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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
Helpful
Beauty Hints
Suggestions About Compound
Ing oily Creams and Lotions
A Complexion Secret-FIabby
Skin-Relased Throat--Reoipe
for Dandruff-6edtime Toilet.

In this season. when grease in vari-
Gus forms is essential to the preserva-
ton of good looks, 1t may be valuable
to know how to combine cosmetic
preparations.
For instance, few are difficult to
compound, but carelessness may
cause failure with even the simplest.
Too much attention cannot be given
to reducing white wax and spermaceti
to the proper temperature. These
form the basis of almost all cold
creams, and on their manipulation de-
pends success. They are naturally
hard and must be softened by warm
ing slightly. If they become hot the
chances are that they will not again
harden to the desired consistency, as
the fats will have passed through a
chemical change. Also they must not
come in contact with any metal ex-
cept pure silver. Tin or iron affects
them deleteriously.
In this process the proper method
OF softening is to break both wax aud
spermaceti into small pieces about
the same size, so they will melt even
ly. The bits are put into a china or
glass vessel. which is set in hot water.
This will heat the vessel, and the con-
tents will soften gradually.
When almond or other oil is to be
added pour it into the mixture while
the vessel is still in the hot water. AS
soon as the oil has been added re-
move the cup from the heat, and beat
in the other ingredients slowly with
a silver fork II the mixture shows
signs of hardening before the cream
is finished, return the cup to tho hot
water for several seconds. This may
be repeated several times.
All perfumed oils and essences are
added last, lest heat lessen the odor.
The secret of making creams lies
in mixing the ingredients slowly and
beating constantly. There is always
combination of elements difficult to
mix, as, for example, rose water with
fats. If the former is poured in bulk
into the liquid fats they will not abb
sorb it, but will harden alone, leaving
the rose water on the surface. The
same quantity of fats will take an
enormous amount of sweet water IL
the latter is added drop by drop
Margaret Mixter, in New York Tele-
gram.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20

Naturally, you viii make your guest
room, as well as your whole house, as
attractive as possible. But don't
crowd too much into il. Heavy drap-
cries are mistake in bedrooms. Plen-
ty of fresh air and sunshine are need
ed, and should not be shut out Don't
have furnishings that cannot bear the
sun. A fine soft mating, with rugs
for bedside bureau and fireplace, will
be much more satisfactory than the
most expensive carpet. A wellchos-
en- wall paper, a few pretty pictures
some of the soft photographers or au-
totypes, If you cannot afford anything
expensive-a few bits of bric-a-brac,
shaded lamp, a stray book or two,
vase of flowers, airy window draperies,
and, above all, if IL be winter, a bright
open fire, will go far toward making a
charming room. II it be large, and
especially If two persons occupy it,
folding screen is almost a necessity.
1t may be as inexpensive as you
choose, only It should harmonic with
the general effect of the room.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
More Dletetie Facts.

Verify, the way of dietetio righte-
BUSINESS is a strait and narrow path.
A big sanitarium gives its patients
the following printed list of Danger
Gus Foods" Cane sugar, fats, flesh
foods, including fish. oysters, Holsters,
etc. eggs. milk, coarse vegetables,
such as spinach, cabbage, turnips, ETC.;
condiments, including salt and pep
per; tea, coffee, chocolate, cocoa and
all alcoholic drinks. This leaves prac-
tically only cereals potatoes and nuts.
The skin and seeds of nuts are forbid
den this practically cuts off cherries,
prunes, dried apricots. figs, dates, rails
ins, currants and most grapes unless
strained of Objectionable parts. Peas
and beans are admissible, if passed
through a colander to remove the
hullS
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
Nerve TimInu.

