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persons, and both prevent the dis
figuring by freckles especially the
yellow veil.
For perspiring hands, take eight
grains of tannic acid in four ounces
of good cologne, and pour a little
of this on the hands after a thor
ough bathing with soap and warm
water and rinsing well. A small
bag of starch may be kept at hand,
and dusted on the hands during the
day.
There is nothing more refreshing
than a cold, or cool bath at night,
and if one can not take an all-over
bath, a towel, or sponge bath is the
next best thing. After washing well,
the flesh must be dried by a vigorous
rubbing with a coarse towel, in or
der to produce a warm glow all over
the body. A handful of coarse salt
thrown in the basin of water is an
excellent tonic.
For shampooing gray hair, cut up
white shaving soap into small bits,
and pour a half pint of boiling water
over it; this will form a jelly, and
the hair, having been previously wet,
should have this rubbed well into
the hair and scalp, rinsing well after
ward to remove the soap. Then rinse
the hair again with water just bare
ly tinged with indigo. Soda will
make gray hair yellow, and borax
and ammonia will make it brittle.
Care must be taken, as' there is a
tendency to a yellow tinge in gray
ing hair that is very ugly.
Aprons
important features of tho skirt, and
surely would bo if womctf could seo
themselves many times as they look
from a bacjc view. The hooks and
eyes will spread apart, and particu
larly will they show this parting ten
dency if the skirt happens to bo a
little tight over tho hips and stom
ach. Something very new to obviate
this difficulty is a placket fastener
which is made of a tapo having
hooks and eyes riveted Into it. To
use the fastener, close it, and baste
it onto tho placket, having tho top
just below the waist-band. The side,
marked "Inside" should bo toward
tho underclothing, and then the
hooks will be upon the lap side. Be
careful to leave a sufficient lap to
cover the entire fastener when
closed. Stitch with the machine
along the edges of the tape, and re
inforce the top and bottom with ex
tra stitches by hand, curving the
ends at the top outward. Stitch the
bottom securely through the loop of
the lower stop. On the waist-band
of the skirt use a common hook and
eye. To open the fastener, first un
hook the waist-band, and then, with
both hands pull the tapes apart. To
close, take hold of the ring and pull
up, holding the skirt down below
the placket. These useful fasteners
can be had at the large stores.
Woman's Home Companion.
The apron, after being so long
in disfavor, is again coming in style,
both the useful and ornamental, and
nearly all kinds have more or less
practical pockets. Aprons may be
made perfectly plain, or with elab
orate trimmings, but the all-round
useful affair is made with three
gores, and two big pockets, the .pock
ets being wider at the bottom than
the top. A pretty toilet apron is
made of a piece of heavy linen, with
the bottom turned' up to form pock
ets. As much or as little embroid
ery as one's time and taste will sug
gest, may be used on it. The lower
pockets are to be divided into sizes
for holding comb, brushes, hair-pins,
etc., and a band at the top to fasten
about the waist. For traveling, or
visiting, such an apron may be filled
and rolled up just like a toilet case,
ready to put on when needed, and
will save much bother.
Glove-Fitting Apparel
Fashion has decreed that the sur
plus fullness, looseness and extra
bands of underwear must be done
away with in order to meet the re
quirements of the new form-fitting
gowns. The newest garments are in
combinations; corset-covers, skirts
and underwear in one piece, close
fitting. Instead of band and gathers,
the circular yoke is used. These
yokes are double, and are curved to
fit over the hips without wrinkling,
fastening at the back with hooks and
eyes. Tho top, of the skirt is sewed
between the two thicknesses of the
yoke.
aster in some form, and it is a com
mon occurrence for some woman,
through the invalidism, Incom
petency, death, desertion, or other
happening to those to whom she is
accustomed to look for support, to
be thrown upon her own resources
for tho maintenance pf at least her
Belf, if not for helpless little child
ren or old parents. She must fight
tho battle for bread with unskilled
hands and untrained montality, and
more often than not, the battle is
a losing one for her. Many of these
women have never known tho neces
sity of earning or saving, and her
condition Is a pitiable one. Every
girl should learn to do some one
thing well.
