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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24
Keep Your Shelves ORDERLY

II GIRL should be every bit as par
n ticular about her closet shelves as
she IS with her bureau drawers,
ano no closet can look attractive when
piled UP with row upon row of miscel-
laneous boxes OF Understandable coIors.
shapes and sizes. The shapes and the
sizes OF the boxes can not. perhaps. be
regulated. for every pair of slippers,
every hair ornament, as well as every
hat which has its own place on one OF
the shelves. demands a box fitted espe-
cially 70 its own peculiar proportions;
but there is no reason, certainly, why
al these boxes should not be OF q cor
responding color. so as to be a pleasure
70 look upon rather than a veritable
eyesore every time the closet door is
opened. Nothing is simpler than to
cover a cardboard box with wall paper.
Certainly the result gives no idea of
how easy OF accomplishment is the
task, and in the large electric lighted
hanging closets which are a part of
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24

At least two pairs of such shoes are
necessary, that they may be worn al
ternately, a single nights airing be-
ing usually insufficient to free their
soles from moisture. Fresh stockings,
put on daily and always changed
when the shoes get damp, should have
white feet, as aniline colorings are ex-
tremely irritating to a sensitive skin
The fatigue of which so many ap-
parently healthy school girls complain
may frequently be traced to the wear
ing of I'll fitting corsets. which while
loose in some places are too tight in
one or more directions. Obviously
such garments are apt to squeeze q
vital organ out of it's natural position
as well as to produce weakness and a
consequent loss of capacity to prac-
tice calisthenics, not to mention the
extent to which they will detract from
the suppleness and grace OF motion of
their wearer Not only should the cor
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24

IN W 4 HENENER you observe a girl
M wearing low cut shoes and cob
web hosiery in zero weather
you may safely assume that she Is
either singulariy ignorant OF the laws
OF hygiene and good taste or inordi-
nstely vain OF her feet"
The April Grandmother turned from
the window and sat down before the
open fire as she continued: "one of the
nrst rules OF health is to keep the lower
extremities warm. Their state is an ex-
cellent barometer OF the physical condi-
uon, for they rarely are cold save when
the head aches. the stomach disordered
or the body chilled. and the first remedy
&c 70 warm them. No amount of cloth
Ing elsewhere Will avail IN winter II
the ankles are practically bare. There
fore thoroughly waterproof high topped
boots are OF the utmost Importance. par
ticularly to school girls and especially
70 those who are subject to sore throat.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24

every girls suit of rooms today the
bright covered boxes are real orna-
ments.
II possible the boxes should be of the
same paper as adorns the walls, but il
1t is not possible to match the paper
exactly any pretty flower design will
be effective. If there is any definite
figure or pattern In the design of the
paper there will perhaps be a slight
difficulty with the large box in fitting
this design to the allotted space, but
In the case of small boxes 1t is not
worth while to attempt to fit the pat
tern to the sides or top. Any good
white paste will do for this sort of
work. but dextrine, II properly mixed,
Is probably the best for the purpose.
Five cents worth of dextrine placed IN
pan and not quite covered over with
water makes the correct quantity
For sashes. wells. gloves. stockings.
as well as for shirt waists, furs and a
number of the larger articles in the
OUTFIT, these attractively covered boxes
are now used.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24

sets worn by school girls be fitted in
dividuaIly to the figure in order the Sc
cure minimum of pressure at the
most vital points, but they should be
made of the lightest possible materials,
for too thick clothing is quite as much
of mistake as is too thin clothing
Nowhere is this fact more frequently
evidenced than in the case of under
wear, and the one test to apply to it
is that 1t shall be of a texture which
will permit the skin to breathe.
The most healthfuI underwear con-
sists of a mixture of wool with silk or
cotton, for while the all wool garments
absorb a far larger amount of perspira-
ton with less danger to the wearer's
taking cold from its moisture contact
impervious after a course of launder-
ings. Underwear made entirely of cotton
and linen is almost absolutely worth
less as a protection against cold. for
layer upon layer of such materials does
not really afford warmth while the
ffNt6i III VI II - iOb O1ly CAGCCOiIEly
weakening, but prevents the fresh air
from reaching the cuticle's pores
Therefore the present fashions in dra-
peries have at least been beneficial to
the extent of proving that a limited
number of garments of heat giving
texture afford quite as much warmth
as do bundles of clothing, which mere
ly serve to add to the weight.
Hair pads should be avoided as
much as possible, as they not only heat
the head. but the combs and heavy pins
necessary to keep them in place irritate
the scalp. Hats should be of light
weight and not fit the head SO tightly
as to interfere with the circulation of
the blood through the scalp or give rise
to headache by pressing upon the
nerves near the crown, for the head
governed by a rule precisely opposite
to that in regard to the feet-should be
kept cool"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24

