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The San Francisco call., 1910-10-30
Curling the Hair

Dear Mrs. Symes
VIII you kindly give me the recipe FOR
curling the hair? DOODLE.
An excellent lotion for curling the
hair Is made Of a tablespoonful OF
bruised quinceseed to a pint Of hot wa
ter. The water Is poured over the seeds
and the whole allowed to stand for sew
eral hours. The resultant r1ucilage may
then be thinned, with few drops OF es-
seuce OF violet. The hair Is moistered
with the fuid before curling.
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Eating Lettuce

Dear Mrs. Adams.
When eating lettuce is 1t proper to cut
the leaves into suitable pieces?
ELEANOR
Lettuce leaves should not be- cut. but
folded up with fork and then lifted to
the mouth. Should the leaves be too
large for this treatment, they should be
broken into suitable pieces with the
fork.
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The Vancaire Tonic

I am "a years old and my bust IL very ,
nat after having uursed my baby. Do you :
th.nk, the vaucaire tonic would do me any
good7 ANXIOUS II. II.
It e advisable for you to take the
tonic, and to quicken results massage
the bust with cocoa butter.
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Parents Obiect
Dear Mrs. Adams.

Dear MIS-. Adams
II young man and woman love each
other dearly but circumstances prevent
their marrying for indefinite time. what
would you advise them to do?
IL a girl goes with a young man and
their parents object. what should they do?
SUNSHINE.
The only thing they can do is to wait
until the condition of affairs is changed.
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Tired of Her TosU,t

am a young lady. 20 years old. and hope
that you Will give me some advice about
al, NV life and am growing tired Of
meeting the same people all the time. !
would like to go to some large city and
STAY II 70 will have to do so without
NV parenfs = knowing it. for they would not
want me to leave. Would you advise me
are about going any place here?
A DISSATISFIED ONE.
Ny first advice IS that you scoufide In
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n EY FRIEND the old doctor has
M come Co me again, angry at the
N statement that one must neces-
sar1ly have q cold in the early
fan One OF his patients gave him that
piece OF information. And I laughed
n her pretty face" said the old doctor
As q matter OF fact, no one with the
ability TO take a few simple precau-
tions need go through that pleasing ex-
peEenee Of red eyes. aching head and
halls the advent Of the coryza season
70 most Of US. Simply knowing when
cold is imminent, and sending it on
Sary-prevention, In other words, to-
render cure unnecessary.
In the first place. do not go out in
rainy weather, or weather threatening
rain, without being properly equipped.
This includes an umbrella, of course,
a light raincoat rubber, If possible)
and rubber overshoes. I know how
much most women dislike these, but
even overshoes consisting of merely the
sole and a strap 10 fasten them; and
any amount Of Inconvenience IS prefer
able TO a cold in the head on the very
day Of your luncheon or your box
party.
Even when you have been thus pro-
tected from the rain. on returning home,
especially II you have been getting wet
anC dry aSa1a the NnOl6 Gay, you SnOOio
give yourself a ftisk rundown with a
turkish towel. Then put on dry stock
ingS and shoes. or. If you have been
caught in the rain and are wet through,
a complete change OF underwear, and
you need not fear a cold. AS a further
preca ution take about five grains Of
Quinine before going to bed that even
ing. unless you have an idiosyncrasy
against the drug.
In that case, take instead three drops
OF essence OF camphor in milk every
hour for one day. If the cold has already
begun to show itself use strong smelling
salts with ammonia, if il be in the head,
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them. II possible. change your shoes
Often Often i rests tired feet. I advise you to
consult q chiropodist about the Joints Of
your toe. for they are in need OF special
treatment.
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Brothers. Fiancee

Dear Mrs. Adams
VIII you kinoly inform me how l should
go about writing letter to my brothers.
fancee. whom have never met? JANE,
ANY set form Of letter would sound
stilted and unnatural, therefore ii is
always better in such cases to write
from the heart.
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80 > -zzaar Eamz
l<S|&- az lSG Ia

your parents. The fact that they do not
want you to leave home Is proof that
they will do everything in their power TO
make your home and town attractive
to you, and will no doubt suggest plan!
whereby you may have a change OF
scenery. DO not be too anxious to go
among strangers IN large city. Daily
/ come in contact with girls who are
obliged to earn their living in a large
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-30
Street Etiquetfe

We have been going with two young
men for quite while, but they have
cer-afn habits which do not approve.
How shall we break them OF the habitsf
8 When a young lady meets young
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Eating tn the Car

Dear Mrs. Adams.
/. Is it proper to eat peanuts or popcorn
in a moderately filed street carr
what flower blooms tu August?
Js there any holiday In August? II So
what? !. IA.
/. 1t is never proper to eat in the pub
lie streets or in public conveyances.
q The poppy.
2 No
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Obstinate Ereckles
The Use of Vaseline
)ear Ms. Svmas

