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The Commoner.
VOLTJMU 11, NUMBER'S!
The Two Rainbows
The sky of the world is sunny and
blue,
Yet often and often 'tis hidden by
clouds,
The gloom of the storm is dreary and
dark,
And the mists of the fog is formed
into shrouds
But the clouds and the storm they
never can last,
Boon the sun will be shining, the
darkness be past.
And a bright arch gleams on the
rainy slope.
The sky of our life Is happy and
clear,
Tet often and often 'tis hidden by
grief,
And the pain and the sorrow re
semble the storms
And shadow our gladness and test
our belief.
But the clouds of sadness they pass,
and it clears,
"While Faith shines out and we see
through our tears
Life's beautiful rainbow of Hope!
Guy M. Staley.
"This is Another Dayn
Before we talk with you again,
the New Tear will have dawned, the
Now Day will have begun. It goes
Without saying that we each wish for
the other, success and prosperity in
ill good undertakings; but we should
tomore than wish wo should work
for the fulfillment of the wish. We
can do this only by striving to bring
kito each life, touched however re
motely by our own, all the sunshine
we can command. It is wonderful,
when one stops to think of it, how
far-reaching,' for good or for evil, our
Influences may become. Tou all
know something of the wonderful
working of the wireless telegraphy,
where the voiceless air carries the
message from one point to 'another,
through miles of distance, and we
ire assured that the., thoughts we
fend out work in the same manner.
We are told that 'Thoughts are
things," and we should bo careful
of the character of the thought
waves we send out.
It is possible that many of us have
failed to make of the past year all we
could wish, but if we make" stepping
stones of our past mistakes, ladders
for reaching the higher grounds, it is
far better than to sit down and sor
row over them. We should remem
ber that another day is given us, and
determine to keep the now page as
cleanly as we wish the old one could
have been. Live for the higher life,
seek the sunshine, and draw others
into the light with us. Speak the
kind word; do the kind deed. Don't
keep the "flowers for the coffin;"
do not starve the hungry hearts for
the kind word you keep for the
ulogy. No one ever regretted doing
a kind deed, or speaking a kind
Word, or seeking to brighten the life
f another.
the hands should be kept warm, and
the wrists protected, and if suitable
top garments are worn, with thick
soled shoes, even rain, or snow, or
blizzard will not be objectionable
within reason. There is nothing so
fine as health; the healthy woman or
girl will not need the aid of the
beauty doctor, and without health of
body and mind there is no beauty
worth striving for. The foundation
of all remedies for complexion ills is
Cleanliness, internal and external.
Cold feet and limbs are more often
than not 'caused by indigestion, being
duo neither to the weakness of the
heart or feeblenoss of circulation, but
to the contracting of the small arter
ies, preventing the blood from enter
ing the parts. There, is generally an
irritation of the abdominal sympa
thetic nerve centers which control
the circulation of the lower, extremi
ties, and this difficulty is not to be
overcome by exercise, or by any
special application to the limbs, but
by the removal of the causes of the
irritation. Hot and cold foot baths
act not simply on the feet and limbs,
but by reflex action affect beneficially
the abdominal sympathetic centers,
which are the seat of the disease.
Rubbing the limbs from the feet to
ward the body is excellent for over
coming spasms of the blood vessels.
In many instances, it is necessary to
clothe the limbs very warmly, even
in hot weather. Chronic cold feet
call for attention, as it is a symptom
of a diseased condition somewhere.
crowding. No shoe should be so
tight around the ankle aB to hinder
the circulation."
It is bad enough when ono old
enough to know better deliberately
ruins the feet In order to "follow the
fashion," but to force the growing
children to wear these deforming
shoes, should be regarded as a crime
and punished accordingly.
Health Notes
Walking is splendid winter exer
cise, and one should avail herself of
very opportunity to get out of doors,
ven though the weather should be
disagreeable; but proper clothing
Khould be worn, no matter what the
Weather. It is folly to allow one's
tolf to get very cold; the feet should
b kept warm and dry, and warm
tt&dergarmentg worn; long sleeves
Ruined Feet
From nearly quarter comes the
call for a "sure cure" for corns,
bunions and other maladies that
affllict the feet, and we all know
there are few tortures more hard to
bear thanthe suffering such things
bring with them. For many years
we have been forced to wear shoes
that are utterly unlike in shape to
the feet they are to incase. These
caricatures were "the fashion," and
every one who wore foot-gear had
either to go barefooted or wear them.
The University of Wisconsin has Just
issued its second "healthy bulletin to
the students, the subject of which is
how to care for the feet. Here is
what the committee has to say:
"When a pointed toe is combined
with a high heel in a shoe, that shoe
should be prohibited by law. A
pointed toe crowds the toes together
into an unnatural position, while the
high heel throws the entire weight
of the body upon the front of the
foot and toes, which were never in
tended to bear such a weight. The
results of wearing shoes with narrow
toes and high heels are flat foot,
bunions, corns and interference with
the circulation. "Patent leather and
enameled leather shoes should never
be worn because such shoes being
practically impervious to moisture
the perspiration can not evaporate,
with the result that the foot becomes
soft and tender.
