Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-06

the only wear for snmmer. Thsy save
degrees cooler for them. yefy ~.ru 6.x.
let the garden hose play on the outside of Tie
unoows, or pour water between the MINER
and lower sash, 20 run down the ous<,de Of ths
soser psaes, and the cooling Of the room viii
be remarkable. This wss taught me by . lone
woman in lodgings who cooled her hot cisv
room afternoons in this way IL A a ns~fni
thing TO know in case of sickness, for m.py
ME goes out when its trail forces crave
i HTs .,r n.ss comfort and relief 70
IN this world TO me is the people killed BY their
own friends who don't know how 20 make them
comfortable. For want OF some fresh fruit or
sustaining cereals and eatable meats, or want
OF cool baths and airy rooms. their ill-nour-
ished strength sinks under half-fed dav, ana
sleepless nights One has 10 bury a household
70 learn the signs when strength nesrs the
losing point, not quite fatally, bat that ia few
remaining years are WEAKNESS and struggle
with hnsl breaking down.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENT.
"killian" wants q wash TO dArken or restore
the hair to Its color Try black tea, very strong,
bay rum and rosemary tincture. in eou.l mart.
applied daily and well brushed into the roots
OF the hair, part OF the process people usually
neglect This is near the season for mslins,
the walnut hair dye in proportions OF four
ounces Of green walnut shells 70 eight ounces
OF eiaret, IN which they are stepped. after be-
ing bruised with q mallet They are not boiled
but left in the claret for DAYS. A
preparation which gradually darkens the
HAIR Is an ounce of pyrogallic acid
IN six ounces Of warm water. Two tablespoons
OF liquid answer to an ounce, nearly enough
Tor use. Those who want 20 color brown hair
a Titan shade may send 10 one Of the large
New York drug houses for henna, which the
Circassian ladies use TO dye their tresses an
orange red Very singular shades of hair are
now admired. A collection of frizzes at a very
fashionable coiffeur's lately showed locks ca a
brilliant cherry tinge, by comparison crimson.
The smoke OF burnt camphor collected and
made into paste with cologne is an oriental
pigment for darkening the eyelashes.
10 remove a mole take q scrap Of diachylon
and drop OF croton oil, heating them into the
plaster. Then apply bit large enough 20
cover the mole, no more, when Il will raise q
tester which destroys the blemish. I. nav
leave scar, and you had better get the doctor
70 tell you just how 10 proceed with the plaster.
Constant Reader" will take notice.
Laura can take charcoal out OF the stove.
pound II tne and sift il through muslin several
times eii II Is hne as -four, but il 10 30 much
trouble people prefer TO buy the powdered
charcoal at Is cents a bottle, or the tablets at
is cents q box II viii cost Ell rs 20 have 4
pint bottle Of taraxacum sent from New York
and the express charge, payable when il reaches
you. The bottle is securely boxed 10 avoid
breakage.
The letters which cannot fail OF the deepest
interest are those from working people, nI-sd-
yised what TO do for their health and anxious
to keep up their waning strength. such let
ter comes from q cashier In a large shop, kept
busy from 3 am. tll and 6 80 D. m every day
but Sundays, with little fresh air and exercise,
who asks what she do 70 offset this want
Secure as good ventilation in your Office as pos
sible; at noon sat by an open window at
lunch TO breathe @ change OF air and
II you can afford ii. buy the exercising appara-
tus with weights and pulleys, which costs ss
and gives the muscles gentle but thorough re-
lief IN little while. This can be used in ones
own room, takes but little space, only enough
to hook up cords and weights. II used on n
balcony or porch all the better. Don't exercise
hard after working all day, unless il feels good
y, n. 40 so S.. you have dyspepsia, don't eat
round graham biscuit sold by the pound By
cracker manufacturers. and be particular 10
eat the incest butter. Ordinary butter,
kept in all sorts of conditions, ruins more
Questions and compilations than would be be-
heVed- The toast from whole meal bread is
grateful TO dyspeptics. She says; Tell me of
some things that will give strength and not
make me stupid, as meat and heavier food do
though eat very little meat. Take broth, which
comes canned as various soups, and in summer
persons OF weak digestion find nothing more
grateful or strengthening than ciam-juice taken
by the cupfuL The way 10 prepare il is 10 chop
fresh CLAIMS and put them to scald in their own
liquor, letting them boil up once, when the
juice should be strained TO take out the coarser
part Of the flesh. The Juice needs no addition
Whatever, and viii be found most appetizing
when nothing else can be taken. With a few
Graham crackers il is a diet in itself,
and one can live weeks on 10 with
out firing. 1t keeps well for half day,
and can be taken either hot or cold with relish.
So well are its virtues understood that the Juice
is now canned or bottled at drug shops and
grocers, and in cases Of gastritus or infiamma-
lions, when nothing else can be borne, it has
saved the life Of sick persons. A tablespoonful
o: the bottled juice viii make cup of broth,
and it il good even for sick babies. With this
try the unfermented grape juice. i hope all
the grape-growers are making preparations 20
turn their surplus crop into the lfe-givng bey-
erages. SHIRLEY DARE