The San Francisco call., 1904-06-05

undecided about framing them, let the
house use its own judgment Any
house always looks bare without pic
lures, but it is far better to look at
vacant walls than to gaze at so-called
pictures that offend your eye. Tell
your family that you want them to
give you pictures for Christmas and
your birthday and you will be sur
prised at the way your collection will
grow.
BIOGRAPHY = Burned Leather.
When you purchase a burning outfit
you are treading on dangerous ground,
although you may not be aware of the
fact. Too much burned work is a.
perfect abomination and makes a
really nice piece appear cheap and
tawdry. If the work fascinates you
give it away as fast you finish it,
reserving a fancy pillow, a piperack
or a dainty bookshelf for your own
use. Then 1t will look its very best.
FADS-Brass. You are mistaken
about brass lamps. To be sure you
can pay fancy prices for them, but
they are to be had for reasonable
ones as well. Tell a brass dealer you
will pay SIS for a lamp and see how
many he will discover in the depths
of closet he didn't know he had.
OIL BATH FOR CONVALESCENTS
Dorothy. After severe illness,
when the body responds slowly TO
nourishment, oil baths are invaluable
i'll supplying the needful fat 10 the
skin and underlying tissues. If the
baths can be given by q professional,
so much the better, for the thorough
massage which always ACCOMPANIES
such applications will stimulate the
entire system. If the professional is
not available one can take an oil bath
ones self and it will prove very benefi-
m -. r
overworking the stomach when the
nourishment baths should assist in the
work of restoration. The best grade
of olive oil may be used for the bath
although professionals generally use
cocoa butter. Three oil rubs may be
taken each week, provided the oil or
butter is we'll rubbed in. The body
should be perfectly dry and almost
free from the oil when the rubbing is
completed. Before the application use
a cleansing bath of warm water and
soap, followed by tonic bath of tepid
salt water, then the cleanSed pores will
greedily drink in the oil. Just before
retiring is the best time for such treat
ment, for the fatigue which the exer-
ton brings is quickly forgotten in re-
freshing sleep. While the oil should
be applied to the entire body, the
trunk should receive the most thor
ough manipulation and the largest
quantity of oil. l cannot give the
exact quantity of oil to be used each
time, because of the difference in in
dividual needs, but the general rule
is to use all the skin will absorb.
NEW IDEAS IN CENTERPIECES
(Elsie).-The best ideas in raffSa work
aside from basket making, are the new
embroideries. The very stiff conven-
tionai designs have been improved and
added to by semi-natural forms
Among the very newest examples are
the dining-table centerpieces, which
possess not only the merit OF
being rich and artistic In appearance
but thoroughly practical, points the
housekeeper will appreciate. The fam
iliar fruit designs hitherto embroidered
in silks on tan linen have been simpli-
fed. A beautiful example shows dark
red cherries and an overturned basket
as the decorative feature, embroidered
entirely in colored raffia on a ground
of fine twire colored burlap. The edg-