A strange instance of the care and
minuteness with which the human
body is now studied, in the effort to
understand its powers and functions
better, is furnished by a paper read
recently at a meeting of the Royal So
ciety in London on the "Rapidity of
the Nervous Impulse in Tall and Short
Individuals" Even the difference in
time required for a nerve telegram"
to traverse the bodies of different per-
sons is regarded as a matter Of SCI
entific Importance.
A series of observations has shown
that the length of the nerve does not
affect the velocity with which an i'm
pulse passes between the brain and
the extremities, and consequently that
more than IL it is short. 1t follows
that a short man should feel a step
on his corns quicker than tall man;
but the difference is so slight that the
offender has no better chance of es-
cape in one case than in the other
The Sunday Magazine.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20

Does the number 13 influence ca
reer in the army? is a question asked
by Paris contemporary, impelled by
the fact that NJ. Oudin appears thir-
teenth in the navy list at st. Cyr. He
has just been gazetted as sublieu-
tenant in a cavalry regiment, declares
the London Globe. Thirteen is not
looked upon as an unlucky number at
st. Cyr, for among those who have
stood thirteenth in the list are Mar
shall MacMahon in 1925. Gen. Bourba-
XII held the same place nine years lat
er. Gen. Lavcaucoupet, one of the
heroes at Metz in 1870, was another
49, Among the living generals is Gen.
Balloud, who left in 1868, and has
since had brilliant career.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
FIabby Skin.

Daily applications of almond milk
are good for flabby skin. The milk is
made by blanching thirty good sized
Jordan almonds and pounding them
in mortar with half pint Of rose
water. A small teaspoonful of granu-
lated sugar is put with the nuts to
bind the oil ami water. The process
of blending is long one, for the wa
ter is added hardly more than drop
by drop until the nuts are reduced to
powder The preparation then stands
over night, when it is strained through
muslin. An even teaspoonful Of pow
dered alum is then dissolved in rose
water, just enough to make solution,
and the two are added TO the milk.
This is used freely with massage for
the face, the milk drying on.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
To Preserve a Bouquet.

To preserve bouquet first sprinkle
lightly with fresh water, then puJ II
into a vessel containing soap suds.
Take the bouquet out of the soap suds
every morning and lay ii side ways
into clean water, keep 1t there for two
minutes. take 1t out and sprinkle the
flowers lightly with water Replace
II in the soap suds and 1t will be as
fresh as when first gathered. The
suds should be changed every three
days. II carefully treated in this way,
wedding or other bouquets may be
kept bright for at least a month
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20

The father of Judge w. II. Wad-
hams had a chicken-coop and a dog
and a stable hand. 1t began to look
to Mr.. Wadhams as though some one
had discovered the combination. So
he kept the coop and the stable hand,
but he got a new dog. Next day the
bent old negro who groomed the Wad.
hams horses came to him. You los
you affection foh me, boss?" he asked.
mo, Scipio." said Mr.. Wadhams. Il
like you as well as ever. Then"
said Scipio, peevlshly, "w'ynt you tie
Old Rover in de chicken-coop, Std of
dat new dorg?"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
A Complexion Secret.

Persian ladies', who are said to have
compilations whose bloom and velvety
softness are simply wonderful, use
no cream or ointment on their faces.
Instead, they apply, half an hour be-
fore their daily bath, coating of
white of egg. When this has COM
pletely dried it is sponged off with
tepid water, to which is added little
tincture of benzoin, and then the skin
is sponged over with cold milk. The
white of egg cleanses the skin, and
the treatment described removes all
impurities from the complexion, leav-
ing it smooth and soft as that of a
childs.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
"The Auld BRIG o, DOOM

Lord Roseberry has done well to
protest against the proposed demoli-
tion of the Brig of Ayr. The town
council of Ayr calls it rebuilding. But
as Lord Roseberry says, the resources
Of engineering 81 ould be adequate to
preserve a structure which is almost
sacred. Indeed. were there no senti-
ment left for Burns in the land he
did so much to celebrate. the accus-
tored canniness of the Scot should
suffice to save landmark that is
yearly coined into good money. How
many travellers would care rap for
Ayr without the old bridge?-Provi.
dence Journal.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
ALFALFA IN ALL CLIMATES.
Has Proven Its Adaptablity to Grow
on All Kinds of Soils.

