THE OREGON ; SUNDAY JOURNAL, FORTLAND, SUNDAY HORNING, SEPTEMBER
1903
Concerning
Health
and
By Mrs.Hlnry Symes
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THERE J, no mother or nurse In
the world who can afford to be
Ignorant In regard to handling
the baby. This does not mean
feeding- Uie baby, washing and dressing
him; It means lifting, holding and mak
ing ..him comfortable when he la in the
arms.
First, it Is necessary to bear In mind
that the little spinal column is not -sufficiently
strong to carry the weight of (he
head. Never hold a baby without plac
ing one hand at the back of the neck so
that It supports both head and spine.
Up to the time the child is t or 4 years
old it Is not safe to allow him to sit on
the lap without making the position se
cure, for, though he may be very strong,
a slight twist , might cause a heavy fall
which would malm the, child focJlfa.'
There was a nurse not long ago who
was sitting on the porch rocking a child
thrown over her shoulder. He suddenly
started to cry, and the nurse, not know
ing what was the matter, rocked him
all the harder, and the harder she
rocked the louder the child cried, At
last, in despair, she took him from her
shoulder and put him on her lap. Then
she discovered, to her horror, that the
child's arm had been caught In Mh,o
spindles at ihe back of the chair, and
as she rocked she had broken the tiny
bones. That was Inexcusable careless
ness. ' . . ,
The arms of. a child should always be
accounted for; they should always be In
sight, so they are sure to be safe. Such
accidents sometimes happen, yet mother
and nurse will persist in lgnoringven
a possibility of such a catastrophe In
their personal experience.
The . young child under 8 months old
should always be laid flat, and, if In
the lap, kept in place wfth one hand, so
that, by no accident, can he fall.
When the child is carried on the arm
a second hanft should be placed as a
support. The only safe way to carry a
child with 'one arm Is to support him on
the hip In a sitting position, so that the
curve of the inn will support the back.
But this surely is an undesirable posi
tion for mother or nurse, and two hand
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A child should not be carried around
When the mother Is at work and !her
mind is upon other things. He should
be laid on the bed and protected against
a possibility of harm.
When a child cries always see what it
Is about if there is a disturbing pin or .
any other discomfort. If you discover
that nothing is wrong, and that baby
Just wants to be picked pp. it may be
your cue to exercise discipline. Baby Is
far better lying unrestrained and relaxed
upon a comfortable couch than huddled
Acting Bunious and Corns-
Can yon suggest something for me to do
Jnr bunlont and corns f I suffer with them
terribly, and I can And no relief.
ROSALINE McD. -
Bunions and corns are due to Improp
erly fitting shoes.
Have the shoes and stockings a trine
too ldngr for the feet, so as to relieve
the pressure on the toes. Soak the
feet night and morning; wipe dry and
rub with a mixture of one table
snoonful sDirits of turpentine and
is lard (equal parts) or turpentine and
sweet oil (one to three parts) until
the soreness subsides. Dust between
the toes with burnt alum, Ave grams;
salicylic acid, two and a half grams;
starch, fifteen- grams; violet talcum
powder, fifty grams.
For Rough Skin
Please irlve me a formula for a cream to
Kut on my face. It Is very rough. I must
ave something that will not encourage
hair to grow. Please tell me what to do for
ollv hlr. I wash nny hair every week, and
three days after It gets so ollyl cannot ar
range It WORRIED.
The following Is a very good prescrip
tion for a sklr food which I am sure will
- not encourage hair to grow. I would
not suggest your using any cream, on
your face except the cleansing cream
every night such as the cucumber
cream.- The ; skin ' food Is made as
follows: -Oil of sweet almonds, four
ounces; white wax. six drams; sperma
ceti, six drams; borax, two drams; glyc
erine, one and one-half ounces; orange
flower water, two ounces; oil of neroll,
fifteen drops; oil of olgarade (orange
skin), fifteen drops; oil of petit grain,
fifteen drops.
Melt tho first three Ingredients, add
the glycerine to the crange-flower wa
ter and dissolve the borax In the mix
ture; then pour it slowly into the blend
ed fats, stirring continuously.
As for oily hair, I am giving you a
.very good recipe which I am sure will
be of some assistance to you. When you
wash your hair-a&ich really should not
,be oftener than once every three weeks
add some ammonia to the water. Bub
this lotion on your scalp at night: Pow
dered bicarbonate of soda, oiva-fourth
ounce; borate of soda powdered, one
fluid ounce; eau de cologne, two fluid
ounces; alcohol, two fluid ounces; dis
tilled water, sixteen fluid ounces.
Mix and agitate until solution Is com
plete. ,
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CttcumBbr Cream
Wlil you please elve me In Sunday's pa
per the recipe for cucumber cream?
PATRON.
