The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-03-07
Especial Correspondenoe1


Especial Correspondenoe1
NEW YORK, Feb 20 Always give careful
attention 10 your hands A. least once
week vislt good manicure and have the
nails shaped like n llbert, a. the very point
cd are no longer fashionable Use very faint
Uniting, II any. A good way 90 make blunt
finger tips taperiug b. 20 be- found in wear-
INK tight thimbles OF yariegated sizes on all
the fingers a. night.
Always keep In mind your complexion
and style In choosing "A color. Big women
never look well Ia unrelieved white
Blends. except In the pale moonlight tone,
should avoid yellow Small women look
best In white or decided pale bues-cOlOrs
like brown or black except for the street
are apt TO make them Insignificant.
Always consider the dreadful hues tresses
take when they are "going back" when
ever you are tempted 10 bleach or dye your
hair. assure you a woman sat next me at
"A dinner the other evening, and above the
original gray seen family at the temples
there were hints Of bronze, saffron and
green. After a bleaching process the hair
never regains It's elasticity and frequently
becomes prematurely gray.
Always use snchet scents. The crude ex-
tract upon clothes is like an affront The
woman whose draperies give out trem-
bling, faint, Intoxicating fragrance, suggest
i've Of no particular odor, yet seeming to
embrace ALL is the woman who lays her
linen in bureau drawers lined by big sachet
cases, and who hangs little bags Of sachet
powder In the skirts and bodices Of her
gowns.
Always give due thought 10 exercise.
Ellen Terry has reached the horizon of
middle age, yet she is lissom and agile as
girl OF l0 As the confided TO n friend, the
result Is attained by constant exercise and
a fluttering, girlish way Of moving about
She believes that devotion 10 the rocking
chair and couch brings stiff joints and the
stilted bearing Of old age many years too
soon.
Always follow the fashion when il saves
trouble and money. The black MORE scarfs
90 much In vogue now bid fair TO hold their
own throughout the spring. and the reason
Is self evident With about yard and a
half OF silk cut in two up the length, the
ends pointed and trimmed with some effect
i've yellowish lace, you have pretty cover
ing 10 a bodice which may have seen its
best days. Besides they are very becoming,
the big bows under the chin suiting faces Of
almost every age and style.
Always pass by bargains" which are use
less 20 you. IL is often surprising TO see
the joy with which woman purchases
something she does not need and will prob
ably never need just because il is marked
at a figure that tempts her. An example
Of this came under my notice a few days
ago. A little housekeeper with fewer dol
lars than she desires Joined the rabble
around bargain table. She caught hold
Of one end Of a piece Of stuff she admired
only TO find that another woman well on
the other side of the table and partly hid
den from view had seized the other end
They tugged at IL, glared, and eventually
the little housekeeper had the better Of the
struggle. Imagine her dismRy when she
found that by gaslight the material she
thought green WAS drab and useless for her
purpoes. and that, moreover, she had lost a
pretty chatelaine in the crowd as well as
her temper.
Always burn the ends Of the hair instead
OF cutting them.
Always wash the face in very warm and
then in very cold water This has the ef-
feet Of frat thoroughly cleansing it. then
hardening it SO that 1t withstands rough
weather without chapping.
Always battle the eyes in very warm wa
ter when they are tired.
Always when resting let yourself lie
passive and heavy, even letting the Jaw
drop, the arms lie by the sides, the hands
open loosely. People who sleep with limbs
twisted and teeth cinched are never more
than half rested. The latter IL a common
failing in the nervous American tempera-
ment, but the devitalizing of every muscle
can be acquired, and the consequences are
beneficial beyond expression.
KATE JORDAN