The Washington times., 1905-03-11
GOOD HEALTH HINTS
That Are Essential TO Obtain Good
Locks and Complexion.

| The girl with the saliow complexion
| will do well to eat oranges. Not one
orange alone at breakfast time, but four
or five each day. This works wonders.
When .oyerheated the hands and face
| should be bathed in hot water. contain
| ing few drops Of ammonia. This will
be found refreshing and beneficial to the
/ skin.
A yapor bath which is very satisfac-
| tory may be had at home without any
| expensive appliances. Fill tub with
hot water, place chair in it, and when
the patient is seated wrap him around
with a blanket, taking care TO cover the
| bath also.
| Never. never should a woman wash
I her hands without drying them perfect
! ". Half-wiped hands are sure to be-
come rough and coarse. Red hands are
| generally due TO one of two causes.
| either to tight clothing or impeded cir
| cIllation. due. to misused nerve force.
In either case. remove the cause and
| the hands will regain their natural
healthy color.
Enlarged finger Joints are the source
| of annoyance and modification. Some
times they are caused by pulling the
| fingers to make the joints crack;
sometimes they are the result of hard
work. rheumatism or gout- They may be
relieved by light rotary massage rub
bing around and around and around on
| the Joints with the t1SsTnb and fingers
| and stroking upwaTd| accofnpa n1eo 1py
the application of oil of wintergreen
| Charlois skins are considered iadis-
| ueusable to the toilet. but they are an
| Injury rather than q benefit II not kept
| perfectly clean They stand washing
| like a r1ocket handkerchief IL treated 10
| lukewarm water and pure soap Face
| powder rubbed into a clean chaTnois
| skin, will keep the face free from the
! disagreeahie shiny appearance enas 1ad
| woman. It can be used as often as you
please without possible injury to the
| finest skin.
age when we find our foreheads are
crossed with a distressing network OF
| tiny lines. It is not always age IhaL
| makes those disagreeable rows across
| our foreheads and around the eyes Inefe
are some grandmothers whose faces
| have hardly a wrinkle and some gfano,
daughters whose brows are as seaiheu
| as they might be at sixty. Time Is not
responsible for these vexing little lines.
| a good many of them may be charged
| way of fretting over everything that
has gone wrong and everything one
thinks likely 10 go wrong, the reedra .3rsa
is hard to erase and is far uglier than
The lines the happy years bring.
Women as a rule get StoutSr sooner
than men, ine reason IS not IdT 10 seen.
The man gets out every morning and
takes his exercise, staying on his feet, or
/ Is on the go all day, and 1t is not untii
night that he can rest. But it is the
home woman who cannot exercise. 1t
Is the woman who must sew all day. or
| who must cook, or who must stay In the
house with the children; this is the wo-
man who must go without her needful
recreation. The domestic woman grows
stout from eating creamy. fattenine
foods from drinking tea. and coffee and
milk ard staying indoors and breathing
the same warm air over and over again.
It puffs her up with an unhealthy sort
| of fat and leaves her in a poor state
physically. She would get well were
she to walk every day.