The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-16

wholesome and simple. II coffee or tea
is taken. it should be very weak. Break
fast may consist of sparingly buttered
toast. with two soft boiled eggs.
Oranges or grape fruit should precede
the meal. Stewed prunes and roast
apples should form part OF the evening
| repast. Vegetables ought to be eaten
plentifully, spinach being especially
good for the health. An avoidance OF
meats is recommended. Fish and fowl,
with desserts made with milk, are adj
vised. Dinner should be served in the
middle of the day. breakfast at o'clock
and tea not later than s. Growing chill
dren should never be permitted to in
dulge in the same rich food as their
parents do, and under no circumstances
should they be permitted 10 drink
wines or other intoxicating beverages.
Candies and similar sweets should be
likewise forbidden or INDUCED in but
rarely and moderately.
For washing the hair of a young girl
every six weeks is often enough. It
should be cleansed with palm oil soap
after first rubbing into the scalp the
yolks of two fresh eggs. A tablespoon
full of the shaved soap with a pint OF
boiling water poured over it makes a
rich suds. When this suds is nearly
cool, rub it into the scalp and rinse
thoroughly with tepid water Never
use a fine tooth comb. The hair should
be thoroughly brushed daily. Should
the scalp be very dry after washing
apply little olive oil with the tips OF
the fingers. Always braid the hair be-
fore retiring, as it prevents il from
breaking.
When studying, many girls are prone
70 bite the finger nails. 1t is a habit
which, when contracted, is hard 10
overcome. When a child is detected in
biting the finger nails, put a little aloes
on the tips of the fingers.
steel instrument should never be
utilized for cleaning the nails, as it is
alike irritating and dangerous. An
orange manicure stick is all that is
necessary. A little retiring cream rub
bed both on and under the nails while
cleaning them aids in the process. Aft
Der the cleaning under the nails the
hands should be scrubbed with a brush.
The scrubbing of the nails should be
feature of every morning and evenings
ablutions the soap used being a pure
olive oil one. The nails are to be first
cut the shape desired, then gently filed
smooth, the cuticle 'loosened with the
cream and carefully pushed back with
the stick. If the fingers are regularly
and properly attended to, there need be
no fear of hang" nails.
1t is a great mistake to allow children
to wear wells. They not only impede the
circulation, but make the skin sensi-
tive. Wearing them also promotes
crop of those disfigurements known as
black heads. for the skin needs the fric-
ton of the air. Too much care cannot
be exercised in the selection of a soap.
have known eczema and kindred all
ments to be caused by cheap, highly
scented soaps. a pure olive oil is the
only one that should be used on face
and body alike. In cleansing the COM
plexion first put on a little rose cream;
then take Turkish toweling cloth and
wash the face morning and night in
Iukewarm water. Rain or distilled wa
ter is preferable. Every night during
the hours of repose the face should be
anointed with retiring cream After
the washing a skin lotion should be
put on and a little face powder, which
should then be gently busted off with
cotton cloth.
It is a mistake to suppose that
chemically pure powder is injurious to
a delicate skin. On the contrary, il is
of great benefit, as it is a noncOnductor
of light and heat and in that way serves
to protect the cuticle. If it We're gener-
ally used. there would not be so many
coarse and muddy compilations
On young person the skin will yield
TO cultivation as readily as the voice
To prove this fact I can show my own
skin. the texture of which. although I
am in my fiftieth year. is admitted by
physicians both in this country and in
Europe to be like that of child. There
is no miracle about it. / have simply
always taken care of my complexion.