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THE GEORGIAN’S MAGAZINE PAGE The Right Road to Health By ANNETTE KELLERMANN. THE WOMAN WITH ’NERVE.-”—TH E CAUSE AND THE REMEDY. One of the main reasons why women do not attain the full perfection of beauty which nature intended them to havens because they constantly en courage the destructive element which • we.-caii "nerves'’ for short. Tire woman with "nerves is never quite healthy or beautiful, because of the- constant drain on her forces. The nervous woman is always tense, and. this tension shows itself in odd wavs. The woman with a certain kind of nerves simply starves her hair right off her scalp, because she keeps those e;?Jp and head and neck muscles so tight that not enough blood can get up there to nourish the hair. Then she goes to a scalp specialist and gets mas aage treatment, which helps some, but the’ real trouble lies in herself. Another woman finds that she sets her'jaw and frowns all the time quite unconsciously. Her nerves have gone to her face. Another woman holds her shoulders ' right; the next one never takes a good, long breath, the third gulps her food down. Another girl un consciously contracts the muscles of the waist and chest. If you ask them why they do these things, why they are so tense, why they cut off the blood supply in some part of the body by contracting the muscles—the answer always is: Oh, I'm so nervous I can't * help it. Always Awkward. The person who is nervous and tense Is almost always awkward and if for that reason alone "nerves’’ should be put a stop to. You notice I did not say controlled, because this physical tension, which is the result of nervous ness, can not be controlled in the ordi nary way . The more you control it. the worse It gets and girls, particularly children who are forced to “control” .this kind of nervousness, often become quit© ill as the result of the wrong method of changing the condition. YAu can overcome “nerves'’ and mus cular tension by relaxation and hy re laxation only. To find out what relaxation really is you must contract your already stiff muscles even further and then let go. The first delicious feeling of relief is just the beginning of what real relaxa tion is going to mean to the nervous woman. A Good Example. When you watch a cat wake up. > stretch itself, stiffen every muscle in its body and then relax completely, you have a perfect example of how the re laxation ’exercises ought to be done to > o\er<-omo nervousness. I’m going to begin with the girl who has a nervous.ctenise face, with lines of worry and anxiety and a set frown be tween the exes. I want her to take advantage of every opportunity to do this relaxing work. She can practice in street cars, and whenever she has an odd moment. Sit in a- comfortable chair and rest the head against the back. Close the eyes. Relax the jaws and let the mouth open - naturally. Put your mind on the muscles of your own self. Try and feel yourself relaxing and CASTOR IA For Infants and Children, The Kind You Have Always Bought Colorado Is Nature's Big Repair Shop Your overhauling is due. Your nerves are frazzled. Your sleep brings no rest. Your appetite is an insult to the cook and your digestion is a loafer. You’re run dow n. And why not? How long do you think blood and flesh will submit to the pounding you’ve given yourself for the last year? Go out to Colorado and let the hills take you in hand. Take a daily bath in the mountain air, forget your worries and hurries and play for a month. Come back with man power like horse power and make the next eleven months count for twenty-four. It’s cheap to get a man who can work like two at the cost of a month’s rest. And the nund-trip fares are low enough for any pocketbook. Any way of going to Colorado is a good way, because it gets you to Colorado. But the best service is that afforded by the Rock Island Lines The people you meet en route the scenes through which you pass —the many delightful surprises, make a trip on Rock Island trains a part of your vacation. Through Sleeping Cars From the Southeast electric lighted and strictly modern—are operated in con nection with the l-risco Lines. The Colorado Flyer -every morning from St Louis—and other fast daiiv trains rom St Loni , Ka> .1. City, MemphL, Chicago, Omaha and S'. Joseph for ( olorado, .'ellowstone Park anil the Pacific ("a-t. Write for our booklet' "Under the Tur queue .ST) " and "Little Journeys in Colorado" and details of fare 1 and service. H H. HUNT. District Pass. Agent 18. No. Pryor St., Atlanta, Ga IHS* - Phone Mam 661 letting go up there. You can do it bet ter by just tensing all thgse muscles over which you have control, and then letting go of them. Contract the fore head muscles and then relax them. Do this repeatedly. Each time you will be able to relax a little more. Now. take the cheeks and jaw muscles. Work over every set of muscles, contracting them vigorously and relaxing. In a little while your face will begin to tin gle. a sure sign that the flow of blood is increasing in those tense set muscles. After some practice you will lose your nervous expression naturally, for ten sion yields to relaxation, but not to rig id control, which simply increases the