-------- ee nha ee apcene fPEaRI T IS remarkable how we exercise our muscles without conscious thought or plan! This is particu- larly noticeable when, upon awak- ening in the morning, almost all of us stretch to our full height--and a better exercise could not be conceived. It is the one involuntary exercise that every one adopts, so why not carry it further and taka all our gymnastics in bed? The morning is the right time--when one ts nelther tired nor stiff--and it 1s remarkable, how much good these sim- ple gymnastics will do; how they tm- prove the digestion, clear the complex- jon and develop the figure. The exercise of stretching alone tends to increase the height and to lengthen the waist; but if the arms are stretokgd over the head and the bedposts are firmly grasped, the body may be pulled up and pushed down--thus bringing into play the arm and shoulder muscles, The first two motions of the gymnas- tiles may be done without removing the head from the pillow; but, by this time, sleep has gone and the athletically in- ened person has begun to take an in- terest, and the next exercise is the most useful of all. The feet are thrust under tho bar at the foot of the bed and the body is raised from a recumbent to a gitting position without any aid from e LV ta BIY Le MOZECISE. hands or head and with the shoulders thrown back. This exercise develops the muscles of the abdomen, decreases the size of the waist, strengthens the back and reduces the hips; altogether, whether performed in bed or upon the . floor, no more useful motion can be found. When this has been done--and the beginner will find that, at first, three times is sufficient for one morn- ing--it may be carried still further by leaning forward and grasping the. foot- board; thus the body, from the waist up, will make almost a complete semi- circle. 2 This done, she will be very glad to return to her pillow, and there she may rest and, while resting, perform the next step in the morning's work. This con- sists in raising the right leg slowly to an upright position, repeating three times, then going through the same motion the same number of times with the left leg, and then with both. This exercise should not be gone through quickly, but quietly and deliberately, so that it may benefit the hips, decreasing them in size and limbering the joints. When the motions have been conscien- tiously and carefully gone through, it is best to rest for fifteen minutes--let- ting all the muscles reiax. When the time for the bath comes it is surpris- ing how wonderfully well one feels. Aids to Beauty Seekers WING to the great amount of O mail received and the limited space given this department, it is absolutely impossible to an- swer letters in the Sunday issue fol- lowing thelr receipt. The letters must be answered. in turn, and thig oft- times requires three or four weeks, All correspondents who desire an immediate answer must inclose a self- addressed stamped envelope for a re- ply. This rule must also be complied with in regard to personal letters. To Fatten the Cheeks SALLIE--To make thin cheeks plump rub a good skin food in with the following movements: To treat the right cheek, place the thumb of the left hand just beyond the corner of'the mouth on the left cheek as a .=brace. Make rotary movements up- ~"ward and outward, beginning at the corner of the mouth and making three diverging lines of manipulation over the cheek. With the right hand treat the left cheek. About six times over each cheek is sufficient. Use the lotion for premature wrin- kles once a day. The walnut st.in for the hair is made up of the following ingredi- ents; Four ounces walnut skins, beat- en to a pulp, to which is added pure alcohol, sixteen ounces. Let it stand eight days and strain. Then apply as any other dye. Vaucaire Remedy ELIZABETH--I do not think it is necessary to use a massage cream for the bust while taking the Vau- caire tonic, Here is the formula for the latter: Liqufd extract of galega (goatsrue), three fluld drams; lacto- phosphate of lime, 154 grains; tinc- ture of fennel, ten grains; simple syrup, thirteen and one-half ounces. The dose is two soupspoonfuls with water before each meal. Dr. Vaucaire also advises the drink- ing of malt extract during meals, To Reduce the Hips TOO STOUT---The following exer- cise, if persevered with, will reduce