The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-02-12
COMMON SENSE
BEAUTY CULTURE
Good Old Fashioned Housework
One Of the Most Efficient
= Means Of Improving the Health
and Good Looks.
.HEY had not met for ten Yeas.
One woman had married q
man of wealth and led the

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usual life of the social butter
fly. while the other had married
man of small means. The social but
tertiy had everything that wealth could
buy her. while her poorer cousin did
her own Homework and looked after
two children. Of course the society
womans clothes bore the stamp OF
Paris, but these were the only things
in the way of advantage which she
could claim. for So far as looks were
concerned her poorer cousin had the
best of it.
lit is perfectly wonderful; you posi-
lively don't look day older than you
did the last time | saw you" Nine.
Dives exclaimed. She was beginning
to be fat, and her face was flushed
with good living. Her companion was
1.-THE and slender, with u color like Il
milkmaid is supposed to have, but sci
dom does. Her eyes were bright and
sparkling. and she carried herself with
an air of sprightly assurance that was
in pleasing contrast to the other Wo
mans bored and INDECENT manners.
I'm tell you what I've been doing
she replied gayly. ''1've been doing
Homework in a family of four
You look as fresh as daisy" the
rich lady replied enviously. House
work must agree with you
"HouscwOrk is one Of the best exer-
cises | know Of replied the friend
soberly.
ITS drudgery," the friend replied
YEARLY. 1t was to escape home
where there was too much of 1t that
she had married her elderly and very
rich husband.
1T depends on the way you do your
housework," her friend answered
soberly; too much of anything Is
bad, but if Homework is done In a
systematic and intelligent way it Is
10 more drudgery than anything else
may be-"
And so they parted. the rich woman
thinking her friend had been merely
making sport of her while she had
really given her a hint of more value
than any of the high priced beauty
cuturists whom she consulted regu
iarly would evolve for any of Her fat
fees.
For Homework really is good exer
else one of the best in the world. II
a woman goes about it in the right
way The intelligent housewife pro
yiiles herself with proper tools. ant
she saves time and money by awaiting
herself of labor saving Inventions. Il
she buys stepladder. she purchases d
reliable one that will set firmly. Whel
| she has to use it she places it firmly il
| such position that she does not have
| to strain in and stretch over to do hel
work
| Stretching without straining is bene
fetal. The various physical culture
systems give many stretching exer
cises. and the housewife will fine
that sweeping the cobwebs from tn
ceiling is health giving exercise i
! she goes about it in the right ant
| proper way. Whenever there is neet
| to look directly above the head. wheth
er brushing, busting or washing cell
ing or Il high cornice. bend the heat
back from the neck instead of bendini
the body back ut the waist. The line
Of the figure ut the hip are throw
out of position if the body is ben
back from the waist. and such pos
ture encourages that ugly little cush
ion of fat which sometimes forms a
the back of the neck. If. instead, yo
bend the neck itself, the muscles III
der the chin are strengthened an
kept firm. This is splendid healt
exercise If you want to keep youn
looking, for fiabby muscles beneat
the chin are among the earliest sign
of advancing age.
Certain kinds of Homework brin
rounded contours. The woman wit
angular elbows. thin arms. scragg
neck and protruding shoulder blade
will find sweeping, washing and scrul
bing splendid exercises for bringin
into play the muscles of the hand.
arms. shoulders and back. giving the1
greater elasticity and at the sam
time developing and strengthenin
them.
Better than the far famed tango, be-
ter than any carefully balanced sy,
tenn of physical culture exercise, th
plain old fashioned round of hous,
hold duties will be found useft
for the woman whose surplus enel
gy In this way can find wholesom
outlet 1t would soon solve the ser,
ant question and might help to soly
the question of high cost Of Twin;
With all reform movements that Al
abroad. why doesn't some one sta
the slogan of "Rack to Homework Ef