or two deeper than It is long-11h
inches in length, IS inches high and
81 inches in width being good proper
tions.
An aquarium once properly filled
and stocked and placed where 1t shall
receive both light and good ventilation
does not require to be reflled perhaps
common theory that the water must
be changed every day or two is an
erroneous one. and in cold weather the
frequent changing of the water, caus-
ing sudden changes of temperature, is
really dangerous. When three or four
fish are kept in a gallon of water in a
room without sufficient ventilation
then the water requires constant
changing; but when the aquarium is
placed where there is good sunlight
and is provided with a proper portion
OF aquatic plants and sufficient sand
for them to grow in. then the water
need be changed only when the
aquarium is TO be cleaned.
In fitting up the aquarium the FIRST
point Is to see that the glass itself
is thoroughly cleaned-it may be poll
ished with tissue paper or any soft
paper that will not scratch the glass
Neither soap nor any kind of chemical
should be used in cleaning the aqua
rum. Next two inch layer of sand
should be spread evenly over the bot
tom OF the glass, and this serves to
hold the roots of the living plants. by
means Of which the necessary oxygen
for the fish is provided and the carbon
which is thrown of by the fish alb
sorbed. few irregularly shaped
stones should be formed in a pile of
built UP 50 as to form ladder or Sc
ries OF arches for the fish to occa-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24
gS2OClAl AMENITIES FoR
I'll $40 THE SCHOOL CIR

There is another type of peacock
girl who gazes in public mirrors. not
to see if anything about her is awry.
but solely for the purpose of admiring
herself. Apparently she never tires of
this occupation. and she may do 1t
openly If she is bold girl, or she will
do 1t covertly If she has some deIcacy.
is everlastingly doing it, She studies
her full face. she studies her profile.
when a triple mirror gives her the op-
portunity. and when she passes long
mirror she admires herself prodigiously.
full length.
This altogether view is a very popu-
lar one with this sort of girl. and she
gets it with great frequency as she
passes along the street by gazing in
the huge mirrors so commonly found
as a background of shop windows They
are perfect radiators. these mirrors
in fact, that is their reason for being
where they are. and the peacock girls
have been quick TO find out their adj
vantages and apply them to themselves.
When you see these girls going along
the streets gazing into all the shop
windows with an intent air. IL is not
the goods displayed there that they are
looking at, but at themselves.
Young girls have not the excuse that
their elders have for feeling that their
hair may be blown and bit disorderly.
for girls wear their hair in q loose.
fluffy way that admits OF stray locks.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24

them to match ones different light
evening gowns. and the girl who would
hesitate TO buy several pairs Gas they
are most expensive luxury can make
them for herself If she has some skin
In embroidery. She can buy the plain
silk stockings in any color and have
a design stamped on them and do the
work herself
Some of this embroidery is the plain
solid work. but the designs are gener-
ally fine flowers and delicate tendrf1s
Some others OF the most attractive
stockings are done with ribbon embroi-
derry The tiny flowers are made OF
very narrow and soft ribbon. the ends
or each little patch being gathered to
a point In some flowers there are sew
eral layers of petals. giving somewhat
the effect of very heavily stufred en-
broidery.
The leaves in these designs are also
made of the ribbons. but IL Is put on
hatter than in the flowers. The stems
are worked with a fine embroidery silk
in the outline stitch.
Others Of the new stockings are en-
broidered with spangles. but these are
really only suitable with a similarly
spangled gown On these stockings the
design is often made entirely OF span
giles of different sizes the stems and
tendrils being lines of the tiniest span
giles and the flowers OF much larger
siza
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24

