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Newspaper Page Textin Anv TSnnk r I tCW JL UIILILcJO X iML XwHIJKX Ml I /—AS IV ■ 1 By WILLIAM LEE HOWARD, M. D. (Written by Special Request for This Page) ANY woman or girl can have, a good complexion without artificial aids So can youths and men. It all de pends upon remembering two or three sim ple things. First is, keep ever in your mind that the clearness and color of the skin comes from its condition underneath; not from anything you put on the outside. An other fact to remember is that in all healthy girls and youths there is a period of two or three years when nature t making over a new skin. This causes a lot of new arrange ments, during which there is some disturb ance in the tiny blood vessels and glands of the skin. It is at this point where com plexions are ruined for life —ruined because some powder, pomade, patent stuff or other injurious things are put on the face to cover pimples and blotches. Pimples in the‘girl or youth are only in dications of nature forcing out some ma terials which are not needed in the full grown person Putting anything on to cover these skin outbreaks makes matters far worse —sometimes so bad that you can never get a good, clear skin. Never use complexion wafers. Complexion wafers contain arsenic. Arsenic is a poison that accumulates in the body. A girl or woman who uses arsenic in any form to get a plump face or figure will have fat around How to Get MORE Out of Holidays THE newest movement for greater ef ficiency in both school and business life calls for a change in the calendar •o that all the holidays except Christmas and New Year’s shall fall on Monday. This is a very sensible suggestion. Under the suggested arrangement the principal holidays would fall as follows: Washington’s Birthday, on the Monday fol lowing February 22; Lincoln’s Birthday, on the first Monday in April; Memorial Day, on the last Monday of May; Independence Day, on the first Monday In July; Labor Day, on the first Monday in September; Columbus Day, on the second Monday in October, and Thanksgiving Day, on the last Monday in November. Why It’s COLDER When Windy A CHILL, penetrating wind does not make any day really colder, but it adds tenfold to discomfort and actu ally causes a greatly increased sensation of cold, or to state it more correctly, it makes it much more difficult for a man to keep the skin of his body up to the normal tempera ture- An accurately registered thermometer is an exact guide to the degrees of beat and oold, but it is grossly misleading so far as "feeling” oold is concerned. In no particu lar does this show more clearly than when the thermometer registers a few degrees be krw zero and the calm, clear cold is pleasant rather than otherwise, when a few days later the thermometer will show several degrees above zero and the unwary traveller is nearly perished in the biting blast that seems to pierce to the very marrow of his bones. The wind blows away the warm air en velope the body Is constantly forming That marvellously contrived self-controlling fur nace —the human body—keeps at the same temperature, 98.6’ Fahrenheit, Summer and Winter, night and day. (There are slight variations in individuals and among young Children, but otherwise in health this tem perature is constant). A surface as large as the human body, constantly fed by the fuel of food, kept steadily at a temperature of 98 6‘, radiates heat to a degree that seems in credible. It Is estimated that a man of aver age build, 6 feet 8 inches in height, throws off enough heat every day to raise six and one half gallons of water from freezing point to boiling point, and of this immense loss of heat, seven-eighths of it is radiated, con- Do You Understand “The Eternal FITNESS of Things?” ® ARTISTIC sense and good taste never clash with what is called the eternal fitness of things. The most flagrant violation of the divine fitness of things in al! history was committed in France during the Revolution, when a tannery was established for the express purpose of tanning human skins for the use of bookbinders. Os course, no pane person to-day would desire his library to contain an edition de luxe thus bound, nor would any sane person light his garden on a Summer night by setting fire to a human being who had offended him and over whom b< had previously poured tar, as Nero did in the good old days of Rome. In violating the divine fitness of things we commit an error In taste, of sentiment, and there are dozens of ways in which such an offense can be committed. Don’t consider yourself patriotic because, you dump the ashes from your cigar into an ash receiver in the shape of a George Washington head This is dcsecra tion as surely as using the American flag for adver tising purposes, which, fortunately, the law forbids us to do. So ihat neither you