The Portland daily press., 1893-08-08

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none at the top. Many of the popular
trimmings of dress waists are seen IN
bathing suits, such as ververs, the Derby
collar, and shoulder ruffies. Short sleeves
are worn almost altogether as they are
liked by swimmers; they consist now OF
one large short puff, or else OF a pleated
ruffie falling halfway to the elbow. The
skirt is about two yards and quarter or
half in width. The drawers may be
wide at the knee and simply hemmed, or
else they are knick bockers drawn up by
elastic bands. Well-shrunken braid,
either cotton or worsted, forms the best
trimming. White mohair bands two
inches and a half wide overland with
four rows of narrow colored braid, or
else with the rows of braid above the
mohair band, make effective trimmings
for skirt and drawers, and also for the
belt and collar.
WELL FITTING SHOES.
A low shoe to be comfortable at the
heel, must be so shaped as to form sort
of pad along the heel cord, for, from its
style, it must depend upon the closeness
at the fit of the heel for it's staying on
qualities. In order that it may not slip
at the heel, the low shoe is usually drawn
in at that point, having greater curve
toward than does the average heel and
ankle. In such cases the shoe pinches
the heel cords and is anything but thing
of pleasure On the other hand, if the
sohe does not fit snugly at this point, it
slips with every step and soon causes a
sore or callosity. Therefore, in order
to be comfortable the quarters of the low
cut shoes should curve gracefully up
ward, forming pad or cushion against
the heel cord.
The tight shoe is not the only one that
affects the health of the foot although
nearly all the infirmities to which the
human foot is heir are credited to it.
The loose shoe is the more fruitful of
corns and in this special field the tight
shoe cannot enter into competition with
it. Let the foot wabble about in loose
fitting shoe for three months and it will
gather together a choice collection of
corns that will last an ordinary mortal
lifetime. This is true because OF the
peculiar formation of the skin, which is
composed of two layers of membrane.
The outer portion, the epidermis OF scarf
skin, serves as protection to the dermis
or true skin. The dermis consists of a
network of fibrous materia! over which Is
another network of capillary blood YES
sells and nerves wherein lies the sense of
touch, and is protected from exposure to
the air and contact with rough material
by the epidermis. BY examining the
palms of the hands and tips of the fingers
it will be seen that they are covered with
network of curious little ridges. These
ridges are formed by the termination of
minute, upright loops, which in turn,
are formed by blood vessel and nerve
cords, the two lying side by side. These
loops are the seat of the sense of touch
and are more or less sensitive, according
as the covering-the epiderrnis- is thick
or thin. Whenever these loops or nerves
are exposed to pressure orfriction more
severe than ordinarily provided for then
nature comes to their relief by secreting
large amount of cuticular matter. This
thickens the epidermis and is the scorer
of the formation of corns.-N. E. Farmer.
HOT WEATHER NOTES.
As far as possible during the summer
cold drinks should not be taken with
meals. Cold drinks taken with food on
hot day stop the action of the stomach
for while and then bring about an I'M
comfortable feeling of warmth. The cold
water first causes the blood vessels of the
stomach to contract, and then with the
reaction the blood vessels become diluted
and there is an uncomfortable sense of
oppression of heat, which leads to the
drinking of more ice water and to renew
ed oppression and heat.
Sweet drinks of any kind, drinks with
alcohol in them, and ice water are not
cooling in their ultimate etfetts. Any
thing with sugar in it or sweet syrups is
heating. Acid drinks, especially those
made from natural fruit juice, are cool
ing.
In hot weather salads, berries and raw
fruit of any kind are good. Eggs in vari-
Gus forms, fish, lean bacon and lean light
meats will make cheap and comfortable
diet This diet may be favored through
motives of economy as well as reasons of
comfort and health. Roasts, steaks and
heavy meats are among the most costly
of foods So are elaborate desserts and
fancy dishes. Simple things like ONE
let's, broiledi bacon in strips as long as
ones hand, strawberries, salads and the
like are cheap as well as better for
health. Heavy and fatty soups have NO
place in the summertime diet They
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things as clam chowder are good to eat
and are sustaining, but they should not
be followed by a heavy dinuer. It is
more than the system can stand on a hot
day when it is pretty well occupied in
taking care of itself.-N. E. Farmer.
THE DISCOVERY OF WOMEN.
At the Columbian Fair half the clerical
and her writing work has been done by
women. Half the exhibits are managed
by women or consist of women The
Woman's journal says that the clerk
ships are mostly filed by women, and
there are $500 stenographers, type
writer's, and press women. Woman
have put the finishing touches on the
buildings in freseoes and statuary, and
suggested the comfortable seats, resting
rooms, nurseries for children, and other
essentials for comfort of sightseers.
One woman has a, mending BOOTH,
where she sews on buttons and repairs
| rents and rips. Another woman has
collection of simple remedies for minor
| ills to relieve the suffering. Still another