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Hints on the Care of the Little Girl's Complexion
How Successfully to Treat the Various Blemishes That
Threaten to Mar the Child's Skin.
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THE SUNDAY OEEGONIAN, POBTLAND, '6, 190
THE prettiest of golden curls and the
biggest of blue eyes and the most
bewitching of ways are all marred
If Miss Goldenlocks has that malady so
common to little ladies blemishes of the
skin. So many are afflicted in this way
that one often wonders why the term "a
"baby complexion" is applied as a compli
ment. To be sure it is the baby who has
the freshness of skin when it is not
marred, but the woman of 20 nowadays
has a skin that is groomed by all the
methods which modern hygienic science
Reaches, while her little daughter often
goes un cared for In this respect.
It is so easy to correct the fault in -almost
any child that It seems a pity that
mothers should not take the little pains
needed Xo give the child a veritable "baby
complexion." Occasionally a child is so
seriously Afflicted with s,ome disease of
the blood that the skin trouble can be
reached only by the patient striving of a
physician, and It may be long before his
best efforts can get at the root of the
matter; but If she Is a reasonably healthy
young person you can give her the
peaches and cream skin that is hers by
right.
First of all, pimples on the child's face
are iriore from internal than from exter
nal, causes, and need corresponding treat
ment. When a woman complains of pim
ples, ten to one they are the result of
blackheads, clogged pores, and can be
banished by scrubbing and an ointment.
To be sure, the general condition of the
bodily organs affects these pimples, but
there must be external care into the bar
gain. But with a child the matter is dif
ferent. The baby skin does not form
Blackheads as easily as yours, but the
blood and stomach really cause an erup
tion, and this eruption must be treated
through them:
Rich food Is often the cause of a fine
rash appearing on the face and spreading
until it covers the face. At the first
symptom of this, look to the little one's
diet. If she Is in the habit of eating
pastry, deny her that luxury, even though
It Is hard to ''do it. Cut down the candy
supply perhaps it will be necessary to
. take it away altogether for awhile. Keep
rich meats from her and let her have lit
tle butter. She should eat cereals, vege
tables and fruits, with some of the less
rich meats poultry and fish will tide
over the troublous times.
On the other hand, a rash may come
from impoverished blood. . This condition
results from the child's having too Utile
that is rich and nourishing, instead of
too much. If she has been Irving on a
very light-diet and the rash appears, try
something more hearty for awhile. Never
greasy meri; but esss. milk, soups that
are not greasy, and rare beef.
A general rule for the child's diet is
this: Give her varied food, appetizing
food and the food she craves. It Is all
nonsense to think that all sweets are
harmful. Every system, old and young,
needs a certain amount of sweet food.
This should come In the form of dessert
after lunch and dinner, with an occasional
candy treat In between. But avoid the
continual eating of candy. Every system
craves some acid, too; salad should be
given if it is made with pure vinegar, but
the habit some children have of frequent
ly sucking cheap store pickles should be
nipped in the bud.
Keep your little-daughter in ignorance
of the charms of coffee and tea. They
may be harmless to you. but they will not
treat her so kindly. Many cases of ex
treme sail own ess In young cheeks that
ought to be charmingly pink are due to
j thing but the regular custom of drink
ing one or both of these beverages. There
is no doubt of the delights of both of
them, and children soon learn to crave
Home T-h
THINGS WHICH ELUDE
F I had spoken thon. If I had only
summoned courage and been true to
him when his mood was tender and
he was ready to listen." How many of
us can recall hours of Intense self-accusation
when too late we havo realized that
opportunity had been given us and we had
failed to grasp it!
It Is a bewildering condition, this recog
nition of oar failure to see what we might
have attained and yet never made an
effort to reach; this fair and unhindered
opening through which we might have
found admittance to places we had gazed
on wistfully .behind the barriers of shy
ness or Ignorance or lack of comprehen
sion; the help we might have given, the
help we might have obtained, and yet
we let it pass away and It will never
return. It comes but once!
Could we by supernatural insight know
what we have missed In these blind times
of self-absorbed stupidity, we would stand
aghast at our own faiiunio. Mothers are
especially prone to this form of error.