flesh around the hips: First, raise the outstretched arms above the head, the body retaining its erect position, then bend slowly forward from the waist, so that the fingers come as near touching the floor as possible, without straining in any way. This is done without bending the knees. In recovering position, let the arms relax and sink down as the body straightens up. econd, with hands placed lightly on the hips, the fingers ointing forward, let the body drop Porware easily, so that it is bent in at the waist. This must be done gently, as by jerking more harm than ood {s done. From this bent posi- fign roll the body around to the right, counting four for it to reach the position of being bent over the air then to the back, belng careful o do it very easily at first, till the muscles have gained strength, for an exaggeration of the movement may cause real pain. Then on to the left, and back to the front. a rpcelee again, only start toward the left. The waist acts as a apt on which the trunk Sy ings. and the head {s easily relax- ed. hird. In this exercise the hands ave the same position, but now the ody is bent forward from the waist, then back to the right and left. Each ovement should occupy four counts. aise these exercises gently, but let the movements be firm and strong. Avoid the slightest strain of the mus- cles. © corsets should be worn while practicing them. Powder of White Geranium B. C.--This recipe will make up into @ delightful toilet powder: Starch, one-half pound; powdered orris root, one ounce; oll of geranium, fifteen drops. Crush free from lumps, Add the perfume a drop at a time. ' Bleach for Brown Spots LAURA--Here is a recipe that will remove the brown spots: Bichloride of mercury, in coarse powder, eight grains; witch hazel, two ounces; rose- water, two ounces. Agitate until a solution is obtained. Mop over the affected parts. Keep the lotion out of the way of ignorant persons and children. Label: 'Poison and external use only." Apply this tonic to the roots of the hair once a day: Three drams of re- sorcin, one ounce of tincture canthar- ides, four drams of oil recini, ten drops of ofl of rosemary. Add suffl- cient day rum to make eight ounces, LK OZCPSING Lit M2 UE BOLT. oe Logld ers Sirengiheaiag Bah aie Diieaicanmae . About the V aucaire Remedy PEARL H.--The results of the Vau~- caire tonic depend entirely upon the physical condition of the person tak- ing the medicine. require two bottles, and others need two or three times that many. So you see you should not feel discouraged, aS you have not given the tonic a fair trial. Some persons only Mou th W ash SUBSCRIBER -- For the _ offensive breath it would be well to use a mouth wash. The recipe I am giving you is very good: Oil of sage, two and three- quarter fluid drams; oil of lemon, one and one-quarter fluid drams; six and one-half fluid ounces; twenty-five and one-half fiuid ounces. alcohol, water, a Werchoue Support, Lotion of Bergamot WORRIED--Hoere is a perfectly harm- less lotion of bergamot: Eau de cologne, one ounce; rectified spirits of wine, two ounces; aromatic spirits of ammonia, one ounce; water, four ounces; essence of bergamot, one-quar- ter ounce. Mix spirits, add water. Shake for five minutes after bottling. If your eyes have a burning sensa- tion bathe them with hot water, to which a dash of witch hazel has been added. The effect of the. Vaucaire tonic is very varied. In some cases it imme- diately benefits, and when used in oth- ers there is no perceptible change until six or eight bottles have been taken, Eyelash Grower * ELVA--The following recipe may be used to promote the growth of either eyelashes or eyebrows: Cologne, two and a half-ounces; glycerine, one and @ half ounces; fluid extract of jabo- randi, two drams, Agitate ingredients until thoroughly incorporated. Apply to the eyebrows with the brush, and to the lashes with a tiny camel's-hair paint brush. The brush must be freed from any drop and passed lightly along the edge of the eyelids, exercising extreme care that no minutest portion of the lotion touches the eye itself. Rules for Reduction of Flesh JHNNIE--Avold all starchy and sweetened food, all cereals, vegeta- bles containing sugar or starch, such as peas, beans, corn, potatoes, etc. Have your bread toasted; sprinkle it with salt instead of using butter. Milk, I regret to say, if it be pure and good, is fattening. Skimmed milk may be drunk. Hot water is an excellent substitute for other liquids. Add a little of the juice of limes or lemons to it, if you choose. Limit your sleep- ing hours to seven at the outside. No naps. You must take exercise, rm: Pe Toilet Vinegar V. O.