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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-05-26

| elsewhere. The most satisfactory sum-
mer cushions are linen, grass CLOTH
bandanna cloth with it's brilliant plaids
denim and burlap. They each will
launder Indefinitely. You can dispose
of these articles of comfort everywhere.
Build a window seat around the circu-
lar window if you have one, and pile
it with cushions. 1t will form an at
tractive nook. If you do not wish to
have the wood of the seat unprotected,
lay excelsior on it and cover with
denim, chintz or cretOnne.
CHILDREN'S BEDROOMS.
The arrangement of bedrooms used
by children should receive particular
attention from every mother. Where
there is not a regular nursery the
child's bed-chamber can be easily made
to answer the purpose of both. When
arranging the rooms be careful to place
the beds out of a direct draught, and
out of a position where the morning
sun will shine in the children's eyes
and arouse them. No matter how hot
the day never leave a window raised
near the bed where a child sleeps. Also,
the bed should never be placed against
the wall if it can be avoided, as in
this position the sleeper's breath is
likely to be thrown back and inhaled
again. This, it is almost needless to
say, is most unwholesOme.
TO WASH CORSETS.
If it is necessary to wash carsets
take out the steers in front ari sides,
they lay them on a fiat surface, and
with asma IL brush scrub them thor
oughly with a tepid or cold lather of
white CASTLE soap When quite clean
let cold water run ON them by holding
them under a running faucet until the
soap is all rinsed Oft. Pull them length
wise until they are straight and
shapely and let them dry in a cool
place. pulling them again when partly
dry. By this treatment they Will re-
tain their natural shape and wear for
months after.
SEMOLINA MOULD.
Into a pint basin put about one-half
teacuDful of semolina and d little
water; let it soak all night then drain
off the water and mix with the sem
DINA the yolk of one egg and the whites
of three beaten to q stir frOth; add
little powdered sugar and some van
lila flavOring; beat the mixture We'll
together, and pour into a wei lbuttered
mould; steam from Two to three hours;
turn out and serve with jam or stewed
fruit.
LIGHT CORN MUFFINS.
Most delicious corn mullins are made
as follows: Sfft together one and two
thirds cupfuls of flour. one of corn
meal. either white or yellow, and three
level teaspoonfuls of baking powder;
beat to a cream two tablespOnfuls of
butter with three of sugar, and add to
them three wei lbeaten eggs; dilute
this with a pint of milk. add a little
salt, beat hard and put into two dozen |
small, wei lbuttered gem pans Serve !
hot. To be sure of this it is well not
to have the mullins put in the oven
until just a few minutes before the
meal is ready. They bake in few min
uteS
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-05-26
CERTAIN CURE FOR INSOMNIA.

The Ladies' Home Journal says: In
somnia is a self-infiicted curse through
the violation of natures laws. The
cause may be oveF-anXiety, planning
for the morrow, thinking and worrying
over the yesterdays and todays, but no
opiate can remove the cause, even
though it may bring sleep. If the cause
is merely mental oyerwork, it may be
quickly removed by relieving the brain
of the excess of blood. Physical exer-
else is panacea for almost every all
ment which human flesh is heir to.
Therefore, stand erect, and rise slowly
from the heels; descend slowly. Do this
from forty to fifty times until you feel
the congestion in the muscles of the
leg. Almost instant relief follows, and
sleep is soon induced. For those who
are averse to a little work. 1 would
recommend, instead, a bowl of very
hot milk without so much as a wafer)
Immediately before retiring. The hotter
the milk the better for the purpose.
This will prove a better sleep producer
than all the opiates known to medical
science. 1t brings about an increased
activity of the blood vessels of the
stomach, causing slight temporary con-
gestion, which relieves the blood YES
sells of the brain. The hot milk is also
quite strengthening to the stomach.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-05-26
FEAST OF THE PoPPIEs.