on All Kinds of Soils.
While experts have been declaring
that alfalfa would only grow in GER.
tain soils and in certain climates II
has proven adaptability to nearly all
climates and almost all soils, says Co
burns Book on Alfalfa. 1t produces
with a rainfall as scant as IA inches,
and in the gulf states flourishes with
65 inches. 1t gives crops at an eleva-
ton of 5000 feet above sea level. and
in southern California it grows below
sea level to a height of six feet or
over, with nine cuttings a year, aggre.
eating ten to twelve tons. An authen.
ticated photograph in possession of
the writer shows a wonderful alfalfa
plant raised in the (irrigated) desert
of southern California. 60 feet below
sea level. that measures considera.
bly, more than ten feet in height. Sat
isfactory crops are raised. but on linn
tied areas as yet, in Vermont and
Florida. New York has grown it for
over 100 years in her clay and gravel;
Nebraska grows it in her western
sand hills without plowing, as does
Nevada on her sagebrush desert. The
depleted cotton soils of Alabama and
rich corn lands of Illinois and Missouri
each respond generously with profita-
bic yields to the enterprising farmer,
while its accumulated nitrogen and
the sub-soiling it effects are making
the rich land more valuable and giving
back to the crop-worn land the price
less elements of which it has been in
successive generations despoiled by
constituencies husbandry
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20

The railway station of Bragulia
(Servia) is so infested with snakes
that special precautions are taken
when trains stop there to prevent the
reptiles from entering the compart-
ments. An Englishwoman coming
from Constantinople was appalled, to
find a small snake coiled round the
handle of her travelling bag. The con-
sequent search resulted in the discov-
cry of several other snakes among the
passengers rugs.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
Bedtime Toilet.

The French woman attaches as
much Importance to her bedtime toilet
as to that Of the morning. She never
tumbles into bed without removing
the soil of the day, as so many Ameri-
can women do, and that is one reason
why she always looks so perfectly
groomed. AS a child she was taught
the Importance of retiring sweet and
clean, and as she grew older one de-
tail after another was gradually add
ed to her night toilet. Thus, the night
ly ceremonies became mechanical,
and it would be harder for her to
omit them than for an unaccustomed
person to perform them.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20

Profiting by the experience of sew,
eral American cities which provide
food at cost for their school children,
the London county council has about
decided on similar system in some
of the schools of the metropolis. Par.
ents having asked that meals be sup
piled at school to their children who
are not "necessitous," the county
council authorities are planning to
grant the applications, payment to be
made in advance, the charge to be
calculated to the nearest farthing"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
How to Measure Hay.

1t is difficult TO measure hay in the
stack, owing to the varying degrees
of the settling of the hay. Good tim
othy hay, thoroughly settled in NOW,
occupies about $50 cubic feet TO the
ton; if partly settled a ton will meas
ure 400 to 450 cubic feet; while new
hay takes 500 cubic feet for a ton. 1t
is not easy to determine the exact
cubic contents of a stack so that only
the approximate weight can be Sc
cured without the use Of scales.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
REIGN OF TALL GIRLS.
At It's Height Now, but the Small
Girls Turn is Comina.

SL lta TICiSHt iNOWg but tnC OIUdIl
Girls Turn is Coming.
Brigades of exceptionally tall girls
practically rule hospitality all over
the country. declares the English
Ladys Pictorial. They need not be
pretty or intelligent, for they are ex.
pected to do nothing except be tall.
A tall girl season now means that
every hostess must endeavor to pro-
duce predominating impression Of
tallness at her parties. Tall dinners
and tall dances become a social ambi-
ton; small men find themselves sud
denly useful as an effective means of
creating a contrast when semi-Ama-
IONS must be entertained.
There is no limit which can be re-
garded as reasonable when once the
craze for tallness commences, yet at
the moment when with that mysteri-
GUS facility of the feminine nature tall
girls seem to be looming up in all di-
reCtions and edict goes forth that her
reign is over and the little woman is
in the ascendant.
Men would seem to have rather in
geniously guarded against fashions in
height by becoming almost uniformly
of medium stature. The present pre-
diction of smaller men need not be
taken seriously; from every point of
view moderation in inches has been
found satisfactory now that we never
know from one year to another wheth-
er women are going to be ridiculously
small or absurdly tall.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
Blackberry Plantation.