--Here is a toilet vinegar which is simple enough to make: Lavender flowers, seven ounces; alcohol, elght fluid ounces; diluted acetic acid, fifty- mi tk fluid ounces, Jancing and all other forms of ex- ercise which use the muscles of the legs more than any other part of the body are all beneficial. Red Face L. A.--If your face is too red be care- ful of your diet. Take no hot drinks, but plenty of cooling ones. Don't wash the face in cold water, nor when you feel flushed. Lukewarm water is better. Hot foot baths are also said to be very geod in cases of this kind. The following is the brilliantine recipe for the hair: Sweet almond oil, eight fluid ounces; alcohol, four fluid ounces; glycerine, one fluid ounce; oil of rose- geranium, twelve drops, For the Hands ROSE--Here is an excellent skin food for the hands: Cocoa butter, one ounce; oil of sweet almonds, oge ounce; oxide of zinc, one dram; borax, one dram; oil of bergamot, six drops. Heat the cocoa buiter and oil of al- BSecamZg/ tere Lrorecree! 277 622. - €edIceSLDs. CF CISC TO Lb (edie e tle LEGS, monds in a bain-marie, and when thor- oughly blerided add the zinc and borax; ate as it cools, and add the oil of ber- gamot last. Rub into the hands at night. It is almost Impossible to prescribe a diet for ali, but every person should know from experience the things which agree with her, and should never eat what disagrees repeatedly. Lotion for Blackheads J. M.--These common blemishes are caused by impurities in the system, and should be treated internally as well as externally. For the external treatment apply the following lotion: Pure brandy, three ounces; cologne, one ounce; liquor oerere one-half ounce. Apply at night, after washing the face thoroughly with soap and water. Here is a recipe for the antiseptic tooth wash for offensive breath; Phe- nol, fifteen-grains; boric acid, six rains; thymol (in crystals), fifteen rops; essence of menthol, thirty drops; tincture of anise, two and one- half drams; distilled water, three pints. Rinse the mouth with the above, which should be diluted for use in the proportion of one-half tooth wash to same quantity of water. ' Use after each meal end at any timo required. % To Whiten the Hands CONSTANT READER--Before going outdoors rub this preparation into the hands: One hundred grains of lanolin, twenty-five grains of paraffine (liquid), ten drops extract of vanilla, one drop of oll of rose. Mix and apply when necessary. Enlarged Pores J. T.--Enlarged pores are usually the result of blackheads. They can be cured, but the process takes time. Give your face a thorough cleansing each even- ing with a brush, hot water and a good soap. Use the lotion for which I give you formula: Borie acid, one dram; distilled witch hazel, four ounces. Ap- ply with a piece of old linen or a bit of absorbent cotton, For perspiring feet the following formula is very efficient: Salicylic acid, twenty scruples; boric acid, one dram; talcum powder, one ounce, For Oily Skin VIOLA--If the skin has a tendency to be olly, you should banish all rich and greasy foods, for diet has a great influence on the condition of the skin. Wiping off the face occasionally with diluted alcohol (5 per cent. strength) is beneficial in the case of an oily skin. 'A few drops of ammonia or a pinch of borax in the water with which the face is washed is also helpful. To make the hair curl use the follow- ing preparation: Potassium carbonate, 120 grains; ammonia water, one fluid dram; alcohol, twelve fluid drams; rose- water, enough to make sixteen fluid ounces, In using, moisten the hair, adjust it loosely and it will curl upon drying, Cream for the Face READER--This skin food is what you need to build up the tissues of the face: Oil of sweet almonds, four ounces; white wax, six drams; sperma- ceti, six drams; borax, two drams; glycerine, one and one-half ounces; or- ange-flower water, two ounces; oil of neroli, fifteen drops; oil of bigarade (orange skin), fifteen drops; ofl of petit grain, fifteen drops. Melt the first three ingredients, add the