nervousness. EXERCISE FOR NERVOUS INDI GESTION. People afflicted with this trouble should eat very slowly, masticating carefully and long. They should avoid teas, coffees and highly spiced, rich or heavy dishes, and get out in the open air just as much as possible. Here are two exercises which will help if done night and morning: Stand erect, place the left hand on the left side of the body just above the waist. Inhale and stretch all the mus cles of the left side upward, lifting ribs and shoulder to the highest degree pos sible. The abdominal muscle will con tract. Hold this position for several moments, then relax completely and ex hale. Another good exercise for nervous indigestion and for nerves generally consists in a vigorous contraction of the muscles of the hack while lifting up the ribs. Take a big breathand. lift up the chest. Feel the contraction• in tlie back. Hold the position as long as you comfortably can. Now relax .com pletely. Repeat until you oegin to yawn. Where the shoulders have been held too rigidly exercises with the staff holding body and arms very tense, makes these muscles so tired that one instinctively relaxes them after the ex ercise is done. Hold the body straight and rigid, grasp a staff in both hands, inhale and raise staff above the head back of the shoulders up again and down to the chest, exhale, relax and lower the staff. A Fine Exercise, One of the finest exercises for tens ing and relaxing all the muscles of the body is spear or'stick throwing. Get a small spear—a stick with a. sharp point will do. Alm at a target and take a few running steps before throwing the spear, which should be held shoul der high. While you are throwing the spear every part of body is vitalized and tense. As soon as the spear or rod leaves the hand the muscles relax. This relaxation, practiced steadily, is ths cure for nerves. It is more a mental than a physical process and no on, • can relax physically without an effort of the will. Fortunate "Sir,’’ I have no home.” began the seedy looking man. "and—” "No taxes to pay. no rent, no coal bills, no worry over the rise in milk prices! Permit me to congratulate you.” "1 have no job, and—” "Luck chap! No danger of being dis charged.” "But I am serious. I have no money, and —” “.No temptation to spend it foolishly on able-bodied 1 beggars. Why, you're a veritable child of fortune. Good da y ! ” - Clothes and manners both ! . ) change with the ‘ wa y a d° es hcr hair, and f \\ the wa y fo er (j) ; j|,\\ complexion ZgfcfcrßjsKr \\ looks a ISl|||L ft '• • • -’'■wwjk r Miff?-:/-AIB WB BEf •’ - ||||||||» T.t-A .uA*^** 0 X\ *■* jBEb RW I «BB / Learn to make the most of your good looks. By MARGARET HUBBARD AYER BEFORE I go on with the making of our pretty girl I want to an swer some of the mane questions that have poured in from girls between fourteen and sixteen' regarding their complexions. I always feel deeply sympathetic with girls of that age. because It is a very trying time. One isn’t quite a’y'oiiiig. lady yet, and one Is not a child, and clothes and manners both change along with the manner irr which one .does one’s hair, and the way one's complex ion looks. A girl' of fifteen who had taken my last article' very seriously to heart wants to know what in the world she will do. "The giils at school are making fun of me,” she writes,-"because my face is shiny just like a mirror, and yet you say I must not use powder. All the other girls do, so what shall I do?" Personally I would much rather see a shiny little nose than one that was all chalked up with powder, but, my. dear, if it worries you so much, here are a few simple ways that you may try to overcome the greasy look: In the first place I want you to re member now and for always that the lotion of treatment which agrees with one skin won't agree with another, and you want to try and experiment until you have just the right treatment which agrees with you. showing t’qe best re sults. The Reason Why. The reason your face is so greasy is because the little glands which find their outlet in the pores of the skin are not working properly. J explained to you in my last article tftat during this trying period of read justment between childhood and young womanhood the circulation of the blco 1 is very apt to go ob strike somewhere, and cause you all kinds of trouble like pimples and blackheads, or a very oily skin. These troubles will’right them selves in the course of tine. especially if you are careful of your health. In the meantime, I would suggest for the, girl with the greasy face that she try one or the other of these treatments. Os course, I take it for granted that you don't omit your daily bath, and that yon wash your face carefully and thor oughly both night and morning. The investment of a face brush will repay you by clearing the pores of all im purities, and making it much easier for you to work on your complexion. The soap you use on your face need not be an expensive kind, but it must be pur.e. Many soaps can be used on the body or hands, but should not touch the face. If the soap stings it is too strong for the face, and one of the simplest tests is to taste it with tip tongue. If it does not "bite" it can be used on the face of