A blackberry plantation if properly
cared for cultivated and fertilized, will
produce profitable crops for II or 15
years without resetting. One great
advantage of the blackberry is that
this fruit is one that does not have to
come in competition with southern
grown supply as is the case with
strawberries and some other kinds.
The markets are often flooded for
weeks or months with southern
grown fruit before the home grown
has had time to mature. This is a
condition that the blackberry does not
have to meet,
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
What Shoes They Wear.

1t is easy to tell visitors to the city
who visit the theatres by their shoes,
particularly the shoes of women, says
the New York Press. They come in
taxis. these visitors, all of them, and
spare no expense, but the women in
varibly wear thick, heavy shoes If the
night happens to be rainy. and over
shoes, while the New York women,
stepping out of their carriages and
taxis in the daintiest of high-heeled
slippers, come from warm, steam-heat-
ed apartments in a warm carriage to
a warm theatre, never once thinking
of preparing for rain or cold by heavy
shoes even, to say nothing of over
shoes.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
HE DISCOVERED THE cuLPRlr.
Announcement Of Principal not at All
Comforting TO Teacher.

Comforting to Teacher.
One of the women teachers went to
the principal of school in Queens
borough the other day. Mr.. Mark"
she said. Il think you had better go
upstairs. A substitute teacher is on
duty up there. and | am afraid she Is
having terrible time. The noise
is so terrible the children down here
scarcely can study
The principal went up the stairs
two steps at time. and the noise
soon ceased When he returned to
the lower room his face was grim.
Miss Henderson" he said. "if you
hear any more of those noises let me
know at once
Indeed ! WILL" she replied. 1T is
simply outrageous that parents should
bring their children up so they will be-
have that way Did you find out who
the children were?"
Yes. | found out" the principal
said, scowlingly. "One is your nep-
hew and the other is my son." he re-
piled. and the woman teacher almost
collapsed New York Press.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
A Painless Death.

A teacher in the factory district of
a New Jersey town had been giving
the children earnest lectures upon the
poisonousness of dirt.
One morning little girl raised her
hand excitedly and pointed to a boy
who seldom had clean hands.
Teacher" she said, "look quick!
Jimmie's committin' suicide! He's
suckin' his thumb. Success Maga-
zine.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
Women could stop RaIdheads.

Women are TO blame for everything.
If they did not love bald-headed men
so devotedly, baldheaded men
would not be able to marry so easily
and badness would be no more, for
badness is largely heredity. and is
transmitted by the father or even by
the mother If there is badness among
her male ancestry, father or grand
fathers, as far back as Noah.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
Protect Your Machinery.

Do not leave your farming imple-
ments out in the weather when you
get through with them. If you are not
going to use them for few days put
them under cover, as it might possibly
rain. The amount lost in the depre-
citation of the machinery left in the
open would soon build big shed
which in the long run costs less than
a smaller one.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
Relaxed Throat.

Tannic acid, one ounce; glycerine,
four ounces; rub together and warm
slightly, till thoroughly mixed; paint
the back of the throat with this ap-
piled on a camel's-hair brush several
times day; this rarely fails to cure.
1t is also most useful to paint the
throat with this in cases of whouping-
cough; it should not be used very
near mealtimes
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
Notes and
Comment
OF Interest to Women Readers
REMOVABLE cLorHEsPosr.

May Be Taken Out Of Ground After
Use, Leaving Lawn Unobstructed.
For the suburban resident. proud of
his lawn, there has been designed a
removable clothespost which may be
taken up after use on wash day and
thus the lawn is freed from any un-
slightly obstruction.
The post and the socket base in
which il is held are separable. The
latter is two and one-half feet long
and is driven flush with the ground a
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
rest for prlnklno Water.

To ascertain if water is free from
organic pollution, place a lump of
sugar in a bottle nearly full and cork
up. If, after thus excluding the air
and keeping the bottle in the light for
two or three days. the milky cloud is
apparent, but the water remains
clear, then it may be considered free
from the phosphates with which sew
age water is impregnated,
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
Blame Poor Methods.