glycerine to the orange-flower water and dissolve the borax in the mixture; then pour It slowly into the blended fats, stirring continuously. I never recommend the use of hydro- gen dioxide (commonly known as per- oxide of hydrogen) on the hair by ama- teurs. Any bleaching chemical of the kind is sure to lighten the hair more toward the ends than toward the roots, and it is seldom that the inexperienced person can apply it so carefully that @ lighter shade will not in time resuit. Henna is a vegetable stain, quite harm- less and producing an equally attractive reddish tint. For home use it will be found a much safer article than the bleach. Hydrogen dioxide, when used on either the scalp or skin, should be diluted with water, equal parts. THEIMPORTANCE of PROPERLY FITTING SHOES Liking Op" with, the ees: thé importance of procuring prop- erly fitting. shoes for the growing child. © Trouble frequently results from carelessness in this matter which it re- quires years and a considerable expendi- ture of money to rectify. A child's shoes should always be gen- erous in length; they may be narrow-- even too narrow without disastrous re- sults--but a short shoe is sure to work havoc. It is commendable economy to throw away a pair of perfectly good shoes if the child has outgrown them and they "stub" the toes. The bad effect of short shens is obvi E: IS a grave mistake to undervalue Me FREPCISS Lo Stren Gtler2 Ce LLed. ous and acknowledged, but not so many parents know that danger lurks in the spring-hee] shoe, and that, if worn 'be- yond the proper time, it causes flat foot --which requires gymnastic exercises and specially built shoes to cure. To be sure, the wearing of the heel is a habit, but it is one of those habits so akin to nature that divorce is not prac- ticable, even if possible. There are, of course, women with feet so perfectly modeled upon the original plan that they have never stepped in a heel shoe--but their names are few. The average foot of today requires a low, broad heel. There is no stated age at which to dis- eard the spring-heel shoe and don: the heel beot; it is a matter to be deter- 2 ae LUI SLR CLAS A LDDOV LOPS LE AlecR! mined by the rapid or slow development of the child. A conscientious shoe- maker will give you reliable advice on the subject. ' When the evil has been wrought, there are certain exercises which will be found beneficial in counteracting the had effects, and three of the most helpful are illustrated here--they are especially devised to strengthen the ankle and to develop the arch of the instep. In the first exercise the child stands on a ledge, such as a step or bench, and, with the toes, tries to "pick up" the bench. In the second exercise the child with toes turned in and foot turned over walks on the outer edge of the foot; this 220€2 Boots wite Low Abels Sgould. B Wor. is a club-footed walk and has a tend- ency to strengthen the ankles, In the third exercise the and turns feet out with a rotary mo- tion; this has direct influence upon the instep. In addition to these exercises, a spe- elally built boot may' be worn, or a plate of steel, covered with leather, may be placed in the shoe to raise the instep. o~ Caution must be taken annoy the child in any way. A child should wear a laced boot which may be adjusted at will, and the heel showid be low and broad. = a PE RP IS EE Be 4 ae ehild stands with feet parallel, rises on toes that the *plate does not irritate or hurt or A SULPHIUREOUS CALDRON. (By A. Banker.) A few miles west of Naples is the vast. crater of an extinct volcano (from which no eruption has taken place since A. D. 1198), known as the Solfatara, But, although in a sense extinct, .yet at yorigue olnts it is always belching d fri , Sulfocating volumes of @ white sulphureous fumes; jetg of sul- phur vapor issuing from yawning cletts and gaping fissures and rents in tho solidified mud floor of the crater in all directions; and even {rom the c]iffs en- aranksante the a wilow. 