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EVERYDAY

L

FAILINGS

When to Call

IFE is so full of

the things you should do and

the things you ought to avoid doing that it

13 vary seldom the

a Halt

model individuni is to be found. Habits may be good or bad, but it is with tho really bad ones that this article is con- semed.

Let us take the eyes firat, since you who are reading are using them

at this moment, When you get ben tween the forties դու Hities ncar vision begins to wenken. Distant ob-

I

Foolish Mrs. Beetle!

SPENT one of our mare hot evenings in the theatre watch- ing the Insect Play, in which a Jamous pair of brothern showed un ins the form of the insect worlti,

I naw the gay butterflies inconstanl and shallow, flitting from one interest to another; the busy ants, their exnet opposite, speeding up their work ever faster and Inter; empty headed Cricket, talking far too muchi; and the deadly by whose care for his family made him cruel and merciless lo every one oulade .

I didn't want to be a butterfly, or in ant, ority, or a cricket, but least of nt did I want to be a beetle, Mirs. Beetle had stayed und tollect all her fe to roll her tile hali of dirt. Engrossed in her own ittle Bfe. and her own little "Kavinga, she saw no bentity around her, Inoking to the day when she would have made her pile.

funny tr face wan all puckered and worried; she did not dare raise her eyes for a moment,

Tragic Mr. Beetle, it was and when a robber brello took her hule pile, arri with it took the whole of her life. For she had none of the treasure which Do Tobber can take away, memories of unny dayя by the Ren, of rustling woods, of bird rongs at dawn; no warming memories of helpful deeds and comradeship which held fast in the and time and brought an added glory to the good ones,

Poor, foolish Mrs. Brettel

MINNIE PALLISTER

Wear KAYSER

jects are seen as clearly

as over, but you find that you have to hold your book or paper farther and farther away.

Headaches, due to eye- strain, follow, but many people will put up with that in order to avoid

wearing glasses.

This is bad for the eyes, which can easily be corrected by proper lenses Brain of tills kind harms the eyes and reacts on the general health.

"Children with poor vision should not. be allowed to get into the habit of poring over books, especially in bad light.

Great care should be taken to ace that they ait properly in their chairs whilst roading,

and that

the table is

not

high

not

100

and

Loo

low. Faulty

posture

priy in-

by A

PHYSICIAN

correctly

crease the defect Habits of posture are Important from the point of view of health apart from visual trouble. If you Learni to Ait when you arc young, and are Laught

hold Lo

Khoulders your back, you won't develop. the habit of sitting or walking about ilke a living question mark. Buch posture cramps the development of the chest sou hampers the Jungs,

Sensible Dict

Hearing is such an important special méme that every care should be taken of the cara. Yet it is no un- rommon thing to see many people irritated by the wax thai collects in the ear passages, trying to remove with a match stalk or pin head,

These methods may damage the drum and should never be adopted. The correct way of clearing the enr passages of obstruction is to have them syringed by someone who known how to do it. A physteinn once ania," Never put anything in your ears smaller than your elbow."

A piece wie odvice which all would do well to remember, I over-calling is a bad habit, is un- der-feeding a good one? The answer to this question is a decided No. Under- feeding lowers the powern of resist. ance to disease, and may result in Herlaus trouble, such as lung taberet-

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Slimming is only medically advisable when the weight is grocaly whove normal or the excess fat due to come disease or deeleney,

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IM at being smart and well groomed rather ilian pretty looking, If you've passed the age of forty,

a pale mauve eyelld make-up is becoming to most colouring.

In preference to mascara for your lashes, curl First-your head. Avoid centre partings for them with lash curlers and brush them up with a your hair; rigid waves: fussy curls; hair over the dark cream. By night, experiment with coloured face. Drastic dyes, Have a smooth sleek head cosmetique. Blue or green or marron. If the with hair cut to show the shape. Have it dressed Inshes are really pale, use marron for day and blue with an upward movement; flat curta set well behind or green for night; but never black, the cars give sagging contour an uplift. Take the Rouge. Avold using too much rouge; and all advice of your hairdresser about colour rines and orange tones in rouge patiek. They are hardening brighteners and don't be afraid to try them out to any but a youthful skin. Have reds with blue in They will bring new youth and vitality to your hofr. them. They will flatter you. If you have a clear skin and eyes and hair, try the effect of no

dark Next-make-up. Avoid pronounced сука

Une a warm-toried liquid foundation rouge at all. shadows. (Over forty, shadow is a mistake: it with a warm-toned powder, and have plenty of tends to make the eyes look sunken.) Black

colour on your lips. mascara; over-plucked eyebrows.