nor we deserve a medal for not doing it. You may have a tiny skull on your table at home, into which you dip your pen when inditing love letters Perhaps you keep it there to pride yourself on your Why Your COMPLEXION Is BADWhat to Do About It the kidneys, heart and other organs—ln other words will become diseased. There is absolutely no need for this drug or any other drug. In your body are materials for mak ing fat, good complexions and complete health. Never worry about pimples on the face or body. They are not the signs of bad blood or anything else in the maid or youth. On growing girls, as well as on youths, hairs are coming through the skin. In girls It Is an invisible down, but nevertheless it is the cause of skin eruptions often up tq twenty years of age. In the youth these pimples are the signs of a growing beard. The glands of the skin at this period are very active. These glands secrete an oily substance which later on keeps the beard in good health. In the girl they keep active until she is completely es tabllshed in her growth; then they subside In both young women and men the tiny hairs are pushing through the now tender skin. In doing this they make larger holes than the size of the hairs. This leaves littb openings around the hairs into which son: of the oily secretions drop, and along with this natural substance goes a little dirt. It is this condition that causes blackheads. If you are careful to keep your bowels well open—a most important fact to remember — eat nothing that gives you indigestion and drink water by the glassful, you will have a splendid complexion when the new skin is For obvious reasons Christmas and New Year’s Day would be left as they are at present. For workers who already enjoy a x weekly Saturday half-holiday this new arrangement would insure vacations of two and one-half days at fairly regular intervals throughout the year. Under the present arrangement there are two holidays treading on each others heels in February, which is a short month and also a season when the opportuni ties for outdoor amusements are limited. Many teachers and employers are in favor of the proposed new arrangement, believing that it would result in much less demoraliza tion to the schools and business than is now the case whenever a holiday fails In the mid dle of the week. ducted or evaporated from the skin J From this it can be seen how dense is the ( envelope of moist, warm air constantly en- { circling the body. An excellent example of) this is seen in the cold bath many people take j in the morning. After the plunge, if one can ) lie perfectly still, within twenty seconds the) radiation of the body has overcome the cold) of' the water and has warmed a thin film of j water almost to the temperature of the body,) and if the bather remains motionless and the 1 water is not disturbed this thin layer pro-< )ects him from the colder water beyond. Any ) movement of the water drives away this) heated layer and the body has to warm anew) what has*taken its place. But if it be run-) ning water, with constant change, this warm ) ing process has no chance. The wind, blow ) lug away the heated air, is identical in its) operation with a wave driving away the) heated layer of water. J Clothes are for the purpose of catching and' retaining this layer, or rather series of lay-) ers of heated air. For this purpose wool is) ideal (on a calm day), as it permits the evap-\ oration of moisture, which is necessary to' health, and being a poor conductor of heat, ’ retains the radiated warmth. But being' loosely woven for ventilation, an open woollen! garment is of little avail on a windy day, for \ the wind blows through Hence comes the ' value of fur, the skin of which is still porous ' enough to allow some evaporation, but which! by its structure does not afford an oppor-'! tunity tor the wind to blow through and thus! denude the body of Its Inside garment off wurmed air. ( steady nerves or to remind yourself of the mutability of human life If some dear friend were to die, you would probably be eternally grateful to the servant girl for happening to break that skull Into smither eens; for. in spite of your pride in them, your nerves are probably not as steady as Lord who de sired Shelley's skull that he might make a drinking cup of it. Don't allow your little girl to cut up your grand mothdr's wedding dress for doll’s clothes, even if It is wrinkled and yellow with age. Don't use the hair of someone who has died for a doll s peruque. Years ago a fad flourished which made it fashion able to have all sorts of articles, ranging from brace lets to napkin rings, made of human hair, and in those days it was considered quite the thing tor a j’oung girl to present her sweetheart with a watch chain made from the combings of her own raven or golden tresses. It was an expensive fad, and a hideous one. and it flourished lustily for over a decade. In the Forest Lawn Cemetery of Buffalo, for a stretch of half a mile or over, almost every plot pre sents the remarkable spectacle of having a figure or group in marble in place of a tombstone or granite "monument ' Many of these groups are minor mas- Copyright. 