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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-24
lis An Matter of Taste.

when one has reached this cultivation Of the power
., Aenr beauty says Fnok he is able to appreciate
what Socrates must9 haye had in his mind when ne
distinguished between THAT which is beautiful and 'nA
which only pes1st6ePYatnL Esthetic instinct ena
b.es US to see things Ssssy instead of as they
.,near through Inattentionr through ignorance or
through clouds OF national prejudice individual opn
ion"
It's a of taste, say Precisely-ot sooo
taste and bad taste the logic of good taste
we owe the association of ideas Fer instance
we prefer tint of deicatey youthful face to that
which is by Knight the richly fretted
and varfagated Of a pimpled drunkard," simply
because We associate with health and the other
with disease
There is probably beauty that is so universally
but many them understand that skin which
reveals tints OF apple blossom
can by ndolen inactive. nervous
emotional Neither will it reward the glutton
or the who INDUCES in any excess, mental
moral or physical. And need think that she
can conceal results of her mistaken way OF
living with cosmetics. Some has said " artificial
means CHASTITY a substitute for the FURNISHED
glow Of health Is lacquer for genuine gold"
And only is the complexion OF the
Morbid emotions Will pmpes; a nervous irrita-
Don. q nose selhshness and self-centered
thoughts Will thicken the skin.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-24
skn Eood. Need Of ,oldsr Women.

Az woman grows older the ssbacsons .secrstions
dIinish and face needs oil skin food For this
there Il nothing better than lemon crsam made OF
almond on ar ounces: white wax ten dsems sperns-
eet tan drains: anoln three ounces oil lemon two
dra1ns elder flower water. six ounce5 wiehhese two
ounces; tincture OF. Ssnsoin. one dram.
Put the spermaosa white WAX almond oil ana lsao-
I'm a, n douSis oeIlsr ana w.n thsy ~ warmsa
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-24

thorough study scientific attention. You cannot
secure fine complexion by of lotions, balms'
powders or paints although all with dis
erection enhance beauty healthy complexion
In the first place If you wish good complexion you
regulate your diet, drink, your baths, and
your breathing that will be unhampered The
kidneys skin and lungs must be regular and
unhaggng performance of their several duties
Local treatment the skin will not avail the girl who
has pimples II she negIects her health .r
One of the most prolific causes of bad complexion
is that women do not battle enough They wash their
daily opening the pores and allow those on the
rest of their bodies to clogged by neglectns
the use of soap and except occasionally In lis
way all the poisonous wastes which cannot come out
their bodies to the surface their faces
daily bath absolutely necessary. with brisk rubbing
of the entire body with flesh brush coarse bath
towel for woman who is disposed to pimples the
face.
No greasy matter nor rich should be taken; a
great deal of brown eaten fruit and
vegetables that the liver viii be kept in healthfui
state from this trouble jaundice and itching pm-
pies and inflammation come. Profuse sweating is an
important factor perfeetins the complexion when
almost necessary.
The woman who would have good complexion must
md the kind OF soap which best agrees with her
face should wash least day with plenty
water. rinsing ell soapsuds and either toning
UP the skin with cold This washing of ths
face is easily done when you take your daily bath
although some prefer to do n at night while
they take their baths In the morning vice
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-24

sunicienty take the hre and beat in the elder
flower water in which the lemon witchhasel the
benzoin have been added, few drops at time. This
must be done carefully the cream will separate but
fl is healing cleansing. and whitening
fine lotion whitening and cooling the skin, which
can used to take OF the dust of travel one is
outdoors the day either in business motor
ing is tincture of benzoin onehalf tincure OF
vanilla two DRAINS and orange flower water, one pint
Nitchhazel one-half pint; oil of neroli six drops
For the woman who has oily skin a lotion can be
used which is tncture of benzoin tincture
Of musk two drains; tncture of ambergrs four drams
recthed spirits wine i've elder flower water
one quart the perfumes of the best and purest
quality this tonic win be a milky emulsion
II your face. through neglect other causes. has
suppurated pImples excretory organs
are in perfect order take Of your baths with
undated zeal Then the plnples sslys made
Of ave drains of lanolin, Ave DRAINS Of sweet almond
OIL nye drama of sulphur precip,tate. two/and half
drains Of oxide Of and ten drops Of extract OF
violet Open the pimple with steriiised needle one
thai has dipped hot bortc acid solutions apply
a drop Of peroxide OF hydrogen the and wipe OF
with sterized ganse Afterward rub. q little Of the
salvs on the pmpe and unless there is some peculiar
afsotson. Il win heal dlrsotly
Tor ths common rort Of rinpss witch o<ssn trvesae
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ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES.

