Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-11

| built so that one can dangle from the edge
| of a step. A door casing may serve.
Search until something presents itself.
Place some article on a shelf just beyond
| easy reach; reach Tor 1t. Do this first with
| the right arm and then with the left. Take
[, the article down and put it back with each
hand in turn. Take advantage of all the
| help your tiptoes offer. Don't grunt like an
Repeat it several times. See if you cannot
place the article a wee bit higher next
| night. Vary this effort by placing the ar
| ticle good deal higher and jumping for 1t.
Again let me warn the woman with pain
| in the small of her back against all of these
approaching exercises. What is healthy
woman's meat is her poison. If she Is a
chronic sufferer from such pain these
reaches are most dangerous and may bring
on serious disorders.
Use Judgment.
For instance, standing with a fiatiron
raised high above the head is excellent
practice for a girl who is fit; but 1 once
knew girl who did this for a few seconds
! on five successive days. and thereby gave
eher physician work for five successive
weeks. The fragile woman must gain her
relaxation by mider means. Light exer-
cises, particularly mat work, must suffice
for her.
Lying on your back on the floor. extend
sAiS oiiiS 81 diS III against yCul SiueS ISiSc
to a sitting posture without bending the
knees Repeat this number of times I'M
til the legs feel long
Here is an excellent occasion for that set
tiI Cup exercise which ordered you to bend
the body forward until the fingers touch
the floor, the knees all the while rigid.
Stretch the arms high above the head be-
fore bending.
Call in friend IN need. Induce her to
clasp you firmly by the ankles while you lie
face downward on the floor. Place yourself
so that you with difficulty reach a door
sill. Clutch it and pull yourself by 1t until
the body is thoroughly stretched.
Don't fancy for moment that you are
to undertake all of these violent exercises
in one night. Choose just enough to make
you feel thoroughly relaxed, and to make
the bed delicious spot They will bring
about the early sleep. and the early sleep.
you know, is beauty sleep.
A cream for chapped hands. which is also
whitener, is made as follows: l ounce
white wax. l ounce spermaceti, l ounce
nut oil, all added to one-Quarter ounce
camphor gum dissolved in ounce olive oil.
Melt together and beat to a cream. Rub
into the hands after bathing them in warm
by sleeping in loose kid gloves after the
al plication this prevents the cream rub
bling off during the night; 1t also causes
slight perspiration of the hands. which Is
whitening.
Keep your hair light by exposing it to the
sun as many hours each week as you pos
sibly can. Soda or borax will keep 1t
light, but they not the best shampoos.
as they make the hair brittle. A good tonic
Is made of pint bay rum, one ounce
castor oil. one drachm tincture canthar;i es'
one drachm carbonate ammonia. Use three
times a week at first. gradually lessentng.
Try egg shampoos.
Directions for the use of lemon juice on
the face were published last week. Make
your cold cream by melting and beating to
a cream the following ingredients: One
ounce white wax. one ounce spermaceti,
one ounce olive oil. one tablespoonful of
honey.
Nothing Is better for chapped lips than
camphor ice, and 1t has a tendency to red
den them. The best reddener. however, il
a preparation OF three ounces rosewater
and l teaspoonful tincture benzoin.