Dear MIS- Synn03.
I have been putting pure white vaselirrs
on my eyeiashes and eyebrows every night
regularly for about four months and haven't
noticed much Improvement. although they
are thicker than they were when I staEfed.
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Respect for the Elderly

De3E- Mrs. Adams.
VIII you kindly tell me whether II Is
polite for young girl to remain seated
while elderly person is standing?
PANSY.
A young person should always stand
as long as her elders are in a standing
position. A girl who respects her elders
will always see that they are made
comfortable before she herself Is seated
This is one of the greatest signs of good
breeding
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Typewritten Letters.

Dear Mrs. Adams.
write letters on a typewriter when CORE.
spending with woman?
Also tell me who precedes when entering
and leaving the street car, the man or the
woman. BIRDIE.
Only letters OF a business nature
should be written upon machine
When entering the car the woman
precedes her escort, but follows him on
leaving, so that 1t will be possible for
him to help her when she alights.
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When about 16 years Of age I met with
misfortune. For three years I was wild
girl. Then I met with a young man and
married him. During my married life
reformed and was converted in the Metho.
dist Church. but somehow few women Ike
me My occupation is dressmaking. Please
advise me what to do, for am trying to
be good woman. FRIENDLESS.
think the best thing for you to do
is to move from your home town to a
CITY where you are not known and start
life anew. You will gain new friends
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Has Fen Friends

Dear Mrs. Adams
/ am a widow. 2S years of age. Ny
grandmother lives with me in respectable
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-30

If the objections are reasonable, It
would be better for the couple to sepa-
minds know what is best for the young
people.
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To Reduce the Hips and Waist

win you please tell me what will reduce
the hips and the waist? M g.
Here are directions for reducing the
hips and the waist:
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To Rsduce the Waist Measure

Deep breathing will help to reduce the
waist measure. The stretching exercises.
tha arms high above the head. then. hold
ing knees straight Try to touch the floor
hands on hips. bend from waist far -
possible to the right. then to the In.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-30
10 Reduce the Hips

Lie extended on the floor, supporting ones
SELF by one hand. while the other - placed
upon the hip While holding the position.
raise the body gradually from the floor
until the whole weight is supported BY the
hand and feet 1t Is comparatively easy
TO get the body from the floor as far as
the knees. but to bring It up to the full
extent Just described Is not easy at hrst IL
m, ha 0ther.
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Is 1t Proper?

Dear Mrs. Adams . J,
Will you please tell US II It is proper
the theater II they do not escort vs. e ~
II it was not. convenient for the men
To take YOU to the theater and they
mada arrangements to escort you home,
no objection can be raised. # they were
friends who accidentally met you after
the play was over, 1t would be all right
to allow them to take You home.
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city who are yearning TO return to their
homes in quiet and friendly village.
On the Nay to Work

Dear Mrs. Adams.
am a young lady. IS years OF age. and
every morning as am on my way to work
meet q young man who works in the same
block as 1. ! know that he is anxious to
meet me. as he asked an acquaintance OF 4
mine to introduce us. but that acquaintance
has left the city without getting the op-
portunity. I would appreciate your ad-
vice IN this matter. as would like to
meet the young man and don't know how.
MABEL
You cannot become acquainted with
the young man unless you have another
friend who is. acquainted with him also
to make the introduction. Possibly tha
acquaintance to whom. you refer win re-
turn soon.
kissing sMother-in-Lazv ,
Dear Mrs. Adams. :.
Is Il proper for son-in-law or a pros.
pective son-in-law to kiss his mother-ln-
law or prospective one II they only meet
once In a while? Merely to show respect.
ENGAGED COUPLE.
1t Is quite proper for the. son-in-law
to kiss his mother-in-law. but beforesa
man has become a member OF a family
through asmarriage ceremonyshe should
not be so familiar
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Thirteen and Fourteen

!. What viii remove pimples from tho
a How should girls of ls and "A wear
their hair? 49,
s. How long should they wear their
G What should they wear to give them
q shape or are they too young TO wear any
support?
biting her Anger nails?
CURLY HEAD AND PINK CHEEKS.
/. To remove the pimples battle them
with hot water. dry thoroughly and ap-
ply the cream for which am giving the
recfne.
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.WING to the great amount Of mail
received and the limited space
<-i..ax, &l,ia dona rfnrnnf IL ia b.