One of the most beautiful customs of
Mexico is the feast of the Poppies, -
which is an annual celebration that
takes place the Thursday after Easter,
and hence is called Poppy Thurs
! day" The favorite church for the cell
| ebration is Our Lady of Carmel in the
town of San Angel, a few miles from
the City of Mexico. s4
In the churchyard this year were de-
vout Indians, who had brought of
| their treasures. Poppies with oak
| leaves, in wreaths and punches, deco
rated the walls and facade of the
quaint old building in which converts
were made before the first colonists
had arrived in New England. There
were poppy-laden booths, and Indian
folk, men and women, young people
and babies, sat on the ground with
| their brilliant wares spread around
them. In each corner of the yard was
a pretty fiower-decl1ed altar to Our
Lady of Carmel, and to these the In
dams lovingly brought more of their
fragile offerings. There seemed to be
scores of thousands of poppies, red,
pink ones, and white.
In the church was a wreath of the
same flowers. In the dome over the
altar were men and boys, and when
the first notes of the Gloria in Elk
celsis" rang out fairylike cloud of
pink and white and red petals fioated
from dome and choir gallery 1t was
like snowstorm of exquisite beauty,
and the effect was enchanting. The
rich coloring of the walls and altar
red, blue, gold and white-took an
added richness as seen through the
poppy cloud. The showers were re-
peated at intervals through the service.
At the close of the service the bells
began to ring and a procession march
ed from the church. A cross bearer
came first with, the altar boys, who
carried candles twined with poppies.
a deaSOn and sub-deacon with the
priest walked under a canopy of silk,
the pallium and custodia being. held
before the eyes of the priest A long
string of people carrying peoples and
other flowers and lighted candles fol-
lowed. All knelt at the four affairs to
pray, and the "Tantum Ergo was in
toned by the priest. Bells pealed and
music from trumpets and many other
instruments rang out, while through
it. all fell more fairy clouds from the
church roof and the walls of the
churchyard.
Every train and car was loaded with
visitors to the lovely village, and all
were eager to gather handful of the
shower of blessings" to take home.
The funds for this unique and beau
tiful annual ceremony are provided bv
Sonora Carmen Rosas Landa de San
Juan.
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FAULT FINDING IN MARRIED
LIFE.

If a man finds that he has a wife
III adapted to wifely duties, does it fol
low that the best thing he can do is to
blurt out, without form or ceremony.
all the criticisms and corrections
Which may occur to him in the many
details of household life? He would
not dare to speak with as little pre-
face, apology or circumlocution to his
business manager, to his butcher or
his baker. The laws of society require
that a man should qualify. soften and
wisely time his admonitionS to those
he meets in the outer world, or they
viii turn again and rend him. But
to his own wife, in his own house and
home, he can find fault without cere-
mony or softening. So he can; and he
can awake in the course of year or
two to find his wife changed woman,
and his home uncomfortable. He NAV
find. too, that unceremonious fault
finding is a game that two can play
at, and that woman can shoot her
arrows with far more precision and
skill than a man.
But the fault lies not always on the
side of the husband. Quite as often is
devoted, patient, good tempered man
harassed and hunted and baited by
the inconsistent fault-finding of a wife
whose principal talent seems to be in
the ability at first to discover and
make manifest the weak point in any
thing. We have seen the most gen
erous, the most warm-hearted and
Obliging of mortalS under this sort of
training, make the most morose and
disobliging of husbands. Sure to be
found fault with, whatever they do,
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A SENSIBLE GIRL.