people to have to listen to the heavy
breathing of the Invalid. particularly
at night, when the maIady is at its
worst.
To relieve this take a piece of blot
ting or tissue paper and place in a
strong mixture of water and saltpeter
After it has absorbed the liquid dry it
and burn 1t In the bedroom before the
patient retires. This will prove a great
help.
Often deep knife cut is very hard
thing to administer to. because the
sight of so much blood unnerves one.
To stop the flow OF blood bind the
cut with cobwebs and brown sugar
great many people will say this Is
an impossible recipe to follow. for no
good housewife will allow cobwebs
around.
In any case. the dust of tea does
equally as we'll When the blood ceases
to flow wash the wound with laudanum
nNE Of this years fashions which will
" appeal to all girls, but may be too
extravagant for some OF them, Is the
dainty embroidery on silk stockings
It would surely be delightful to have
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24

FTER filling the aquarium IL
~ should remain a day or two In
order that IT may acquire the
temperature OF the room in which IL
is to stand. and also accumulate oxy-
gen from the plarks to make it hab-
liable. A few tadpoles and snails
should be kept in an aquarium. as they
consume great deal OF the decaying
vegetable matter from the plants and
also prevent to large extent the for
nation OF aIgae upon the glass
Food should be administered at a
regular time each day. A piece OF fake
food about the size OF 10 cent piece
is the correct quantity for each fish
in the summer time. while in winter
half the quantity IS sufficient Once
a week piece of earthworm or a bit
OF raw beef should be given each fish.
Overlooking is very nearly as danger
Gus to the fish as a starvation diet
and the food must never be allowed to
remain floating on the top OF the wa
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24
Some Practical
and Useful
Hints
HERE are tricks in all trades, and
the trick of cutting bread perfect

THERE are tricks in all trades, and
the trick of cutting bread perfect
~ for sandwiches does not lie
merely, as some think, in having a sharp
knife, but in knowing how to properly
execute certain preliminaries to get
the bread in shape for actual cutting
The inexperienced say that they can
not make sandwiches of fresh bread
because it goes all to pieces In the
cutting, but the skillful person knows
that only fresh bread should be used
and that it is a simple matter when
once the way to handle it is under
stood. Take u fresh loaf, turn it on
END and delicately pare off in sections
the upper crust. Then remove the un-
one piece. but do not take off the side
crusts, for they are needed to support
the loaf. Now, as you begin to cut
mold on to the loaf by pinching it at
the top as close as you can without
breaking the texture of the bread and
goes through narrowed slice that
"iuens out to It's proper proportions
as it drops to the board. This method
enables you to get beautiful thin
slices, the sides of which you trim later
after they have been buttered,
HE fluffy haired girls have had
their inning. and the craze now is
for shining tresses. The hair must
nave luster, and il you have naturally
oily hair, which. perhaps, you have
always hated. you now have an enor-
nous advantage over your fluffy haired
sister. for all you have to do is to
brush, and brush. and brush to attain
the luster now required by Nine.
Modish. Persistent brushing is a tire
some process, but it produces most sat-
isfactory results in giving polish and
color to the hair. The fluffy haired
girl has to brush twice as long as the
other. and she has to constantly have
OIL massaged into her scalp to get any
luster. Days when she is not massaged
she puts little oil on her brush and
polishes her locks in that way. 1T is
said that the girls in foreign countries
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24

