third exercise is to lie flat and raise each foot as high as it can be raised and then stand, and, holdinr one knee, try to bring it against the chest. None of these can be done at first, but as they work off the flesh better results arc gained. They should be done at first for five minutes, morning and night, increasing the length of time as the muscles become harder. |