Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-05-18

and suites Of furniture worth thousands. de-
mand costly care to keep them from loss.
HEALTH AND COMFORT IN BoARDrNe-HousEs.
The question, what can a young man do to
improve his complexion when he is so situated
that he must eat whatever il placed before
him, or, in other words, when he is away from
home, and subject to the tender mer-
cies Of clearinghouse? is not in the
least one for smiling over. Too MANY
bright ambitious lads fail in health and
die every year from want of good air and
needed nutrition for the question not to have
a very serious side to it. II boarding-house
keepers could be made to feel that theirs is no
mere money-making business, but that
they are responsible for the lives and yieor
Of those who find homes with them
| they might take new interest in their work
and find new success in it. No hostess
healthy food before her people, to give them
sound, homemade brown bread three times a
day, and well-cooked wheaton grits at least
| twice day, matters which would change the
| tempers OF bilious. dissatisfied boarders by the
| magic OF health. Let me advise the young man
in this case to pay his board promptly, make as
| little trouble in the house as he knows how
and tell his hostess he wants such and such
food as matter of health, and keep asking for
it till he gets it. Neither vegetables, fruit nor
meats can supply to clerks or business men the
strength of wheat food, which contains phos-
pilates for the nerves, substance for the
muscles, and secures the healthy securing and
carrying off of waste, which is the secret of fine
complexion.
AT NIGHT AND IN THE MORNING.
Personally the young man can keep his win
dow open nights, and toss back the bedclothes
when he rises to have his bed well aired. and
never sleep in the same body clothing he wears
by day. He should not sleep in a room with
the soiled, sweaty clothes worn all day, the
solled SOCKS and strong-smelling shoes which
throw of their efiuvia and poison his
sleeping hours. Hang the clothes next the
chimney, or on nails in the sash of an
open window. After sound diet is secured,
1t is well to take moderate fdoses of Alternative
medicine of whole white mustard seed
swallowed each morning before breakfast or as
much clean bran taken before each meal is
advisable. If right diet is not to be had, one
finds great benefit in chewing parched wheat
or wheaton grits. This parched wheat is SO
strengthening and regulating that every
mother ought to have her boy supplied with it.
and it should be sold as commonly as crackers
With little butter and salt stirred in while
browning, these grits very relishing and
are the best food for sedentary people. The
whole wheat should be picked clean, washed,
dried in the wind. and then in moderate oven
finishing with heat enough to brown without
scorching. The grain then must be spread
thlnly in baking pan and stirred to prevent
burning, as coffee or corn is roasted coffee
rooster would perch wheat nicely, and some
woman wanting to turn an honest penny could
not do better thing than to furnish this in
pounds and half pound packages, freshly parched
daily or weekly to customers.
LIGHT COMPILATIONS.
The only sensible reason for the disfavor
shown sandy complexion is that it is highly
sensitive to changes Of temperature and health.
and shows lll-conditions by unpleasant changes
OF hue. Healthy sandy hair always tends to
the ripe golden hue and clear complexion, ad-
mired by all, and accompanying an acuteness
OF faculty found IN no other organization. Peo-
pie say sandy compilations must be careful
about colors of dress. Pencil-gray russell
snuff-brown, or deep indigo suits should be
chosen, with black ties dotted with white or
minute color, felt or straw hats with wide black
ribbon and brown gloves. The right shades of
beige or light brownish gray, with hats a little
darker, often look well with sandy skins and
give the hair less obnoxious shade but the
right colors can only be found by trial Never
try bright blue or lavender tie, or the
mahogany hued gloves which retain a singular
hold on the masculine fancy. Light people
should dress very quietly and carefully, avoid
ing all plaids and fancy fashions, though dark
check or hairline gray is well worn by them
One last suggestion, If sandy-haired men wear
sne hai airs short and go bareheaded in the sun
good deal. 1t Is very apt to either darken the
color or brighten it to golden shade. They
should avoid sunburn and use vaseline on the
face at night as scrupulously as a woman.
CARE OF THE SKIN.
To keep the skin from wrinkles when powder
| is daily used, wash the powder carefully off at
night, then apply the whitest vaseline, any good
cold cream, or pure sweet cream, letting il lie
on the face and neck few minutes and wash
ing with soft cloth. Next morning wash the
face with very hot water. which contracts the
skin and wards off wrinkles.
To soften the complexion and prevent SUM-
burn, use glycerine diluted in this way: Pour
four spoonfuls of glycerine into a bottle, cut
with one-fourth much best cologne. and fill
with soft water. Rub spoonful of this over
the face before going out. cosmetic, excel
lent In effect, but far from pleasant, is butter
milk and oatmeal fakes Put handful of the
flakes, which are steam-cooked and swell
rapidly, into quart jar filed with acid butter
milk, stirring well. In ten minutes the mixture
will be soft paste, which is spread on face and
hands and left to dry, when it is washed off
with hot water. The virtues Of this paste in
whitening the skin, removing tan and freckles,
are highly praised by ladies who have tried it.
The sourer the buttermik the better, as it ia
the acid which acts as a detergent for the skin.
SHIRLEY DARE