Some young girls have d good share
Of excellent sense, as witness this ac-
count from a New York paper: cat
our hotel was a beautiful young girl,
educated, clever, thoroughly up to date.
A handsome fellow was paying her the
most devoted attention, whenever he
was sober enough to do so, and all of
us felt very anxious lest his attractive
manners and lavish display of wealth
should win the girl. One evening late
she came into my room, and, settling
herself among the pillows of the
couch, said: John proposed tonight,
and went down on his knees; said [
was the only power on earth that could
save him, and if 1 didn't consent to be
his wife he would fill a drunkards
grave What did you say?' I asked,
breathlessly. Well she replied, Z
told him that I was not running
Kelley cure. but if he really wanted to
be saved from a drunkard's grave L
could give him the address of several
l had heard highly commended -
Watchman.
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analgesia, SO medical authority. tells
us, If one who is injured will continue
to take long, deep breaths, for three
minutes, he will lose acute sensibility
to pain, so that a slight surgical opera
ton may be performed upon him with
out suffering Surgeons make their
patients use this natural anesthetic
alone, or with drugs. And in the lat
ter case less of the drug is required
when the patient co-operates with the
surgeon by thus drawing in his breath
1t would not be a bad idea if men who
express their opinion of a hammered
thumb with vigorous profanity could
be taught that this deadens the sensa-
ton of pain, for one cannot swear
while he is drawing in his breath.
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times more apt to win a noble lover and
an adoring husband than is her pretty
| fiirt Of a cousin,
We ned more of these good, fond
hearted. true women, for the coming
generations, to mother them, as only
such large-hearted women can.
The plain little woman who has only
her fond heart is not rusted over with
false pride. She is modest and shy; she
is not looking for or expecting the ad-
miration of the world of men. And if
one does seek her out and pay her hon.
age and wed her, she showers upon him
such a dover of love from that fond,
faithful little heart that he is her de-
voted slave forevermore.
He realizes that he has won treas
ure.
The prince in the fable who was sent
out to find peace began his search for
it by first endeavoring to find a plain
maiden for wife, feeling reasonably
sure she would have a fond hearts
And when he had found a bride he
wrote back to the king that he had
found peace.
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HOW a GIRL CAME TO HAVE
PRETTY FEET.


BY HARRIET HUBBARD AVER.
This is little story of a woman with
a theory that amounted to something.
The woman was and is my friend,
and she viii pardon me if l say that
she has occasionally bored me q little
with her diatribes on the subject Of
modern feet and modern shoes.
We were schoolmates, this woman
and l. and early in the day, shortly
after the first baby came, L began to
attend what might be called Mrs. b. S
foot recitals.
One would think a baby with a set
of toes of regulation number and size
had never been born to tread the green
lanes or flag sidewalks of a grateful
world before.
This baby" quoth my friend, when
the infant was only a few weeks old,
is going TO grow up with perfect feet.
/ want everybody to know
And everybody did know and got
tired hearing of those wonderful eX-
tremeties.
And time wore on. as time will if you
let it alone and don't nag it.
NV friend and l went our several
wa-s.
The little feet toddled along, too, by
the side OF the parent with the theories.
Half a dozen years back 1 learned
that my schoolmate was in England
and had become a leading exponent of
the Delsartean school.
And l smiled and wondered if She
still carped on the ways and means of
retaining the perfect beauty of the
human foot
And loi now l was shown proof that
my friend was wise in her generation
and the baby that was to have the
unblemished tootsies has successfully
fulfilled her mission.
She is today almost young lady, and
all her life she has worn sandals at
home and stockings with five separate
toes, lust as we have fingers in our
gloves.
Her feet have received the most per-
feet care in every detail
She has been made to practice to-.
stretching and other movements TO
keep the feet plant and to retain the
graceful arch of the instep, which is
SO often destroyed by ill-shaped SHOES
and bad habits Of walking.
My friends belief is that If our
hands were subjected to the constant
torture we submit our feet to they /
would be just as distorted relatively.
She has given her little girls feet
the freedom and care We bestow upon
our hands.
In the house the child has always
worn sandals, which she insists have
given her daughter a lightness, buoy
ancy and grace in her movements that
make her a living expression of the
poetry of motion"
Her shoes are made to fit her feet, !
not, as it too common the case, her
feet made to fit into shoes of a certain !
form or cut.
They are put on as her gloves are /
when she goes out only
AS a result that baby has been |
worthy her mother.
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HINTS FOR MOTHERS.

Children are often worried because
their mothers are too attentive, and
continually reprove their small ones
without reason.
A child should be left alone, and be
allowed to play or amuse itself ~ its
own way, without the constant direc-
ton of a nervous mother.
A boy, for example, enjoys more a
few simple toys, and something which
his own ingenuity has worked out, than
the most elaborate plaything which has
been bought.
In the same way the little girl will
lavish her affections on a misshapen
doll, probably made at home, while the
most artistic production of the toy
shop will lie in state, to be taken up on
rare occasions.
Keep children well, clothe them SEN
sibly, let them understand they are to
amuse themselves, and don't fuss"
them
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TOILET HINTS.

