The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-11-15
WOMAN AND HOME.
Hints for the Household and Helps
for the Householder
Clara Belle Concerning CourtshIp--.
Charming women---Scrap Bags
and Old Papers---A Fine
Complexion



ing more beneficial than oatmeal, taken in
~teTnally and used externally. As have no
wish to encroach upon the housewives do
main, I'll simply give directions for its ex-
ternal use. After a warm bath 1t may be
used dry, or pour boiling water over a few
spoonfuls of it, and let stand n few hours
On going to bed, wash the hands and face
freely in the starchy water, and dry without
wiP!ng. Bran and iaGiAn meal may be u5cd
instead, with nearly the same effect. For
the sun bath put the bran or oatmeal into
small bags. otherwise the difficulty of remoy-
ing the particles which adhere TO the skin Is
considerable.
Instead OF poultices of bread and asses
milk which the Roman ladies found so effl-
cacious for softening and whitening the face.
we may use q mask OF quilted cotton or
chamois skin, wet in cold distilled water.
This will not be the most comfortable in the
world, but no great excellence is ever at
tanned without labor and care. Many ladies,
whose compilations are the envy OF all their
friends, acknowledge that they owe it all to
distilled water, which they use for their face
and hands. Queen Victoria is to be envied
for one thing, il nothing else, for she has the
delightful comfort and luxury of having dis
titled water for all her baths.
Ladies with oily or greasy skins may use,
sparingly, n few drops of camphor in the
bath. BoraI and glycerine combined. are
used with good effect by some people, while
thoroughly disagreeing with others. Glycer-
inc alone softens and heals, but in time will
dhrken the skin and make IL over-sensitivo;
the bornx obviates this, and has n tendency
TO whiten. No toilet table is complete with
out a bottle OF ammonia. A few drops of
this In the bath, cleanses the skin and stimu-
lates it wonderfully. 1t Is especially valua-
BILE in removing the odor from those who
perspire freely.
To remove tan and sun-burn, cold cream,
mutton tallow and lemon juice may DO used
for freckles, apply the latter with a tiny
camel's- hair brush. The country girl, de-
prived Of many things which her city cousin
fnd Indispensable, discovers that she can re-
move the tan from her face with a wash
made Of green cucumbers sliced into skim
milk, or, failing in this, she makes "a decoc
ton OF buttermilk and tansy.
A well-kuown writer on feminine beauty
recommends the use of Underground French
charcoal for the complexion. A ~teaspoonful
of this, well mixed with water or honey,
should be taken for three consecutive nights,
ollowed by a simple purgative, TO remove it
from the system. This nperient must not be
omitted, or the charcoal will remain In the
system, n mass OF restoring poison, with all
the impurities 1t absorbs.
Mono of these things will bring about the
desired result unless the foundation IL first
Ind by proper food, exercise and bathing;
above all things, do not neglect the bath.
Cleanliness Is one OF the cardinal virtues, and
n woman fresh from tho bath feel a good
deal like IN angel.
-CInra BELLE" Concerning Courtship.
lCor. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Lot us return for a moment to the subject
80 .uV-tu fAs eIA N 10 - D.. lattI. 49,.
ing. Ruskin is out with condemnation OF
what he calls mob courtship, and l agree
with him. 1t is greatly to be regretted that
OF paying court in the old-fashloned way TO a
Indy, with expectancy that 1t will take time
for acquaintance to blossom into friendship
and friendship TO ripen into love, there is not
much In our days Instead we hive the mad
falling In love" for which our novels ale
partially responsible, which nave much mar.
rying In haste and repenting in leisure to an.
swer for because of their false teaching in OK.
nlting impetuous passion above calm, patient,
Intelligent love.
Ruskln is Of the opinion that IL n youth is
fully in love with a girl, and feels that he is
wise in loving her, he should at once tell her
so plainly, and take his chance bravely with
other suitors. No lover should have the inso-
lence to think OF being accepted at once, nor
should any girl have the cruelty 10 refuse at
once without severe reasons. II she simply
doesn't like him she may send him away for
seven years or so, he vowing TO live on crosses
and wear sackcloth meanwhile, or the like
penancc; II she likes him a little, or thinks
she might come to like him In time. she may
let him stay near her, putting him always on
sharp trial to see what stuff he is made OF,
and requiring. figurntively, as many lions
skins or giants heads as she thinks herself
worth.
The whole meaning and power of true
courtship is probation; and old mau Ruskin
thinks that 1t ought to be fixed at seven years.
But the precipitate process is now in vogue.
We learn our lessons of love and wedlock
from the novel and the drama.