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D L Heddtrion j| VOL XXH N O <i»> VIENNA. «A. • TIIUUSDAY, MAY, .0 UI04 of interest ,;ro women. PERSONAL CHARMS Cure o, the Hair and Hands. . Letter No. it) or a aeries of 20. Oop) i igineu lUUt by Christine Herrick, No woman who wishes to be attractive in appearance can aiforct to neglect uetai An-1 every woman .-houid wish to bo attractive. She fails of part of her mission in life when sue ceases to please the eye. She may be tiselul,—she should be useful,—but she should also be ornamental if she can com pass it. ... *Eveu it a woman cannot make of 'herself a radiant beauty, she can see to it that tlie minor pquits oi' charm are not neglected. .She can be abso lutely neat, and that is a charm in; Hseil...,6>nc can take such pains with her hair that if it u is not naturally beautiful it eau yet u look well. She may nut be able to aiter the shape ot her hands or to keep them always soft a.<d while. But thp skiu may ”§ Btnootli,, ftiitT tue uaiis well cared for. All those little items tuh.o tune, but they v are like some Other things of which we have spoken iii these papers, It is a tedious business to get them into goou ccnuiiion after they have been sulicied to become neglected, but It is a trilling mallor to keep them in good order, when they once look well. There ai'e many causes for care lessness oi uetaii. We all know what they are and some yield to olkJ variety, Homo to another. ...One woman, who does herownhousework, will tell you that her hair gets rough ai’ I unkempt because she has to sweep an uubt and .;■■■ oar.' of fires. Even if she protects her hair with a cap, pi becomes damp Ukiii jiieapirulion mid. tho dust .1- u i makes i harsh an I unmanageable. Ilex hands must go ii >all sorts of work, and show the marks of it. Using a • bun in spreads them out of shape, washing dishes and peeling vegetables soils and discolours them. ; 1 he girl vvUo indtUge: in outdoor ‘spuria arrives at tiie same results, >b’ui by a different method. After'a •day spent she wily concede nothing to the housekeeping woman for the dampness and dustiness of her hair, and she will claim that the effect of the sun and the wind, is as deleterious) do the whiteness anil shapeliness of her hands as any anlodnl of domestic twork. We may grant the argfirrieiit in 'either case. That is, we will allow that there is suflicient cause for the ihair and hands getting into bad shape. But is there any good reason why they should be allowed to remain so? Take first the case of the uhiS'2. Hcr arguments to the con- Hictry notwithstanding, sne is very icolia'n When she does not make practice of wearing a cap about her dusty Work. -It should be of some thin wash material, which can easily laundered, and it should be made in a way that is pleasiug. She owes that to the people *bou her as well as to herself.. the worn by babies’ nurses is a model, as it covers the lc completely, and when finished v a little frill at the edge - is not becoming. This cap, while it may prote the hair from dust does not, of course, save it froiii the effeot~e? I perspiration. v ,l’o avoid luo 'cvi! effects of this, so far as may hie, the ; nair should lie loosely put up when it is dressed and should Im. shaken out and allowed to dry at nigtt time,---not done up iu a hard knot, it should be wa hed at least twice a month, except in very cold weather-and tdionle not be sub mitted to the harsh dicipliue of hot curling irons. This may seem a hard saying, t> ihe woman wliote hair grows stringy from heat, whether she rides u wheel, plays an outdoor game or wields a broom or a fiat iron,—autt perhaps it would be a mistake to insist too strongly upon it. If a woman thinks she gels enough attractiveness from the curling tongs to make up for the damage she probably docs by the process it ill bucomos any woman whose hair curls naturally to ex postulate with hor, And it must bo owned that in many oases the difference in appearance between straight and waved locks is enough to make up for the trouble and time expended in achieving the latter. “1 would gladly give ton years of my life to get curly hair,” announced a woman, and when some one protested, she - wont on caimij, “That would probably