The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 3, 1904, Page 13

HAT jt nécessary -to take a Iittie medicine in the spring is a theory w has given place to the new ppe of take more exercise ®: Vegotables and fruits which fiers ‘and improve your ymplexien 0 a way that rarmiess. allowance of exercise. york, a.long walk, a light gymnastics "in golf -or bedroom. vould take Jess meat and their skins would grow vel seinble the rose-leaf’ c every one of them “would 10 possess. m- fruit, more water is Water is an invaluable It should be taken be- re retiring, as well as in the neals, in genérous g re ee! 1 gablet, at least, each: ti se into a state of g because they do not ater o wash impurities ugh the system. & face:that ooks llke & & ¢onfirmed tea and ffee taken in:mod- and-the mod- ea; pustains the body muscular strain without quent exhaustion. . It is excegsive use of either which is to be evoided. = we have heard abused ermint stick.-om our way to school, excellent f6o0d, provided it is pure. digested and adsorbed, and erted into fat . Taken directly after aells sugar ¢r candy cannot hurt any one Datmeal, If -eaten datly, is apt to heat .the bleod and produce angry apots gnd pimples.. Hot bread, rich sagoeR, - pastry and sweetmeats also have the same effect. Hot soups flush the Tice, espécially if the skin is dell- e J I teoubled with eru; of the face (on't eai nuts, cheese, dananas, autten, veal or salt fish, One of the best agents for clearing fhes sysism and- giving a falr skin is the conien. Hat it as & beauty diet aad et &t vid you 6f biliousness. There s indsed, mo.better complexien re- Brer. The effsct on ths breath is & power- ful srgument sgainst its use. How- ever, if a lttle strong, clear coffee is taken and the mouth rinsed with lis- Serine the odor is destroyed. Or & bit of partley, garden sage or fresh, green ot may be eaten. Exsh yesr peopls grow to appre- clate mere fully the value of fruit and e we bought our first pep- - r -certain ‘ clrcumstances may be w__m:ea aMa > of food. are nourishing, refreshing, g and purifying, and conse- benefit the health and beauti- complexion. e skin of raw fruit should never and before eating grapes, or a1l fruit, care should be taken ove all impurities by washing. 1 unripe fruits should never An apple is the best medicine for a complexion which causes its owner esome uneasiness. Of course, there are apples and apples, and the lightest, crispest eating is the best. Acid fruits must be used sparingly at all times, especially by persons in- clined to rheumatic troubles. The continued use of an orange or shad- dock before breakfast will diminish the power of stomach digestion. They should be served with cereals or such foods as require only intestinal diges- tion. Many remarkable things have been claimed for oranges taken as food, such as making the complexion clear and beautiful and curing various dis- eases. The judicious use of oranges is & good thing, but a few precautions must be taken. > Be careful to peel the fruit thorough- ly, for the white pith just beneath the yellow rind is one of the most indi- gestible substances in the vegetable world. Do not eat too many oranges. One teken with the breakfast three or four times a week helps to regulate the sys- tem and keep the blood in good condi- tion. Don’t take an orange at night. This is the fruit which is gold in the morning, sllver at noon and lead at night. All fruit, as a rule, is more beneficial if taken in the morhing. Btrawberries contain a large percent- age of iron and enrich the blood. Many persons cannot eat them without caus- ing an eruption on face and neck. Grapes usually agree with delicate stomachs, for they are easily digested. The partaking of a slice of pineapple ‘ aftér-a meal is In accordance with phy- siological indications, since fresh pine- THE apple juice contains a remarkaply a0« tive digestive principle similar to pep- sin. The activity of this peculiar di- gestive agent is destroyed in the cooked pineapple. Patti has an insatiable appetite for stewed prunes, which she eats for her complexion. They afford the highest nerve or brain food and supply heat and waste, but are not muscle feeding. Green figs are excellent and dried figs contain nerve and muscle food. Nuts, which are ‘“one-celled fruits,” are not only useful as foods, but are of importance medicinally. For ex- ample, there is no better brain and nerve food than walnuts &nd blanched almonds. They are also useful as muscle-makers. Almonds give no heat or waste; walnuts give heat. Peanuts are a nerve food. As a panacea for insomnia, they deserve an honored place among the nuts. They are rich in albumen, of' which they contain 60 per cent, with 20 per cent of fat and nitrogenous matters. Doc- tors recommend them as valuable in the form cf soups and purees. In tropical countries, the fresh seeds of the peanut, which taste something like almonds, arc eaten. When roasted, they are used as a, substitute for chocolate. It is charged that laziness and self- HSOTES Goo2 PIGES IO f indulgence are the greatest causes of dyspepsia in women; in reality the trouble is caused by too much