The National tribune., 1909-09-30

nervous q few years ago, and her COM
lplexion began to worry her with its
Iblotches. She appealed to Mentoni, one
Iof the most celebrated physicians in
Europe, and what do you suppose that
Igreat mans advice was? 1t was simply:
Take off your shoes and stockings and
let your feet breathe" 1t is said that
the Queen was pretty hot about it for
awhile, but she finally accepted the
medicine" and upon his advice sat for
an hour or two each day with her bare
feet resting on a rug in the sunlight.
She soon began to mend physically and
Kept up the treatment, her skin getting
clearer, her hair taking on luster and
; her eyes growing brighter. The incipi-
| ent wrinkles really began to smooth
out. The logic of the thing is that, in
| the first place, women do not bathe
their feet properly. Just simple wash
off with hot or cold water with soap is
not sufficient. The body really breatheS
and empties out its poison thru the
pores of the feet, so physicians say, and
a thoro scrubbing, rubbing and friction
| is necessary to keep the pores of the
| feet open, and, besides that the fact
| that the foot has chance to spread
out and assume its natural shape with
out the pressure of either stocking or
shoe is helpful. Certainly the recipe is
an easy one to take, for when the busy
housewife or the society woman sits
down to read or with a piece of catch
| up work, the barred feet may rest on a
footstool in the pure air and sunshine,
and thus help to perfect cure. Then,
remember to wear shoes that fit.
Why is it that women are often so
untidy about their dish towels? You
wouldn't for anything in the world per-
nit yourself or a member of the family
to dry their faces and hands on a much
soiled hand towel, and yet you go on
drying the dishes with dish towels that
smell of the sour diSh-Water that has
dried into them, and they have black
marks from the skillets and pans that
you have wiped with them and grease
spots from the same. 1t is so easy to
keep dish towels clean-much easier
than hand towels. In the first place
have plenty of them and a line some
place in your kitchen to dry them. Just
as soon as you are thru with the dish
washing put the towels in the diShpan,
rub little soap on them and pour a
| little boiling water over them. Take a
fork and stir them around in the water,
pushing them down with it until you
have gotten the grease pretty loose, and
then put the towels into little cold
water, give them a good rubbing with
the hands, then rinse them thru clear,
hot water and hang up. If you do this
every day, you will have clean towels
to last until the end of the week. At
the end of the week put all of the dish
towels in use during the past few days
into the wash. You cannot have clean.
sanitary dishes unless you keep your
dish-towels in good order.
The question of powder or no powder
is one which very early begins to agitate
the mind of the young lady. There are
powders that are absolutely harmless,
but most of the powders for the face
might be stigmatiZed as SO much poison.
The face powder that when put on the
| face makes IL look as tho it had been
painted with white lead is simply poi
son, and you can look for bIotches and
pimpIes, impaired eyesight and later
impaired health from the use of it, and
yet the woman whose skin is oily feels
that she needs something to keep that
oiliness down. There is nothing better
than the commercial talcum powder,
which is sold everywhere, and it is ex-
tremely cheap. Talcum powder is al
most never adulterated, as there is
nothing cheaper to adulterate it with.
You can use il in almost any quantity
on the most delicate skin, and it will
not hurt it. A good plan is to use it
upon the face and neck and arms very
profusely when dressing, and then when
| fully dressed take a soft cloth or swans
down and gently rub off all that seems
to show. This leaves the skin with a
soft, silky appearance, and is absolutely
harmless.
To make a good paste that will keep
indefinitely, dissolve a teaspoon of alum
in quart of warm water. When cold
stir in flour enough to give it the con-
sistency of thick cream, being careful
to beat up all the Jumps Throw in half
dozen cloves, and stir in as much
powdered resin as will stand on a pen
ny. Pour the mixture into teacup of
boiling water, stirring well all the time.
Let ii remain on the stove a few min
utes, and it will be of the consistency of
mush. Pour 1t into an earthen vessel.
let it cool, cover ii and keep in a cool
place. 1t will keep year, and is bet
ter than gum, as it does not gloss the
paper and can be written on. In time
there comes layer of mold which can
be laid back and the paste dipped out
nice and white. The mold never goes
deep.
Here is good recipe for a savory pot
roast: Take fresh piece of beef, wipe
and drcdge with flour. Cut four or five
Sits in the beef and insert a good-siZed
bay leaf in each, also stick in seven or
eight cloves. Fry out about one-quarter
Of pound Of salt pork in deep kettle.
Cut two small onions in eight slices and
brown in the fat. When smoking hot
put in the beef and brown nicely on all
sides. Cover and place where it will
simmer slowly for two hours or more
! Then turn ii few times and add a lit
| tie water If necessary. When done make
gravy with Drowned flour. This makes
most delicious gravy, and many who
do not care for gravies as a rule never
tire of this kind.
1t Is wise woman who does not keen
entirely quiet Immediately after eating
a heavy meal, for to stand or walk slow
| ly about n room for Is or 20 minutes
does much to promote digestion, be-
cause when sitting the figure is too often
allowed to slouch. impeding digestion
| by cramping the vital organs at a time
when it is most necessary that they
shall be in position to work
Most housekeepers buy seeded raisins
these days, but the conservatives who
cling to old ways will find the sticky
task of seeding much improved by
slightly greasing both knife and fingers
with butter.
A small pointed knife used for pairing
potatoes is the best choice II this is
dipped from time to time into boiling
water the sickness will also be re-
| lieved.
For coed homemade bread box
take an old wash boiler, clean il up and
paint II white inside and out and lid
also. When the paint has dried give 1t
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