Some Timely Recipes
While small fruits are in season,'
they are delicious served as char
lottes. One way tQ use them is to
sift bread crumbs, or use very thin
slices of buttered bread, in the bot
tom of a well buttered dish, then
alternate -layers of the fruit and
bread well buttered, with sugar on
each, .finishing with, the bread or
crumbs. Bake very slowly, and
serve hot or cold with cream. Rhu
barb is nice cooked this way, but
requires a great deal of sugar.
Peach Charlotte One pint sweet
cream, eight fine peaches, one-third
box of gelatine, one and 'one-fourth
cupfuls of sugar, whites of four
eggs, teaspoonf ul of vanilla or lemon
flavoring, as preferred. Mince the
peaches very fine, and sweeten well.
Soak the gelatine fifteen minutes in
cold water, then add sufficient boil
ing water to dissolve it. Beat the
whites of the eggs until stiff, and
cream until thick and frothy; add
to the whipped cream the remainder
of the sugar, the beaten whites, the
strained gelatine, flavoring and
peaches.- Beat for a moment, pour
into a pretty dish and set on ice for
several hours, or slightly -freeze in
a freezer.
A Now Placket Fastener
It is astonishing how many women
will -wear a gown- 'with a gaping
placket hole. A correctly, -fastened
placket ought to- be one of 'the most
Water-Glass
Replying to "Querist," it is
claimed that water-glass is unques
tionably the best preservative for
eggs yet discovered. Water-glass,
silicate of soda, dissolved glass and
soluble glass are some of the names
given it. If the glass is dissolved,
we buy it by the pint, or gallon, but
if we get it dry, it is a soluble
powder sometimes, 'like powdered
stone, and sometimes white and like
powdered glass. The powdered form
dissolves slowly in boiling water, and
often must be kept boiling for some
hours. The water-glass Is made by
melting together quartz and a caus
tic alkali, soda or potash, and some
times a little charcoal. There is
nothing to get musty. It is claimed
that there are two kinds one the
German, and the other the Ameri
can. The German formula turns out
a black glass, which dissolves In
about six times its weight in boiling
water. A speaker attjne of the New
York poultry institutes said that the
German kind was usually used in
proportion of one part of glass to- ten
parts of water; the American form,
one part of glass to eight parts of
water. This is when purchased in
liquid form. The German form pro-
.duces a black glass, and the color
will be dark, while the American
form Is syrupy and jelly-like. Pro
gressive Farmer. y
Necessary Training
The fact can not be too often
pointed out that every girl, no mat
ter what her present circumstances,
sho.uld be taught some one or more
occupation by which, should the ne
cessity arise, she may earn a living
for herself, and for others dependent
upon her, if there should be any.
Even the most happily situated as
regards present prospects and sur
roundings, is not secure against dlsr
Query Box
D. O. Seo short article, "Birds
Eye Maple," for answer to your
question.
Jennie Rose bushes should bo
pruned immediately after blooming
and before the annual growth takes
place; cut away old, weak branches.
F. S. For the chigger and tick
bites, rub with bacon grease, or with
a piece of bacon. The salty grease
relieves at once. The ''grass-ticks"
are the young ticks just hatched out.
J. M. For almost any raw sore,
sulphur is an excellent application.
Cleanse the sore by flowing (not
rubbing) soft warm soap suds made
of castile soap over tho sore until
clear of matter, then dust well with
flowers of sulphur. Repeat every
day until scab forms.
M. S. A very valuable home
remedy for flux, where there are no
complications, is to beat well to
gether one fresh egg, and equal
quantity of flour and rather more
salt than for ordinary eating, then
swallow. It will relievo. Bevere cases
in ton minutes.
G. M. You can not believe all you
read about methods of making mon
ey. Money is made very easily on
paper and while figures may not lie,
they give you but one side of the
question. In actual, practical exper
ience, there are many discourage
ments. Even after you have some
thing to sell, you must have a
market.
J. M. G. One of the best rem
edies for mange on animals is made
of one part flowers of sulphur to
two parts lard, well mixed. Rub
this well into the skin of the animal
and let dry in the sunshine, If pos
sible. Repeat two or three times a
week. Do Hot let the animal stand
in the rain while using it. Mange,
like itch, is caused by a parasite bur
rowing under the skin.
Fannie D. For the grayish mat
ter about the roots of the teeth,
rinse the mouth and teeth well with
a little dioxogen. It will foam like
soap, and will cleanse and disinfect.
