Evening star., 1909-06-20

and beauty, and not when the day is
spent, . +,,o res+
OF the morning quietly with her neeole,
let her get up from her chair every
half hour and take little spin around
the room. Sitting in a cramped, stoop-
ed position for long period IS very
bad for stomach, heart and lungs. In.
deed, sewers should make a point or
holding the body erect while plying the
needle, as we'll as of stopping the work
occasionally for a breathing spell
Quite half hour in the afternoon the
in the care of her hands, for Wen
cared-for hand is the next best thing
to one positively beautiful.
Hands which are much used need 10
he carefully washed once day, ana II
is well to take off the first marks with
q grease of some sort. Cold cream or
sweet almond oil is equally useful for
this purpose; apply the grease by put
ting some in the palm or one mana anu
going through the motions of Washlng
them, paying strict attention to the mn
ger tips and nails. A good wash in
warm water and soap follows this.hot
water dries the skin. and cold is neither
cleansing nor beautifying. While doing
this. exercise the nail brush well over
knuckles and finger tips.
Drying must be thorough or chapping,
redness or glazed skin Ga very ugly
shine). will ensue Manicures have a
gers are taken separately, and, begin
ming at the tip, each one Is rubbed
down to the base with soft towel
until perfectly dry
The habit Of beginning the drying at
the base of the fingers is advised against.
as this drags the cuticle down over the
nails and blunts tips. After the dry.
each finger especially those of very
Young hands-should be squeezed between
the thumb and forefnger of the other
hand This helps toward pointed finger
tips If it does not produce them, though
a young child's fingers may be Immense
ly beautified if the process is begun In
time.
Fifteen minutes of manicuring should
follow this complete daily hand-wash.
At o'clock comes the beauty nap
or rest in a darkened room. with a nip
of warm milk or a beaten egg to pro-
mote sleep; and if the eyes are very tired
at his hour they may be exercised in
this way.
Before lying down go to a window and
fix the gaze on some object in the
furthest distance. After three minutes of
this far-off looking shut the eyes and lie
down without opening them. This long
distance look is one of the oculists' exer-
ciSes for trained eyes.
When bedtime comes take the hot
bath and do all the mornings beautify-
ings and exercises over again, and spend
a little extra time on the feet
Soaking the feet in hot water and
washing SOFA tETee HlSHtS d week uOeS
much for the comfort Of these useful
members, and if the soak is followed
with an olive oil rub and massage they
will keep young much longer.
You may never have noticed it. but
ill-cared-for feet give in the end an old
walk, and an old walk gives immediately
a growing old. if not really old, LOOK.
So since one grows old everywhere
quickly enough, this daily care of diff
ferent parts of the body may be effica-
cious in routing the enemy for a long
time. At any rate, it is worth trying, for
the beautiful bodies one sees are certain
ly the ones which are most coddled.
Hat pins are enormous about the head
and terrifically long about the pin,
necessarily with hats the size they are
now.
Since tan is only suitable for morning
and the country. bronze is the incest
non-black shoe for wear with coIored
frocks.