As I have said so often, it is impossi
ble to answer letters in tho paper of the
eame week that they are received. The
mall is too large Ic admit of any im
mediate answeri' All must take their
turn.
The following is thn recipe for cucum
ber cteam. It la very good: Expressed
juice of cucumbers, one-half pint; de
odorized alcohol, one and one-half
ounces; sweet almond oil, three v and
one-half ounces; shaving cream, one
dram; blanched almonds, one and three
quarter drams.
This is a suave lotion, very whitening,
softening and cleansing.
When to Turn a
New Leaf
(Mi t)W much more sensible I
rH, would be," said Molly on
A a dav. "tn turn over fi. new lea
at the change of season rather than Tf WnTTIPn Wnillr! TtpaVirt
in midwinter-when a material and VV OHlCn VVOUiO J.CaUZC
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behave quite differently. It is then
that we all take llttla trips out of
doors,. and it Is then that all my par
ticular friends seem to be on th
verge of an engagement. A girl
requires tact to keep peace In ths
spring. i .
"Summer Is the time when I, and
all of you. I guess, meet many
strangers. It is a mistake to bo too
Intimate with chance acquaintances
at any time of the year, and I find
this especially true In summer. Tet '
there Is a problem at once; too retl ,
cent a girl, one who la cold and In-
different, is sure to have a horrid
time, and it usually takes a girl two
or three summers after she Is grown "
up to find the right line of behavior.
"And in the autumn again, when
our friends flock back from vacations,
they must be treated In a different
way, for many or them have changed
during the summer . months, and
sometimes a . whole good friendship
depends upon just' the few weeks
after the homecoming. ,
"Yes. Indeed," Molly sighed, "If t
ever hope to be popular I must per-
sonally conduct many self-examina
tions.-
t
lasting improvement would certainly
be a shock to one's friends.
"Take the girl, for instance, who.
In reviewing the season, finds she was
not a great social success, or that
she had no beaus. Let her most
carefully think back and find where
she failed. Was she too gushing, too
belflsh or too indifferent? y
"1 alwayB'do that." said wise little
Molly, "at the change of every sea
son, for each brings a new state of
affairs. The winter I spend mostly
among my old friends. True, new
feople are introduced, but they hard
v present a problem. 3ut these old
friends must be well treated; little
jealousies must be guarded against;
sympathies must be always on tap, as
It were.
"In the spring I find that I must
T IS said that a bad-tempered woman
can cause more actual unpleasant
ness for the rest of humanity than
all the other disagreeable features on
finds In life, and the unlucky possessor
of an uncontrolled temper should remedy
the fault as soon as possible.
Tho woman who can control herself i
under the most trying circumstances is
the woman who holds the strongest
power over her fellow-creatures.
No matter how beautiful and clever"
and fascinating the bad-tempered wom
an may be, her power Is infinitesimal '
compared with that of her amiable sla
ter.
And amiability Is not only power. It la
mental progression and health, and hap
piness, and long life to one's self and to
one's rrienas and family.
close in s. mother's arms, to v nothing;
may certainty d sparea to carry suco a . of the jolting to which so manr unfor-
. tuntte babies unwillingly ubmi.
Advice to Correspondents
OWING to the great amount. of
mall received and the limited
apace given this department,
it Is absolutely impossible to
nswer letters In the Sunday Issue fol
lowing their receipt.. The letters must
be answered Jn turn, and this ofttlmes
requires three or four weeks...
All correspondents who desire an Im
mediate answer must Inclose ft self
addressed stamped envelops for ft re
ply, fhls rule must also bs compiled
ylth In regard to personal letters.
For Scanty Eyebrows '
duces, a slight roughness of tHe- skin,
'Which should bo subdued by the uso of '
glycerine or starch. This may also be
tried In cases of obstinate freckles:
Lactio acid, three ounces;. glycerine,
four ounces; rosowater, one' ounce. This
Is to bo gently applied by means of a
camel's-halr brush. If the skin becomes
Irritated or sore, omit one or two days'
treatment.
Falling it air
I need a tonle for my eyebrows, some
thing to snsks them stow. They are very -light
and they navs ao definite line oa say
far. I ksov tbatiroa will kei me. '
. " WKART.