The worse the trouble, the more the
foam. After rinsing the mouth, fol
low by wetting the gums with lister
ine, which heals. Dentists tell, us
'that the mouth is full of germs, good
and bad.
price j)or thousand feet. The writer
further statos that It would bo im
possible to cut a piece of voneor with
oyes in it from a common hard maplo
log, and It would bo equally Impos
sible to out a blrdsoyo maplo log,
no mattdr how you cut it, so that
it would not show tho cyca." Scicni
tlfic American.
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Little ItcmindcrH
Do not leave a partlclo of decaying
vegetables, or sourness of any kind
in tho cellar. Bo sure it is thor
oughly aired, and put plenty of lime
about In it to kill tho dampness, as
many cases of sickness may bo
traced to n close, musty, sour collar.
The fresh, unslacked limo Ib best,
and can usually bo had with little
trouble; tho slacked Is not so good.
Whitewash tho walls and supports
of shelves In the cellar, and scrub
tho shelves with water in which v a
little carbolic acid has been poured.
Sprinkle lime over tho mouths of
drains and in the places whero slops
aro thrown. A dollar's worth of
lime will bo a good investment.
For the destruction of the little
red ants, any of tho standard roach
pastes are good. Stuff it into tho
cracks and around tho windows, or
in tho runs of tho ants, and they will
soon leave. Pour a boiling tea or
quassia-chips down their holes In
tho yard, and if ono doso is not
enough, follow it up with another.
Thoroughly sun and beat your
woolen goods boforo putting then!
away for the summer, and wrap them
well in newspaper. Give thorn a sun
ning several times during July and
August, beating well to dislodge any
moth eggs.
For cleanings soiled wall paper on
the walls, dip a whitewash brush in
hot vinegar and brush all over It very
quiciuy out tnoroughly. Change tho
vinegar as often as It gets soiled,
and when dry the paper should bo
fresh and clean.
For a cut of any kind, pour over
it turpentine, and bind on it a bit
of cotton or cloth saturated with tho
turpentine. Rico flour, whero tho
wound is deep, may be applied to
stop bleeding after applyingthe tur
pentine. The turpentine relieves tho
pain, and the wound heals rapidly.
COFFEE COMPLEXION
Many Ladies Have Poor Complexions
From Coffee
"What is Birdseye Maple?"
Replying to D. O.: "In a recent
number of a wood-workers' magazine
an article was published which stat
ed that birdseye maple was not a
peculiar maple, hut simply ordinary
maplo cut in a certain way. A state
ment in the New York Sun refutes
this. The writer claims that birds
eye maple and curly maple are both
cut only from the logs of 'the rock
maple tree, Acer sacfiharinum, in
which a beautiful, lustrous grain is
produced by the sinuous course of
the fibers. This tree is not the com
mon hard maple; it is a hard maple,
but it is full of little gnarls called
eyes. Men looking for birdseye
maple logs go through tho standing
timber and pick out the bird's-eye
maple trees, paying for them from
$30 to $50 per thousand feet in the
'woods. Ordinary hard wood, maple
logs may be had at a fifth of the
"Coffee caused dark colored
blotches on my face and body. I
had been drinking it for a long
while and these blotches gradually
appeared, until finally they became
permanent and were about as dark
as coffee itself.
"I formerly had as fine a com
plexion as one could ask for.
"When I became convinced that
coffee was the cause of my trouble,
I changed and took to using Postum
Food Coffee, and as r made it well,
according to directions, I liked It
very much, and have since that time,
used It In place of coffee.
"I am thankful to say I am not
nervous any more, as I was when
I was drinking coffee, and my com
plexion is now as fair and good as
it was years ago. It is very plain
that coffee caused the trouble."
Most bad complexions are caused
by some disturbance of the stomach
and coffee Is the greatest disturber
of digestion known. Almost any
woman can have a fair complexion
if she will leave off coffee and use '
Postum Food Coffee and nutritious,
healthy food in proper quantity.
Postum furnishes certain elements
from the natural grains from the
field that Nature uses to rebuild"
the nervous system and when that
is in good condition, one can depend
upon a good complexion . as well as
a good healthy body. "There's a
Reason." Read, "The Road to Well
vllle," In pkgs..
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