G B:sTo remove eailous spots from the feet soak
them every night Tor It least ten minutes in hot
w.ssr maa. .seS5y. A. tss7snd Of tA.s TINA ssssr
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,,, End most Of them have beneath their dig
-t 70 consider it at there Is nothing that Is Soon
. barometer of physical health and purity as wom-
ems saoe in which red and white are cunninsiS
blended by natures hand.
Artists know there is nothing trNnscendently love-
II - healthy flesh with its delicate transooe'
ooar In which are all the tints Of the ram
Sov and many q painter has gone seeking the pot OF
MD NV transferring these oolors his palette 10
ysrnblance of a human form divine upon his canvas
It Is only the trained that can see all the
beauties in q human face. As Mr.. Ruskin says; "hsn
the eve is quite uncultiveted it only that race Is
face and has no what shadows or lights fall upon
the features. Cultivate 1t to some oesree "
artistic power and will then shadows distinctly
but only the more vigorous of them Cultivate 1t sun
further and It will see light within light and shadow
within shadow and will continue to refuse to rest IN
what it has already discovered that it may pursue what
IN more removed and subtle"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-24
By LILLIAN RUSSELL

HE human skin is the most beautiful In
. terument known to the>eye Of man; ana
woman has no single beauty which pos
= sssses a stronger power of attraction than
I compilation saessss of delicate tint and skin OF
Notwithstanding the physicians have
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-24

punice stone, the prepared kind, but the stone
that is IN its rough condition Constant rubbing night
after night will greatly reduce spots. prevent
callous from hardening. it with vaseline
cold cream. sending you French tonic for the
eyebrows.
f.; shall man you the recipe for skin food which
have used with the greatest success for twenty
years also instructions facial If you will
send me the necessary selt-addrssssd stamped
vsIope.
MRS R F. D.: We publish anything under
the full name Of the writer If the formulas
for skin food and the face bleach write me a note
asking for them inciosing selt-addressed stamped
envelope and I shall be glad to send them to you.
STELLA: Plain yellow vaseine Is excellent REM
edy for scanty eyeashes Apply the vsseline at night
ant be exceedingly careful that you do get any
into the eye for kind initiates It 1t
not make them darker. To 10 that mascara Is good
cat A. near the shade OF your hair possible Or
tl,ttl. darker. You can get It at any drug store.
e.
FRANCES B.: Henna tea Is used for staining the
hair red or giving hair reddish tnge The henna
ieavss vary greatly strength ounces Of hennA
leaves stepped IN pint boiling water for an hour
ana then allowed TO get cold should make a fairly
strong stain However II this Il not enough hsnna
powder Be added 70 the leaves and STEPPED with IL
Apply the hair been thoroughly washed win
small sponge Let Il on several hours then wash
on II It stains the scalp remove the stain with soau
ana vutsf
The Washington times., 1911-08-28


wfahfuy suddenly feel hand
your the of 1.-THE Grabbed bitter
that Of long lonely and unloved
years-and for her that didn't do
battle and tried tell her. would anybody else, how
happy how much and do know,
promised greatgandmothers
Jet and pearls l promise themO
Jet and Pearls
Then for while she seemed almost human, but it didn't last
family added touch of she
betrayed feelings and altogether indeed
trying tine
WITCH and when she really mad mother
she knocked off her glasses and lost her getting
glad she's famiyit and arocratic
cranky old liven things when sink
ing placid don't you think SO?
But Do mind? Won't family
dor And don't be cruel be unsypathec but there
gladness heart think need share
be wife and mother both
be you God that and that
the sympathy anything that do
DEAR don't personality that
the circle of yours, that is in most things.
Path or System"
just going along the difficult path
follow path of system and the
of time how hard that either, of
schedule the day of work and for
that there time idle But girl is
Her tasks fixed like mans She used TO
butterfly fitting from task another at her
WAYS the accomplishment of things
am trying her, and interesting because
house'-the that shall comfy
that wheels squeak Oh
have for long anxious be-
gin its real practice. H
The Washington times., 1911-08-28
THE STAGE DOORKEEPER