shop- ping, too many receptions, too many clubs. Women are reckless in the ex- penditure of their strength. Suddenly they find themselves utterly worn out. ‘When this exhausti occurs, instead of lying down for am hour’s complete rest before eating anything, they sit down to a meal more or less hearty, in order to rest themselves, as they think. The tired-out stomach is too weak to care for the load of food that is thrust upon it. By and by a dyspeptic condition Is induced, and the woman wonders what she has eaten that has brought on dys- SAN FRANCISCO SUNDAY CALL. pepsia. But it isn’t what she eats. It is the condition under which she eats that is making a dyspeptic of her. Learn not to eat when tired, and the stomach will take care of its food and 1tself. Eat little while you work. Eat enough once a day, and do no work for two hours afterward and don’t sleep within two hours of hearty cating. Eat slowly. in importance. Eat simple things and change your dlet frequently. Eat regularly—always at the same hours—and chew carefully. Careful eating, simvle food, slow eating, long mastication, are good things for bad complexion. Nothing can exceed that Answers to Correspondents. Lucy, Idaho and Mrs. H.—The best way to wave the hair is to divide it in strands as though abogt to braid it. But only take two stri , and for the third, substitute a bit of rather wide, stout ribbon, which is fastened to tne head by means of a hairpin. Make several of these pigtalls, using a gen- erous allowance of hair. Pin them to the head so that they may not be troublesome. In the morning you will have wavy locks, nice rippling waves. Of course, the hair must be moistened with water before braiding. Ruth.—Glycerine and mutton tallow are excellent té use for massaging. Use enough glycerin to soften the mutton tallow, or sweet oil will do quite as well. An excellent hair tonic to use once a weel is: Bay rum . 2 ozs. Olive oll . {eeeeads 02 Quinine . ceeececese. b gTB. A little rubbed on the eyebrows may make a heavier growth. H. O. J.—If your face is shiny don't use soap oftener than once a week and occasionally wipe off the face with a cloth dipped in equal parts of water and alcohol. The lock of hair you send is light brown In color. It 13 not blonde or auburn. A thorough sham- poo oncé in three weeks is often enough,®that is if you frequently mas- sage the scalp with your fingers dipped in cold water. G. L. 1L—To keep the joints of the hands from getting stiff, after holding the hands In water as hog as can be borne, massage them, both backs and palms as well as fingers, with sweet oll. Rub it thoroughly. Then dip the hands in hot water again, using soap. Rinse with clear water and rub on a lotion of 1 ounce glycerin, 1 dram acetic acid and 3 ounces rosewater. Do this at night and wear gloves. Marion Hawkshurst—For an ofly complexion wash your face night and morning with warm,water and use no soap. Twice a week, after washing the face at night in warm water, in which half a teaspoonful powdered borax is dissolved ig 1 quart of water, use this lotion: Rosewater, 1 ounce; benzoin, 1 dram; apply with a sponge or linen pad. Etta, Emma M. and Jessie.—For an eruption, steam the face once a week, by holding it over a basin of steam- ing water, and covering the head and face with a cloth. Then apply: Flour of sulphur ............. 2 drs. Tannin . «% dr. Vaseline .. 2 oz8. This emollient may be used every night. Rub it well into the flesh. Emily J—A very good and simple ANOTZER 1Ay o~ AT [Ier = &aling: — LTI AT remedy for hiccoughs is a lump of sugar saturated with vinegar. Hortense.—Lemon .juice 'in water may be used as a mouth wash, to sweeten the breath. Florine.—Wipe the face upward, from the chin to the forehead, and out- ward, toward the ear. Never wipe any part of the face downward. a cola’ lettuce Kate Reckless.—To color cream a dainty green, use leaves. Put them in a bowl, or por- celain-lined saucepan, boiling water over them, and turn it off in- stantly. Squeeze all the juice out of the lettuce with strong pressure, and stir it at once into the melted sper- maceti, almond ofl and white wax, of which cold cream is made: The mix- ture must beé stirred over the flre uatil the lettuce juice unites with the other ingredients. A lemon cold creamn whitens tanned hands. ‘In place of lettuce juice, stir in as much lemon juice as the preparation will take, or use a tablespoonful to 4 ounces of al- mond ofl and % ounce each of white wax and spermacetl. Let the mixture stand in cold water to cool. pour Gladys—Glycerin and lemon juice, half and half, on a bit of absorbent cotton, is the best thing to moisten the lips and tongue of a fever-parched pa- tient. A teaspoonful of lemon juice in a small cup of black coffee relieves a bilious headache. A slice of lemon, rubbed on the temples and back of the neck, is also good for headache. Mrs. B. J.