Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-06-22
How TO BE Happy In summer.


70 lullef tones IN the alluring book
lets and prospectuses that come to
us unbidden through the mails. It
isa siren voice against which IL Is
hard TO close our ears. Behind the
most business like statements Turk
sounds OF winds and bird music,
hints Of GOODNESS, and comfort and
centent. II appeals not only to
memories and old associations; but
70 the love % exploration and dis
covery In the heart Of even the most
commonplace Of US.
But there are times when the
voice charms in vain times when
another voice Sompels our attention,
a voice not dulcet with the honey Of
allurement; but quietly insistant
and painfully convincing.
AZ such a time, who can gainsay
The voice OF Domestic Economy.
After all, che true source OF our
pleasure is the holiday spirit that
we take TO summer resort, quite
as much as anything that wo find
there. And that spirit We can Gull
tivate and keep by us even through
a long hot summer at home. The
essential thing. OF course, Is TO be
in tho open air and the sunlight as
much as possible. AS a race, we
are learning again the benefit held
In trust for us by the out-of.door.
We are learning also, that when
we are not free 70 seek IL in the
mountains, or on the river, or al the
seaside, IL Is Till possible to achieve
something Of that benefit, even In
the heart u the city.
One woman, for instance, detect.
ed wonderful possibilities in few
yards Of uninviting Tin roof outside
her windows. She paid carpen.
ter TO cover the .oof with few
wooden plat;orHs8 built In sections,
80 as TO be easily removable. With
a number Of large shoe boxes, which
she purchased for twenty-five cents
each. she supplied the security and
cosiness given by a railing. The
boxes gre filled with earth and
planted with sunfowers and morn.
ing glories. Boxes and flooring
we're painted dark green. Five
or six light and comfortable chairs
we're added. The sunaowers, plan.
ted closely, grew over six feet high,
aad with their screen Of morning.
glories gave both shade and privacy.
AS an inner border 70 the boxes.
she planted pansIes, heliotrope,
nignonettc, geraniums and begonlas.
Another woman found sleep for
herself and her family, during the
sizzling, GREATNESS nights, Ia ham,
mooks swung in thecool down stairs
rooms. To the little ones the ex-
perience savored Of tho delights Of
| yochting or camping.out.
Then there are the picnics, for
ever dear 10 the hearts Of the child.
rem. There Is always an obIiging
trolley to carry us out OF the city to
some cool suburban park or shady
riverside nook. where sun and shad.
ow dapple the tablecleth, and the
contents Of the luncheon basket be-.
comes meat for the gods.
Then the American girl, II tied
TO her home for the summer, always
knows Of 40 accessible tennis court,
without going far ateld.
The woman, who thus, with the
help Of the roof-garden and ham
moeks. picnics and tennis, lives BY
| the gospel Of open air and sunlight,
Is confronted, no less than her sis
tor at the seaside, with the problem
Of the summer complexion. Al
though q coed healthy tan is no lon
ger regarded as bngbear, but
rather as thing to be desired, no
woman regards with equanimity the
| burning discomfort that wind and
sun SO readily induce on a sensitive
skin. This, however, she can easily
prevent. II the water she uses is
hard, she win keep a solution Of
borax on her toilet table, and will
battle her face every night with a
teaspoonful Of this borax solution
added to bowl OF water. She will
then massage her face with cold
cream which is never sosoothing as
when prepared Ia the following
manner:
Take one ounce Of spermaceti; one
ounce of white wax; five ounces Of
oil Of sweet almond; one and a ball
ounce Of rosewater; twenty grains
Of pure powdered borax. Dissolve
the borax in the rosewater, and sci
the hottie ia nan IF INCIDENTALLY