1912 by A meric* n- Examiner ®reat Britain Right* Reserved completely formed. Plenty of water taken Into the body will give you in time a glorious complexion. Tea, coffee, "soft drinks,” etc., injure your chances for a clear and attrac tive skin. So will a diet of pies, doughnut* and pickles. Never squeeze a pimple. If you do it i* /> SS®, i J® jIR b I%:' u J “It is at this point where complexions ar* ruined for life—ruined because some powder, pomade, patent stuff or other Injurious things are put on the face to cover pimples and blotche*.” YOU MIGHT TRY- For Your White Kid Gloves. AN easy way of keeping white kid gloves clean: When one Is going to an entertainment where white gldves are necessary old white lisle or silk gloves are drawn on over the kid and are removed when the hall is reached, thus saving time and money in renovating kid gloves. When There’s a Long Tear. KITEND a long tear in any garment which will not be subjected to close ■*•*■*■ inspection by putting underneath the break a piece of some strong fabric. Machine stitch on the inside down each edge, then turn the' needle to the middle and zigzag across the tear. This makes a perfectly i firm as well as a very neat mend. For the hard worn places on a small' boy’s pants it is the best possible treatment, strengthening a thin place i as well as mending it. \ A Simple Way to Beautify the Bathroom. A N ordinary bathroom can be given a beautiful tiled effect by the fol lowing arrangement: Form a high wainscoting of cement, three coats, the first, two of ordinary gray Portland cement, and the last of keen cement, which is perfectly white. Before the last coat dries lay it off with a marker in blocks the shape of a face of tile. The cracks thus made can be colored to harmonize with the tinting of the upper walls and coiling. Mending Oriental Rugs. ORIENTAL rugs which are badly worn can be satisfactorily mended at home. Reinforce the tender places by putting underneath them a piece of burlap. Match the colors in the rugs as nearly as possible in one cent skeins of worsteds. These will be too bright, so rub in strong coffee and dry thoroughly before using. Take the worsted double and sew closely through and through both rug and burlap, following the pattern of the ad jacent figures. Leave the stitches on the upper side longer than the sur rounding nap and shave evenly down to it. A Burglar-Proof Device. AVERY simple window fastening can be arranged to give additional security against burglars. About an inch from the frame on the right of every window a small hole may be bored in the overlapping sashes, going entirely through the inner and lower sash and almost through the outer When the window is shut a three-inch wire nail must be pushed into this hole until it is buried to the head. This nail should be fairly snug fitted in the hole, but capable of being easily withdrawn with the fingers. The ordinary sash lock can be pried open with the burglar's jimmy, but with the addition of the wire nail that trick is impossible. Water Absorbs Tobacco Odors. nV putting a bowl of fresh water in a room where men have been smok ing all odor will be absorbed by morning, provided cigar ends are not allowed to stay in the room. A bowl of water is also invaluable in cases of sickness, where the window cannot be opened. The water will change the character of the air in an hour or two. It will be seen from this how injurious it must be to drink any fluid left standing uncovered for any length of time. , terpieces Some are monstrosities. One of the most notable groups shows the young man whose grave it marks, reclining on h couch, his weeping parents at either side of him. And it is enclosed in a glass cupola to protect it from the weather. It is a beauti ful statue —beautiful in conception and execution as well —but the splendor and the glory of art as here evidenced makes of this cemetery, and this plot in particular, a showground for every curious chance wanderer through the grounds. There is something blatantly barbaric and uncivil ized in thus graphically depicting for the idle passerby the grief which has racked a household. And there is something grotesquely ridiculous in the tombstone to which Sarah Bernhardt makes an annual pilgrimage on All Saints' Day. It bears an inscription containing her name, and marks the spot where she will one day be buried. Funeral wreaths made of artificial flowers, whether these flowers are paper or straw or bead flowers, are in execrable taste. Real flowers are perishable, of course, hut so was