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HER HEALTH,
HEART AND HOME
PARE
r
; How the Health of the Body
i Depends a Lot on the r
Hygienic Condition of One’s 1
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j Toilet Accessories r
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Shown in the Circle. •
Soap and Warm Water 13
Used for Washing the ^
Beauty Accessories as y'
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All the Newly Washed Accessories Should Be Hung in an Open
Window, Where the Sun and the Air Strike Each Article.
the best method of keeping the
other accessories clean.
The powder puffs, rouge puffs,
comb, brush, nail file, manicuring
scissors, eyebrow and bath
brush should be placed in a
basin of warm water to which
has been added sufficient soap
flakes to make a good lather.
You’d better shake all powder
from the puffs before they get
wet; also remove all hair from
the comb and brush. Let all
these accessories remain in the
water for a few minutes, then
rubbing a bit of cake soap over
the puff, wash it as you would a
handkerchief.
To clean the comb and brush
thoroughly, rub the soap over
the brush until a heavy lather
has formed, then run the comb
through the bristles several times
and rinse the comb and brush
well. The brush may be used to
remove any accumulation of oil
from between the teeth of the
comb.
Because an accumulation of
mascara and vaseline on the eye
brow and last brush makes the
brush difficult to work with, re
sulting in mascara getting into
the eyes, it, too, should be
washed. Hun water over the
brush, then place it in the basin
and give it a real soap and water
cleansing.
As one is apt to cut one’s
cuticle too far the scissors should
be sterilized and kept free from
impurities so that the chances of
causing infection are lessened,
the scissors and file, however,
need not be washed, but should
be put into the basin when the
other accessories are sterilized.
Be sure that all articles are
clean, then rinse them thorough
ly. Salt is an excellent antiseptic
and may be used for sterilizing
the newly washed accessories.
About one handful is sufficient
fer the average basin of water.
Allow the articles to remain in
the water for five or ten minutes.
.Wipe off any excess water and
arrange the articles on a clothes
hanger as shown in the illastra
tion. This modern line is par
ticularly good for apartment
house dwellers wh*> haven’t a
regular clothes line, as it may
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be hung in the window where the
breezo quickly dries the acces
sories and the sun acts as an
added sterilizer.
The bath or flesh brush should
be placed in the sun as often as
possible so that its penetrating
rays may get down deep in the
bristles, thus assuring us of per
fect cleanliness, which in turn
repays us with a soft clear skin.
While the tooth-brush is not
pictured here, it, too, should be
washed and aired frequently, aa
well as given a thorough rinsing
each time it is used. Of course
we can’t bang our tooth-brush up
with our other accessories, but
after a real washing, place the
brush under a high glass which
has been turned upside down. In
this way all danger of dust get
ting on the brush is eliminated
and the rays cf the sun coming
through the glass is also more
penetrating.
Wash cloths should be used
but two or three times if they
are really to perform their full
duty of freeing the pores of im
purities.
And while we’re on the sub
ject of cleanliness, remember to
keep all creams, tonics, lotions
and powders covered when not in
U3C. This is especially important
in the city where there seems al
ways to be soot, smoke, dust and
gasoline vapors in the air.
These suggestions, if followed,
will do wonders toward helping
you attain a clear complexion.
Hi My Secrets
of Charm
By Josephine Huddleston
I’m beginning to feel like the
neighborhood laundress with
all my suggestions for keeping
everybody clean! But, lately we
have been centering attention on
shampooing the hair and methods
of cleansing the skin. Now it's
time to go into the subject of
keeping the toilet articles as clean
as the body.
Thorough cleanliness is the key
note of nil beauty, therefore we
must keep our powder puffs,
combs, brushes and similar beauty
accessories a3 clean a3 we keep
our hair and face if we are to
gain true beauty.
Powder puffs that are rubbed
or patted on the skin, particular
ly the nose, which usually is the
oiliest part of the face, get
frightfully soiled after a few
hours vise. How, then, can the
skin sparkle with health and vi
tality if it is doctored with a
The Brush Thoroughly Cleanses
the Space Between the Teeth of
the Comb, and the Comb
Removes Any Remaining Hair
from the Brush,
One Handful of
Salt Added to
the Final Rinse
Water Is an
Excellant
Antiseptic,
These
Photos
Posed
by Miss
Huddleston.
messy puff? That's only oom
mon sense, isn’t it?
All right 1 Then let us have
a wash day once each week to
cleanse and sterilize all the
toilet accessories we use each
day. It doesn’t take long to
wash the whole outfit and you’ll
be amazed at the difference it
makes. You’ll even feel more
proud of your dressing table
when you know that its acces
sories conform to the dictates of
nicety as well as hygiene.
If the same powder puff is
used for a whole week it carries
a gathering of all the cosmetics,
oil and dust that has collected on
the face during that time 60 that
when the puff is rubbed over
the face it becomes a real enemy
to the woman who aspires to a
lovely complexion.
What good is accomplished by
shampooing the hair each week
and then brushing it with a
soiled brush and combing it with
a comb that hasn’t been washed
for months?