—If troubled with itching eyes the best treatment Is to use a cool, weak salt water wash every few hours. Agnes—A good liniment for a rheu- matic joint is olive oil and spirits of camphor—about one tablespoonful camphor to one ounce olive cil. Lime water, mixed with sweet or iinseed ofl to a creamy consistency, is the Dest remedy for a scald or burn. A bottle of lime water is a house- hold necessity. To prepare it put a lump of quicklime, as big as the fist, in a clean earthen pitcher, cover it with cold water, stir with a wooden spoon and let it stand six hours. Pour off the clear liquid and bottle. EILDHQOD 18 the time for play. Every ¢hild should have plenty of vecregtion. - While 4t his play the young chlld should be left quite ‘free, though he may have some assistante -in- the selection -of ‘his aniusements, to prevent his selecting such- a8 may be injuriqus to him men- morally of physically; ‘othefwise he should have the triiming of doing what he wishes. If, as a chfld ' grows oider, e learns to -selett the right kind amusement® for himself, he is more’ ¥ to use judgment in the selecting s recreations when he Has become That: évery .adult should do this -i5-of great importance. - Most of e: who" go down ta destruction are started by. their getting into the habit £ ting debasing anrusements: nt kinds-of amusements. have erent influenees in. showing s objects, and in fitting him atis.. Bome ‘Kinds will exert nfluence. Otliers wiil dously.. Each® parent def, mot 50 much the: effect : ment at {he present time &s “Its_ profitable’ effect in. the futufe. ¢.'of great’ importance that- the ian. mu: S some lhl‘v‘fl:!l in his play. If pos- eitle the parent should, sometimes, manifest .that lively intérest which is % .proof of the parents’ sympathy. It ss to say that a child 'will en- a frolic with the parent, as with should feel that the parent really - take part in his ggmes, and otherwise - An‘d Do You Know Why You Should Choose All Its Playmates? e no other persen in the world. In after years, long after parents ‘have passed away, the child will remember the ‘happy times. What parent would ex- change, for money, the remembrance of the minutes spent in his parents’ bed in the morning? Who can ever forget the few minutes of romp with parents before being sent to bed for the night? Every child should have a playroom of some kind. It may be only a corner tn:the sewing-room for the baby; a corner in the garret for the older child; @ room {n-the barn or basement for the boy; but there should be some place which the child can call his own. Many pavents. will spend much time and money to provide a suitable place for a hozse, a_dog or even the birds of the ajr, yet never consider that their own dedr children have no place in which they can be perfectly free. The re- ture years be one of the most pleasant of all early experiences. If several rooms are fitted up with Interesting books, suitable furniture and pleasing devices, they will probably be no more appreciated by the children of the rich than .would be a corner in a garret, -with a few colored pictures, broken membrance of such a place will in fu- - chairs and discarded toys by others. No parent s too poor to provide such as would be greatly appreclated by his own children. Is it not worth think- ing about? Every boy and girl should find more amusement at home in the evening than in any other place. The home games for the young and the old should be more interesting than those which can be found elsewhere. Many a girl and many more boys would have been saved from lives of shame had some effort been made by the parents to provide suitable home amusement. Parents should remember that chil- dren are sure to have amusements; if not those selected by the parents, then those selected by themselves or by their companions, whose judgment it is frequently not safe to trust. The ques- tion to decide is, whether it is better to help them select amusements which are beneficial, or leave them entirely free to select their own amusements, which are likely to be injurious. To ask the questiofris to answer it. As before indicated, the character of a child's amusements is very import- ant. What they shall be is for each parent to help decide in the light of what he thinks best. However, it may be well tocall attention to a few of the characteristics which it is well for them to possess. - . They should be interesting. If they are not it will be impossible for the children to find muclr pleasure in them. They should be as instructive as it is possible for the children of the particu- lar age to enjoy. A great many social games may be selected for the reason that they involve a large amount of in- formation and intellectual training. “Fhey should be such that their in- fluence will impress the fundamental truths of right living. If they are such as to give the impression that luck is more apt to determine success than careful playing, or that dishonest Play is the best way to secure the desired end, a false idea is likely to be im- pressed and stick to them the rest of their lives. By such games endless numbers of bright young men have early been trained for dishonest lives. Nearly every child will have some playmates, either good or bad. Which it shall be will be determined by chance, partly by the wish of the child, o —_— Fourtegnth Talk By W. J. ?hearer - and, it is hoped, largely by the