"With their sons they are so often un
fortunate in failing to see the tokens of
a gentle introspective mood so often stir
ring the dying -heat of a boy's Ill-humor
or resentment, and absolutely putting his
better Impulse to flight when patient si
lence would have been like dew upon
the Are in his young heart. The hour
could have been 'made one of golden con
fidence and a rare opportunity to forge
"a oloser link between the mother and her
child.
"We do not wait on opportunity; we
strive- to make arbitrary times for our
selves. In which to bring about the de
sire things after which our hearts yearn.
Many & loving and, in the end, broken
hearted woman has absolutely stifled
every hope of gaining Influence or giving
eld to her children, by continuous inoppor
tune demand to be heard, and by irritat
ing perseverence in order to convince.
Just as a quiet hour arrives and a
husband throws off the trammels of his
business or his professional thoughts and
sits in contented silence beside his wife,
there are hundreds would it be truer to
say thousands? of women, who take that
time to bring up some waiting domestic
problem or propose some uncertain and
perhaps distasteful question. The blessed
chance for a possible confidence on his.
p&rt the not unlikely touch of loverlike
tenderness that their happy solitude-a-desx
suggests, are brushed away as by
a rosgh wind. Oh, if wives could get
even a feeble glimpse of the value of
what they thus throw away.
So seldom in this work-a-dar, restless,
absorbing life of ours do these happy
Intervals arrive, that they are like de
lightful lulls in a storm; they are like
places of refreshment where heart and
soul shall grow strong and renew the
youth and ardor of love. Fostered and
shielded from interruption, such hours
draw heart to heart and leave a peace
that is indeed a precious thing to cherish.
If Into this rare time of rest a well
intentioned but mistaken wife forces one
of the many perplexities of the family
economy, and. Just as her husband per
haps stretches out his hand to cover hers
in an old-time habit of caress, says: "Now
that we are alone, John, I want to talk
to you about Robert's going to college,"
she will. In nine cases out of ten, have
given his reposeful mind an actual shock.
His nearness, his freedom of spirit, his
enjoyment of her close vicinage, have
made no real Impression. All the time
that be, in the twilight, had been dream
ily free from burdensome things, she had
seen cogitating ever these ever-present
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chance to get his uninterrupted attention.
"What she had counted an opportunity
for settling a family doubt anything from
the purchase of a new rug to the char
acter of their daughter's Jast suitor was
In truth a God-given Interlude a time in
which to make home dear through peace,
and lovo more fervent by the sense of
rest and refreshment. The sequel is read
in lonely evenings and quick departures,
after the dinner hour is passed, for the
club or some place of amusement. It
would not be a flattering summary if we
could learn how very many men are afraid
to be alone with their wives, lest some
unpleasant discussion should arls'o. It
would be a lesson well learned if we
could realize how priceless are . these In
tervals of quiet companionship and how
few and far between they become if mis
used or neglected.
"Some other time," is the child's ready
and constant answer to too Indulgent pa
rents, who urge but do not demand the
use of opportunities either for their own
Improvement or for bestowing pleasure or
courtesy upon others. Selfishness and In
difference feed to repletion on this uni
versal food, and the mature men and
women shrink both morally and intel
lectually Because they are thus deprived.
Let them get the Idea Impressed upon
them In the same way that they learn
the dread of other Injuries and once
understand that opportunities do not re
turn, and they will gradually become
eager not to lose what they cannot regain.
It will become as natural to them as
other habits of self-preservation.
The unwillingness to relinquish any
previous plan or to discommode them
selves for the sake of showing respect or
bestowing pleasure either upon aged or
unattractive people is one of the very
evident defects in the young people and
children of our day, and It has both a
direct and Indirect Influence upon them
for evil. They lose many a friend and
forfeit many a kindly word of commen
dation, both of which might have had
much beneficial power In their future
lives, and also they check the most no
ble and chlvalrlc feelings of which hu
man nature Is capable.
"We lose so many golden opportunities
while we sit Idly wishing for those which
will never be granted to us. Those dreams
of ours which keep us, as it were, spell
bound, sitting gazing afar off. hoping to
see them materialize on the far horizon,
seldom come to life or draw near to us.
