The evening times., 1898-07-16


and take to music and quiet, steady
work.
To keep down flesh. the salt water
bath mornings, a handful of rock salt
to a basin of water. Is safe and
Strengthening to the system. Sassafras
tea without milk may be taken, and
cream of tartar, making drink by
pouring a pint OF fresh boiling water on
a teaspoonful of the tartar. letting 1t
cool. and fiavoring with lemon and
little sugar. A draught of this half an
hour before meals Is notable purifier
of the blood and an occasional dose OF
EPSON salts, jalap. seltzer aperient or
Congress water may be taken. with ad-
vice of a physician. To check abnormal
craving for food DIR. Napheys recon-
mends chewing a grain or two OF roast
coffee Jellies of Iceland moss. without
milk. are excellent to supply appetite
without making flesh; so are water
crosses and tender radishes. and all
these are among the best purifiers OF
the blood and preventives of consump-
tion. Scrofulous and delicate girls
should eat much of these simple but po-
tent relishes. together with carrots ana
parsnips which are the best food TOT
quick and healthy plumpness.
The richness of the milk Of Alderney
cows in the Channel Islands is due to
long feeding on parsnips and the finest.
fairest children in some parts OF Scot
land use II as daily food. A carrot poui-
tice is admirable for softening the face.
acting as a purifier by absorption, and
mechanically as moist Application.
Thin, dyspeptic girls, or those with poor
appetite. should be given twelve drops of
acid phosphate In a small glass of water
three times a day. half an hour before
meals. till they feel hungry. and then
fed on crusty brown bread and mullins.
with change of the sweet, succulent
roots daily. beside fruits and meats, and
1t will be surprising how they tone up.
The dose of phosphate is not to be eX-
ceeded. as a very little is better borne
than sharp Doses which produce rush of
blood to the head.
Not so much devotion Is given a fair
complexion now as in the days when
Dolly MadisoRs Quaker mother sent
her to school every morning along coun-
try roads with linen mask oyer her
face. long linen mittens on her arms and
| a sunbonnet sowed tightly 10 the mask.
SO that the little seven-year-old could
not take IL on till it was ripped of. Was
IL worth the pains, even though her
beauty won President for husband?
More than one face as winsome has
held sway at the White House ere now,
with whose warm tint no such mask was
ever worn or needed. 1t is more to the
habits than to veil and shade her till
her breath is half cut in two. When a
rosebud will eat eight cakes at a sitting
dullness of complexion must follow.
though she lives indoors. But when her
appetite is regulated, and she lives out
of doors on beach and hilltop. the sun
/ bleaches and brings out the vivid rose
tint. provided always that she eats home
made brown bread. goes to bed at or 10
o "A n
cold weather. oftener in warm. and is out
of doors at least three hours every day of
her life
The skin which clothes our bodies must
be kept in the freshest condition. The
difference between the hasty wash
/ and thorough bathing deserves cOrsid-
Grafton. For young women in good flesh
the cool bath may be most agreeable
and good. But in case of langor pal
lor and stiffness of the limbs the hot
bath is best. quite as hot as the skin can
bear. and rendered more cleansing with
ammonia, borax or peariine. Remain in
it ten minutes. to let the skin absorb the
water. soaking off the old layers. soften
ing and stimulating the new growth and
suppling the joints. Keep the water
hot while taking thorough rub with
good soap, then let it run clear. adding
lavender or any pleasant toilet water for
a refreshing finish.
Keep the head wet in cool water IL
any sense of fullness there is felt
The hot bath well followed in other
matters lead to a growth of stature.
no matter what age. before the decline of
life sets in. The power to grow again,
which DIR. Weir Mitchell says often fol-
lows n typhoid or yellow fever, adding
half an inch to height in six months. may
be gained without such risks by strict
attention to health. aided by the hot bath.
This kindly agent sweeps away millions
of dead molecules by the skin. warding
off obesity, congestion. rheumatic stiff
ness and host of unlovely disorders. and
the least any one can do to keep decent
is to take hot bath with soap and
towels twice a week and go straight to
bed TO read and rest till sleepy. The
early sleep and the bath keep women
young.-San Francisco Report.