1t is not good form for young girls to
wear wells. and neither is it permis-
sible for them to indulge IN nets for
the hair until the year before they are
to be introduced to society. when. as
they are regarded by Mrs. Grundy as
almost grown up. she countenances
their taking on some young ladyish
ways.
Even at that important time. when
they are emerging into young ladyhood.
their social mentor does not allow them
to take up the practice OF powder or
paint or the lip salve. which some OF
their elders indulge in. Even II such
artihciality were not reprehensibls
from a moral standpoint, IT would be
condemned from the viewpoint OF looks
alone. for the average young girl has
glowing fresh skin. too attractive in
it's natural state 70 be improved by
artificial touches.
Some girls who have had the bad ex-
ample Of seeing their elders use powder
have wild desire to do likewise. and
when they are coming on TO the young
lady age they possess themselves OF a
powder puff and apparently get some
what the same excitement out OF using
II that boys do when they smoke their
first cigarettes. But the polite world
does not approve OF powdered girls or
of any sort Of artificial girls. ana II in
defiance OF good form you insist on be-
ing one you are regarded by society as
beyond the pale.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24

- NQUESTIONABLY goldhSh are
the most popular for the aqua
~ rum. Certainly they are the most
effective of all hsh. but the really COM
plete aquarium is not confined to the
one kind of goldfish. but shows such
varieties as the Japanese fantail. Jap
anese fringetail. Japanese comet. jap
aness telescope goldfish. or the celss-
tial- telescope fish. all OF which are won
derfully interesting and effectivs vari-
cites OF the familiar goldfish. These
fish are all fairly hardy and with good
care and proper precautions when they
exhibit unusual symptoms they should
live for long time and afrord great
amusement and entertainment to all
who see them
Fish are as prone 70 sickness IS any
other animal. but they are also quite as
able TO respond to treatment. When the
ash remain down IN the water it IL a
sign that they are well and all Is right
In the tank. but when they come to the
top apparently gasping for air II may
be known that the water IS impure or
that the oxygen Is exhausted and a
change OF water is necessary THIS 10
also a frequent sign that there are zoo
many fish IN the tank.
AS everything depends upon the con-
dition Of the water IN which they live.
breathe and have their being. this must
be carefully watched to see that no IN
due signs appear. II the water Is
green. for example. there is too much
strong light upon the aquarium
piece OF tissue paper should be fastened
against the side OF the glass that Is sx-
posed directly to the sun and few *
ira snails and tadpoles added. A green.
brown or reddish growth on the sides
OF the glass is also caused by the effect
OF too strong light as are green. brown
or white hairs appearing on. the plants.
The aquarium should never have any
odor An offensive smell will be caused
by dead animal matter only. which
must be removed and the sand thor
oughly washed and reset.
Save fo- the snails and tadpOles
which are. necessary as scavengers.
most FISH lovers prefer to keep gold
fish to themselves. although occasion
ally silver fish are placed among the
goldfish to further enhance by contrast
the beauty of the others with their
brilliant golden red scales
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24

n yANITY, which is most abhorrent
" quality in any one. is greatly to be
deplored in young girls, large part
they are generally without self-con-
seriousness. And Mrs. Grundy, the ar
bitter of the social world. Is very severe
on the girl whose conceit is strong and
so obvious that 1t seems to be running
away with her.
One of the most i'll hammered forms
that girlish vanity takes in public is
the propensity for gazing in mirrors.
There is, alas! type of girl who so
resembles the peacock that she can
not seem to refrain from preening her
feathers on every possible occasion. At
home while making her toilet for the
street she spends an inordinate amount
of time before the glass, but this ap-
parently does not satisfy her, for one
sees her running up to the mirrors in
the hotels, the shops and other such
places to ''prink," which she does with
as much complacency as II she were in
the privacy of her home.
The onlooker. observing girls be-
having in this manner. puts them down
at once as belonging to the class who
are ignorant of the rules of polite So
ciety, one of the most stringent of
which is that one must not make ones
self conspicuous in any way in public
places. And the onlooker is inclined
to feel very sorry for these girls. as
ignorance in any form is a state much
to be pitied \
who work at making olive oil have
the most beautiful hair In the world,
all because their oily fingers come more
or less in touch with their heads, and
in consequence the hair is so well nour-
ished that it grows as fine as silk and
takes on lovely sheen and color.
.IlOME remedies are laughed at, but
| they are not to be despised.
often in an emergency they are
most useful. especially in the country
where the doctor lives at distance.
The old adage says that burnt child
breads the fire, yet, literally, one is
always getting burnt. No matter how
often it has happened before, some pot
or kettle gets in the way. consequently
hurried call for soothing ointment.
The best way to relieve the pain Is
to make a lotion out of linseed oil
and limewater-one-th limewater to
two-thirds oil. If these ingredients are
not handy put molasses on the sore
spot This is also good remedy.
A very disagreeable trouble which
can be doctored at home is asthma. Not
only is it painful to those who suffer
from 1t. but 1t is very hard on other
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24
Octagonal Aquarium with Foun-