"We rarely anticipate our largest and most
valuable chances for good either for oth
ers or ourselves.
"Act. act In the living present." is the
watchword of those who live with alert
nerves and eager hands ready to perceive
and grasp the slightest hint of hidden
treasures by the way. Much watting,
long-deferred hope benumb many of us;
only one goal comes within our impaired
vision; only one aim is visible. Here at
our bands, beside us, perhaps under our
very roof, are voiceless opportunities im
ploring us by mute signs not to pass them
by.
We are in theory ready to be martyrs
in some heroic cause, yet are not inter
ested in the maimed or perverted or
crooked natures whom we strive either to
ignore or forget, and count an hour given
to sweeten or cheer or modify these un
fortunates, as wholly lost. Hidden away
in every human breast there are germs
of good which men do not know how to
develop; they wait for that releasing
touch which only experience, or larger
knowledge, or more uplifted thought, can
apply. Yet in the familiar, plain, per
haps repulslve.faces our eyes see no token
of our opportunity. "We pass them by in
search of a "mission" not yet shown to
us. and grow weary with unsatisfied de
sire to be of some use in the wo aid.
"We have little understanding of what a
wide field our domestic life affords to even
i the most cultured and most deep thougbt
J.M umnt hs, Svea aaocs our Mrv a&ta
there Is an unsuspected need for cur best
endeavors. "When we think of what has
been withheld from them by lowly birth
and Imperfect education, and remember
what they have to work out for them
selves In our behalf as well as for their
own protection and advancement, that
mistress of a household who never finds
opportunity for noble work within her
own doors, must have small perception of
her poorer sisters' wants and trials, and
no conception of what life Is to those who
have no knowledge of how to escape from
the evils which poverty and homelessness
threaten to Inflict.
Surely one of the most coveted of hu
man gifts is the power to give happiness;
after all, It is not hard. It is not what
we can buy. It is not what we possess
that makes the difference between woman
and woman in this regard. But it Is a lost
day, a blue-eyed da), which we shall
spend when we have not. found that we
could woo a smile to brighten some fel
low creature's face.
Once a great bishop, counted by hl3 en
emies and his critics to be both worldly
and cynical, laid a lily branch upon the
kitchen table beside his cook's plate,
while she had gone to early mass on
Easter morning. "He must have known
how much I wanted a lily," she said,
"and how much I wanted some one to
think of me and give me one. Hie made
one person happy this blessed day, any
how." "We, who long In vain for the pow
er to stand and bless the multitude, have
abundant opportunity to lay an unexpect
Earrings Coming into Fashion
THE annual horse show in New York
City ushers In radical changes In Jew
elry. It rday be said that fn the boxes
surrounding the great ellipse is usually
set 'the season's pace in gems. Jewelers
claim that the sensation of tho Jewelry
trade this Beason will be earrings, not
the barbaric pendants of other centuries,
but priceless single gems set in the
tiniest screw mountings.
The extravagance of the season Is
black matched pearls, and a prominent
society woman will appear at the horse
show wearing a pair the sire of a pea,
fon which she paid $15,000. Tho black
pearl at first sight looks almost as dark
as gunmetal, but at closer range reveals
all the colorings of the opal and white
pearl combined, and sheds almost.as much
sparkle as a well-cut diamond.
Twelve thousand dollars Is not a large
price to pay for a well-matched pair of
the white pearls, and some of the screw
earrings in the large flnglo pearls are as
big as a grape. Several pairs of dia
mond screw earrings which will be seen
at the horse show were priced at $20,000,
and one eccentric matron will wear a
diamond In one ear and a- pearl in the
other. In the lower priced earrings, an
odd fancy shows a large pearl with a
small diamond set above it, giving the
effect of an acorn.
A few carved, round corals of perfect
coloring are being made up to wear with
the costume de style. No opals are of
fered In earrings, and such gems as
emeralds, sapphires and rubies are made
up to order only for wealthy women who
can afford to wear earrings to match
their frocks.