seen a real live actor in white pajamas
welding a soldering tool at three g. m.
And they do say that the white
nighties were a sight when he go,
them well soaked. and that he was
just about as attractive as them
bathers used to be at Atlantic City
before they put the kibosh on the
diaphanous beach clothes
I'm the good old days Of the min
strels and medicine shows, II wasn't
considered much of a trick for an all
around man to play some part and
double in brass and very, very often
the leadin' man took care of the prop
critics or did the managin'. But this
plumber stunt is a new one.
II Gets Me
"I'll have to class this guy with the
seven wonders of the world, however,
and write to some of the history
sharps and get them to put his name
in the books and a bust of him in the
hall of fame"
Il don't see anything so wonderful
as that about him." said the S. S. Y.
You don't" shouted the s. D. K
why it makes the brain reel to think
of anybody givin' up a cinch like a
good plumbin' business to go on the
stage. Think It over, kid"
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ACCORDING TO SAMMY

Do you want TO no a peetch Of q
teleyfone trick. my cuzzin Benny sed
to me yesterday.
Wat, I sed, and Benny sed, You do
it with an alarm clock. furst you wind
It up and then you make It 60 awf rite
ware the teleyfone is. and then you
lift I'D the reseevir and kali yure
farther or yure mothir and say, Sum-
boldly wants to tawk to you avn the
teleyfone. Its a CRATE trick, he sed.
Sammy Trys II
So last mite, aftr suppir. I got the
alarm clock and windid 1t up and then
1 went down in the trunt hall. ware
the telleyfone Is, and made II go awf.
and pop and ma both kalled down from
up stares, Sammy. answer that teley-
fone.
Awf rite, 1 sed. and then I went up
stares In the setting room, ware pop
was reeding the papir, and sed: Sum-
boldly wants to tawk to you avn the
teleyfone, pop. and he went down
stares.
Hello, he sed into the teleyfone.
hello, hello.
Numbir pleeze, sed the gerl. bekaus
I Good heer her, and pop sed: l don't
want eny numbir. you kalled me UP.
Beg yure pardin. sed the gerl. and
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pop sed beg fiddilstiks. sumhoddy
asked to speek to me and I don't in
tend to be put awf this way, but the
gerl Jest sed, beg yure pardin. and
pop hung the reseevir up, banging It
like enything and went up starea
agen so mad Of his slippirs CAIN
awf wen he was han way up and
made him madder.
Then I maid the alarm clock 60 awf
agen. and pop calm running down
stares so fast hardly had time to
put the alarm clock behind the doar.
Hello, he sed very loud, hello. hello,
hello.
Orful Mad
Numbir pleeze, sed the gerl, and
pop sed, Look heer, yung woman. I've
had enuff Of this. Sumboddy wants
to tawk to me.
dident kali you UP. sed the geri.
and pop sed. Wat, do you think I'm
krazy. Don't you think have ears.
Sumboddy asked for me. tell you.
and II 1 don't get them, I'm going to
make trubbil. Wat kind of a teley-
fone gerl are you, enyhow, he sed.
And he maid a orful noise putting
the reseevir back and I took the
alarm clock up stares agen, thinking
twice was enuf IL he was going to
get as mad as awl that about It
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SIZE HOLDS IT UP TO
SOME IDIOTIC ADVICE