gwen tmS pdrtuIFHl, IL IS dU-
solutely impossible to answer letters IN
the Sunday issue following their receipt.
The letters must be answered In turn.
and this ofttimes requires three or four
weeks.
All correspondents who desire an I'm
mediate answer must inclose a self
addressed stamped envelope for a reply.
This rule must also be compiled with In
regard to personal letters.
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her as she II not respectable. will no
longer allow him to call Am i doing
right7 DREAMY EYES
]. do not approve OF young wonen'S
inviting young men to go out with them.
However, II you are very intimate with
the young ma1 you might ask him this
favor.
e Yes. IL he Is willing to offer an
apology.
3. If you do not care for the young
mans company you are doing right.
Introduction
Dear Mrs. Adams.
When being introduced to person what
should one say. PLEASED TO meet you?
When Introducing two persons should the
mans or woman's name be mentioned first?
A READER.
The. phrase you quote Is proper.
though provincial; or one may say,
How do you do, Miss Brown?' When
Introducing a man to woman, the
woman's name IS always spoken first
and the man Is presented to the woman
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Cream for Pinples

Calonel OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. dram
Lard ............................ ! ounce
2. Always in the most becoming style
and adorned with hair ribbons.
8. The length OF the dresses depends
upon the sizes Of the girls. / think
their mothers will be able to decide
what Is the proper length.
A. A boneless waist Is the best thing
for girl OF 13 or IA to wear. She
should avoid any garment which would
impede the development of the body.
s. The checking Of this habit depends
largely upon ones will power. Paint
inx the tips Of the nails with something
bitter In taste and yet harmless will
serve as a reminder.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-05-13
The Chamois Trail.

Every day at noon at Grindelwald
there is a rush Of visitors for the tele-
scopes In order to gaze at one OF the
most interesting natural scenes in the
Alps, 'the chamols trail" Regularly
at this hour a herd of twenty to thir-
ty chamois may be seen passing in
Indian file up the yawning abysses of
the precipitous Mettenberg rocks. sep
arating two glaciers, the male animals
leading the way. the king of the herd
keeping twenty yards in advance and
on the watch. At the bottom of the
Mettenberg, where the slope is freed
from snow, the chamois find a meager
subsistence when their usual feeding
grounds are under deep snow. 1t Is
a curious fact that the chamois de-
scend to their feeding grounds at
dawn, when there is little likelihood
of avalanches. and return to their
haunts at an hour when avalanches-
for this portion of the mountain has
frequent avalanches-have already fall
en- and the danger is past.-Geneva
Cor. Pail Mall Gazette.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-05-13
Our National Game,

1.-THE raw American CITIZEN" says
Ellis Parker Butler In Success Maya
zine, who takes his seat at ball
game for the first time feels as he
would should he drop into the Metro
politan Opera House and find himself
hearing Wagnerian opera from a seat
In the midst of seasoned German opera
goers. He hears a language that is
new to him. The man at his right can
tell more about the first baseman's
peculiarities than he could tell about
the manners of his own wife. The
man at his left has trouble remember
ing the size collar he wears, but he
can name every man in every club of
both major leagues, tell the age Of
each, give the complete table of bat
ting records offhand and recite, item
by item, every feature of every game
played on the home grounds during the
last five years. That is why baseball
is our national game. We love the
game not because we are Chicagoans
and the Chicago nine wins nor be-
cause we are Pittsburgers and the
Pittsburg nine is winning, but because
we are educated in baseball and like
to see a good game played by the best
men In their field that can be found
in the world"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-05-13
Pussy and the Burglar.

A good dog has hitherto been con-
sidered the best protection against bur
glars. but certain old lady differs
from this view. She believes in cats.
and, her house being broken into not
long ago, she proceeded to put her
theory into practice, and with marvel
ously good results. The midnight hour
had not long struck when she heard
unusual sounds in the hall below. She
slipped out of bed took her faithful
feline in her arms and walked quietly
on to the landing. She leaned over.
The burglar was on the stairs. Sud-
denly in an unlucky moment he struck
a match upon the staircase. The lady
could see the burglar, but the burglar
could not see the lady. She held puss
up and then dropped her upon the bur
glars head. The cat uttered an I'M
earthly screech and then commenced
to scratch for all it was worth. Puss
was certainly the willing worker. The
next instant the man was outside In
the et.-Manchester Guardian.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-05-13
Her Fathers Job,

The young daughter of a popular
Chicago clergyman some time ago
manifested a quick wit. Her father
had gone on a brief holiday with a
business parishioner and associate, and
the talk Of the children turned on the
problem of which father needed the
rare rest most sorely.
well, think my father works the
hardest" said little Miss Business,
land his work keeps him stirred up
and anxious most of the time"
"Your father may work the hardest
in one way" was little Miss Clergy
mans answer. at once thoughtful and
diplomatic, but l think he gets more
rest as he goes along. You see, he can
let down a little evenings and Sun
days, and If he gets cross and nervous
nobody says anything. But my daddy
has to be better than ever Sundays
and evenings. because then everybody's
taking notice and the whole lot of us
children are around. Chicago Rec
ord Herald.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-05-13
Whistler's FRIENDSHIPS.

