Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-13

why she is almost the prettiest girl at
eighteen that l ever saw. And 1 believe
ton Soap and water in conjunction with
lot OF common sense rules well executed.
Regular Habits Are Important.
Too many women labor under the impress
sion that bad complexion may be cor
rected from the surface, when in point
OF fact not one case in ten can be helped
one iota without a physicians prescription
to start the internal organs to doing their
proper work; then bathing will do the
rest. Sometimes 1t is the heart, some
times the liver, often the kidneys are in
pad condition, and nine times out of ten
the digestive organs are impaired. If you
happen to be ailing from any one of these
you maybe sure that unless you have re-
course to enameling to cover up your
blotched skin there is no cosmetic or lotion
made that will help you in the least TILL
you have set the skin sewers to do their
work in the proper way.
1t Is very hard for those who are busily
engaged to be regular in their habits, but
II the old division of time could be adhered
Eight hours sleep, eight hours work.
eight hours play" would, if followed
strictly, make much happier world but
eight hours sleep Is imperative for a
of good looks after thirty. If she can't
get 1t altogether. then she ought to take
1t in such slices as may suit her conven-
fence. She will find that more sleep will
she knows that nervousness is a foe to
good looks. Good looks have so many
Toes. A nap of ten minutes in the morn
ing, say at 10 o'clock, and another in the
afternoon will freshen her up wonder
fully.
Have regular hours for eating, particu-
larly if you suffer from indigestion and
sour stomach, and avoid ''nibbling" be-
tween meals until you have corrected the
Indigestion. You will find after you have
your stomach in a healthy condition that
you will not be wanting to Chew" some
thing all the time. When you discover
that certain foods disagree with you, leave
them alone and eat something else. II
you will persist in teasing your insides
with things they don't like you may ex-
pect that your face will soon show IT.
OF course, if you want to pay that price
for it, in the language of the boundless
west, that is your own funeral. But II
you are seeking to clean up your system
and begin living properly you Will take
heed of all such warnings.
You must know that exercise or some
kind is absolutely necessary to perfect
bodily health, and that healthy mental
condition depends upon bodily health. EX-
ercise in the open air Is best, and brlsk
walking the very best. If you don't seem
to have time for regular exercise or that
kind take 1t when you can, and substitute
for its lack Indian clubs or dumb bells.
Lower your windows from the top SO tHdt
you will have plenty of fresh air, and take
ten minutes vigorous exercise with one or
the other Finish up the performance with
some high kicking, and after bath and
good rubbing down you will feel like new
being, and your blood will be circulating
properly. You must not expect to see
great changes in a week or in month
after beginning to reform. 1t may take
two months; it might take six. Even then
you ought to feel thankful 1t does not
take a wear. when Won have spent twenty,
perhaps tearing down one of Gods noblest
structures. And do pray take warning
by your own awful example and when
little children come to you rear them in
the belief that to mistreat the body in
any manner whatever is a crime! And 1t
is crime. for the mistreatment of the
body may end in the murder of the soul.
SONORA SARA.