The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-07-30
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! But it must be admitted that TINS mas
been rarely done. 1t might even De
difficult TO find a single case in your
acquaintance, though there are cases
on record where this remarkable
growth has taken place after maturity.
But, on the other hand, there nave
been many instances where a woman
! has grown an inch, and it is probably
true that every woman can add half
an inch to her height, if not whole
! inch. This is something, surely, for
when one is short every half inch
counts.
Standing straight is a wonderful
help to the seeker after inches. Look
at yourself in the glass. Take a mir
ror and examine yourself in profile.
Take special note of your back. Do
your shoulder blades protrude? Is your
! back cushioned in fat? Are there pill
lows of fat anywhere? And below the
shoulders are there great humps of
flesh? These may be the sign of stoop
shoulders. Or they may be laid to
simple fat, but they are not at all pret-
ty. Why is my back so ungraceful2
is question which you must ask your
self.
Overcoming Awkwardness.
Here are some rules which certain
fat, round sheuldered girl who wanted
to be tall and straight adopted for
herself.
SIZE got into the habit of sitting in
a fiat, straight backed chair, one of
the kind that fitted every inch OF her
back.
She gave up lounging in those al
legged easy chairs that really deforIn
your shoulders every minute you re-
pose in them.
She spent part of the night on fiat
of her back to rest it and to iatten it.
She. Lad her underwear made snug
across the back, but loose across the
front so as to hold her back straight
Sine made habit to stand perfectly
erect on all occasions and to take long,
deep breaths. She never Topped for
ward, not even when reading, or iiS-
tening, or doing nothing at all. 1t was
all a habit she found this way she had
OF STOPPING.
This girl, after a systematic course
of exercise, found that she had added
several accomplishments to her list Of
attractions.
She could stand straight and she was
taller.
She was stronger and could do more
either at sport or at work.
Marian Martineau's Answers.
advise me to wash my face? l find it
looks dirty often, but / am afraid TO in
jure the skin by washing it too much.
Do not wash the face oftener than
twice day, in the morning for COM
fort and at night to cleanse the skin.
During the day you can use a soft, cold
cream upon it.
Mrs. T.: Cold cream seems to clog
the pores of my skin. ] cannot use it
without having an oily skin afterward.
The trouble is that you use it too
thick. Cold cream should be, as its
name implies, a cream. 1t should not
be much thicker than cream of milk
Spread it on the face and wife off with
soft linen cloth.
Cyanthia F.: I remember once that
had soft cream spread on my face
by a beauty eulturist. It remained
on a few minutes and then was wiped
off. 1t brought away all the bIackheads
and imperfections. san you tell me
how it was made?
Take a scent bottle of white vase
line. Add to it an equal amount of the
pure oil of sweet almonds. Heat to-
gether and add a teaspoon of borax.
This should make a thin cream. Spread
it on the face, but first be sure that