less he could show good cause for you
to trust your future to him. In the
shape of a reasonable salary and a
him as the most abnormally egotistical
human for daring 10 assume that the
possession Of lust himself was enough
to trap you into the pitfalls Of married
life.
And what IS his salaryH What IS his
his ability to DO something that is
worth being paid for by his employers.
II he cannot make good. you do not
want him.
A Fair Return
Any one but the IDIOTIC ADVISER
who draws ber conclusions from moth
ing but her own wild fancies would
recognize your ability to cook and sew
as a fair return or a balancing value
for your lovers capacity to earn enough
lunatic injects into you that you should
be a human hly-of-the-held, that the
Joy Of clothing you in splendor Is SUM-
cient reward in itself for any man. She
poisons your conception of marriage by
making II a one-sided bargain where
you give yourself and expect the man
to keep paying for you all his life as II
he had secured a wonderful treasure.
He has not. He has bought a salted
mine. He is the victim of q swindle.
A man In love Is apt to think that
lust to have you" is enough. This
1DIOTIC ADVISER would lead you to
believe that you can keep him in that
state Of mind by being a lazy spend
thrift. But NOTHING hourishes on
false principles. And THE MAN
WAKES UP to the fact you are NOT
PLAYING FAIR. He MAY KEEP ON
PAYING THE BILLS But you lose
your lover. It's the work Of the IDl-
OTTO ADVISERt
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That was a funny thing that hap
pened to that New York actor the other
day." said the stage struck youth, as he
tilted his chair back.
spill it. KID" growIed the stage door
keeper. I'm no mind reader"
Didn't you read about himT' queried
the stage struck youth. Il mean the
fellow that was boarding In one Of these
ThIrty-eighth street houses and his
landlady found out that he was an
original handy man and was able to
mend leaks IN the water pipes ana
things like that"
'T get you, kid" said the s. D. K. Il
Rad all about him and enjoyed it 1t
must have been funny, though. to have
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day spent two hours doping out how
TO make good.
Finally had II all worked out how
was going TO kid tho old folks along
until ] made an impression about a
hundred feet deep. They say when
you're in solid with the old folks
there's nothing 10 II. But did / get
half a chance? OF course not. When I
got on Juliet's top step, all ready to
ring the bell, noticed the mangiest,
muttiest pup Ia ever laid my eyes on
nosing around the front door.
''Reat itr' / says, and kicked him
or with one foot while I rang the
bell with one finger. Say, he was
Juliet's \old mans private beloved
purp, and the old man opened the
door Just as-oh, we'll, suffice to say
that passed quite a pleasant even
ing-I don't think.
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Ing to marry know that you
can DO THINGS. II he sus-
poets that you can cook you will
have 1t to do. II he likes your clothes
and you let him find out that you
make them yourself you'll never have
a chance to make him pay dress
makers bills. II a man knows a girl
can do things to help herself he ex-
poets 1t Of her. Just keep him in
ignorance. and you won't have to
work.
You listen with open-eyed credu-
ilty to the advice of the married
woman who speaks. You even call
up in your mind the fact that Mrs.
Nobody, who boasts that she cannot
cook a thing, seems to have unlim-
tied money for hiring servants. You
reflect that none OF the girls you
know appears to think a gown Is
half as pretty or as stylish after she
discovers that II is homemade"
Concessions to Opinion
You call 10 mind your own concessions
to feminine opinion when you make
yourself a becoming and smart hat
and then SEW AN OLD LABEL from
a Paris hat Of years back N the crown.
II Is easy for you to conclude that
women do not appreciate self-help and
underestimate the work Of your hands,
so you readily fall IN with the idea that
the IDIOTIC ADVISER advances: "A
MAN WILL THINK MORE OF YOU,
DO MORE FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE
UNABLE TO DO FOR YOURSELF"
OF all the outrageously untrue advice
which illogical women can offer to
make misery and mistakes for younger
women, this particular way Of incitin1 o
q girl TO LOAF ON THE MATRI-
MONLAL JOB Is the worst. The women
who give It ought to be put in a pound,
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Loretta's Looking Glass

to stay there until redeemed by some
one who loved them They would stay
a LONG TINE.
There is fairness and Justice and mu.
tual consideration to be built into the
matrimonial structure even II a good
many Of the contracts do appear to
be the bad work Of professional boo6-
lers and grafters.
What would you think OF man who
asked you to marry him and then care
fully covered up his resources, dili-
gently disguised his ability to do his
share In the conjugal partnership
Think? You wouldn't think Of him!
You wouldn't even consider himi Un-
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Ha, Ha! Or, They
Would, Would They2

"Hah, hahr' Simon Smallsoul. to-
days villain. laughed between his
clenched teeth.
"Hah, hah" his wife, today's viii
lainess, echoes between hers. You
are sure the new chef has absolutely
no hearth"
Il have his word for It." responded
Simon Smallsoul. that he win I'LL the
tomato bouiIlon with arsenic. So,
today your father dies and We get his
millions. Hah. hahr'
Twas . dinner. Soup was served,
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but the old man croaked querulously.
Il amt a-goin for to eat any soup
today. 1t don't look good, 1t don't"
"Oh, father" exclaimed Mrs.
Smallsoul, Its elegant soup. Look
how I'm enjoying 1t. Simon, show
father how you are enjoying yours"
And she took four big spoonfuls
with gusto and a pinch Of salt, and
SO did Smallsoul. Whereupon thu
old man drank his with avidity anu
q few drops OF Worcestershire.
III
Suddenly the old man clapped his
hands to his stomach. So did Simon
Smalisoul-to his-and so did Mrs.
Smallsoul-to hers.
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Fido's Defender