Mix tho following ingredients tbor-'
onghly and apply to tho eyebrows with
tiny toothbrush ones a day until the,
growth ts sufficiently stimulated, then
less often: , w
Oil of lavender, fifteen drops;', oil of
rosemary, fifteen drops; tincture of
cantharidos. two drams; vaseline, two
uncos, - . ,
Tho ointment mar bo sed for tho'
eyelashes also. Id this case it should,
bo very carefully applied. It will 1
flamo tho eyes, as say oil win.' tf It
gets into them. i . ,, '
L- Whitening Paste for Freckles
and Brtmn Spot J ' .
tat coo t so for say freckles? f saro
Jvst osbm tew frees ssy ssossser vacation
ftM t Bad tkat all mr frtsods ar grieved
at say apcaaraoea. . Ptaae tej see sueao
tatas that wUl soro-thees, DiUT.
tiers are two- Help' which ' nay
Vo deotrsbst:. atalk-ytio arid, sixty
grains; bay rum. for -etmr. tabal
App eight sod Booming with o soft
doth or sponge. This loUaa gooa jro-
Please send m a tonic for falling hair. (
I need one very badly, tor tar hair is com
ing out In spots. .
. ' , WORRIED.
Where the hair falls out In spots try
the following wash:
, Distilled ' rosowater, . six ounces; .
ftromatlo ,ylaegar, five drams; pure
glycerine, two and ft half ' ounces;
tincture nut vomica, one-half ounce;
tincture caathartdos. two and ft half'
ounces. .
' tlx thoroughly. Apply night and
morning.. . . , .
"Another very efficient remedy for
bald spots is saade as follows:
Salicylic scid. tea grains; resorcla, '
oigbt grains;' phenol. Dvo drops; lasto
Un (or vaseline), one onios.
Rob into tho port olgat sod nora
lsg Iters Is recipe for skin food
which yon caa easily v prepare at .
hom:
White wax, orto ounce; spermaceti,
no ounce; lanolin, two onnces; co-
coanot ol. two ounces; orango-flowor
water., two opneos; oil of sweet al
monds, foar euswa. tincture of boa
solo, thirty drops. ;
Molt too first TO Ingredient to
gotbor. Teas fftho Are sod best
until nosrty eold. odUng tittle by
little tho be ti tola, and lastly orange
fewer wtter. -
Ufe and -Abuse or Perfumed
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THE proper fjso of perfumes ts on
art tbat every arotBaa sboolO
, master before sho odds them to '
her toilet accessor hew Extracts mutt
feeder bo allowed to touch Iks ma
terial of tho drees, for the leave s
porradlng fragranco thatsooa bo
comes cloying tra on hsodker
chief, whickls washed afir each
osfrg. the vrlest rrp Is safSctest to
prodaf X r3-'.rl retuic
Tboro are only two ' oatii factory
ways J applU-g liquid perfames. Tho
first Is ts spray a tiny bit the skim.
not - on tho dross, with ao atomiser
tnado especially for the pwrpoee. The
socond.is to toscb tho handkerchief,
the throat and Ike lobe of tbo oars
with the cork. X tho. boiUs sUxiUr
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moistened with the extract.
Perfumes should never be used in
tho morMng nor In the house, unless
tho costume Is a reception or dinner
gown. It "Is perfectly appropriate,
however, to adopt an indistinct fra
granco, and to lay our belongings
among toilet satt-ts of that particular
scent. When this is dons tbo per
(ami will not bo all-pervading and
tnonstonons. lust a little whiff osco
. la ft wlulo Is pleasant.
The selection of a perfume Is a mat
ter of importasca to tbo daiaty wors
es, Tho oso sbo chooses must not bo
o sweet that It will become tiro- ;
some; It moot as aearly reoemoio
fresh ftowers as poasfblo and It must
smell leoa.' For this reason violet .
Is froquertly chosen, as It so sdmlr
nb:y Xlili rvuiremecta. UelSetropo
Is also a pleasant perfume, and. Just
now. many women have adopted a
perfume of the Orient, an extract
from one of tho exotic plants.
No one can judge of a perfume by
opening tbo bottle and anlffing at
tbo fluid. Tho only adequate test ts
usage though much may bo learned
from tho pries. Keally good Per
fumes arc always expensive, and the
wise woman will so economise that
ono bottle will last throo years. Fho
knows that a good perfumo ts better .
once la a long while than a poor per
fume all tho time. Many mea have a
horror of perfumes; they do not like
tbo cloying sweetness; but good per
fume, properly usod. could not bo oh
jectlonahle to any one, ro matter how
fast! Ileus he or sho m'v.t .
Ti.e a'.c its ttat t re
ticular" woman's dressing table aro
matters of Interest, too. Many aro of
silver filigree, and so trie aro even of
gold. AU of thorn bars most minuts
perforations, through which r,
smallest possible amount of petf j-:o
Is blown. Is this way tho whole n k
and face may bo sprayed, yet only a
Uttlo bit of tbo precious stuT w,.l
bars escaped from tbo bottle.
Sachet powders aro now irele '
match, as it were, every frf- i
extract form. Thtee are ri - -1
mixed with orris ft . r ; -
la so mo way to keep . r; e
olvo sachet fresh. et ! t .1 ,
fragraneo of 1's on.
The w - w is t : 1
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