b# Ibss thi n I shall give first and last to curling it with the tongs.” The girl who does outdoor things does not have iho'way made as o.i for her so fur as her hair is concerned. No •• that me OiSioin has arisen of going bareheaded, tho ha.r is said to be more luxuriant than when, it wasTep: under a close hat. i’nio is probably true. But wiiilo one may pardon dishevelled tresses iu a girl flying down against the win l oil a wheel or on horscbacx, or driving her ball across the golf course or over a tennis net, tnat does not excuse her appearing in tue same trim,—or lack of trim, in the house. Wheu she comes back from I her outdoor sports she snould get I h6i self-in to tb# .guise of a well j brought up young womah and uot of a'houlcii. The outdoor girl, too, should wash her hair twnio a month. Not with strong detergeuts but with a rational shampoo,—an egg shampoo is the best. Tlie egg,•••tlie white and yelk mixed together,—is to be applied to the scalp and the hair, amt then washed off with a little green soap dUolvcd in warm water. This process oyey, fresh water must be used and hot, until the water runs clear from tho hair, proving that all other applications have (men rinsed out, are tho tresses ill a stale to bo dried. The care of the hands consists in prevention moro than inquire. The housekeeper may declare that it Js impossible to wash dishes, sweep and do similar tasks with j'lovea on. In that case it is well to quote to her the remark of tho French lover, when his well beloved had demanded a difficult act from him. 1 * Madame, the thing 's impossible,—therefore it shall be dono, ” A little practice will prove to her that it is by no means impossible, if sue shruid from- wearing tho rubber gloves that come for such use, tako TTitl gloves belonging to a mail of the house, cut off tue finger ,ips, stitou the ends of the seams so ( tLat (they ■will not ravel out ami put ,those gloves into service ao protect ^her hands. Tlie worst soil will ho kept from them, as will be the chapping that is tho result of plunging tlie bauds first into hot water and (then into eold. j .j But there are other means of taking care of tho bauds- Always there should bo close by the wash basin a bottle of glycerine and rose water or of some other preparation which will whiten and soften the skiu und this should be usod when ever tho h;indB are washed. There should bo a lemon, with which to take stains from tho lingers. jTho housekeeper should know that the Inigos of n .lighted sulphur match will take pm the *uva9 by hulling strawberries, and that one pan restore ban iy that are sodden after holding them in hot water by putting them iff vinegar for a few minutes. Tko woman who stays in tho house, has really an ’easier time keeping her hands in order than does the outdoor woman,—although tho latter wins so muuh by nor fresh air habits that she should be willing to liavo more trouble for tno sake of them. She, too, may wear glove*— but she does uot, as a rule. On the coutrary tho ambition of the present day woman seems to bo to get not only her hands but her" arms and neck as brown as tho circumstances will permit, it may be,,a sonsiolo fad, outfit dues net add chamT. There scorns to bo no good reason why a woman Bl.ould uot keep her complexion and her health at tho same time. ^It is.net much of a bondage to put a little cold cream and powder on one’s face before olio goes out for a spin or a game, ami to make an application of the £sumo sort after one returns. It is oortainly better than j.aj pooled ^ noso jitul blistered checks. 'S*33jiij “There isn’t a complexion in.ijtho state of Texas,3 I heard stated one day. The harsh winds, the,hot sun accounts for that. But there iB no reason why girls in other parts of the Union should impose Texas conditions upon thomsolvos. ; _j£j Suggestions have already been given as to the protection that ‘ may 06 accorded the (complexion it tno gli'l who is going to expose horsoTf to the sun and wind will apply a little,—a very little,—cold ordain to tiie face aud then dust it with (Continued on pngo‘2) I CAN SELL YOUR REAL ESTATE OR No Matter Where It Is Send Description and Cash Pric And Learn How # Have, or Can Find The Property You =Want to Buy V>\/iiLr MW Wj