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SENSIBLE.

accomplished by careful dieting. All sorts
of injuries can come about by trying rem
edies that are said to make the bust
smaller.
MAUD-For the excessive perspiration
put a little baking powder in your bath,
Maud, and after drying the body care
der made of one part boracic acid, two
parts of precipitated chalk and seven
parts of powdered talcum.
BLUE EYES-A lunar caustic pencil will
remove the wart Touch the center of the
wart lightly with the pencil once a day.
taxing great care not to get caustic on
will turn black and gradually disappear.
If the wart is very large l would advise
you to go to a dermatologist to have it
renTss AS IS It it, is s on the eyebrow Of
with the pencil will fall also.
ARDATH-The hair will continue to fall
SO long as you do not get rid of the dan
edy | am quite sure will help you: Forty
eight grains of resorcin, one-half ounce Of
giycerine and alcohol enough to fill a two
ounce bottle. Apply once a day with
sponge. Shampoo the hair every two
weeks with the liquid soap referred to in
foregoing reply to Miss H I do not care
Ior tar soap for the hair. It's qualities
are very much overestimated Let me
know how you progress.
MISS AGNES-Isn't it singular that
gray hair is considered so beautiful by
every one, save the unhappy possessor of
It? There is nothing that will darken the
hair but dye, and, really, I wouldn't
rest we'll at night if 1 felt that 1 had
been party in a hair-dying scheme. I
think what your hair needs is nourish-
ment at the roots. A very little olive oil
slightly warmed and we'll rubbed into the
scalp with the tips of the fingers. will
help you, am sure. If you will take an
iron tonic, prescribed by a physician, per-
haps those little white hairs will become
discouraged and cease putting in an ap-
pearance. The chin and neck can be
massaged down to smaller proportions by
picking up the flesh between the thumb
as much you possibly can. without injur-
ing the skin. Then, in order to prevent
the flesh from getting f1abby, the neck
and chin must be bathed in cold water
in which small piece of alum the size
of bean has been dissolved. OF course
the skin must be smeared with cold
cream before beginning the massage.
Your question about the electric needle
you will find answered in to-day's
Beauty Talk. I have not thought your
questions foolish by any manner Of
means but most natural. I thank you for
your kindly wishes. NINE. HYGEIA.
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East. I do not want you to even think
OF making any sort of return to me for
any advice that l may give you: 1 am
pleased to answer any questions that may
be put to me- That is what 1 am here
for Write again.
BESSIE D;-The hair tonic that you
the one 1 advised. They are practically
the same. If you will always use the
yolks of two eggs well beaten with
pinch of borax and a pint of warm water
when you wash your hair the golden tints
will be less likely to vanish.
LYDIA-I would rather not give for
have none that 1 am perfectly sure would
prove harmless. However, you can get
them in any drug store, If you wish e
take the chances The pumice stone will
have exactly the same effect. Possibly
to-day's Beauty Talk will contain hint
for you.
Sundays Beauty Talk contained a fund
of information on this point. An excel
lent bust and neck food is made by mix
ing, equal parts, Of cocoa-butter, lanoline
and cocoanut oil. No, really do not think
that hair can be made to grow upon a
head that has been bald for years. AT
any rate I have no knowledge of any pro-
cess by which such result might be
brought about. 1 am sorry
MISS HI have never known of case
similar to yours. Were l in your place
/ should also hesitate to use grease of
any sort upon my face There is some
thing abnormal about such condition
and my best advice to you would be TO
consult a skilled dermatologist The GU
cumber lotion cannot possibly injure your
skin and may be ar.nlied undilHted with a
will be often enough to apply it. Use the
ounces eau de cologne, one-half ounce
tincture of cantharides, and ons one on tn
rosemary. Apply to the roots once or
twice day with small al5 t SpopIg Gd Sham aas
formula for which was given last Sunday
in reply t0 Pacc Pif f,yn you see I 1t End
all the information you wish in to-day s
Beauty Talk The dermatologist that you
srperfluous hairs is concerned. A tonic
made of equal parts of coc9anpt oil and
but / always hesitate to recommend it, as
it is exceedingly difficult to apply with
il does get into the eyes it will smart and
the eyes become inflamed.
MISS ANNETTE JONES-Do not try
to reduce the size of your bust except by
a general reducing of flesh, which can be
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HAVE YOU BEEN TRlCKED
BY THIS MAN ?