Stage women and others who like pro
nounced effects are using cluster settings
in the ears in such stones as emeralds
surrounded by pearls or by diamonds.
These are made up In the same forms as
the jeweled buttons used so much this
season en velvet frocks.
8mh ef h Oriental shops are atao
them with an abnormal appetite. The
wise mother distinguishes between the
cravings that are natural and wholesome
and those that lead to dire results.
For the child whose food does not nour
ish her well and whose face, is either pale
or pimply In consequence, a glass of mllK
at bedtime is worth its weight in gold.
The milk will digest more rapidly if it Is
warmed, and will lead to aweet sleep.
If you are a nervous, sleepless mother,
the sooner youtake to thl3 habit yourself
the better.
The old-fashioned sulphur and molasses
dose for Impure blood, while by no means
ed flower where it win be eloquent of
God's love. f
It seems such a pity that we realize so
feebly the latent power which we hold so
carelessly and use so little. "If I only
had the money," Is our frequent cry when
our hearts are moved, and yefwe see no
way In which to dispense our better gifts.
Such little things can .case a hard life
or soothe an aching heart! So small they
are and so trifling that we count them as
naught. How clamorous would be the
voices of the opportunities which sur
round us had they the gifts of speech!
Our young lads have acquired a bad
habit of as they phrase it ''waiting for
something to turn up." Our schools are
terribly wanting in the lack of education
on the subject of opportunity. The new
atmosphere of wealth leaves them with
out the stern necessity to act quickly and
vigorously If they mean to "quit them
selves like men." They take no respon
sibility, share no burdens until the Charc
ot of success stops at their doors and they
are bidden to enter and drive to where
fortune sits smilingly ready to crown
them.
It were better for them as men and for
us as a nation if they were kept on sen
tinel duty, watching for such oppor
tunity as shall challenge them at this,
the gate of their future. Knowledge,
strength, and, what they seldom think o,
power to make home and the world hap
pier and more lovely, call loudly and give
readily the countersign which ought to
give them admittance. "Quit you like
men" Is the secret password, and they do
not comprehend Its meaning nor recog
nise the signature .of the "Great Cap
tain." Let us teach them that life Is so
short and opportunity -so large and free,
and stir them and ourselves not to let It
slip. C.
pendant earrings in old-fashioned silver
and gold with odd settings of gems, and
the antique shops are also setting forth
their quaintest offerings in earrings. If
the rage for costumes of certain periods
should continue Jewelers predict that the
pendant earrings, much be-jewelcd, may
return, but as the appearance of very
few women Is Improved by the use of the
long pendants, they are not likely to be
come highly popular. '
The making of imitation gems has
reached such a stage of perfection that
some of the new screw earrings in single
Imitation pearls which can be bought as
low as $5 a pair are really very effective,
and can be hardly detected from, the real,
save by those who are posted In gems.
The Tide of Love.
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
As ocean clasps the yielding eh era
My love would hold thee near;
I wtch beside the heart's high tire
For tidings of thee, dear. '
As one who waits for treasure ships
To bear across tho sea.
I wait the treasara thy dear Hps
Alone can bring to me. .
In on the tide of love
Sail to thy victory.
All In the pride of love.
Banners -unfurled. "
Thou art my arscey;
Corns to me speedily' ' v ,
I am the mate for thee,
"World of my world! j
Ae night the tired earth enfolds"
And lulls with soft caress. -
My love would share thy every cars
Andcomfort thy distress.
As morales renr to greet the sen,
"While -Joyful mists arise.
My pulses toward, thee madly run
"While I oTp bedims my eyes.
On the dawn-tide of love
Cometfe the heart's desire:
, Trosd with the pride cr love
ne o are!
Lev, love, I wait for tbe; '
Ceoie te "Me aysssflyl
Tfcttr art tfce ataU for sm.
Wsrt' of atjr tocM!-
pleasant, Is one that will never become
obsolete, for It has already to its credit
too many cases of skins healed by lt3
magic The prescription for mixing
this: Two teaspoonfuls sulphur precipi
tate, frcm which the -lumps have been
rubbed, and six teaspoonfuls molasses.