It’s great waste of beauty to
use such a puff, for the skin
takes on a muddy hue as the
pore3 become clogged with the
impurities on the puff. Soon
blackheads form, and then pim
ples, ar.d a once lovely com
plexion needs a complete rejuve
nation before beauty returns.
Another of the real beauty de
stroying habits is the ttse of a
soiled towel or gauze for the re
moval of creams and make-up.
Cleansing tissue paper for this
purpose claims high rank among
the aids of the last few years
since it makes a clean, sanitary
means of removing creams and
impurities from the skin.
Pictured here are some of the
toilet accessories that must have
a weekly bath and as they all
get more or less the same treat
ment, let me explain first, the
proper proceduco and, second,
: &BOOBOO, BLACK SHEEP by Florence Ross
. AT-'OR crying out loud, lies,
* * r“* if we keep it up at this
* pace we’ll never get
there. * Remember, this is our
Ilast day and if we want to pass
the 12Q*word test we might as
well get into the spirit of speed
‘ now. Accelerate those dog3 of
yours, little one—if you were go
ing any slower you’d be walking
backwards.”
“Lulu! Where in heaven’s
natjje do you get that slang? I
sometimes wonder-”
“Cut the carping, Hester;
we’re really awfully late and I
think we’d better run. I’ll race
you to Pine Street.” With that
♦he girl broke into a run, leaving
her companion no choice but to
follow. She was taller and lighter
of foot than Hester Fry, and
eesily outdistanced her. When
she reached the comer of Pine
and Broad Street she took out
her mirror, readjusted her hat
and powdered her nose. The
sharp air had heightened the color
in her cheeks and had given
added aparkle to eyes that were
always bright and snapping.
Blonde ringlets disarranged by
the wind, framed a face that was
at the same time of an almost
regal loveliness and a pert in
souciance, if a girl of eighteen
can be credited with qualities of
such contrast to each other.
As a matter of fact,, the peo
ple she knew in the small town
of Danville rarely credited Lulu
Allan with anything. To them
she was just a reckless little flap
per, always getting into scrapes
and out of them. She called her
self “Boo-Boo,” this nickname
dating from early childhood,
when “Lulu” proved itself too
difficult for baby lips. But it
was Hester Fry, her best friend,
who completed the nickname—
“Boo-Boo, Black Sheep.”
Hester was like that—always
ferreting out clever little labels
foot other people and places and
ideas. She was small and shy and
keen. Everybody liked and un
derstood her, while they were
only peeved by Boo-Boo.
Shu gills reached a low build
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Boo-Boo Turned to Hester and Grinned. “I know I got it all and I’m tickled to death,” she said.
Jng on Pine Street, which bore a
sign reading, “Ward’s Business
School — Complete courses in
typewriting, stenography and
bookkeeping.” Cries of “Hurry
up, Hester,” and “you’re late
again, Boo-Boo.” greeted them as
they slid into their seats and be
gan to mark their notebooks. The
air was tense with excitement.
Failure in the examination meant
another month of hard work, and
one pays for extra time in a bus
iness school.
One girl, sitting beside Lulu,
ventured, “They’re using the hon
or system again. Mis3 Crewes is
leaving us alone to transcribe the
notes.”
Lulu laughed. ,fI guess I’U
get by then,” she said.
“Do you mean you’d actually
cheat?” the other student asked.
“Aw, be yourself,” called Boo
Boo. “Can’t a girl kid a bit?”
At that moment Miss Crewes,
in charge of the shorthand class,
came in. “Those of you who are
taking the 120-words-a-minute
test will please stand,” she said.
Then, looking at each of them
earnestly, she cautioned, “You
arc being put on your honor,
girls. After I have dictated the
letters I will leave you alone for
the transcription. 1 hope it won’t
be necessary for me to stress
here the meaning of honesty.”
They sat down, a nervous little
group anxious to get the “exam”
over as soon as possible. A dozen
heads bent over notebooks, a
dozen hands scratched heiro
glyphics here and there; only the
sound of the teacher’* voice as
she reeled off terse, business
like sentences at the rate of 120
w’ords a minute broke the ten
sion. Ten minutes passed, twen
ty; the dictation was over. Type
writers were raised on desk tops,
Miss Crewes left the room and
her pupils prepared to read back
their notes.
Boo-Boo turned to Hester and
grinned. “I know I got it all
and I’m tickled to death,” 6he
said. Hester pretended not to
hear. Silently she wrote on a
slip of paper, “I missed the line
before the closing in letter two.
Please write it for me.” This
she folded and slipped on Boo*
Boo’s lap.
For a moment Boo-Boo
thought of refusing. Then she
reasoned that friendship meant
more even than honor. Hastily
she scribbled the missing line,
folded the note once more and
tossed it in Hester’s direction.
It fell to the floor. “Dam l” the
girl said as she bent to pick it
up. At that moment Miss Crewea
returned. She had watched the
latter part of the transaction,
and her face was livid.
“Give me your notebook, Miss
Allan,” she ordered. “You may
consider yourself expelled from
school. .We have no use here for
cheats I”
As she left the room Boo-Boo
turned toward Hester. Would
her friend admit her guilt, she
wondered. Would she, at least,
offer some sign of sympathy?