n ERHAPs you have already
bought nine flower pots with
choice plants. If so, commisera-
i tions!
Perhaps you have not bought
nine flower pots with choice plants.
If so, felicitations
For though countless people in this
city have paid for the privilege of pos
sessing those self-same pots, not one
of the purchasers has ever so much as
caught a Whit of their fragrance.
The reason is simple one The
plants are not children of the sun and
dew and earth. They are nothing but
the blossoms of an impostors magma
ton.
So if a glib, fairly well-dressed man
offers to let you have nine flower pots
providing you pay for moving them.
hold fast to him. He's the man half
of San Francisco is looking for. When
they find him, his f1ower-strewn path
will be changed to one of thorns.
He is in the flower business. but he
does not ply his trade with gardeners
implements. A ready tongue. a facile
wit and convincing manner are his
stock in trade.
With variations, to suit the occasion.
the following is the pitfall which he
digs for his victims:
Hello, Jones, old mani"
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FRILLs
OF FasBIoN.

G7f9HE latest hat in Paris is shaped very
much like a square breastplate, with
a narrow turned-up brim and me-
dtum crown. and loaded down with
flowers of all sorts and kinds.
Hand-painted mousseline de sole is the
material for your most elegant evening
dress If you would be in the latest fashion.
These gowns are made with tunics edged
with fine lace. and the painting is done
after they are cut and fitted, so that each
seam is decorated, and the color is used
20 give the effect of shading down from
the bodice, deepening in tone to the edge.
One novel feature of the seasons even
ing sleeve is the open space just below the
point of the shoulder when a long or ell
bow length transparent sleeve is worn. A
narrow strap extends over the shoulder,
and the top of the sleeve is cut away in a
sort or half-moon to show the prettiest
part of the arm.
Belts have become so conspicuous a fea-
ture OF dress that a whole volume might
ne written about them without giving an
accurate description of the beauty and
variety which meet your eye at every
with diamond centers strung together
with space between. on two gold chains,
IS one of the expensive novelties; but
there are all sorts of silver. gilt, oxidzed
silver, and fancy metal belts and buckles
for from 81 up to very much higher
price. The particular one you want usu-
any runs up III price, out very pretty
buckles can be purchased for 49, Any
width of belt seems to go; the important
thing is to have a belt; but the very mar
row row, ones are most generally liked, and
ones. They give a touch of brightness to
the gown which nothing else can, and
belts of some description are worn with
every sort of gown, whether it Is for
evening or day use, and with every sort
of a coat, long or short.
Brown cloth gowns seem to have
a q In he ND he
special fancy for trimming is a mixture
of orange and blue. Violet cloth. en-
broidered in white MORE applique with
black and steel, is also very pretty with
brown and the usual accessories of cream
lace.
Gold thread is worked in with chenille
in many of the new embroideries, and
braid mixed with lace and chenille is an
other combination in trimming.
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UNIQUE
KaRRINGS.

SEHE present craze for earrings has
found many women whose ears have
not been pierced, and women often
hesitate to infiict upon themselves
what Will be a dishguration when the
fashion shall have gone the way of all
fashions. But the new earrings need no
piercing of ears, for they are simply a
bit of gold f1ligree that catches the lobe
of the ear and may or may not support
jewels, says a New York exchange. Neck
chains are worn with every kind of a cos
tune. and heavy gold ones, with no raj
son d'etre save to carry a locket or orna-
ment, are becoming more and more pop
ular. profusion Of jewels seems to be
the fashion this season, and the jewelers.
ionabe stone. 1t is the proper clasp for
the pearl dog collar that is worn even
with elaborate high-necked gowns.
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Come and have some