Stir thoroughly. Give the child half a
teaspoonful of the remedy the first thing
In the morning and repeat the dose at
bedtime. Keep this up for half a week,
omit for half a week, repeat for half a
week.
Sometimes the- child's stomach becomes
sour, as the expression goes, from one of
those accidents which the most careful
mother cannot ward off. An indulgent
friend may have overloaded the stomach
with fruit or candy. The mo3t moral
youngster once In a whlla. climbs to a
Jam pot. Extreme heat or cold causes
the roost wholesome meal to disagree.
When stomach trouble and an eruption of
the skin arises in some such way, add a
few drops of lime water to the glass of
milk and give the little one a charcoal
tablet after each meal.
Sometimes a very young stomach adopts
an antagonism of. Its own. I once knew a
pcrfectly healthy child who could not eat
red raspberries without the most violent
Tttfi quantity of food which provides
enough for a family of two, or two
and the maid. Is a problem that ever
vexes tho soul of the bride new to mar
keting Joys. Before she learns the value
of that unknown quantity, her days and
nights are troubled by the length of her
bills and the sum of her "left-overs."
She has heard of dining well on small
means, but that Is one of the arts not
Included in her education. If she consults
those scriptures of the culinary art known
as cookbooks, she finds that few of them
even hint at the number of hungry per
sons any given receipt will feed.
One persevering young bride found at
last a cookingechool teacher willing to
form a class for .young wives seeking
Jest such knowledge. She learned to be-
gin with the possibilities. of a little roast
of beef. She first had a talk with Her
butcher about the unknown quantities.
The order for three pounds of any kind
of meat was to mean three pounds, a
few ounces over or under not to count.
More than half a pound over the quantity
ordered was never to be sent. The result
was a noticeable shrinkage In the meat
bill at once.
Then she ordered a prime cut of por
terhouse for a roast; quantity, three
pounds. The bones taken out were sent
home" for the stock pot. The long end of
the roast was cut oft and corned for two
or three days.
"When carefully trimmed and skewered,
the better piece of meat was put in a
very hot fryingpan and browned quickly
on every side, so that the juices would J
not escape. The meat was then put on
the rack in the rcastingpan and cooked
a quarter of an hour In a hot oven, with
out the cover. A cupful of boiling water,
containing a lump of butter the size of a
walnut, was then turned over It. The
pan was covered and the meat roasted
half an hour longer. If lacking In fat. a
piece of suet was laid on the top. The
beef should now be cooked rare. If liked
well done, it may be roasted la minutes
longer.
In the pan there should be a little fat
and a rich brown sediment. After the
meat Is laid on a hot dish, add to this
sediment a teaspoonful of flour well mixed
with two tablespoonfuls of water and
boll. Thin to the right consistency with
a little boiling water, season with salt,
pepper and a few drops of kitchen boquet.
For the second day's dinner, heat the
roast through in a moderate even. It
must not be cooked longer or it will be
tough. "With this the young cook learned
to serve a delicious horseradish sauce,
which was found most .appetizing either
hot or cold. "When the sauce was to be
hot. It was made from three tablespoon
fuls of horseradish grated fine, a teaspoon
ful of sugar, and one each of salt and
cldar vinegar or lemon Juice. Ifa very
piquant sauce is liked, a half teaspoonful
of dry mustard may be mixed with the
horseradish. To this mixture add two
tablespoonfuls of water. Bring to a boll,
and just before taking from, the fire add
the beaten yolks of two eggs to thicken
It. "When the sauce was served cold with
cold meat, the horseradish, salt and vine
gar were mixed, and just before serving
four tablespoonfuls. of creasa, whipped un
til very firm, were added.
- Deviled meat In the chaflngdlsh was
much liked by the master of the house.
The cookings chool formula was an ounce
of butter, a teaspoonful each of vinegar
and Worcestershire sauce, one-fourth tea
spoonful of made mustard and a pinch of
cayenne. These were well bleared, cats
were made In the meat and the saace
rubbed into them. A little butter wm
heated in the chaflsgdish and the aeat
laid In it Until very hefe Tunc while
cooking. Rare meat, titbr beef or tea-,
is best for this.
