The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-04-11
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By SONORA SARA.

Soap bark IS about the best thing
that you can find for wash for the
hair. and 80 grains OF guinine to a pint
of bay rum the best and cheapest tonic.
A nail or tooth brush should never
be left in the holder with the bristles
uppermost. 1t stands to reason that
water will soak into them in time with
such treatment.
For weak person when bathing, es-
pecially in Summer, gill of ammonia
in a small tub of water. or some rock
salt. is wonderful invigorator, almost
as good as a sea bath.
Repeated applications of alcohol Will
remove grass stains from any white
material
This home made drink is valuable in
hot weather disorders of the stomach.
Squeeze blackberries enough to make a
quart of juice, add to it a pound of loaf
sugar and let it dissolve, heating it
slowly. Add to It one teaspoonful of
cloves. cinnamon and nutmeg. Boil all
together 20 minutes. On removing
from the fire add wine glass of BRAN
tly. Put in bottles while hot and seal.
Use teaspoonful for a glass of iced
water.
When massaging the face, rub lines
under the eyes from the nose to the
temples. This is the rule In washing
the eyes. wipe them from the temples
to the nose This is said to prolong
sight
To cure a sly, take the white of an
egg on saucer and rub into it a small
pinch of powdered alum. 1t will be-
come curd. Put it between two fine
pieces of muslin lawn and bind it over
the eye before retiring for the night.
In The morning the sly will be gone or
much better. One more application
will be sufficient, and no more sites will
come.
Linseed oil is a sure remedy for both
hard aud soft corns. If they are in
Gurated and very painful, the relief it'll
gives in short time is, most grateful.
Bind on a soft rag saturated with lin |
seed oil, and continue TO dampen ii with
the oil every night and morning until
the corn can be removed easily and
without pain.
Warts that are rubbed with a moist
ened piece of muriate of ammonia will,
1t is said. shortly disappear. In some
cases warts leave after EPSON salts
have been taken for some time.
For pimples on the face, battle it
occasionally in a soothing lotion COM
posed of a weak solution of borax and
warm water. At night use very warm /.
water on the face; then dry and rub
into the pores an ointment made of
flowers; of sulphur and lard.
Growing old is not pleasant expert
ence, we; are obliged to confess 1t
comes like shock to US when we first
wake up. to the reality. We wonder
how long it may have been since 9TH
ers have noticed and commented upon
st.
When some friend invites US to "a
grandmother's tea" with the apology.
81 knew you had grandchildren" wei
are aroused to the consciousness that
perhaps we do not see ourselves as 9TH
ers see Us. We are constrained to take
our bearings by comparing and con-
trasting our feelings and our expert
ences with our younger friends.
We rebel inwardly. even tho We
should die and make no sign" when
we see ourselves set aside and younger
ones taking our places. We know there
is great deal said and written about
burrows on beautiful brows, wrinI led
hands that have done life's duties we'll.
and all that. 1t may sound well on
paper, but the actual facts are cold and
hard ones, for
We know that something sweet
Followed youth with flying feet
And ii never comes again.
We are told that gray hairs and wrin-
kles count for nothing so long as the
heart is young and so long as we keep
in touch and sympathy with youth and
life's interests and occurrences. But
few and far between are the voyagers
on the ocean OF time who have sailed
thru upFuited seas. For the many the
pillows have been high, the waters deep,
and the current swift, and even If after
storm comes calm, the mariner is
weathef-beaten and the journey has
left its impress.
When we find our minds continually
running backward instead of forward
fin anticipation of pleasures and honors
that never come, we may safely con-
clude that we have reached the hilltop
and henceforth the journey lies down
hill.
One OF the hardest things in life is
to submit to the inevitable and to learn
to let go, Often il is thru a discipline
that is heart-breaking that we do learn
how- All our lives we have seen the
children OF others grow up and go out
into the world. and have thought of ii
as one OF those ''ineyitables," but when
our own nestlings spread their wings
and take flight from the parent nest
ah. then we know! We never had real
lied that some day ours would no longer
need or want our help, that they We're
stronger even than us.
We can only cover our longing and
our loneliness with cheerful exterior
and feel hopeful that they may still be
able TO sing tho We may never hear
them.
lusions one after another vanish intoi
the all Once we believed they We're
facts. but as they no longer comfort or
amuse us. we are constrained to believe
that they were only f2ncies or creatures
OF our imagination. What was truth
yesterday is falschood tomorrow Asl
we move onward every days experienced
and revelation shaiter ~ur faith in
something or some one All atoms the
way there are mile-stones that mark
bctrayals and disappointments, and
other stones, too. underneath which are
dear friends and companions, who in
the beginning. started with us cheer
fully and confidently They have
Tearied with the march of life" and
laid them down 10 rest.
But our experience IS only the com
mon one. We had orr roses and ourl
May. and in the natural order of things
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