obliged to you. Come and have some
thing before you go.
So in addition to pocketing all the
way from 25 cents to 81 on this scheme
this fiower-pot fraud usually gets some
liquid refreshment in addition. And
worst of all, Mr.. J. Immediately tele-
phones home to Mrs. ].
"HeHoin
I've got some new plants for you,
beauties
What kind? Oh, pinks. and two Am
erican Beauties, and-I forget what the
rest are. 1 think he said nine.
No, no, not much. 1 don't have to
buy them. They're in pots already,
pretty ones, too. Good-by."
Then for two long days Mr.. and Mrs.
]. watch in vain for the plants that
never come. At nightfall Mr.. ]. steals
out, a sadder and wiser man, and by
patronizing the florists, quiets a mock
ing tongue.
This plant philanthropist does not
show any undue Partially toward his
own sex. Almost as many women
have been duped. He wards off sus-
picion by jocularly remarking as he de-
parts with the necessary money to
move the plants: Don't be surprised
if / never come back. / may spend this
in riotous living" His seemingly hon
est countenance and this joking man
are marvellous aids in ,disposing Of
these ubiquitous nine Towering pots.
Some very queer conincidences have
developed from the purchase of these
vanishing flower pots.
A prominent merchant on Kearny
street bought them. Now he can tell
at a glance whether fabric is all-wool
or not But the flower faker pulled the
wool over his eyes on the flower pot
question.
1t happened that on the same even
ing after the salad was served. his
wife casually mentioned that she had
bought a bargain.
Now the merchant, being in the bar
gain business, objects to his wife buy
ing bargains. He has marked $40 suits
down to $50 too often himself to be
caught at the bargain counter.
Nonsense" he answered. But that
reminds me, my dear, / captured what
you'd call bargain to-day that really
Is a bargain
"But so is NINE" protested the wife.
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a moments contact with the skin sharply
withdrawn, when, of course, the hairs will
come with ii.
However, when pulled with tweezers or
removed In this way, 1t but scatters the
root, as rule, and three or four hairs
Will return in the place of the one re-
moved
Then there is the solvent method. which
claims to dissolve the roots. 1t is neces-
sary to use the tweezers or resin stick in
connection with this method, which is sup
hair folicles and thereby render the
hairs loose and easy to pluck out.
Lastly, there is the galvanic method.
which is known as eectrolysis. This con-
sists of inserting needle as fine as a hair
into the hair follicle and destroying the
hair by the. electric current This loosens
the hair, which Is then removed by means
of tweezers. A slight redness sometimes
followed by the formation of a slight
pustule, results from the operation, which,
however, soon disappears. If the opera
tor is skillful and experienced no scar
should result
Even this method is not always success
full, for If the base of the follicle is not
reached by the needle the hair will sprout
again and the operation will have to be
repeated. OF course electrolysis is only
applicable to the. Separate, stiff hairs, as
cess If applied to mere down, and the time
and trouble it would involve would cost
fortune.
A smoothly cut piece of pumice stone
rubbed over the face each day, will keep
the hairs worn down to the surface Of
the skin so that they are not discernible.
peroxide of hydrogen. to which a little
liquid ammonia has been added The
peroxide will bleach the hairs and the
ammonia will sometimes deaden the little
pests after long usage.
The down or soft hair, which grows on
nearly every ones cheeks, it is much
wiser to leave severely alone. 1t is not
nearly as noticeable to others as we
fancy 1t is, and a depilatory powder is
almost certain to make the hair grow in
coarser and thicker.
Answers to Correspondents.
NJ. v. WI think you will find the COM
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pleX1on brushes in any of the large drug
stores, or any place where complexion
articles are carried. A fairly good one
costs about 70 cents, although the higher
priced ones, of course, are better. If YOU
do not succeed in finding one send me a.
stamped addressed envelope and | will
send you the name of a man who keeps
them.
GRACE-You are right when you say
that true beauty comes from within, for
there is nothing under the blue dome so
beautifying as sweetness, brightness and
good nature. However, we can add to
these cleanliness, health and a few nice
and noses. l don't particularly approve