An occaclooai carry varied tbe baku.
Savory Meats for a Family of Two
attack of indigestion as a punishment. In
a case like this, do not force the matter;
merely wait. That little one had a wise
mother who kept red raspberries out of her
reach for a year or two, and in the end
she outgrew the weakness and now enjoys
the fruit.
Rosy cheeks belong by right to every
child. "When they are lacking and there
Is nc illness, the cause is almost isure to
be lack of outdoor exercise. Let the little
people romp in the fre3h air. It is the
only rouge they need. Their color will
attend to Itself if it is riven this ODDOrtu-
nlty. Do not be afraid of the cold weather
unless your child has some constitutional
weakness which unfits her for the life that
sturdy boys and girls lead. Dress her
warmly, then send her out to play.
If the face and Hps chap In the winter
winds, apply this cream which will heal
tnem over night: Two ounces almond
oil. one ounce white wax, one ounce sper
maceti, one ounce benzonated lard, one
quarter ounce camphor gum. Dissolve
the camphor In the almond oil, mix with
the other Ingredients and melt all togeth
er. Beat until creamy and cold. This
should be applied after the face is thor
oughly washed with warm water and cas
tlle soap.
"When the pimples come from an impure
blood, use the following cream while you
are giving internal treatments of sulphur
and molasses or some other purifier: Two
ounces almond oil, one ounce spermaceti,
one ounce white wax, one ounce benzo
nated lard, one ounce oxide of zinc. Melt
the ingredients and beat until cold and
creamy. Apply at night and the pimples
will dry away if the blood Is put in order
at the same time.
Teach your little daughter to wash her
face properly and see to It that she fol
lows your Instructions faithfully. Until.
Suggestions for
PLANKED sirloin steak is said to be
delicious. The steak "is fastened to a
cedar board, exactly like shad, and baked
or broiled. It should be cooked rather
longer than when broiled In the usual
way. Squeeze the juice of a lemon over
the steak and sprinkle with a little
chopped parsley, or, better still, spread
with maitre d'hotel butter just before
serving.
Good Housekeeping gives these direc
tions for preserving green or wax beans:
Soak the beans for a few hours in cold
water or parboil them slightly. Cut them
In long, thin slices, and pack In large jars
with generous layers of salt between the
layers. When a jar Is full, cover with
a cloth and put on a weighted plate to
keep the beans in the brine. They should
keep perfectly until Sprjng.
In an artist's country home, where the
bullt-ln Idea prevails even to the candle
sticks, the picture frames are unique.
They are set Into the walls and the glass
opens like a little door, so that the pic
tures may be changed as often as de
sired. Several sizes and shapes of frames
re provided, and, by a judicious use of
mats, almost any picture may be made
to fit-
Order Is a beautiful thing in the house,
but, as a writer In a recent magazine
points but, it Is ndt always understood
properly. She says: "The order that
makes for restfujness and for comfort is
vital. Jt cannot exiBf'ln crowded rooms.
Furniture Is made to be used and books
are made to be read. If the disarranging
The young housewife soon discovered
that nothing is more fatal to appetite
than the expected. Two ounces of butter
were heated with one small grated onion.
To this was added an ounce of flour mixed
with a little cold water, half a teaspoon
ful of curry powder, the juice of a lemon
and one-fourth pint of water. "When the
sauce was smooth and thick, the meat
cut in thin slices was simmered in the
sauce flye minutes.
The rechauffe they liked best was one
that was also used for cold duck or chick
en. Two ounces of butter were added to
a large tablespoonful of currant or, grape
Jelly. These were melted In a saucepan,
and a saltspoonful of dry mustard was
added. The salt and pepper were sim
mered in the sauce four or. five minutes.
Once In a great while two tablespoonfuls
of good sherry were added to the sauce.
A second cut of beef that the novice
learned to use for a roast -consisted of a
prime cut of sirloin steak weighing about
two pounds and a half. For the family
of two. enough was cut off from the
steak to broil twice. A little of the out
side fat was trimmed from the remnant.
