The Yale expositor., 1912-08-15

All outdoor exercises improve the
complexion through strengthening the
heart and deepening the breathing.
Playing tennis, golf, rowing, and even
skipping and running are good for the
girl who has an inactive skin.
Going up and down stairs Is a good
exercise for indoor and so Is walking
about the room on tiptoes, morning
and night, while dressing. Some ex-
ercises especially develop the legs
and at the same time reduce the
size of the hips.
The rheumatic pains girls who grow
fast often feel are sometimes due to
an over-abundance OF Tactic acid In
the blood. Plain food, exercise and
tepid bathing Is the necessary regi-
men for the cure.
Exercise carried to excess-until one
feels at times absolutely idiotic from
fatigue-is as bad as none at all Per-
haps IL is worse so far as active re-
suits are concerned, for excessive use
of muscles weakens the brain. At the
same time too much use of the mind
"aotSS tAO hiuoSdlcii CNOhOLIJ VI thC
body. So the girl who wants to be
we'll and fair to look upon must Meth
er play nor work too long. She must
divide her time between the two, and
judge for herself whether her health
Is being benefited or injured.
The girl who is looking for a bright,
wholesome skin, clear eyes, slim,
pretty figure, a merry heart and the
ambition to do things" must never
neglect the functions Of nature. Slug
gish bowels are responsible for horde
of complexion defects and mental mis-
cry, while an insufficient quantity of
pure drinking water will harm the kid
neys. Castor oil is marvellous i'm
proven Of the complexion, and for ordi-
nary use mixture of figs and SIENNA is
excellent. Get five cents worth of
the SIENNA and a pound Of dried figs
and stew the two together, adding
sugar and bit of lemon peel for a pal
atable taste. Take a teaspoonful OF
the mixture on going to bed at night.
Freckles and sunburn can be treat
ed to advantage with sour milk, and
the wash will be more efficacious If it
holds teaspoonful of benzoin or
few drops Of peroxide. Fresh cucum-
Der juice is also good for either blight,
as we'll as lettuce water Stew the
vegetables in as little water as Is pos
sible, and then use the strained liquid
as lotion after the cleansing bath.
II is no use to study the latest fash
ions in coiffures If girl does not keep
her hair in neat and healthy condi-
ton. In dusty districts the locks
should be washed once a month, but
the quality of the hair must decide
upon what the constituents of the
shampoo must be. Dry hair will re-
spond badly to alkalies-hard soap,
soda and ammonia-and after the
most favorable washing the scalp
needs to be massaged with a little
olive oil. Damp or oily hair and moist
scalps will admit Of a little borax in
the washing water, and 1t would be an
advantage to massage the scalp when
the hair Is dry with little alcohol or
bay rum. Curling irons ruin the hair
in time, and 80 will rough combing.
Groom your hair as tenderly as IL it
were a baby's, passing the comb down
the locks with slow, even strokes and
avoiding swapping it outward at the
ends of the hair. Use kid curriers' or
soft rags for the crimping.
Don't worry because you cannot buy
an expensive face powder. Save up
the pennies until you have ten cents
and then get little plain rice pow
der, or several Jumps of magnesia,
at the druggists; pound either of
these mediums until it is almost dust,
sift it through coarse muslin, and then
put the powder in box which can be
covered, and spend your time thinking
where you can get a little bunch of
sweet fresh flowers for nothing Rose
leaves, jessamine, gardenias, and every
other richly-scented flower can be
used for perfuming the face powder.
Break off the petals of the blooms
and shut them up in the box with
the powder for two weeks, occasionally
it around, but never opening
it. At the end of the two weeks you
will find q face powder OF the ex-
quisite baby variety.
Cold cream Of very useful sort can
be made of fresh leaf lard in some of
the cold, filtered water you drink, re-
newing the water several times, and
keeping up the whipping until the lard
is feathery. Then wash it off in the
coolest water you can procure-still
perfume it with a few
drops OF extract Keep in a cold
place. Instead of the extract, rosewa-
Ter, which is excellent for the skin,
may be used.