OF using pure cream on the skin, for I
think 1t makes 1t more susceptible to the
EN- efec Ca2 OF wind and sunlight You are
press 1t. little harmless powder will
not lnJure your complexion but don't. l
beg Of you, use rouge; Get the roses of
strictly hygienic method of living, such
as | nave given rules for many times in
these talks. After cleansing the skin
sage it gently with the orange flower skin
food. When the skin seems dull and life
less a patting exercise will help it., BY
fingers over the entire face. I think the
following astringent wash will be better
for your skin than the cucumber milk, on
pint bottle and place in it three table
spoonfuls of eau de cologne Shake we'll
and add very slowly half an ounce of
simple tincture of benzoin, shaking the
with elder flower water. Be sure that
there are no settings in the benzoin else
1t will be apt to curdle the lotion. This
will whiten the skin and gradually con-
tract the pores. If when washing the
hair, you will use as a shampoo the yoik
of an egg, well beaten in a pint of dis
spirits / think you will find the hair will
be left quite soft and glossy. Wash and
the scalp thoroughly with this
and be sure and rinse in three or four
waters. The corset waist spoken of 1 fear
cannot be gotten here. unless made to
order. Those that 1 saw were In thu
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a large. ring, without opening. not unlike
the plain gold ring for the finger, about a
quarter to half an Inch broad and IS, of
course, large enough to slip over the
hand. The simplicity of this dainty or
nament is in pleasing contrast to the
lavishment of design shown in most of the
accessories of the toilet at present and
this accounts doubtless for part of its
popularity
Though the plain ones are most in de-
mand, some very pretty bracelets are fin
ished with from one to seven stones set
across the back. For this purpose tur-
quoise is the most popular stone, though
all of the semi-precious stones are used,
particularly those which are opaque, as
this bracelet Is supposed to be worn at
all times.
The very newest thing in bracelets for
evening wear Is a narrow gold ring with
a bangle, which is formed of single
chain about four or five inches long, set
at short intervals with large stones.
Each gem Is different, and all are ar
ranged with Difference to some definite
color scheme, one shade blending gradu-
ally into or else contrasting sharply with
the next.
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Il bought some flowers for
and paid fancy florists prices for
them, of course. Now, bought some
plants myself to-day How much do
you think l paid for them?"
But they can't be as cheap as those
I bought. [ got mine for nothing, Just
had 10 pay the man for moving them. i"
Moving them!" and the merchant
pricked up his ears.
Where are those plants?"
They haven't come yet. 1 guess the
rain kept the man from bringing them. -
The next instant both explanations
clashed together. Both husband and
wife had bought the plants. Their
stories dovetailed exactly. Same man,
same flower pots, same plants-tWo
roses. two pinks. etc.
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Jones-Hello! (aside) where have I
met this fellow?
Still living on Webster street
Jones?"
Jones-Yes; same place.
We'll l helped an expressman move
family out of that neighborhood. and
they left nine flower pots with mighty
fine plants Landlord doesn't want
them. Thought perhaps you might"
Jones--Of course l do. Ny wife is
crazy about flowers. But how can I
get them?
We'll, l could bring them to the
house. They're too heavy to carry at
once, though. I'll have to take the car
and make several trips"
Jones-All right; here's a dollar
That's all right, don't mention It; you
don't know how much car fare It will
take. They're dirt cheap at that. Much
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air, and Master Parrot was fortified
against it. He wore a coat, or blanket,
or whatever you like to call it, of green
velvet, made of two pieces. just the shape
of a turtles shell. One piece hung over
his chest The nfs other protected his back
of collar. A bicycle stood at the curb
stone. The lady set the utterly self-pos-
sessed bird on the handle bar mounted
and rode away. / said to myself that OBJ
viously there was a woman who was
well, who had been having Miss on her
visiting card since hoop skirts were in
woman / met about it she told me that
the parrots mistress not only has a hus-
band. but real live baby, too.-Washing-
ton Post
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Wraps HUG
The FIGURE.