the Hie of the person upon whose grave the flowers lie. If your perception of the eternal fitness of things is infallible, It shows that you apprehend the inner har monies—the esthetics of the spiritual world. liable to cause much harm, for, remember, they are only little inflamed spots and bruis ing them makes them worse and may bring on a skin affection known as acne. This latter skin affection is a difficult matter to cure. Wash the face night and morning in warm water and pure soap. Don’t use a highly scented soap. After this dash cold water over the face if you are going out into the cold air. Then be patient—your award will be well worth it. You cannot hurry nature in her processes of development. A sudden breaking out on the skin in the full-grown man or woman means something Is wrong with your system. It is probably due to indigestion, to a congested liver, breathing foul air or the eating of fatty sub stances. In many cases it shows the need of fresh, green vegetables, for these sub stances contain natural salts necessary to keep clean your internal machinery. In some individuals certain fruits will bring out a rash. Strawberries are very apt to do this. It is only a peculiar inability to get rid of the acids in the body which have been taken in with the fruit. It is nothing to worry about and the remedy is to leave such fruit alone. To those who are troubled by prickly heat in the Summer the thing to do is to bathe your body in water and vinegar. If after you have searched for the cause of a skin eruption and cannot find it in any fault of living or habits, do not try to cure Typhoid Germs and WATER rE Stomach responds to water in a man ner utterly different from its reaction to any other substance. Most people believe that water is taken into the system through the walls of the stomach. This in reality never happens. The walls of the stomach are almost Impervious to water. The stomach seems to have no means of i handling water, and no use for it. Accord- i ingly it passes It along to the intestines. Almost the moment water enters the stomach the pylorus or sentinel valve opens and be- i gins to let it through, in little gushes of about a couple of tablespoonfuls at a time, .into the intestine. A pint of water, taken with a meal, will get Its last drop Into the Intestine in about three-quarters of an hour. If taken on an empty stomach it escapes even sooner. The only concern the stomach seems to have regarding water is that it be warmed to blood heat before it is passed along. For this reason, a glass of luke-warm water goes through much faster than cold water, while Ice water greatly delays the process. Hot water, on the other hand, opens < the pylorus instantly and passes through i almost without hesitating. As the intestines are heaven for typhoid, warm water is the surest vehicle to get them there, safe, sound < and ready to start the disease. Milk, upon reaching the stomach, at once becomes a solid, and is treated by that organ in the slow, deliberate way in which it handles all solids. Before milk or any other i food can pass the sentinel, it must be ' thoroughly permeated by the gastric juices, SECRETS OF SUCCESS No. —For the Trained Nurse By THOMAS W. HOTCHKISS, Vocational Counsellqr. THE work of the trained nurse ought to be scientific and professional; while, as a rule, the nursing done by the neighborly friend or member of the family is not so, although it may be skillful. One may possess all the natural qualifications of a good nurse, still the training Is necessary to make the work of standard and market able first quality. The prerequisites are: Good health, strength, endurance, perfect hearing and good eyesight; gentleness, kindness, patience, tact, intelligence, adaptability to circumstances to meet unexpected difficulties without fear; re sourcefulness, obedience to instructions, neat ness and orderliness. Quick perception and ready sympathy must be united with deft hnd willing hands. The nurse must, love her work as Florence Nightingale loved it, and be pos sessed with vitality, courage and devotion to duty that will survive even in the face of death. The work is of a grade that requires a good education, at least that of the high school, although home study and reading are some times an efficient substitute. The nurse goes into homes of refinement and culture and joins the family circle. She must do every thing in a pleasing manner. Her personality, good breeding, intelligence and education will be her mainstay; and while she must take en tire cArge of the sick room, she is in honor bound to hold in confidence any knowledge of the family's private affairs which she may ac quire during her temporary connection with the household. Satisfied that she has the right qualifica tions for the responsible work she will have to do (for which purpose she should