the most sensitive skinned girl. Scrub your face with the brush and soup, taking especial pains to scrub around the nostrils and chin and ow the temples where blackheads are likely to appear. Rinse the far e .With several warm waters and then .cold water and dry carefully and thoroughly. If you use a facecloth, take good care to see that it is kept clean. After you have used it wash it out in clear water with a little ammonia and hang it up in the window to <]rv. • Instead of Powder, Instead of using powder, if your nose is really very shiny, get your mother to give you about a teaspoonful of ep sotn sadlts; boil about four oupces of water and dissolve the salts in the water, bottle it and mop a little of this liquid over your nose when you want to be sure that if is not going to look shiny. By adding a tilth mon epsom salts vpu can make , ( simple and excel lent blen-'h f"l n»'k and fare The Making of a Pretty Girl Fite Face of Beauty, and Some Questions Answered // // < u i I I \\ Jy G> Beauty depends greatly on the way you take care of your natural charms. Don't let your mother throw away any bits of cueumber, either the pulp or the peel, because cucumber juice is one of the best things for the com plexion, and you can rub it on at night or during the day. It acts as a bleach and will correct the oily look. On warm days, when your face shines, you may be able to beg a little bit of w hite wine vinegar—about a ta blespoonful—and pour it into two cups of rain water. Wipe your face with this, and add a few drops of perfume to the water if you like sweet odors. Now for the girl whose skin is blotchy. Os course, she assures me that there is not anything the matter with her little stomach, and. as I don’t know' my correspondents personally, I can not deny that they are right. But usually, dear Sweet Sixteen, your face is a pretty good indication of the con dition of your blood, and if it is blotched just now, ask your mother if she won t mix you up a good, old-sash, ioned dose of sulphur and molasses. I think probably it would do you good, for I have seen more complexions clear up with the simplest of remedies than I care to remember. The Girl With the Red Nose. The girl with the little red nose is ex ceedingly indignant at me because I .said It might be due to stricture of some kind, tight lacing, tight garters, etc. She also insists that she has not Indigestion, so 1 shall advise her first of all to avoid all sudden changes in temperature, not to get overheated if she can avoid it. to cut tea and coffee out of her bill of fare, together with spicy foods and too much meat. Sometimes, if the nose is very red, a warm foot bath will allay the discom fort, and the feature will return to its ordinary coloring. On the whole, how ever, the nose shows indiscretion in eating, and anaemia, which means a poor or weak condition of the blood, and a chronic case of red nose should be turned over to the family physician and cured, because it is an indication of some real trouble. Sweet Sixteen complains quite bit- I hat Wicked Round Into the little village of tVuzzlevlale there came a circus, with brazen band, gaudy posters, mammoth elephants, su perlative clowns and fiery, untamed lions. The boys of the place were mad with excitement, and the young son of a no. tot iou.-ly close-fisted old la enter rushed up to his father and eagerly demanded the nimble quartet with which to view th'- show "What!" demanded the old skinflint, f’lease. father," camo the meek and mild reply. "Young man,' answered th< oldster sadly, "it was only last month that I lei you go to the lop o' t' hill to h . eclipse of the sun. My lad. do you want all your Iff® tn be one wicked round of gayety Tll.-n the bor got itted terly in her letters of the shape of her mouth. Now. the mouth is shaped by char acter, by the thought and will behind the face. The Italians say that our eyes are what God intended us to be, and our mouths show what we have made of ourselves. At your age, with all of life before you. almost any kind of a mouth can bo made into a feature which expresses character, strength and sweetness of disposition, and that, after all, is real beauty. For the consolation of the girl with the big mouth, I want to tell her that it is a sign of a generous nature, and that both men and women are begin ning to be rather critical of the tiny rosebud mouth, which is apt to say more bitter things than the bigger, if less classic, lips. if you don’t like the shape of your mouth, learn to enunciate with great care and distinctness. The preacher in the pulpit is a good exam ple to follow, or if you know of a j" .4* (• ■M ■bSX XwBPW \\ -• \\ / \ \ i I \\ 1 1 II teacher who speaks almost too pre cisely. imitate that teacher. Careful enunciation is an exercise for the lips. It strengthens all the muscles in the lips, and if you form the habit, in time you will get the well shaped lips which distinguish our best actresses and ac tors. Do You Know That Germany possesses* 17,000 credit banks. Throughout the Chinese empire there are only 347 postoffices. In the reign of Edward 111 only three taverns were allowed in London. Translated literally from the Hebrew, the yyord Sabbath means "to rest.” In the Chinese