The man who always gets most
seriously out of humor with the dairy
business is the man who keeps so
called dual purpose, Improbable cows.
He sees that his milk checks do not
show profit and he is free to place
the blame upon the business rather
than upon poor methods.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
Recipe for pandruff.

The following old-fashioned recipe
will drive away dandruff. First boil
in a stone jar. stood in a pan OF hot
water, half pint of rose water and
one-quarter ounce OF sassafras wood.
Let this stand TIL cold, then add a
small wineglass Of alcohol and ono
dram Of pearlash. Appiy to the scalp
once daily.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
PIantlna on Eour.lnch Rreak.

Planting seed on a three or four
inch break is like trying to raise a
crop on rag carpet and very discour-
aging to a beginner, but at the same
time through lack of horse power this
may be the only way. and the next
best thing to do is to make strenuous
efforts to get down deeper as quickly
as possible every succeeding year.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
Contented,

Helen" said her mother, "if you
are naughty you can't go to heaven"
Well" said Helen, Il can't expect
to go everywhere. went to Uncle
Toms Cabin once, and to the circus
twice"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
Innovations In the Vatican.

In his apartments in the Vatican
the pope has a piano and pianoio.
These are Innovations. The violin is
also a favorite instrument OF the pope
and in his younger days he was con
sidered a master of the bow.-The De-
uneator.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
TreIIis viii Stand Alone.

A plant support or garden trellis,
such as shown in the illustration, is
very handy in the garden. The dou-
BILE form of trellis can be folded up
and takes very little room. All trel-
nses and stakes should be gathered as
soon as the crop is harvested and
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
Intermittent Cause.

''My husband is i'll in bed this morn
Ing" said the wife of the railroad
magnate. ITS a periodical attack" I"
she added, pointing to the latest mum.
Der of the Muckrakers Magazine
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
RahN No Art

The greatest living tenor was call.
ing on some valued acquaintance
and as an unusual mark of favor offer.
ed to sing something. Thank you so
much" said his hostess sweetly, but
I'm afraid you'd wake baby"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20

A New Jersey man has been ar
rested 33 times for beating his wife,
and he says he is proud of his record.
A wife who will stay around to be
beaten SO times probably ought to be
beaten, hence the gentleman's pride
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
e Estimated.

Knicker.-What is Smiths idea Of
himself?
Bocker.-He doesn't think anybody
else can do thing he can do, and he
doesn't think anybody else can do a
thing he can't do.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
Bible CHAPTERS.

The Bible chapters number 1,1S9,.
Of which 928 are in the Old Testament
and $50 In the New.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
TreIlis Stands Alone.

stored under cover until the next sea-
son. They are useful for tomatoes,
beans, peas, cucumbers, etc. The dou-
BILE trellis is built of two pieces of 2x3,
which are bolted together for each leg
and the top held in place by piece of
string or wire.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20

driving cap being provided for this
purpose When in position the post is
inserted and can be lifted out again,
leaving the lawn free of obstruction
to the lawn mower or other uses. The
posts are made of special high carbon
steel tubing.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-04
STRONGEST at rhlrtx.one.

1nasmuch as a mans muscles de-
velop with use it would appear logical
that the older he gets the stronger he
should become, but such is not the
ase. Experiments made with thou
sands Of men show hat the muscles
of the average man have their period
of increase and decline, whether he
used them much or little. The average
youth Of seventeen has a lifting power
Of 2s0 pounds. BY his twentieth year
his power has increased to such a de-
gree that he should be able to exert a
lifting power of 800 pounds, while his
maximum power Is reached In his
thirtieth or ~thirty-second year, 365
pounds then being recorded. At the
expiration of the thirty.frst year his
power begins to decline. very gradual
ly at first. falling but eight pounds by
the time he is forty. From forty to
fifty the decrease OF power is some
what more rapid, having dropped to
$50 pounds at the latter ere. the av-
erage lifting power Of a man Of fifty,
therefore, being slightly greater than
that Of a man Of twenty. After fifty
the decrease in strength ia u
rapid. but the rate of decrease varies
30 surprisingly in individuals that It
has been impossible to obtain accurate
data as to average strength after that
age.