consult her family physician), rhe should then study the requirements of the various training schools connected with the hospital. Her it by applications. Go to a reputable physician. But here is one most important thing to remember in all health matters: If you have had a severe chill not due to un due exposure, go at once for responsible medical treatment. Most all serious diseases are ushered in by a severe chill-nature’s warning that there are some dangerous germs in your system —pneumonia germs, for example. There are, however, many skin eruptions due solely to your occupation. These can seldom be cured while the cause lasts. Very few of-them are dangerous, but they are an noying and troublesome. Eczema, which is found so often among washerwomen, house maids, barkeepers and dishwashers is due to the constant use of soap and water. Usually the character of the soap is at the bottom of the trouble. Barkeepers seldom escape from this kind of eczema of the hands and wrists. Its greatest danger lies in the itch ing, keeping the man or woman from restful sleep, and without regular sleep the human machine kicks and squeals. Builders and masons have a certain kind of eczema from the irritation due to Portland cement. Workers in aniline stuffs, especially dyer*, are also afflicted. Laundresses have a form of eruption on their foreheads which i* especially distressing. It is due to the steam. In fact, any substance which keep* the temperature of the skin over-hot or over cold will cause a skin eruption. which in themselves are pretty effective ger micides. Both milk and oysters are soon digested and passed along, but the gastric juices per meate them faster than other foods, so that in an hour, they are probably more sterile than pork and fried things are after they have been attacked by the stomach for four or five hours. The instantaneous response of the pylorus valve to hot water is the reason that hot water often is so effective in relieving indigestion. When the stomach is irritated by its failure to handle Indigestible foods, the pylorus shares in the general peevishness, shuts up tight and often sulks after the stomach is through and ready to pass the job along. In such cases half a cup of hot water acts as a countersign to the sentinel valve and passes everything by and the Indigestion is gone before the patient can believe it. In case of dilation of the stomach and stenosis of the pylorus, water does not pass through and the patient suffers from a kind of tissue thirst, and Is actually in the physi cal condition of a man Ina desert, dying tor lack of water. He will die, too, unless the stenosis is overcome or water supplied by enema or otherwise. While the walls of the stomach ignore water they greedily absorb alcohol, and the stronger the alcohol the quicker they seize upon it. This is one of the reasons why strong drinks, like whiskey, have so much quicker effect than the same or even greater quantity of spirits in beer or light wines. doctor will tell her where, in hfs opinion, it is best for her to apply. A certain prestige is gained by being a graduate of one of the larger hospitals; but circumstances may make it advisable for her to seek admission to the training school of the hospital in the small city nearest her home, and it may prove as profitable to build up a practice In her own town as to be one of the many nurses in a large city. The age requirement for admission to the school is, as a rule, at least twenty-one; in some of the smaller hospitals eighteen or nineteen. There Is a period of from two to four months’ probationary work before the candidate is accepted as a student, during which time she learns how to make beds, sweep and dust, serve meals and wash dishes, take care of the linen, clean and disinfect utensils and prepare surgical appliances. When accepted as a student nurse she signs an agreement to remain throughout the two or three years’ course, subject to the rule, of the school; she dons the hospital uniform and begins her more technical training under the supervision of the superintendent of nurses receiving in addition to instruction SSO to $l5O a year for her services. She attend, lectures by the surgeons and physicians, with recitations on anatomy, physiology and hy giene; foods for the sick, sanitation, massage and various diseases. She receives practical instruction at the bedside in the dressing of wounds, the application of blisters, fomenta tions, poultices, etc.; bandaging, giving bath, in bed, and many other important duties, in cluding the management of contagious dis eases. On graduation, she is entitled to use the degree of R. N. (Registered Nurse), after her name. Private nurses receive from s2l to S3O a week, with room, board and laundry. Nurses also find positions in institutions and hospitals, with pay from S3O to S7O a month and bomb.