The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-06-26
Beauty Talks,

Be kind TO your eyes, advised the
April Grandmother "and they will re-
ward you by being the comfort and
pride Of your old age Give them reg
ular morning and evening eye cup baths
OF warm sea water or a salt solution
10 freshen and stimulate them for the
day and TO remove dust and CRIME be-
fore seeking rest. Always rinse them
thoroughly with cold water This will
help to keep the muscles firm and the
cuticle white-evidences of youth which
once destroyed. are difficult to regain
Too many ambitions school girls
make the serious mistake Of studying
before breakfast when the strength
has been reduced by eight or ten hours
Of fasting. This habit is about as ia
tai 10 the eyes as that of reading dur
ing the twilight or by the aid of
Pickering artificial light
The school girl who habitually reads
after she goes TO bed is making rapid
strides down Sight Destruction lane,
chiefly because the eyes of persons un-
der 70 are not fully developed and part
~ because it is difficult to so hold the
book that the benefit of the light is
Obtainable for both eyes. Incidentally.
il is almost impossible to arrange the
body so that the shoulders are not
somewhat drawn forward and the chest
contracted in a manner calculated to
form the STOPPING habit which so great
" detracts from grace Of bearing.
Girls who studiously refrain from
reading and embroidering after dark do
innumerable reckless things during the
day that are liable to destroy the beau
ty and usefulness Of their eyes They
directly face the light while working,
they allow the sunbearns to dance upon
the pages Of their book and they play
golf, squash or tennis at high noon
without giving their eyes the slightest
protection from the sun.
Involuntary dropping eyelids. usu-
ally traceable TO excessive fatigue of
the eyes, lend a girl a dull, heavy APP
pearance. This condition Of the lids
may often be relieved by regular eye
cup baths of water in which an infini-
tesilnal quantity of bo1acic acid has
been diluted. Tired eyes frequently in
dicate biliousness and Indigestion which
usually are accompanied by headache.
irTitability and@ dark blue frame OF
mind. A little lemon juice taken in
glass of water at morning and night
viii help clear out the system, but if
this remedy fails to effect the desired
results girl would best promptly con-
suit a physician, as eye strain not in
frequently presages melancholia, ner-
vous exhaustion or spinal disease.
While It is as impossible, for a girl
to alter the color of her eyes as itNjs
for a leopard to chanage its spots, she
may do much toward adding to their
beauty and expression. Eyes that lack
color. depth and brilliancy may be i'm
proved by plenty of fresh air exercise.
which will induce an appetite for the
simplest sort Of diet and an ability to
sleep nine hours out Of every twenty
four.
Girls who imagine that their eyes
are too small in comparison with the
size Of their features would better think
several times before they seek to ex-
pand the pupils with belladonna.' con-
Guided the April Grandmother gravely.
such experiments are quite likely to
result in total blindness instead Of adj
ditional beauty