The Holbrook news., 1912-09-06

stockings every day, and in case Of
 profuse precipitation they should be
 changed at least twice a day. If the
 stockings are washed out immediate
 ly upon being taken off, six pairs
 would make an adequate summer sup
 ply. Silk is undoubtedly the best
 stocking material for hot weather, this
 being cooler to the feet than cotton
 and permitting the shoes to slip on
 more easily. Gauge cotton is the next
 best thing in point of softness to the
 foot, and three pairs of quite fine stock
 ings in this material can be had for
 one dollar. Lisle, even in the finest
 qualities, is to certain degree rasp-
 ing to the foot, causing often, besides,
 most disagreeable burning.
 Women in the smart set go to the
 pedicure for the removal of corns and
 callouses, but these aff1ictions can be
 treated at home and there are special
 baths for softening the horny places and for resting all the feet. One is made with ordinary washing soda about half cupful to a gallon of wa ter-this being for softening the cal louses preparatory to their removal with a knife or file or pumicestone, for all of these tools are used. A bath with a pound of sea salt will harden and strengthen the feet. Camphor is useful for massaging, thus reducing swelling, while massaging the feet and ankles every night with olive oil. will, as the beauty saying is, keep them young. All care lavished upon k6o F11 4A fv, condition, even if the work consists only of dainty polishing of the toe nails. When these are neglected they harden and coarsen, sometimes chang ing their nature and shape entirely.
 Before ministering to tormenting corns, bunions and callouses the feet must always be soaked in softening bath, after which they should be scrupulously dried at every point particularly between the toes-and J then powdered. A good and cooling foot powder, by the way, is one of the greatest comforts one can have in summer, and there is scarcely a drug | store that does not keep several | brands of it. A foot powder which | can also be used to advantage on per spring hands, and which is very con- venient for gloves, is made after this formula:
 Alcohol ................-.......... 20 grams Starch .ZOO grams Florentine orris ...................150 grams Essence of violet ................. grams
 Dissolve the acid in alcohol; add the violet essence, then the starch and orris root
 A special powder for perspiring feet is made of one ounce of alum, two ounces of powdered orris root and five ounces of rice powder. Where the precipitation has an unpleasant odor. however, a powder with lycopodium Is better than any other, and such sorts are kept at all drug stores of any size, this condition being recognized as something of disease.
 After the bath, attend to the corns or callouses at once, trimming the nails only as often as is needed. They should be cut square across and left a little longer than the flesh. If there are soft corns, several foot baths @ day are needed, also larger shoes, and in extreme cases 1t may be necessary to place bits of absorbent cotton wet with some healing lotion or salve be tween the toes. For relief from blis- ters the excessive pain of corns and other callosities. this simple pomade Is highly recommended:
 Melted mutton tallow .........:.. .1h ounces freshly gathered and
 bruised drams
 Mix thoroughly and rub the whole foot with 1t, massaging 1t well into ( the skin. (
 A good bunion lotion is made Of two irams each of carbolic acid, glycerin and tincture of iodine.
 Flatfoot is a condition much recog- nized just now, and in severe cases It is as deforming as lemeness. It is not always recognizable at first, only the pain and difficulty in walking be- Ing perceptible; but after while the arch of the foot breaks down and then the beauty of it is gone. So when feeling a definite pain in the instep 1t is wise to wear strong-soled shoes with a stiff spring in the instep, as these will counteract the weak ten 1ency of the arch. Inner soles with nlgh arches are also sold for the pur- pose, while doctors recommended foot exercises for strengthening the mus cles of the arch and it's supports (
 But, to go back to the mere com Z 'ort of summer time, the simple things one may do to have more ease with 'eet whose only failing, maybe, comes with hot weather, extreme cleanliness r and DrODer droaainp ara fho things Of . vital importance. All exercise upon t he feet, too, will improve their con- t iition and beauty, while the mere heat r 'f the hands, while massaging with t tome unguent or other, will be an i'm s mediate relief to strained and tired nuscleH