'strange puffs of smoke are from time to time scen breaking oub amongst the bushes and shrubs growing thereon. It is slat el ina guide book that a roaring sound ai of thunder or of musketry lire ac- eompanies these eruptions, This, how- hie RS ever, is cerlainiy not always the ease. Bul even when. there are no swelling blasts, arid no booming stridor caused by these 'outbursts from this safety valve of Nature the scene is so. weird and mystic thot an uncanny, unearthly spell appears to pervade. the place, for- eibly reminding the visitor of Gustave Dore's terrible picture ofthe nether re- gions in. his illustrations, of Paradise Lost. The great crater--it is akout a mile 'n cireumference, and, unlike other vol- eanoes, is not at the summit of a moun- tain, but on almost level ground--ap- pears to be a vast caldron of boiling a, upon Whigh floats a crust of sol- rien mid whush Ree feet in thick. ness. Here i¢ a small lake of water furiously. boiling; here an island on which the beaulifal Mediterranean white heather. is blooming luxuriantly,, tol withstanding the sulphur. fumes (owing, powever, probably. to these fumes the flowers deeay very soon after being plucked); here agrilt, from. which issues a stream of noxious gas and steam; while the mud floor, many acres, in eXx- lent,.upon which the visitor 1s cautious- 'y walking reverberates with a hollow sound if stamped upon. .In fact if a regiment of. soldiers were {o march across. ihe crater, in all proWaibility the crust would collapse and they would all be plunged into the huge caldron beneath. And perhaps this slrange sulphureous © earth-vent may remind some of the fig- urative "fire and brimstone' which is the fate of those shut oul from the glory, Bul 'the fires of remorse implied -by this metaphor need notbe the fate of any. Fo: by making the reparation demand- ed by Eterna! Justice by undergoing, on the transgresso"s' behalf, the chastise-* ment due by them. the Saviour éf fhe world his provided a means by which "ail, without any exception, may, if they will but come to Him in couttilion and penitence, alluin lo that Realm of Glory, af t LOTS OF "EM, First Gommercial--Yes, Tam' just back 'from a three months' trip on the road. ~ Second Commercial--Got many orders, old man? First Commercial--You bet! I took my wife with me. GUESS THE REST. Wife--'Must you go to the club 1to- right, dear?" Hlusband--"It is not absolutely neces- sary, but I need the rest." The average women would worry a Jot more than she does if she listened to everything she says, ' TERMS OF ENDEARMENT. Pet Names in France and Germany--In- Stance. From. Vou) Motike's Letter. The terms employed by the poeple of ene nation as the choicest' phrases in their vocabulary of endearment 'are 'ol ten employed for quite the opposite pur- peses by other peoples, says London Tit-Bits, One of the most familiar and most coveted phrases of endearment among the French, for instance, is "my lithe pig." and "my little puppy dog" is alse much appreciated, When a French husband calls his wife a "cat" she does not fly irite a passion of resentment, as an English speaking wife might do un- ler the same ant fh but tales is a génile complimént. On the other and if he were to call her @ XY the British husband ated. wi woukl be very mugh i. Some time age in Germany writlen by the Jato Count von Molt to his, betrothed were published, these the great soldier frequently, called kemel of coffee." This \sfrikes- one as a very" queer pel the. lady "my hiltle letters WOMAN. la. ; ' see,--Browning, "Grogeire, oS ae nic ei ala Pretty woman's worth seme pains to Confideration for woman ts the mea- sure of.a-nation's progress in sociab life, fame and has suggested to "a cynical authorily that in view of the "writer's profession "my little grain. of power' or "my little lamp of lead" would have been more appropriate. A person's individual likings and oc- cupation freqeutly supply him with terms of endearment. A farmer some- fimés calls his little gir] his "colt," and a well known fisherman, to. whom the creatures of the brook were as the ap- le of his ¢éye, ae to 'begin his let- rs to hig wife when he was on his fishin, ee with the word "My deor fia speckled trout." i wis PEE adi « No man.has yet discovered the means of giving suecess{u) friendly advice to women,.--Balzac, Women know by nature how to dis- guise their emotions far better than the most consumate male courtier can do, Thackeray, The one who has read the book that is called woman:knows more than the one who has grown pale in Ubraries, --Houssaye, " ee The Japanese Hause of Peers has 370 members. A large proportion are ite ' = # heregitary peers only one- peers, hese are elected by their 'Sass. * + A Ce rig ee a