Never use hard water for washing; if
you cannot procure naturally soft water
soften the hard by the addition of a
few drops of ammonia or a little borax
When the face is dusty do not at
tempt to cleanse it with cold water In
stead, give it hot bath, using plenty
of good soap, and then rinsing it thor
oughly with plenty of warm water.
Finally, sponge it with water that is
nearly cold.
People who suffer from perspiring
feet will find the benefit of bathing
them frequently with warm (not hot)
water. to which a little ammonia has
been added. After drying, the feet
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-05-26
FOR ROUGH, RED SKINS.

A rough, red skin rarely exists with
out some blood disturbance; frequently
it accompanies dyspepsia. The best
treatment for it is a yer ycareful diet,
an avoidance of al highly seasoned
food, coffee. tea and stimulants Bath
ing in soft, warm water several times
a day viii frequently relieve it, and
the following lotion has usually allayed
the condition temporarily, for an ex-
ternal treatment will never cure per-
manently a blemish of the skin which
is caused by an internal disorder.
Lotion for rough skin:
Glycerine, 4 ounces
Cologne, 2 ounces.
Borax pure), l ounce.
Camphor water mot spirits of cam
phorl, ounces.
Apply at night and several times
through the day, as convenient Talcum
powder should be used instead of the
prepared chalk. which great many
women persistently cling to during the
warm weather months.
Harriet Hubbard Aver.
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HOW TO AVOID GRIP.

1t doesn't make any difference wheth-
er you call it grip, influenza or plain
cold in the head-the best thing to do
about it is to avoid it.
Keep your feet dry and warm and
your body well fed. Avoid the night
air and see that your sitting room at
home and your Office downtown are
not overheated.
Be ever so careful, as the measly
grip microbe may get you, anyhow
If it does, the very best thing to do
is to go to a physician and have him
prescribe for you.
If you have not time to see a ply
stefan or cannot spare the money for
his fee, you might try this prescription
which a physician recommends, and
which has been successful in curing the
ailment:
Phenacetine ....... III grains.
Quinine.. -. =. ..........15 grains.
.COuela .-..-.......1s grain.
Make into six powders and take one
every hour or four hours; after that
take one every two or three hours.
This dose is for an adult Any drug
gist will put it UP for you, and it
should not cost more than 20 cents.
Try it if the grip gets you. But, as we
said before, the best thing to do about
the grip is not to get it at all.
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OF INTEREST TO WOMEN.

This is the time of year when women
should look their best. Warmth, is so
much more comfortable than cold, ex-
cept to the very stout, and. moreover,
one can wear all sorts of light, pretty
materials, and delicate colors. Pointed
bodices, buttoned or lacing behind. are
returning to favor, and in these new
bodices the points are longer than in
the old. This style is particularly suit
ed to those who are short WASTED and
large hipped. Those who love a touch
of scarlet will be glad to hear that
just now all shades of red are more
fashionable than ever. Though this is
to be pre-eminently a muslin season,
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-05-26
THE WOMAN BEAUTIFUL.

What is it, above all other things.
that makes a woman beautiful? That
helps to make her wise, kind, gracious
and helpful to those around her? Pa
thence. Patience-always and forever.
Patience is of two sorts. First. it
indicates the ability to preserve your
equilibrium under exasperating cir
cumstances. 1t is. therefore, closely
allied to self-control, for without self
control you cannot be patient.
Then there is another kind of pa
thence, 1t refers to the manner in
which you bear the ills of life the
spirit in which you endure hardship
and struggle in any of its ten thousand
shapes. When YOU suffer quietly
that is, with placid and still trustful
soul-patience develops and becomes
fortitude
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LIGHT CORN MUFFINS.
A PRAYER TO MARY.

