Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-08
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.
1D;o Lewis, MonthlY.l

10 SOitcu dLu WllUSQ UlS SKID Ilefe nOGl-
ing more beneficial than oatmeal, taken in
ternally and used externally. As 1 have no
wish to encroach upon the housewives do
main. I'll simply give directions for its e1-
ternal Use. After q warm bath it may be
used dry, or pour boiling water over a few
spoonfuls a. it, and let stand a few hours.
On going /, bed, wash the hands and face
freely in the -chy water, and dry without
wiping. Bran nd Indian meal may be used
instead with early the same effect. For
the sun bath PIT the bran or oatmeal into
small bags, otherwise the difficulty of remov-
ing the particles which adhere to the skin is
considerable.
Instead of poultices of bread and asses
milk which the Roman ladies found so eff
cacious for softening and whitening the face,
we may Use a mask of quilted cotton or
chamos s.n 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, if 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,
sparingiy, few drops OF camphor in the
bath. Borax 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
darken the skin and make it 0ver-senstive:
the borax obviates this, and has tendency
to whiten No toilet table is complete with
out a bottle of ammonia. A few drops of
this in the bath, cieanses the skin and stinu-
lates it wonderfully. 1t is especially valua-
bic in removing the odor from those who
perspire freely.
To remove tan and sun-burn. cold cream.
mutton tallow and lemon juice may be used;
~ Ireclle5, apply the latter with a tiny
cameIs-hair brush. The country girl. de-
prived of many things which her city cousin
finds Indispensable, discovers that she can re-
move the tan from her face with a wash
made of green cucumbers sliced into skim
milk, or, falling in this, she makes decoc
ton Of buttermilk and tansy
A well-lnown 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,
followed by simple purgative, to remove it
from the system. The aperient must not be
omitted, or the charcoal will remain in the
system, a mass of fostering poison with all
the impurities it absorbs
None of these things will bring about the
desired result unless the foundation is firss
laid by proper food, exercise and bathing:
above all things, do not neglect the bath.
Cleanliness is ono of the cardinal virtues. and
a woman fresh from the bath feels a good
deal like an angel
CLARA Belle" Concerning Courtship.
lCor. Cincinnati Enquirer
Let us return for moment to the subject
of marriage, for the SAKE of little moraliz-
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-fashioned way to
lady, with expectancy that it will take time
for acquaintance to blossom into friendship
and friendship to ripen into love- there is not
much IN our days Instead we have the mad
''faIling in love- for which our novels are
partially responsible, which have much mar
rying il haste and repenting in leisure to an
swer for because OF their false teaching in ex-
altiDg impetuous passion above calm, patient
intelligent love
Ruskin Is OF the opinion that if q youth is
fully liz love with q girl, and feels that he is
wis in loving her, he should at once tell her
SO plainly, and take his chance bravely with
otter sjCo-s. No lover should have the inso-
leues to jLin!l Of being accepted at once, nor
should any girl have the cruelty to refuse at
once without severe reasons. If she simply
doesn't Ike him she may send him away for
seven years or SO, he vowiHS to live on crosses
ana wear sa2Aci01h meanwhile. or the like
penAncs; Ii si-1 likes him a little or thinks
she mi Int come to Ike him in time, she NAV
let hm stey near her, putting him ALWAYS on
sharp trial to see what stuff he is made of.
and requiring, dsuratively, as many lions
skins or giants heads us she THINKS herself
worth.
The whole meaning and power of tr,,e
courtship Is probation; and old man Ruskin
thinks that it ought to be fixed at seven years
But the precipitate process is now in vogue.
We learn our lessons of love and wediock
from the novel and the drama.