It was sprinkled with salt and pepper and
flour, rolled and skewered. It was then
treated like the porterhouse roast,, and
cooked for 20 minutes. Take out the
skewers after dishing and pour over It a
brown gravy made from the sediment.
When mushrooms are la s'nscn, a half
or a quarter of a pound of these relishes
is sometimes added to the brown sauce
for either this roast or the beefsteak, and
True Deliverance of the Soul
Count Tolstoy Declares In Actual Practice It Is Clear and Simple.
(This article, republished from the New
York Independent, Is from a letter by Tol
stoi written to a friend who had asked his
aid In solving the deeper problems of living
and thinking.)
I WAS very glad to hear from you, but
felt very soVry when I learned of your
useless, senseless mode of life, as you
put It, and of your Illness.
The first, a-life with which he that
leads it is not satisfied, is worst of all.
We are not responsible for sickness, and,
therofore, the wise man and he that be
lieves In God can bear It calmly. Bu we
must not waste our life at random, and
wherever we are, under all circumstances,
we can do that for which life was given
unto us that Is, to perfect ourselves,
draw nearer to God ("Be perfect even as
your Father In Heaven"), to try to be
judicious and lovable In everything. And
If we do not do this, It Is very sad.
It Is not only possible to perfect our
selves and to draw nearer to God at all
times and everywhere, but it Is not even
difficult to do It. Some think that to ac
complish this it is necessary to under
take something, to arrange something.
This is not true; It is but " necessary to
abstain from doing that which you con
sider to be wrong; and life will shape
Itself one way or the other; and if you
will but abstain from doing that" which
you consider wrong, then you will surely
do good, because a healthy man cannot
remain Idle.
I advise you to do the same, my dear
friend: restrain yourself, do not quarrel,
do' not try tq make a display of yourself,
do not contrive anything new; do not let
the water fall anywhere save on the
wheel, and the wheel will work for tout
good and for the good of mankind. God
Is love and man is love. And if man win
but refuse to give himself to temptations
and to deceits wHIch force him to waste
hkk lif for nothing, love will appear and
will perform la aim the work of God.
It is always very painful to Me to think
that there are peogiie, Ilk yourself, suf-
she is old enough to take care of her
complexion as well as you can, do it foe
her, no matter how busy you are.
At night the face should be washed with
warm water and castlle soap and scrubbed
with a towel until It glows. Take care,
however, not to Irritate the tender skin
which will not stand as violent scrubbing
as yours will. Do not make a practice
of applying any cream; the above receipts
are useful In special cases, but otherwise
the les3 the young skin knows of any
thing but soap and water the better. In
the morning only cold water should be
used. This will close .the pore3 of the
skin and keep it from becoming tender
and chapping. Children have a great way
of wiping their faces only half dry. Do,
not permit this. Unless the face is thor
oughly dried It will chap.
If your young beauty Is marred by a
mass of freckles, give time a chance.
Many a freckled youngster has a beautiful
skin In later years. Freckles almost In
variably disappear to some extent If not
entirely. For the surface freckTes that
come hurriedly at the beckoning of
the sun, you may use some simple rem
edy, but never apply one of the drastic
bleaches to a child's face. If "you want to
peet yourself, that-is" your own affair, but
it is brutal to treat a child in this man
ner. The following prescription Is quite
powerful enough, and If it or some other
ag harmless does not accomplish the de
sired result, leave the freckles to work
out their own salvation: One ounce lemon
Juice, one-half dram sugar, one-quarter
dram powdered borax; bottle and keep for
a few days, applying now and then.
The practice of putting veils over chil
dren's faces In the "Winter should be In
dulged on only the coldest days. If it Is
done, frequently, the eyes may suffer.
Jtfever let your little lady wear a dotted
veil. KATHERINE MORTON.
the "Household
of a room or the misplacing of a book
upsets the order something is wrong, and
that something' is the crowded condition.
Get rid of. the superfluous. Most room&
have too many pieces of furniture, andg
all rooms have too many things."
Happy is the woman who has shaken
off the tyranny of "things." More clothes,
more social obligations, -more housekeep
ing, more furniture, more bric-a-brac than
is necessary to happiness; all these be
come "things" "and interfere with life
rather than brighten it, like the footstool
Mrs. Browning describes in "Aurora
Leigh" as being the business of a wo
man's life to painfully embroider, for a
man to stumble over and say "D ntbW
stool."