"In selecting a shoe the following
points as to its shape must be con
sidered: The shoe must be fully as
wide as the sole of the foot. The
heels should be low and broad. The
shoe must be so flexible that the foot
may be easily bent while raising the
foot on the toes in walking. The
inner side of the shoe should be In a
straight line; any shoe that slopes
from the heel outward to the too is
bad. The toe of the shoe should be
broad enough to permit all of the
For the Toilet
The raw, cold winds 'are very
damaging to the face and hands, ex
posed to the weather. The house
wife has many occasions to wet her
hands, and the children suffer a
great deal with chapped lips, faces
and hands; especially about the
wrists and back of the hands, where
the surface is carelessly dried. Where
it is not absolutely necessary to use
soap, wheat bran or oatmeal makes
an excellent substitute. For these
bath bags, use three pounds of new
wheat bran, one pound and a half of
almond meal, one pound of grated
castile soap; make bags of doubled
cheese cloth six inches square,- and
after mixing the ingredients well, fill
each bag with three tablespoonfuls of
the preparation, sew up the opening,
and use the bag the same as you
would use soap. This should give
you thirty-four bags, one to be used
for each bath. No soap is required.
To keep the face, hands and wrists
from getting rough and chapped,
cleanse well with a good vegetable
oil soap and quite warm water, xlnse
with cold water to remove soapsuds J
have a basin, and put In It a hand
ful of oatmeal; pour over the meal
one quart of boiling water, stirring
well; let stand until quite milky,
squeeze all the milk out of the meal,
then strain, wash the skin with the
liquid and let dry on. This Is harm
less, inexpensive and "effectual. Good
for every member of the family.
Here is something so harmless that
one need have no fear of using it,
yet is said to be a most excellent
bleach. Beat the white of an egg to
a stiff froth, add the juice of a lemon,
and place in a pan of water on the
stovo so that the hot water around
the pomade will not cook or scorch
the egg; stir into a smooth paste.
As soon as you have stirred the mix
ture to a thick cream, take it from
the heat and use. After washing the
face and neck, take a little of the
pomade and cover the face and neck
the same as in using cold cream.
Rub well into the skin. As soon as
the egg begins to dry, rub the face
with a soft towel, which takes off
the paste and leaves the complexion
soft, beautiful and white. No pow
der la necessary.
and burn sulphur in it, to' k'ill all
mold and decay. The air will be
sweet and healthful.
Kitchen blinds that will admit he
light, yet give -privacy are inexpen
sively made by taking washed' un
bleached muslin, of good grade,, run
ra hem at one end wide enough to ad-.
mit a spring roller, and at the bot
tom end wide enough to run a slat
through it. If you have any old
roller blinds of which the roller and
slat are good, use these for the new
blind. If the spring is good in the
old roller, instead of the casing, tack
the end of the muslin onto the roller,
as the old one was tacked, using the
tiny tacks you find in the roller. A
long tack will penetrate the spiral
wire in the roller and ruin it. Such
blinds may be washed at will,
starched carefully, and will last a
long time.
When the umbrella , is bo badly
broken as to be ready for the scrap
pile, take out the ribs and lay away
for use. One of the ribs sharpened
at the end with the little knob on it,
using the other end for the eye, will
make an excellent needle for sewing
through thick pieces, such as tacking
the mattress when re-fllled, or fas
tening in place tufts of leather, or
sewing matts. There are many uses
for these ribs, and they k should be
saved.
and comfortable waists of sensible
materials, with the neck covered; ' toea to lie side by side without
With the Housewife
Windows become dimmed very
quickly where soft coal is used as
fuel, and the best way to clean them
Is to get a cake of one of the scour
ing preparations, "warranted not to
scratch," and wet a cloth in warm
water; rub the cloth over the cake,
and then cover the panes of glass
with the scourlne, until it looks as
though it had been whitewashed; let
this dry on the glass, then go over
it with a soft, dry cloth or a handful
of soft crumpled newspaper, polish
ing the scourlne off. It will polish
beautifully, and please you.
If the cellar room becomes foul
smelling through lack of ventilation,
open it up on any day that has a
temperature above freezing, and If
this does not clear it, close tightly,
Query Box
M. K. Write, to Department of
Agriculture, division of botany, and
ask for Farmers' Bulletin No. 188.
This will give you the Information re
garding mercantile weeds to be used
medicinally.
Mrs. L. V. For a sallow com
plexion, we are told that nothing is
better than to eat freely of common
garden carrots. One way to prepare
them is to boil the roots to a pulp in
a little water, mash and rub through
' colander or? sieve' with, the-water-ln a
which they were boiled; season tp
suit with salt and pepper ami a little
butter; dilute with hot water until
drinkable, and take as much as you
please, of this every morning. As
the vegetable is & food and per
fectly harmless, use as much as you
wish, continuing for some time, un
less it disagrees with your digestlpn
"Little Mother" To make -the
buttons stay on the coats, pants and
underwear, lay a wire nail something
larger than a coarse knitting needle
on the top of the button and sew
through .the holes or eyes over the
nail.. When you have filled the eyes
as full as' they will hold, take out
the nail and push the needle down
throngh the button between it and
the material, null the button up on
the loose thread and wind the thread
in the needle several times around
the threads under the button, form
ing a neck, then fasten the thread
on the wrong side of the garment.
If. you use good thread, the buttons
will stay on. You are a brave little
woman.
Home Nurse Iodine preparations
seldom blister where painted on the
chest. If the smarting becomes un
bearable, wash with eau de cologne,
spirits of wine, or brandy or whisky
to give relief, then apply a soothing
poultice to kill the pain. Sometimes
after a few days the skin peels off,
but leaves no sore. Where the skin
is too delicate to bear the application
of the liniment, use the tincture, or
the ointment of iodine.
Fnntitnre Polishes
Mrs. B. C. E. wishes a reprint of
a formula for furniture polish In
which vinegar Is used. There are so
many such recipes, that we givlf
several. Equal parts of boiled lin-;
se'ed oil and vinegar; or equal parts
of "sweet oil, vinegar and finely pul
verized gum arable shaken tmtil
thoroughly, dissolved. Equal parts
of turpentine, olive oil and vinegar.
Any of these should be well shaken'