,

Have yours brows trimmed to a natural line, but give them a lift at thy outer corners. If they are pale, brush them with a dark ointment or light effect of flesh-coloured foundation cream on your brown mascara. Instead of eyeshadow, try the eyelids. Work it well round the inner corners of the nose where the shadows lurk. It will make *your lids,look larger; your lashtes darker. For night,

The

For an evening make-up, use a cream rouge under a liquid foundation, and afer powdering. touch up with powder rouge of the same tint as the cream rouge. It will soften down hard lines and enhance the colour of your eyes.

Manicure, Avoid wearing dark and exotic varnish colours. Have natural or rosy tones. These make the hands look zoignee without attracting too much attention to them.

PERFECT LADY

"OUNG people to-day

Y

are less formal in their introductions-- but you ought to know the rules.

A man is always introduced to n Misu woman thus: Mr. Brown

Smith. His name is mentioned first on all occasions, even when ru wish to be more formal and go about this way! "May I Introduce Mr. Brown to you, Miss Smutn?"

There is no need for the woman to extend a hand-she should merely bow.

When introducing ko WONICH, introduce the younger one to the elder, the unmarried to the morried, or the lady of lower ratik to the one of gher. In each case mention the name of the person being intrectives first.

A woman does not rise when meet- inman úniers he in her host ar some one to whom the has reason f show great respect.

The Woman Decides

FTER a formal introduc- A

tion between a man and woman, it is up to the woman to continue the acquaintance. In meel- ing again in the street, the woman should always bow first-if she does nol, then the man will take it that she does not wish to know him.

Letters of introduction for travel-

attends to

her

correspondence

Merely "Dear So-and-So, this is to introduce, Mins X, who is coming to live in your neighbourhood."

When you arrive in a strange place with a fetter of Introduction, either leave it with your visiting card al the house or post it in advance with your own visiting card in another mall envelope inside. Then wait for n Dove from the other person, who should at once invite you to call, dine or lunch.

Choose Carefully

THE rules about ordinary letter writing are few. In writing to new hequaintances keep to plain paper of discreet colour, and end "Yours sincerely." You will be Judged by your choice of paper even to-day.

the third person Only write in

or when on very formal occasions you are replying to a letter in the

The third third person,

persun

is useful for ordering from shops, as it does away with the neces- sity of addressing the shop per- sonally,

When sending postcurds m no

Degin

with

your

straight awny message and then merely add your Tane at the end.

Always Write to Her

ETTERS of Invitation

should

be short and

simple, and in inviting husband and wife write to the wife always, even it you haven't met her, and refer to her husband in the letter as Mr. Bank-not as "your husband,

In writing to people of title it is now the rule to write the full title and courtesy title at the top of the letter and then begin quite simply "Str" or "Madam," as the more formal modes of address are not used by the majority of titled people nowadays.

if it is a business letter, that is another matter, and you will find the ecrrect procedure set out for you in office reference books and daries.

Bu careful In

addressing the

wife of a knight or baronet to call her Lady Brown-if you add her Christion name you will be, altering her runk to thant of a duke's, marquis's or earl's daughter.

If

HENRIETTA

Is Your Name

Jers should be simple and short. necount address any one directly, Symbol:"

RHEUMATISM By Family Doctor

AN elderly man came in one day hobbling painfully on two sticks. He told me his wife was equally stiff from rheumatism, but as she refused to go about with sticks she was compelled to remain at home.

One glance at the old gentleman's mouth convinced me that the cause of the trouble was not far to seck, though not so easy to get rid of.

IS teeth were septle, and broken and his gums fout. When

I told him is he said proudly that his teeth had lasted him so far and they would see him to the grave. So that was that. He went home armed with mouth washes and medicine to case the pains in his limb-but a permanent cure could not be inoked for in such a ense.

WIT

WITH regard to his wife's rheumatism, this appeared to be that form of fibrosis or stiffening of the muscles from which too many women suffer alter middle age.

Possibly worry and anxiety' and a diet containing an excess of protein have been the starting point of the trouble, but whatever the cause, this form of rheumatism is difficult to cure.

Hot baths, massage and embrocation bring temporary relief. Change of climate and babit usually helps, but this. alas, is nut always possible for these elderly people.

A salt-free diet and a herbal tea such as Maile tes does good in some cases. This tea can be obtained from most grocers or chemists,

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Put a whole stewed pear into cach of several individual glasses, slightly thicken some pear syrup with a little cornflour, and add the juice of half a lemon and a tablespoonful of ground almonds. Pour a little of this over each pear, and, sprinkle chopped almonds on top.

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