sionaIly screen themselves from the
light. A piece OF tuffstone placed In
one corner OF the aquarium Is also
effective. Cabomba caroliniana. Myro-
phyllum spitcum and Pontinalis anti
pyretica are good aquatic plants to
use, and 1t will often be necessary to
place few pebbles about the roots
in order to hold them firm. The
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24
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PAGE
L OR
MISSES

S regards the size OF the aquarium.
a gallon OF water Is generally al
lowed for each hsh OF three to four
Inches IN length. and although the
smaller nsh may be somewhat more
crowded, mere fish die from over
crowding IN the aquarium than from
any other cause
The shape OF the aquarium is also all
Important. 1t is almost an impossibility
for fish 70 live any great length Of
time IN one Of the so familiar round
fish globes. Apart from many other
objections. the aperture IS much too
small to admit q sufficient amount Of
afr 10 the surface. The most satisfac-
tory aquarium OF all-certainly the one
that is the most ornamental IN the
rooms made OF one piece OF glass,
lie rectangular IN shape and is an inch
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24
RAn aquarium feature of the young girls sitting room

TER II the fish does not desire to eat
when it is given him
The water in the aquarium VIII nae7-
rally evaporate somewhat When II has
gone down half inch it should be hlled
to the old mark with water which has
been kept standing over night so as 10
obtain the same temperature as the
water in the aquarium.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24
Square Aquarium

water is then added. and this water
must, needless TO state. be absolutely
pure and clean.
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who work at making olive oil have
the most beautiful hair In the world,
all because their oily fingers come more
or less in touch with their heads, and
in consequence the hair is so well nour-
ished that it grows as fine as silk and
takes on lovely sheen and color.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-17
NASAL cAr.AR1,II.
Wells & Hasmakcr sen the Great
Remedy that Cured Mrs. KarDcrs.

Here is a very simple yet wholly
sincere statement of a Michigan wo-
man. who was cured by using HyomcI
the no cure no pay remedy for ca
tarrh. asthma, hay fever, Group.
coughs and colds.
"A bad case OF catarrh was cured
for me by the use of Hyomei. The
trouble affected my head. nose and
eyes, and was very annoying and dis
agreeable, and the cure. from the use
Of HyomeI. was very gratifying. Hy-
omei has from me strong COM
mend and endorsement."-M E.
Karberg, 213 Kingsley St. Ann Arbor,
Mich. Nov 1s. 1908.
Thousands\of just such letters are
n existence, and thousands more
would he but for the desire to avoid
publicity,
II have catarrh. bestir yourself,
md drive it out OF your system. XIII
he germs. You can do that easily ie
,ou use Hyomei pronounced High-o-
mel
II Is a dry. antiseptie and very
ieasant air. that when inhaledsqu
= relieves all forms OF catarrhal in
ANIMATION, stops snufies, hawking
nd blowing. The price for complete
'utfit. including Inhaler. is only S1.Oa
Wells & Haymaker's.
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When Your Joints Are stiff

ind your muscles sore from cold or
rheumatism. when you slip or sprain
joint, strain your side or brulse
Yourself, Puinklller will take out the
soreness and fix you right in inv
Always have it with you. ana use IT
freely. The Oldest the cheapest and
the best medicine. for internal and
external aches and pains in man is
Perry Davis Painkiller. and for over
seventy years it has been the great
stand by for emergencies in thous-
ands Of families all over the world.
Don't 60 home without a soc or one
OF the new size N35c bottles.