parent. Not excepting the influence of the par- ent and teacher, none is more powerful for the dewelopment of the child than the influence of his companions. Though the parent and teacher do all they can to help in developing high and noble characters, nearly all they have accomplished may be uandone by one or two companions whose influence has a blighting effect upon th> develop- ing character of the child. Though this is the case, it is not good for children to be alone. Such as are cannot develop as they should. Neither is it well for them to be much with nurses or those much older than them- selves. This results in unnatural and injurious precocity. should learn to play together in the proper spirit. This Is not always easy as it may seem, but it is important for many reasons. The utter folly of depriving a child ot playmates should be apparent to most parents. The child js being pre- pared for life; for companionship with others, Childhood is the time for him to learn to bear and forbear; to sympa- thize with the afflicted; to develop that loving kindness which will make him beloved in after years; to avold the wrong and select the right; to develop habits of self-control and self-denial; to discover that he is only one of the many, and not the only one to be con- sidered. In short, to learn all those things which will prepare him for true living. Since this is so, none but the foolish parent will strive to keep children away from others. There are many forms of evil which they should know nothing of. Yet there are many evils which all must know. The important lesson to be learned is to avoid the wrong, because it is wrong, and to do right, because it is right. The child who learns well this lesson will surely| develop a noble character. There is lif- tle hope for the one who fails to learn it. No wonder that the child most closely guarded quickly succumbs to all forms of evil temptation when the time comes for him to leave the secure home fortress. There are many things which a child can learn much better from children of about the same age than from adults. There are influences and impulses which he feels and develops only when in company with those of the same age. It there are a, Therefore let it ever Dbe remembered | of a Playroom You Should Provide for Its Games? — that it is of vital importance that those with whom he plays are such as will aid him in developing influences and feelings along right lines, rather than in the opposite direction. Because of the great influence of playmates, parents should be guided by this consideration in the selection of a residence. They should also consider carefully the selection of a place for the child’s education and the selection of the school. This important matter should also be considered in the selec- tion of servants. In very many cases the parent can have but little to say concerning these matters. However, this is no reason why attention should not be called to the importance of the subject. Where the parent can possibly do so he should take great interest in seeing that the school which this child attends is taught by a teacher whose influence is what it should be. Next to the parents there is no one person who will probably exert such a lasting in- fluence upon most developing charac- ters as do the teachers and compan- ions. It is the duty of every parent, not only to know who are his child's com- panions, but to study each companion that he may know what influence each DO YOU EVER TEACH YOUR CHILD HOW TO PLAY? | this way can any parent properly per- form the duty which devolves upon him in the training of his child. This can* nqt be done, unless the house is open to these compéiiions, and, unless there is a sympathetic ear for all the child may ha.ve to say cond§rning those with whom he is prone to play. Knowing the char- acteristics of each companion, the par- ent may easily encourage ‘play with some and insist upon the avoidance of others. Some parents insist that they-should leave the selection of a boy’s or girl's companions to the boy or girl. When it is too late they will probably discover their mistake. Surely, those who fail to appreciate the importance of doing all they can in the selection of proper companions, neglect one of the mest powerful agencies in the training of their precious children. It is very much to be doubted if the influence resulting from such neglect can be counteracted by anything else the parent may do on behalf of the child. Parents, then, should ever be mindful of the fact that, next to themselves, the companions of their children will most largely mold them. God has given chil- dren such sensitive natures that, uncon- sciously, they are influsnced by all those with whom they come in contact. They will imitate their playmates’ lan- guage, their walk and their actions. They will acquire the same tastes; their minds will run in the same STroove They will laugh or cry with them. They will feel noble, kind, earnest or have the oposite feeling with them. We must not forget that as a mirror they will reflect the peculiarities, both good and bad, of those with whom they associate.