I'm going to take a stick to THAT
miserable beast of yours one Of thtee
days, madam"
Il wish you would. Neither his father
nor myself can do a thing for him."
Madam, am speaking Of your dog,
not OF your little boy"
What! Take a stick to Fido! You
horrid brute, you Don't you dare"
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Retrenched Too Soon

Clara-why did you break your en-
gasement with George? He used TO
bring you such delicious candy.
Dora-Yes, used to; but since ac-
cepted him he's been bringing me the
twenty-flve-cent kind.
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Hobble Around
With These
ENGLISH Joke FOR TODAY

A lady teacher was endeavoring to
draw from her pupils their views Of
life and their ambitions, and. turning
to one bright little fellow, she said
Now, when you are grown up what do
you mean to bef"
"A father!" promptly replied the boy.
The Pink I'm
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A Rad Fit

Did you ever try a London tailor.
Binksr' asked Witherbee
"Yes-once. but never again." said
Binks. why, Bill. don't believe one
Of those London tailors could make
coat Of paint At a hen coop"
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Not Afraid

"a man Is a fool to introduce an ct
tractive man to the girl he is engaged
to-
II think so. too. Come over here q
minute. I want you to meet my fan
cee."
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There May Be a
Chuckle In These
AN EASY MARK

Miss Flirtie didn't act we'll by that
good-looking young fool in getting rich
presents out Of him and then throw
ing him over"
Il don't know about that You must
admit she did the handsome thing"
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The Other Extreme

IT haven't enough money to startls
society with my gowns"
TN that case, why not 80 In for
barefoot dancing"
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Our Grocery Clerk
Says, Pretty Tough

Maybe I wasn't some tckled whom
1 got another invitation yesterday
from the beautiful cashier to spend
the evening at her home. So yester-
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Net That Flavor

Mrs. Tart generally seasons her
"'No, indeed; she uses paprika."
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Wedding Accessories

Bacon-I see Louisiana produced
more than half the rice grown in the
United States last year.
Egbert-And Massachusetts, q large
majority Of the shoes.
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NJ A ME TELLS BELLE
Though She Doesn't
Exactly approve oft
SWEARING HASITS USES

OCULAR, amt it, Belle, the relief that good,
honest, straightforward soul swearin' seems to
give man in time O needi Used judiciously it's
the on'y hot stuff known to science tina: makes
men cooler instead O. hotter.
Not that advocate course Of cussin' in the
public schools Belle. l think in this automatic
age of conveniences men can get along all right
without it, but it certnly does seem 10 do EN-
enormous amount of good in emergencies.
It's o the advantages men have over
women in this world of unequal rights. Was you
ever present when a cracked his crazy bone,
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THE REAL LOVE LETTERS
That He Received
Telling the Plans
OF HIS BRIDE TO BE

EAR HEART:-Aunt Henrietta has been here all
that somewhere within my essentially feminine
mind the fates put grain of humor, for it has,
Martha Cook said with deep feeling, been a
most tryin' day, praise to the saints, that all
women amt like your aunt"
OF course, her arrival unexpected, and,
of course, inopportune. Aunt Henrietta always
arrives like that and then she began at once upon
to stay at home and help mother, of your faults
and my faults combined and the wickedness of
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the time pleasant ookn gettin He
stepped aside rather sudden when he SOS could
whack his funny bone the had head coson
He didn't much Belle but what he said right the
point 1t took him about seconds of his
system but seemed be just the right prescription for the
rid beautiful relief
his and he seemed have cmplete forgotten he
had elbow.
Mamie Tries the Experiment
bumped funny bone this r1ornin' Belle And bumped
hard Every bit hard the the bumped his Belle
could seconds Of the language represented
the funny by dashes and scrolls and exclamation marks
Not and remain a lady
Sugar. says putin all the meanin into it could But you
put meanin into gua Belle And seemed make
funny bone hurt twice much.
Then l real dspate and said "oh, dearr' That made
then | remembered the and
yelled Dam and the thing stopped hurin right It'd been
cryn' out for just that word, Belle
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Drawn for The Washington Times.

~ ONT let the man you are 60
- Ing to marry know that you
can DO THINGS, II he sus-