II VERIFYING now points to an ap-
II parent narrowing of the whole fig
jI,ure. The shoulder seams are longer,
the sleeves are smaller, and the
princess lines will for successfully built
gowns prove fatal to belts and girdles of
all kinds Long, narrow skirts in double
effects increase daily, and to add to the
effect of height and sienderness, the new
est trains are narrow and somewhat
scant, terminating in quite a decided
point. Closely fitting shoulder capes of
fur hug the figure and run down to round
ed or pointed ends behind, while they are
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still much shortened in front and so great
is the closeness of some wraps in this
the hands out at each side. These mar
rover effects have one point in their favor
they are certainly warmer than the
erstwhile stiffened flutes. Even the far
ing collar, with its ruff1ed fullness, has
given place to the close dog collar in
many wraps for theater, carriage or the
promenade.
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RRaCELETS
The RaGE.

1ES0 VERY girl who aspires to keep pace
IT with the changing fancies of fash
JO7 ion is wearing or wishes to wear a
plain, heavy gold circle on her left
wrist. Just now this is the popular fad in
bracelets, and It bids fair to supersede
the lock and chain. which style has been
in favor for some time past 1t is simply
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Barbaric Boas.

The new fur boas are simply barbaric-
beautiful, may be, but pronouncedly con-
spicuous. They are immense in size and
ength and are finished with fac-similes of
the original head. paws and tails. Many
reach to the knees, some quite to the hem
IF the. skirt. All this array of the fero-
.ious is aided by the big muff. with its
head. paws and tails, and it is little won
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c-NROM the vast number of distress
IL, full walls that come to me from
all directions l have about de-
cided that superfluous hair is the
y source of more anxiety and worry
to womankind than almost any
other facial blemish. Even the first gray
hair which strikes such horror to a
womans soul-also the first wrinkle-are
obliged to take back seat as a cause of
unhappiness to the mind feminine. 1t GER
tainly would be much more civil of the
hair If it would grow ION the top of the
head, in the place where the hair ought to
grow" instead of persisting in distrib-
uting itself all over the face, where well
regulated hair has no business to grow.
To get rid of it is an easy matter. but to
prevent it's coming back Is much more
difficult. Even If it would come back
alone and unattended one might put up
with it, but in almost every case not only
does it persistently return, but it brings
with IT all ats sisters and its cousins
and it's aunts."
There are two kinds of superfiuous hair
There is a kind called lanugo, which is
mere down, soft and often very thick in
growth, that appears upon the upper lip
the lateral parts Of the face and upon
the outer side of the arms.
The other kind of superf1uous hair con-
sists of stiff, isolated hairs, that are often
seen upon the chin and upper lip, par
ticularly in women of dark complexion.
The same treatment does not equally
suit both
There are several methods by which
superf1uous hair may be removed, The
cofnmonest of these is by means of depil-
atory powders, which are usually COM
posed of sulphide of arsenic or caustic
fine. These, however, merely burn the
hairs off and, of course, the roots being
unaffected, the hairs Will reappear and
the depilatory must be used again.
There has never been any article made
that could kill the roots without destroy
ing the skin.
The second method of removing super
fuous hairs is by means of tweezers or
of a resin stick, which is heated to melt
ing point. put on the hairy part and after
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A woman came out of a tailor's estab-
lishment on G street Wednesday morn
ing and ! could not but turn and stare
at her. On her left foreflnger sat an inn
perturbable parrot. There was faint
suggestion OF frosty sting in the sunny
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pi3ts Oh HoW to Be Beautiful.
By Nine. Hygelo.


o. al einerst
their swmb
yquts
HygdT eSundyC
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Bath is suffering from an epidemic of
twins, six sets having been recently
contributed by Golfers wives in the Earl
of Warwick's colliery, near the city, and
two others proViding triplets.
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Z72o1S.'
Fashions Latest Ead

der that the caricaturist finds in the
SWEETEST habiliments OF fur his richest
resources
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NROM the vast number of Distress
full walls that come to me from
all directions l have about de-
cided that superfiuous hair is the
source of more anxiety and worry
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ANITA CLAUS did not forget tie
girls who have graduated from
school life into LIES school. He
filed their stockings brimful and
left at least one, ofttimes half a
liz Of beautiful ga r-rarS
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Answers to Correspondents.
NJ. v. WI think you will find the COM