province of Che-Kiang a new method of executing prisoners now prevails. Instead of beheading them, criminals are first chloroformed and then shot. Eleven new members of a colored se cret society in Alexandria, Va., were undergoing Initiation when the floor gave way, and.they all fell Into a cel lar. They believed that it was part of the initiation ceremony. A carpenter, aged 70, who led to the altar at Cheltenham Parish church a widow, forgot the ripg. The ring of the handle of the church door key was utilized, and the marriage service was com pleted. Drunkards in Germany will for the future be sternly looked after by the state. Each town must keep a record 'of al! the hard drinkers, and the city medical men are bound to rqport those who habitualy imbibe to excess. Nadinola Talcum 8 WILL PLEASE THE MOST EXACTING There’s None Better Contains More Antiseptics Set* free just enough oxygen to keep the skin white, soft, smooth and healthy Nadinola Talcum Powder is composed entirely of sanative ingredients Soft as' velvet Guaranteed By toilet counters i or by mail 25 cents NATIONAL TtllLtl t.OMFANr. faru. Twm. Daysey Mayme and Her Folks BY FRANCES U. GARSIDE. A BOY is of no use to any one in the world but his parents, and he is only of some use to them because of the Hopes he represents. At least this is the opinion of Day sey Mayme Appleton, and she has a brother, and knows. But recently she discovered a use for a good, live boy which she recommends to all households that know the an noying pinch of limited means. The supply of chinaware in the Ap pleton home was getting diminished. Pitchers looked as if they had been un duly inquisitive and had been smashed in the nose: cups and saucers bore signs of a fight, and plates were so outlined with cracks that one could shift his potatoes and study the map of Europe, and move his meat and pick out 'a map of Mexico. "We can't afford to buy a new set,” said Daysey Mayme, "but we will have one nevertheless.” So she urged a wealthy cousin to visit them and be sure and bring her Angel Child, a boy of ten. They came. Daysey Mayme gave the Angel Child a bean hag and a football, and encour aged him to may in the house, having first taken pains to put the cracked china where it would be a target. He broke it all! When Mrs. Apple ton wept over the loss of her china, "some pieces had been heirlooms in the family for years, you know,” the cous in generously bought her a dozen new 'WLZAd r i IW T A ■Er i A \ nSlrFttai At M-M Anty Drudge on True Economy. Mrs. Nuwed—‘‘Vm economizing by doing my own wash ing. By boiling the clothes a long time I can get th« dirt out without much hard rubbing.” Anty Drudge— “Economizing shucks! You’re burning up money in fuel and wearing out your clothes faster when you boil them. Use Fels-Naptha in cool or lukewarm water without boiling. You’ll save fuel, save your clothes and you won’t have any hard rub bing. That’s true economy.” How much are the clothes worth that go into your weekly wash? Many dollars at least. Isn’t it worth while to take good care of those clothes, to make them wear as long as possible? Then, why soften them by boiling and hardrub them into holes on the washboard? The Fels-Naptha way of washing will save your clothes. Fels-Naptha will cleanse them thor oughly in cool or lukewarm water without boiling or hard nibbing. The clothes will be sweeter, cleaner and whiter than you can get them any other way. And they’ll w’ear twice as long. Remember, —whether winter or sum mer, no boiling, no hot water, no hard rubbing. l ime saved, fuel saved, work easier, less bother. Follow simple directions on the red and green wrapper. GIFT GOODS OF SUPERIOR QUALITY We do not wish to sell you the cheapest jewelry to he had. but that which yon can admire not only for its intrinsic worth, but its durability as well. We have always stood for the best, and our present showing is no! an exception to the high standard we have maintained in the past. We are show ing one of the largest collections of articles suited for wed ding presents in the history of the store. We invite you to see it. (PIJGBN E V fl AYA7ES (jo.) yMITFHAI / plates, and took her Angel Child home. "That is good so far,” said Daysey Mayme, “but It is not enough. You and father must celebrate your china wedding.” "But we have been married 40 years,” gasped her mother. “Why, YOU are. past 30!” “They don't know I am in this town,” said Daysey' Mayme. “But if any sus pect it I will dress in away to allay their suspicions." So the invitations were Issued, and when the guests arrived, each equipped with a pickle dish, a soup tureen or a gravy bowl, they were met at the door by an old-iooking creature. True, she looked to be past 30, but plainly she wasn’t, for she wore skirts that didn't reach her shoe tops, and her hair hung in a braid down her back. She kept a finger in her mouth, and looked at the guests shyly. And at the table she . behaved most terribly, screaming for more ice cream and kicking when she didn't get it. "My little daughter," explained Mrs. Appleton, "isn’t used to such late hours.” Her Light Went Out Mary had a little lamp. 'Twas full of kerosene: One day the lamp it did explode: Since then she's not. benzine.