Egg bread is one of the most famous 0(
old-time Southern dishes. A Blue Grass
recipe is. as follows: One quart of whit
ccrnmeal, which must be scalded with a
little boiling water. To this add a, little
salt, the yolks of three eggs, a cupful of
milk, a tablespoonful of lard, and a table
spoonful of melted butter. Last of all,
add the well-beaten whites of the eggs.
Bake nearly an hour In a moderate oven.
How seldom one finds a perfectly baked
tomato. As a rule the vegetable Is
scooped out to the very skin and crammed
so full of breadcrumbs that there is vesg
little tomato left. The stuffing becomes a
hard, soggy mass Impossible to enjoy.
Peel the tomatoes or not, as preferred,
make a hole In the center of each, and
fill with a dressing made with bread
crumbs, salt, pepper, butter and a Uttle
sugar. Bake a long time.
the commonplace becomes rare. In Win
ter a few small cans of mushrooms- kept
among the supplies enable a cook te
work a miracle when the unexpected guest
arrives.
"When ready to use the corned beef,
which the butcher put in brine without
extra charge, she merely covered It with
cold water brought it to a boil and sim
mered until tender. It was then cooled
quickly In the liquor In which It was
boiled and eaten cold for a luncheon dish
or made Into a brown hash.
A fried round of steak sometimes graces
the table of Mrs. Novice. It sounds poor
and barbarous, but it Is not. A prime
slice has the best part cut from it, enough
for two. It Is next trimmed and beaten
with a hammer and put In a very hat
fryingpan over an equally hot Are, and "
cooked a minute. It is then put on a
hot platter, bordered with watercress. A
gravy Is made from a teaspoon fill of
flour, two or three drops "of kitchen bo
quet, a tablespoon of butter, salt and red
pepper to taste. Pour this over the
steak.
The remnant of the cut is often rubbed
with olive oil and lemon juice to soften
the fiber and flavor it. The next day Jt
Is broiled a minute and served with pars
ley and lemon Juice. The acid 13 used
first to soften the fibers of the meat, and
the oil Is used to keep them soft. This
treatment of beefsteak is well known to
French chefs, and if tried by the young
housewife It will no longer be a mystery
why she has always such tender steaks
at clubs and certain hotels.
fering from lack of knowledge, from
doubt and error, while the truth Is so
clear and simple and known to me, not
only theoretically, but also practically
that Is, I have for a long time lived by
this truth, and after the most terrible
doubts and just such despair as you are
experiencing, I live by this truth calmly
and joyously.
Life Is the deliverance of the soul the
spiritual, self-existing essence from the
conditions of the. bodily personality into
which it Is placed.
God Is that spiritual, self-existing be
ing by whose will our soul is confined
within our bodily personality.
There are two ways of delivering the
soul: one by means of simultaneous or
gradual suicide that Is, by deviating
from performing the will of God; or, the
second way, by means of performing in
life the work for which our soul was con
fined by God In our personality.
The flrst deliverance Is but a, seeming
deliverance, because the soul, comlag-froaa.
God; and being all in his power, cannot
cease to be what It must be according to
God's will, and no matter how much It
would resist. It will- be compelled to de
as God demands of It; only It win do, it
with resistance and suffering. The, sec
ond, the true deliverance, consists of an
ever greater and greater performance of
God's will, and of the ever closer and
closer approach and similarity to him.
The deliverance of the soul according
to God's will, producing the whole, woi5c'
of life, is attained but through love' and
through the exaltation of love.
Love means the destruction of the ob
stacles which separate our persOBaKty
from other personalities. The more w.
love mankind and other beings, the.
broader grows our own personality; Love,
toward all. to the source of life, to GotL
destroys all obstacles of personality and
unites us with God.
Human life lies la the yearning rtafter
this. Ideal and in the approach' toward it.
Thare is no other Hr. And this approach
to possible infinitely, and in thi ap
proach there, is b?ia. . R
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