Hester’s head was bent over her
notebook as Boo-Boo made her
exit ... Boo-Boo, Black-Sheep.
(To Bo Continued.)
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What’s Next in Fashions? II
21'
Dy BETTY BROWNLEE
* <Famous Fashion Expert)
ONE of the most interesting
developments on the en
semble idea is the way it
has intrigued women into buy
A New Spring Coat of Green
Wool Crepe.
ing several coats each season.
It used to be that a woman with
good taste knew that she needed
perhaps two daytime coats and
an evening one for Winter, be
sides her suits.
Now women know what they
can create stunning ensembles
by adding just the right type of
coat to frocks they have and
therefore they feel the need of
almost as many coats as frocks.
This change greatly improves
the- smartness of women when
they are shopping, attending
matinees, teaing or in all places
where their outer garments show.
The Spring season is even
more interesting from a coat
point of view than the Winter.
For often Winter coats are so
lavishly fur trimmed that it is
difficult for a woman to have
as many as she would like.
Spring coats, on the other
hand, are of thinner fabric and
can be styled more like a frock.
A woman feels she must have
several to look her smartest. The
first coat one buys for Spring—•
and if it is to be the only one,
this is surely true—should be of
some amartly simple line, of a
color that goes well with many
things and of a cut of which one
does net tire. Gray and beige
shades are the most satisfactory
basic colors for one’s first
Spring coat.
The coat illustrated here fa
unusually distinctive, and if you
are one of those fortunates who
can afford a few coats, it will
prove a good investment. It :s
of green wool crepe, cut with a
slight but graceful flare, and is
trimmed with darker green bands.
THE BULLETIN BOARD
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By MRS. MARY D. WILSON <■ 11
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Dear mrs. wilson.
Could you tell me something
that I can use to brighten up a
tarinished gold metallic hatt
Mrs. L. B.
Try brushing your hat with
alcohol or gasoline. A reliable
polish for cleaning gold slippers
would also be helpful.
Dear mrs. wilson:
I have a tchite pongee dress
that has been badly scorched. Do
you know of any tcay that I might
try to remove itf Miss E. '
Make a thick paste of ordinary
starch with just enough water to
make it stick well. Apply it to
the scorch stain on your dress
and let it remain till it is dry.
Then wash out thoroughly. You
may have to do this several times.
In this coltimn each week Mrs.
Mary I). Wilton trill answer all
questions concerning the haute*
hold. Ao personal correspondence.
Don’t tend stamps.
Appetizing Menus for the Week
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY
Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast
Baked Apple, Stewed Prune,, Orange Juice, Grapefruit, Applesauce. Rhubarb. Baked Banana,.
Bacon, Hominy with Scrambled Egg French Toast, Dropped Egg* on Puffy Omelet, Toast,
Toasted English Cream. with Tomatoes Maple Syrup, r .Toa*1, rc biscuits. Coffee.
Muffin,. Sugar Buns, Toast. Coffee. ^cTffce ' TunZrn
Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Luncheon Luncheon r U T ^
Luncheon Lu™**°n Luncheon Tomato Soup, Spaghetti au Hashed °bSS. Pudding*
•Tomato Rarebit, Egg, Benedict. Sardine Vegetable Salad, . Cratin, Potatoes. Rcast Potatoea.
Graham Toast, Asparagus Salad, Sandwiches, Whole Wheat Gingerbread with Cream Puffs, Cauliflower,
Lettuce Salad, Chocolate Layer Cheese Soufflq Toast, Whipped Cream, Tea. Salad,
Siiccd Pineapple. Cake. Cup Cakes, Canned Peaches. Tea. DInner Strawberry Ice
Dinner Dinner, Tea. Dinner Dinner Vegetable Sonp, Cream.
Celery Soup, Chicken Soup, Dinner French Onion Crab Flake Minute Steak, Slipper
Breaded Veal Roast Lamb. Fruit Cocktail, Soup. Cocktail, Baked Potato, Cold Sliced Meat,
Cutlets, Lyonnaise Lamb Stew with Hamburg Steak, Scallops Tartare Creamed Fruit Salad,
Boiled Potatoea, Potatoes, Vegetables, Mashed Potatoes, Rice Potatoes, Cabbage, Crackers and
Mashed Turnips, Green Peas, W'aldorf Salad, Spinach, Brussels Sprouts, Chocolate Cheese,
Cup Custard. Apple Pie. Rice Pudding. Floating Island. Fruit Compote. Soufflo Tea.
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* Favorite Recipe of the Week—Tomato Rarebit. ^
TVTELT two tablespoonfuls of butter In a chafing: ©f soda and add to mlxtura in chafing dish as ft
dish, p.nd »dd two tublespoonfuls of flour. thickens. Add two cupfuls of finelr grated cheese, tw#
Gradually pour In three-quarters of a cupful of thin eggs beaten a trifle, and salt, mustard, and Cayenne
cream. Mix three-quarters of a cupful of stewed and to taste. tVhen cheese melts, serve on pieces of
strained tomatoes with one-eighth of a teaspoonful Graham toast.