% Mother of the Savior Christ, make
haste and meet those who walk moan
ing and weeping in the valley of
tears!" larry not long, for the weary
world leans toward the future. and is
listening for the sweet sound of thy
footsteps, for thou wilt bring to its
darkness Christ, the everlasting light
and to it's sorrows Christ, the everlast-
ing joy, and to it's places of death
Christ, the infinite salvation. o Mary
of the promise, Heaven does not need
thee, for all is joy and blessedness
there! Poor earth signs for thee, o dove
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-05-26
MASSES FOR TIE DEAD.

There is a great consolation. for.
though it is more to have a Mass said
than to assist at one, it is, neverthe-
less, a special comfort for the suffering
souls if we offer for them the Masses
which we attend, and thus pour out
upon them the sacred blood of Jesus.
st. Jerome remarks upon this subject:
The souls in purgatory, for whom the
Priest celebrates Mass while the faith
ful offer up their prayers are free from
pain during the time Mass is said for
them"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-05-26
OUR READINESS TO BELIEVE
EVIL.

One of the amazing things in life is
the readiness with which decent people
believe evil of their friends and neigh
bors, and go about making charges
and iudulging in innuendo and malic-
iOus accusations. Let anyone make a
vague insinuation without the slightest
ground but his own evil imagination
against any man, and within a week
that insinuation viii have grown even
in the talk Of the victims naighbOrs |ld
fellow Christians into q circums TN riaI
story of baSeneSs and cOrruDtiOn.
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SIN.
CBv Maria Fl. NIavneO

(By Maria II. Mayne)
What luTked in dark Gethsemane that
night
While Bread was broken at the paschal
board,
And Love with serving hand fed famished
lOye2
What waited there to live it's mightiest
hour,
And there unmasked, the mighty David.
low
In sweat from his life channels started.
cast
With cry of human agony and fear?
WEat gloated at the hand of Power un-
nerVed
To raise the trial cup?-My spirit. peace!
Who triumphed as the smOthered flame
leaps up
Ger conquest, lurid. hideOus ere it wanes,
What form arose between the perfect eye
OF earths new Adam and the heaven ir
sought,
Thou couId'st not know and bide; but
while thy Lord
Is stricken unreprOachful know. my soul.
One deed withheld the weight had lighter
pressed,
One drop the less His cup had not Ger
flowed.
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DRAWING IN BREATH.

Many people have foolishly supposed
that, by their quick inspiration when
they struck their ankle bone against a
rocker in the dark, or ran a pin into
their nnger instead of their dress, they
were merely drawing in their breath
Not at all; they We're using respiratory
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-05-26
PUT TO SLEEP IN THE DARK.

(By Bishop H W. Warren)
The weary child, the long play done,
Ways slow to bed at set of sun,
Sees mother leave, fears night begun,
But by remembered kisses made
To feel, tho lonely, undismayed,
Glides into dreamland unafraid.
The weary man, Hfe's long day done,
Looks lovingly at his last sun,
Sees all friends fade, fears night begun,
But by remembered mercies made
To feel. tho dying, uEdismayed,
Glides into glory unafratd.
University Park, Colo.
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THE PRIEST.

Far down the village street, with steps
so slow
And Bonded form, he comes. His cas-
sock old
Flaps family in the breeze. The suns
last glow
Sweet rests upon him now and tinge OIL
gold
Crowns fair his wrinkIed brow. so noble.
brave.
And smiles in peace Ger locks of snowy
white.
The village knows him well, and in yon
grave
Rests one of many souls in weary night
He prayed to sleep His children's tears
are his,
And oft ne weeps, yet ever tries to still
Their souls, and when no sorrow mars
their bliss
His. too, their joy; and soft, his voice
doth fill
Their souls with hope, as life's drear path
they trod
And leads them ever nearer home and
Cod j. William Fischer.
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our old and tried friend, zephyr, is
much valued. 1t washes so well. and
looks so fresh, that girl cannot go far
wrong in investing,
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of the new covenant. come soon,
through the gates of the morning. bear
ing the olive branch of the peace of
God to the world
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they have at last ceased doing. The
disappointment of not pleasing they
have abated by not trying to please.
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All Gods own material creation 10
worthless to him in comparison with
one peasants heart or with one childs
serious prayer.-Father Faber.