That Whistler, the man Of famous
enemies, had faithful friends is re-
called by Ford MADDOX Hueffer, writing
of the e-Raphaelites in Harper's
Magazine MADDOX Brown had a circu-
lar printed drawing the attention OF
all his old patrons to the merits of
Whistler's etchings and begging them
in the most urgent terms to make pur.
chases because Whistler was in in
digent circumstances. The story is
that upon one occasion MADDOX Brown
going to a tea party at the Whistlers
in Chelsea, was met in the hall by
Mrs. Whistler, who begged him to &c
to the poulterer's and purchase pound
Of butter. The bread was cut, but
there was nothing to put upon it.
There was no money in the house, the
poulterer had cut off his credit. and
Mrs. Whistler said "she dared not send
her husband, for he would certainly
punch the BRIDESMAIDS head"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-05-13
Everything Happens in Comet Year

A case which in many ways eclipses
that of the Siamese twins was brought
to light Tuesday at Chicago when the
7-months-old son OF Martin Hetzinger
died from an operation at the Norwe-
gian hospital there. The operation
disclosed the fact that a child about
seven months advanced was in the pro-
cess of formation in his abdominal
cavity.
Six doctors besides those who did
the work were witnesses to the opera
ton, which was supposed to have been
for tumor. The first thing that at
tracted the attention of the surgeons
was the feet. Closer examination
showed that the inner child was per-
fectly formed in every particular.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-05-13
Why He Waited.

The man who is anxiously watching
the steeple jack at work 800 feet from
the ground is approached by a pass
ing acquaintance.
Hello. Brown" says the latter. "Are
you still here? It's fully an hour ago
that l saw you standing in the very
same spot"
"That fellow up there gives me the
cold shivers," says Brown. HE makes
me feel weak in the knees"
"Going back to your Officer" inquiries
the friend.
81 guess So" Brown reluctantly re-
plies. There doesn't seem to be much
use In waiting any longer. I don't be-
lieve he is going to fall"
And he turned away with lingering
glance at the intrepid jack.-Cleyeland
Plain Dealer.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-05-13
A Quear Hidina Place.

During a furious storm in Paris a
janitor was struck on the shoulder by
a small but heavy tin box which had
fallen from an upper story of house
in the Rue de rOuest. The box was
found to contain $4,000 in gold and
notes. 1t was claimed at the police
station by an elderly woman. who said
that the money constituted her entire
savings. which she had hidden by ty-
ing the box to the drainpipe outside
her window.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-05-13
Shortened His Wait.

Experience" said Mark Twain once,
makes us wise. but it also makes us
hard. Consider the old. experienced
man in the busy restaurant. He took
seat, looked round him and, point
ing to a we'll dressed gentleman who
had not yet been served, said to the
waiter:
"'Waiter, how long has that gentle
man been hereY
"'About twelve minutes, sir the
waiter answered.
"'What's his orderY
Porterhouse and French fried, sir,
with mince pie and coffee to come
1.-THE old man, hardened by expert
ence, slipped quarter in the walters
hand.
Waiter he said. Pm in hurry.
Put ON another porterhouse and bring
me his"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-05-13
Fresh Discovery of an Old Truth.

Helen's enjoyment of the party
given in honor of her ninth birthday
was nearly spoiled by the i'll tempered
outbreaks Of very pretty and well
dressed little girl who was among her
guests. A peacemaker appeared, how
ever, in plain and rather shabby
child, who proved herself veritable
little angel of tact and good will.
After her playmates were gone Hell
en- talked it all over very seriously
with her mother. She summed 1t up
in this piece of philosophical wisdom
"Well, I've found out one thing
mamma. Folks don't always match
their outsides." -Woman's Home Com.
panion.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-05-13
Salt and Health.

Few persons understand the thera-
,peutic value of salt A little salt in
ones drinking water is good medi-
cine" Salt applications to the skin
are wonderfully soothing and whole
some. There is nothing better as a
wash for the throat and the nasal pas
sages to prevent or to cure catarrhal
troubles than a solution of common
salt in plain water-the cheapest rem
edy one can find. Many persons give
their eyes a daily bath Of cold salt
water with satisfactory results.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-05-13
Great Ace of HaIIey's Comet.

While Halley's comet has been iden-
titled as a member of our system for
over 1000 years, certain characters
tics of its orbit lead us to believe that
it has been with us at least ten or
perhaps 100 times as long as that.
According to all accounts, it was a
magnificent object at the time of the
Norman conquest in 1866. Its head
was equal to the full moon in size,
and its tail increased to a wonderful
ength.--Century.