Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-23
THE QUEST OF BEAUTY
Reading for the Woman Who
Works at Home.
Observation-Disclosures
EASY RULES THAT HAVE SUR
PRIsING GOOD RESULTS.
A Bit Of Personal Care Every Day is
Better Than Complain
ing.
KEEPINGDAINTYHANDS

Written for The Evening Star by Katherine Morton.
IT am never going to marry until 1 can
afford to keep my wife out of the kitch-
en-" said a bachelor the other day, ''be-
cause as soon as woman does Homework
she loses her good looks SO fast that I'd
want a divorce" And he was enough of a
cynic to add dryly, Divorces are so ex-
pensive."
It's pretty state of affairs If a woman.
in doing the very work which the social
order of things assigns her loses all the
charm which the social order of things also
assigns her. 1t certainly is a pity If it's
So but I'm inclined to disagree with this
bachelors sweeping statement 1t seems
too sweeping but he had some foundation
for the remark. If you are housekeeper
without maid, ask yourself whether the
statement applies to you
If so, 1t should not be so. Homework is
not sdrudgery, unless 1t is made So No
work is for that matter. Cheer. up, go at
it wholesomely, and the wrinkles will smooth
out of your face, while your mouth ceases
to droop at the corners. This is the first
step in the beauty winning process.
Go at the work remembering that your
beauty and daintiness must not be sacri-
feed to it, This does not mean that you
of keeping your hands white. But there are
countless little ways in which you can pre-
serve your beauty even while doing the
hardest part of the houSeWork with your
own hands.
First of all, make sure that you are not
letting it tire you overmuch. Perhaps this
sounds like an easy thing to say when one
is not doing all the work for a husband
and a flock of six. Perhaps you think that
is all very well for the people who sit in
library and theorize about it. But it is
fact that nine out of ten hOuseworkers
make their work far harder than it need
be.
The common wall is, MY feet ache so.
I'm them all day Is it necessary to be
on them so much?
Homework is Healthy.
For the woman who does not lead an ac-
tive life, homework is recommended as
a good course in physical training. This
advice is not for her. 1t is for the woman
who does the homework because she has to,
and for whom it appears ateobe too hard.
The wear and tear of 1T must be relieved
much possible, for WEAKNESS makes
lines in the youngest and roundest of faces.
An often quoted rule reads: Never stand
when you can sit, and never Sit when you
can lie down." 1t is meant for the tired
houseworker above all women. Perhaps
you find no time to lie down except when
night comes There are very few women,
however, who can honestly say this. Almost
every one can take at least fifteen minutes
in the middle of the day, when the lunch
dishes are put away, for quiet rest fiat on
the back. If you think there are no such
fifteen minutes to spare, hunt for them. l
am willing to guarantee that you will make
the time up in increased energy of work
afterwards. -
Do you sit as much as possible at your
work? The woman who stands to polish the
silver, to peel the potatoes, to snap the
BEANS is not deserving of sympathy when
o n iG g 1Q1 zines haf
makes her say 1t is too much trouble to
get chair. There will be much standing
at best-all you need. Avoid it as much as
you can.
If you sit all you can and the feet ache
still, you need not be discouraged and go
to meet your husband with that drag in
your walk that writes footache all over
you. There is go beauty in a weary, pain
full step, and he is mentally comparing it
with the step of his one-time fiancee.
Take Care of Yourself.
Don't demand sympathy of him. Men
don't give large amount of the article,
and it is frequently an excellent thing for
women that they don't. Women get a good
deal too much molly-coddling and wishy-
washy pity from their own sex. Instead of
blaming John for not being sorry that your
rect ache, go to your room after You have
served his dinner and give them tepid bath
OF water in which teaspoonful of bak-
lemon and rub it over~them. The swelling
Will subside, and you will be able to reap
pear in your charming, dapper little ties
which always delight him. He has missed
them while the slouchy knitted slippers held
sway.
Corns have an unpleasant way of putting
in an appearance when the feet are swollen
Instead of letting a corn go unheeded for
a week or so, and then butchering it when
it becomes unbearable, head off trouble by
RUBBING Vasellne into it every morning. This
Will have tendency to soften the skin, and
although 1t is not an entire cure for we'll |
established corn, 1t will modify it's annoy
ance
When 1t comes to the point of needing
cutting, apply corn salve at night, rubbing
well in, and the corn can be removed easily
III the morning. AS soon as it is removed |
fasten a piece of oiled silk on the spot and !
wear this for several days. If 1t does not |
adhere of itself, bit of fine thread will
hold 1t on. The silk prevents the rubbing of |
the shoe on the tender spot
Wear Gloves.
Hands need great care while homework |
is daily practice. They are cut and |
burned and soaked in hot water and gen.
orally abused. The only possible advice is |
Don't"
Be very careful about the range. Many |
burns are entirely unnecessary. Make a |
practice of working as much as you can |
in pair of old gloves when you are at the |
stove. Let the gloves be met by a pair of |
washable over-sleleves, so that there is |
no bare arm or hand to be spattered by |
frying lard. Don't be absent-minded |
enough to lift a hot pan without a cloth in |
wour hand. Don't handle things in clum-
sy or hurried manner, and thus invite burns.
The same should be borne in mind when |
you are handling knife. A little dizziness. |
a little calmness and you avoid the cut
that furry would have caused.
When the burn or the cut does come in
spite of care-and they will sometimes
attend to them promptly and spare yourself
an ugly and perhaps lasting scar. Flour
spread over the burn and bound upon 1t so
that the air Is excluded is an Old-fashioned
and sterling remedy for slight burn.
Keep water from the burn. Vaseline is an
excellent dressing. Vaseline mixed with
talcum powder is better still. No kitchen
should be without it's jar of vaseline and
strips OF soft, old linen ready for emer-
gency. lR9s
For the cut battle in warm waterfalls
titled II possible-untl the bleeding Is
stopped. Then apply talcum powder and
bind 1t on with loose bapdage, frequently
changing the powder by bathing it away
with warm water. Physicians object to
court plaster, as 1t does not absorb the
moisture which the cut throws off.
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