The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-05-16

ways remedy these defects in a washed
waist by ruffles and folds or by trim
ming with lace. but a little care in cut
ting will save you a great deal of trou-
BILE later on.
Do not trim wash dresses with puffs,
shirrs or plating. It makes them three
times as costly to launder and they
never look as we'll after one washing.
Leave such garniture for the soft light
weight woods or silks, and trim your
dimities and ducks with embroideries
or laces. There is no prettier trimming
In the world than lace and embroidery,
and they are extraordinarily cheap.
Those who do not like to use ice as
prodigally as some do in beverages. and
who yet like cold tea, will find that
they can have 1t without the ice. II you
have no ice at all. put the amount Of
tea required in a pitcher in the morn
ing and pour over 1t only enough water
to cover it: let it stand for three OF
more hours. and you will find that all
the flaVor is extracted from the leaves.
When you wish to serve. pour fresh
water. as cold as can be obtained, upon
the tea, and you will have a delightful
glass Of tea. with none of the bitterness
of boiled tea about it and sufficiently
cold.
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AIot TIC SttdWDeTIltS you can,
They are most excellent medicine, 10 say
nothing Of their nutritive qualities. Do
with less meat and spend the money
for Strawberries while they last They
are splendid complexion purifier
when eaten in quantities, and soma
celebrated beauties have taken what
they believed to be beneficial baths in
crushed Strawberries. They make a
good acid wash for the face and fine
dentifrice for the teeth
A few drops of benzoin in a basin Of
water will make it look like skim milk,
and 1t will smell like the fir or cedar
trees. 1t will cool a sunburned face
and give what doctors call tone" to the
skin.
A nice woman doctor said the Other
day: "Oh. these girlsI They are al.
ways coming to me p!teously complains
ing that their skin has no color, and
That 1t 1s not even clear white, but
pasty and gray. / have given them adj
vice, but 1T seems to do no good They
Will not follow directions. / will tell
You what they ought to do; maybe you
can impress it on their minds. Now.
see that sallow faced girl eating candyI
Her race Will be pasty just as long as
she thinks sweets are better than roast
beef, cake more delicious than potatoes
and preserves to be given the preference
to healthy soup. She upsets her stom-
ach. and then wonders that her face,
which is the Thermometer of her stom-
ach. should change as it does. To get q
clear skin she must eat properly, exer-
else well and keep her temper in good
order. A clear white skin may be per-
fectly healthy, but spasty one is not,
There is not bit Of sense in recon-
mending a wash to clear the skin. for
the trouble lies below. Visit your doc
tor and follow his instructions to the
letter, for he knows your weak points.
Live properly, take plenty of exercise,
sleep in cool, well-aired room and
dress comfortably. My word for it, You
Will be different being inside Of a
month, unless your ancestors are to
blame for inherited Ills"
Lady Wilde objected to the wearing ~
so much black. She says: English
women seem to have a fatal prediIec-
ton toward black, and, having reached
the middle term. the mezzo-camino OF
life, generally retire into the black al
paca for the remainder Of their DAYS,
They ought to remember that variety
OF dress and the refreshing brightness
OF color is charming in all ages and fills
s Inc - mouse lou and home with a flush Of
siaQness and Joy which almost replaces
the flush of youth. If you want to show
every month Of your age with interest.
persist in wearing black" =,
The sensible woman goes away from
home for few weeks at least once a
year. She needs the relaxation and tha
family needs to get rid Of her for 4
time to be able to appreciate her worth.
Seeing new places and new things
brushes up the mental forces and stinn-
oil - tt
run down in the humdrum round az
housewffely duties, which are combining
and exacting. Then, too, many wonI-
an who has gone away from her home
.lg 1t a narrow life she was liv-
ing and her horizon cfrcumscrihe5 baa
come back glad that she has home 10
come to and that 1t Is so much better
than some that she has visited We get
our ideas of values only by comparison.
and often cheaper our own because we
do not know how rarr a thing we pos->
sess.